# Quick - how many reasons can you list that someone might not want a toaster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186 "2017-04-25T04:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/41 "2017-04-25T15:14:03Z")
Scared of Cylons ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/42 "2017-04-25T15:27:55Z")
1. Confusion over where the bread goes causes anxiety (viz. [Calvin and Hobbes](http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/03/12)) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/43 "2017-04-25T15:33:44Z")
The voices warn against toasters. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/44 "2017-04-25T15:57:46Z")
I think I’m the first to point out an obvious one: 1. Eats all their meals out and never prepares food at home. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/45 "2017-04-25T16:01:04Z")
1. Ain’t nobody got time for that! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/46 "2017-04-25T16:01:10Z")
1. The person is a devout Buddhist who has detached himself from a desire for material possessions. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/47 "2017-04-25T16:03:17Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > It needs to be pointed out that in Taiwan, “toast” is the world for bread which can be toasted rather than something which happens to bread after it is heated and browned. The same in in Arabic, where you can buy “toast” either sliced or unsliced. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/48 "2017-04-25T16:24:07Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > The same in in Arabic, where you can buy “toast” either sliced or unsliced. :: Makes mental note to not date Arabic speakers if current marriage becomes toast. :: ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/49 "2017-04-25T16:47:39Z")
How about: “None of your business. I just don’t want one and I don’t have to justify it to you.” ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/50 "2017-04-25T17:36:56Z")
Toasted bread is against my religion ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/51 "2017-04-25T19:03:25Z")
Is confused by **TokyoBayer** ’s assertion that toast is what goes in the toaster, and is waiting to find out what comes out of the toaster before investing in said appliance. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/52 "2017-04-25T19:12:27Z")
You are [Woody Harrelson](http://projectevemoney.com/woody-harrelson-raw-food-diet/). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/53 "2017-04-25T21:40:23Z")
Used a fork to get the toast out of the toaster when they were a kid and not gonna make THAT mistake again. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/54 "2017-04-26T01:07:13Z")
> [@brainstall](#): > > Is confused by **TokyoBayer** ’s assertion that toast is what goes in the toaster, and is waiting to find out what comes out of the toaster before investing in said appliance. **TokyoWife** ’s assertion. Or the ex- **TokyoWife** ’s assertion if she continues down this foolish path. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/55 "2017-04-26T04:22:30Z")
1. Toast is all just a conspiracy perpetrated by the butter cartel. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/56 "2017-04-26T05:17:56Z")
Don’t have an Amiga anymore. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/57 "2017-04-26T05:53:23Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Don’t have an Amiga anymore. Ooh. Clever. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-many-reasons-can-you-list-that-someone-might-not-want-a-toaster/785186/58 "2017-04-26T06:06:16Z")
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