▲ 184 ▼ What product brings a lot more value than its cost to purchase? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by recapitated@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 160 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) Serious question: why is it called a "hot water heater"? If anything, it heats cold water to make it hot. Why not just "water heater"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago With the missing hyphen, we'd better understand it's for scalding water. It just became less cool to write all the symbols required. permalink fedilink source parent [–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago I don’t know. I wanted to say “hot water on tap”, to differentiate from a tea kettle, which is also a water heater. But the prompt was about items you might purchase, and I’ve always called it a hot water heater. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago With the missing hyphen, we'd better understand it's for scalding water. It just became less cool to write all the symbols required. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago I don’t know. I wanted to say “hot water on tap”, to differentiate from a tea kettle, which is also a water heater. But the prompt was about items you might purchase, and I’ve always called it a hot water heater. permalink fedilink source parent