The Eternal Questions: Electric Kettle vs Stove Top Kettle

  This question has been running through my mind for as long as I fantasize having my own apartment. Electric kettle or stove top kettle?

  There are many pros and cons to each of them, unlike rice cooker vs pot (had a brief discussion about this with the Giantess before). Every time I walk by the kitchen section of some lifestyle store, my eyes always glances through all those beautiful shiny stainless steel/copper kettles. The thought of the whistling of a kettle makes me happy, although some may find it annoying (just like how some may find those mechanical keyboards tik-tak noise annoying).

  Aesthetically, the kettle wins this hands down. There is an issue though, I feel like kettles will either be extremely beautiful, or it's gonna stuck out like a sore thumb (depending on the looks of your kitchen too), whereas an electric kettle is very "safe". Pretty much every kitchen has an electric kettle, unless you pick one of those strange looking one with owls and cows, it's gonna look normal no matter how the kettle is.

Figure 38.1: It's red, it lights up blue when its turned on, and it looks fine

  The other thing I have to consider is space. A stove top kettle guarantees that one of your stove will always be occupied, while the electric one guarantees that one of your outlet will always be occupied. Yeah sure you could get those extension cords, but I will try to avoid using them in my future apartment, I feel that using extension cords means that I own too many redundant electronics, I should be able to live with the current amount provided, but that also depends on the layout of the apartment. I hope my future place is generous with it's outlets! Anyway, back to kettles. By being constantly on the stove means that there's more space on the counter, and vice versa. So it also depends on how much I'll be cooking and such. I think that I wouldn't be using all 4 stove top at a time (unless I'm cooking for more than myself). But still, despite all these, an electric kettle still takes up less space overall than the stove top kettle.

  Overall, I guess it really depends on how the kitchen would look like. Lots of counter space? Sure, just get an electric kettle. Not enough counter space? Maybe consider a stove top kettle? Does the kitchen looks super hipster? GET A STOVE TOP KETTLE!

  I could always use a pot, but I use too much hot water for it to be convenient.

Figure 38.2: No no!

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  So I hit a difficulty curve for the Swedish Duolingo. I realised I never really did learn the plural form of words, and am working on that. It's not really a struggle, it's just something new. Before that, it's more of a revision, things I have learnt before and am you know... catching up with it. As for the German Duolingo, I think there's some sort of bug. It's really really easy, and no, I'm not showing off, I mean it because they ask the same questions up to three times in a row, so my German score on Duolingo is pretty inflated.

  Also in Swedish, I'm always confused with mus. Every time I read it out loud (or in my head), I always think that mus = moose. I always chuckle when the question ask me to translate: Musen äter osten. I was like: "Easy! But also, why is a moose eating cheese? Oh Duolingo~", and then I got marked incorrect. I have no problem with älg though, which is the proper word for moose.

  The other small thing that I annoy myself with is that I tend to capitalize the nouns in Swedish because that's what you do in German. Duolingo also drains so much battery o_o, but other than that, my quest to learn is going fine.