"Microwaves be like: Here's your hot plate of…

A plate in a microwave oven might be hot, but the food might still be cold.

“Dear microwave, Why is my plate so hot and my food so cold? http://dearblankpleaseblank.com for more” was posted on X/Twitter by David Moloney on June 30, 2010. “LMAO!!! ‘Dear microwave, Why is my plate so hot and my food so cold? Sincerely, Hans’” was posted on X/Twitter by Maurie Giustini on July 8, 2010.

“Microwaves be like, ‘Here’s this hot ass plate with the cold ass food you wanted’” was posted on X/Twitter by GradPa Zzzz on February 12, 2013. “microwave: here’s your hot plate of cold food. me: weird flex but ok” was posted on X/Twitter by “k” on November 10, 2018. “Microwaves be like: here’s your steaming hot plate of cold food” was posted on Facebook by “We be like-I Can Relate” on February 24, 2026.

“Microwaves be like: here is your hot plate of cold rice” was posted on X/Twitter by Bola Montana on August 15, 2025, and this received over 182,000 likes. “Microwaves be like: here is your hot bowl of cold soup. 🍲 😂” was posted on Facebook by Jordan Best Grim on September 7, 2025. “Microwaves be like: Here’s your hot plate of cold spaghetti” was posted on X/Twitter by 𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 on March 31, 2026, and this received over 4,000 likes.

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David Moloney
@dmol
Dear microwave, Why is my plate so hot and my food so cold? http://dearblankpleaseblank.com for more.
9:13 AM · Jun 30, 2010

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Maurie Giustini
@sherlockfreak
LMAO!!! “Dear microwave, Why is my plate so hot and my food so cold? Sincerely, Hans.”
6:19 PM · Jul 8, 2010

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WaseemD
@WaseemD
Dear microwave, Why is my plate so hot and my food so cold? Sincerely, Hans. http://lil.as/dbpb
5:26 AM · Jul 9, 2010

Facebook
Kay Block - Cara Schneeberger
August 19, 2010 at 8:12 PM ·
“dear microwave, why is my plate so hot, yet my food so cold?”

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Talia Stewart
September 14, 2010 at 10:17 PM ·
Dear Microwave,
Please heat up the FOOD on my plate! I’m tired of getting cold food on a hot plate!
Sincerely, frustrated and hungry

Facebook
Edwin Valera
August 28, 2011 at 12:14 PM ·
Mystery of life #1: Dear microwave why is my plate hot and my food cold??? WTF??

Facebook
Adedeji Kenny
February 15, 2012 at 2:27 PM ·
Dear microwave, why is my plate so hot and my food so cold?laugh of the day

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Unknown.
@0paikami
Microwave: “You want to use me? Here have a hot plate of COLD FOOD”
5:30 PM · Nov 11, 2012

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Whale BG
@balandrano
Dear micowave: thank you for my really hot plate of cold spaghetti.
8:54 PM · Dec 24, 2012

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GradPa Zzzz
@Z_Speaks
Microwaves be like, “Here’s this hot ass plate with the cold ass food you wanted”
8:23 PM · Feb 12, 2013

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Emyht
@ThymeToth
@AtlanticCraft microwave- Here. Have this nice hot plate of cold pizza rolls :D
5:48 PM · Aug 8, 2013

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krчѕtαl🇸🇻
@Krystaalx69
Thank you Microwave, for giving me cold food with a hot ass plate! That’s just what I wanted -.-
2:23 PM · Aug 16, 2013

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Elize Jonas
September 28, 2013 at 5:09 PM ·
Here’s your burning hot plate of cold food - microwave
*dammit*

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Nicholas Anthony
January 15, 2014 at 9:22 AM ·
Microwaves be like here is this hot ass plate and cold ass food u ordered lol

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Ethan Cox
June 17, 2014 at 12:37 PM ·
Microwave:
Here, have a nice hot plate of cold spaghetti.

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That One Bish™
@24_7YaBish
Microwaves be like: here’s that hot ass plate with cold food that you wanted 🍝
10:27 AM · Jun 23, 2014

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Louie
@StoneyGBC
Microwaves be like: “here’s that hot plate of cold food you wanted”
4:53 AM · Aug 27, 2014

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Ye’ela Bar-El
March 26, 2015 at 12:54 PM ·
“Here’s that extremely hot plate full of cold food you ordered”
- Microwave

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Feels Guy
@TeTehslonderman
Microwave ovens be like: here is a hot plate of cold food
3:56 PM · Jun 22, 2015

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Giovanni
@mtzgiovanni
*Puts spaghetti in microwave for 2 minutes*
Microwave: “Here’s a hot plate of cold spaghetti for ya”
5:59 PM · Oct 28, 2015

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aquamarine
@rantingsedsoul
Microwave be like, here is your hot ass plate with the cold food.
7:55 AM · Apr 15, 2017

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SarcasmMan
@SarcasmMan2
Microwaves be like:
“Here’s that hot plate of cold food that you wanted”
7:16 AM · Sep 16, 2018

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k
@ktrujillo158
microwave: here’s your hot plate of cold food
me: weird flex but ok
1:39 PM · Nov 10, 2018

Facebook
Logan Don Owings
November 11, 2018 at 1:03 PM ·
Microwave: here’s your hot plate of cold food
Me: weird flex but ok

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Diana Gonzalez
@msdianagonzalez
Microwaves be like: here’s your hot plate of cold food 🙄🙄
9:33 PM · Jul 20, 2019

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PRIEST 🙅‍♂️✝️
@priieest19
Microwave be like “here’s your hot plate of cold food” 😂😂😂😂
3:46 AM · Dec 20, 2023
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ajeeb
@cantremainsane
Microwaves be like: here’s your hot plate of cold food
1:10 PM · Jun 13, 2024

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Minerva
@Minerva_kan
Shoutout to my microwave for never failing to give me a steaming hot plate of cold food…🙄🙄
4:21 AM · Jul 29, 2024

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Bola Montana
@thebolamontana
Microwaves be like: here is your hot plate of cold rice
3:20 PM · Aug 15, 2025

Facebook
Jordan Best Grim
September 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM · Popsicle in a Cone · Eat The Fun ·
Microwaves be like: here is your hot bowl of cold soup. 🍲 😂

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p
@heispeg_
Microwaves be like, here is your hot plate of cold rice…
3:22 AM · Sep 27, 2025

Facebook
We be like
I Can Relate ·
All-star contributor · February 24, 2026 at 2:10 PM ·
Microwaves be like: here’s your steaming hot plate of cold food… 😭

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The Jessica✨💫
@JessicaOkeke18
Whoever said that microwave is “here’s your hot plate of cold rice” really ate because why does this keep happening??
11:28 AM · Mar 5, 2026

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John
@Jonfunhun
Using a microwave be like: “Here’s your hot plate of cold food”
3:41 AM · Mar 9, 2026

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𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉
@OrevaZSN
Microwaves be like: Here’s your hot plate of cold spaghetti.
Last edited 9:20 AM · Mar 31, 2026