Sabbath Mode on Appliances

[2bizE]

i was looking at appliances the other day at a big box store and noticed ovens and fridges with a Sabbath Mode. WTF? I had to investigate.
Apparently, operating a stove or fridge when the lights or controls work is considered work. Jews can't work on the Sabbath. So, a bunch of people figured out how to make appliances work without the control buttons to get around the Jewish law. As i watched this, i thought how messed up is this religion? Then i thought, Mormonism is closing in fast on messed up religions. I wonder if mormons will have enough influence to have special fridges that will not allow beer in them, or an alexa app that will block any foul language. Maybe a funeral potato setting for the oven, or a green jello setting on the fridge.
What features would you think should be on appliances for a Mormon Mode?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cafVtf9IQsE

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDihcR6k184

[alas]

i was looking at appliances the other day at a big box store and noticed ovens and fridges with a Sabbath Mode. WTF? I had to investigate.
Apparently, operating a stove or fridge when the lights or controls work is considered work. Jews can't work on the Sabbath. So, a bunch of people figured out how to make appliances work without the control buttons to get around the Jewish law. As i watched this, i thought how messed up is this religion? Then i thought, Mormonism is closing in fast on messed up religions. I wonder if mormons will have enough influence to have special fridges that will not allow beer in them, or an alexa app that will block any foul language. Maybe a funeral potato setting for the oven, or a green jello setting on the fridge.
What features would you think should be on appliances for a Mormon Mode?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cafVtf9IQsE

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDihcR6k184

Brethalizers in cars that not only detect any trace of alcohol and then you cannot start the car, but email your bishop to inform him. Smoke detectors that key in on cigarett smoke and go off loud enough for the whole neighborhood, instead of saying "fire....fire...fire" or "carbon monoxide...carbon monoxide...carbon monoxide" like ours did a few days ago, but they say, "cigarettes ...cigarettes....cigarettes". Perhaps we could even get smoke alarms that go off at the smell of coffee or tea. Motion detectors that sound an alarm if you walk more that 100 steps n the Sabbath.

We are already crazy about two sets of earrings or too short of skirt or porn shoulders, so we don't need gadgets for those.

[Mad Jax]

Well in the case of the fridge, I say a voice activated lock with a paragraph long command code that requires rote perfection in order to allow you to finish.

[FiveFingerMnemonic]

Fast sunday reminder fridge lockout for sure! You might get the bowl and the cereal box out, but it will be damned if it lets you get the milk out on the first Sunday of the month.

[DPRoberts]

Have you heard of FHE mode on chapel door locks? When I was cubmaster I got to have one of those electronic keys to the building. I needed to set things up for a Tuesday pack meeting when I discovered that my key would not let me in after 5 on Monday.

[FiveFingerMnemonic]

Have you heard of FHE mode on chapel door locks? When I was cubmaster I got to have one of those electronic keys to the building. I needed to set things up for a Tuesday pack meeting when I discovered that my key would not let me in after 5 on Monday.

I used to be a physical facilities rep, can confirm this is true. Don't want anyone playing basketball at the church on sacred FHE night!

[A New Name]

Have you heard of FHE mode on chapel door locks? When I was cubmaster I got to have one of those electronic keys to the building. I needed to set things up for a Tuesday pack meeting when I discovered that my key would not let me in after 5 on Monday.

I used to be a physical facilities rep, can confirm this is true. Don't want anyone playing basketball at the church on sacred FHE night!

Yes! My father was a bishop in a building with the electronic locks, and he couldn't even get to his own Bishop's office on Monday night!

[2bizE]

Fast sunday reminder fridge lockout for sure! You might get the bowl and the cereal box out, but it will be damned if it lets you get the milk out on the first Sunday of the month.

This is too funny. And i wouldn't put it past someone to create it.

[Corsair]

We need cups with chemical and temperature sensors in them. Originally we might have just detected caffeine (C8 H10 N4 O2), but since drinking Red Bull, Rock Star, and Monster is OK, we have to also check for the temperature. But then cold brew and iced coffee became popular and it's more effective to check for chemicals arising from the actual coffee bean.

This is more complicated because coffee has a complex set polysaccharides, one type of carbohydrate. There are also lipids which are compounds that are mostly insoluble in water. These are fats and oils. Roasted coffee also has compounds coming from caramelization, the browning reaction that causes the oxidation of saccharide. Clearly Satan is trying to thwart us with all of this chemisty.

Luckily, tea only contains vile chemicals from camellia sinensis. This is the dreaded tea plant that will invalidate your temple recommend. "Plant parts in hot water" is a spiritual scourge upon the world today.

[Corsair]

Well in the case of the fridge, I say a voice activated lock with a paragraph long command code that requires rote perfection in order to allow you to finish.

Would this paragraph start off with a discussion of "Health" in the region behind your navel? This seems appropriate sine we store food in the refrigerator. Perhaps if you were apostate the pass phrase could be something about how food is delicious to the taste and very desireable.

[Thoughtful]

i was looking at appliances the other day at a big box store and noticed ovens and fridges with a Sabbath Mode. WTF? I had to investigate.
Apparently, operating a stove or fridge when the lights or controls work is considered work. Jews can't work on the Sabbath. So, a bunch of people figured out how to make appliances work without the control buttons to get around the Jewish law. As i watched this, i thought how messed up is this religion? Then i thought, Mormonism is closing in fast on messed up religions. I wonder if mormons will have enough influence to have special fridges that will not allow beer in them, or an alexa app that will block any foul language. Maybe a funeral potato setting for the oven, or a green jello setting on the fridge.
What features would you think should be on appliances for a Mormon Mode?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cafVtf9IQsE

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDihcR6k184

I have a friend who is orthodox Jewish. She has 2 dishwashers to keep things kosher. Certain food residues cannot even be cleaned together. She spends all week preparing for the Sabbath feast Friday night after Sundown and no work all day Saturday. That means light switches must stay in the position they are left in, so if you need a light on, you turn it on before Sabbath and leave it on until Sabbath is over. It's a tremendous amount of work for her (she does all the work and her husband and son's reap the benefits, go figure). But her Saturdays are so peaceful and restful because she truly takes the day off of everything. However, her children are old enough she can actually rest.

The idea of "resting" on the Sabbath because that clearly excludes mothers of young children. I don't believe in commandments from God that are impossible to keep, or that put women as automatically sinful just by doing what must be done.

[achilles]

Uhh... A pasta pot that only makes overboiled spaghetti?

[2bizE]

What i find funny is that as long as the controls do not display, then it is not considered work. So, with the lights turned off on the fridge, you can open and close it all you want. Sounds like tricking the system. It would be like having a fridge that automatically added Root in front of all the bottles of beer, therefore it was root beer and not real beer. Certainly meets the letter of the law, but not the spirit....like I really care about that anyway.