Microwave took decades from invention to being normal. VHS took weeks. The difference was pornography.

jgalt212 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Microwaves are still of limited utility.

	▲	lesuorac 37 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Microwaves are incredibly useful if you can do anything besides 100% power.
	▲	ButlerianJihad 21 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Microwaves, or microwave ovens? Because I can name all sorts of ways that microwaves have improved communications. So many long-haul telco links, and remote radio/TV stations, have been accomplished by microwave. It's a powerful method of transmission. Unless you're specifically meaning microwave ovens, which are of "limited utility" in a full-service kitchen. I'd have to agree there. My previous microwave oven was so intensely powerful, that I needed to dial down the power to "7/10" so that it would not destroy my frozen meals. I could never run it at 10/10. My current appliance is very nice, and has an automatic button to run until doneness. Works every time now.
	▲	malfist an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		What's your point? What doesn't have limited utility?

Microwaves were popular from the beginning after residential models became avaliable in the 1960s.