{"items": [{"author": "Zera", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928414313152", "anchor": "fb-928414313152", "service": "fb", "text": "Chelsea", "timestamp": "1519248368"}, {"author": "Chelsea", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928414313152&reply_comment_id=928555799612", "anchor": "fb-928414313152_928555799612", "service": "fb", "text": "→ oof, I appreciate the very visual description in steps 1-5 and hope they successfully remind me not to ever do this", "timestamp": "1519322860"}, {"author": "Cortland", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928414333112", "anchor": "fb-928414333112", "service": "fb", "text": "Karen, Bjorn, and I also follow that rule.  It is a good rule.", "timestamp": "1519248370"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928414333112&reply_comment_id=928429647422", "anchor": "fb-928414333112_928429647422", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I guess it's better that Bjorn follow this rule than not, but it leaves me feeling a little https://xkcd.com/463/", "timestamp": "1519256203"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928414333112&reply_comment_id=928450256122", "anchor": "fb-928414333112_928450256122", "service": "fb", "text": "→ (Bjorn is a little younger than Anna)", "timestamp": "1519264942"}, {"author": "Kiran", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928489791892", "anchor": "fb-928489791892", "service": "fb", "text": "I had no idea the home models were so dangerous, because I've almost never seen one that has a blade with a sharp edge. (But I guess many kitchen appliances employ brute force instead of sharpness.) It seems to me they need some kind of safety sensor.", "timestamp": "1519285920"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928489791892&reply_comment_id=928519118122", "anchor": "fb-928489791892_928519118122", "service": "fb", "text": "→ That's weird; all the ones I've used, and all the ones I've seen on review sites, have sharp blades.", "timestamp": "1519310932"}, {"author": "Kiran", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928489791892&reply_comment_id=928520046262", "anchor": "fb-928489791892_928520046262", "service": "fb", "text": "→ All the ones I've looked at have had blades that have a visibly flat leading surface, rather than tapering down to an edge. Also true of most pizza wheels. But maybe I'll go take another look.", "timestamp": "1519311314"}, {"author": "Julia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928508444512", "anchor": "fb-928508444512", "service": "fb", "text": "People also don't realize they create suction when they're blending liquid. Another failure mode (at least with the industrial kind, I don't know how much suction the home kind makes) is reaching into the liquid while blending and getting a finger sucked into the blades.", "timestamp": "1519304214"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928508444512&reply_comment_id=928519078202", "anchor": "fb-928508444512_928519078202", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I thought about this when writing the post, but the only example I knew about was with the more powerful industrial ones, so I don't know if it's something people need to be careful about at home?", "timestamp": "1519310911"}, {"author": "Cortland", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928508444512&reply_comment_id=928532840622", "anchor": "fb-928508444512_928532840622", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Thank you for pointing this out.  It hadn't occurred to me.", "timestamp": "1519314642"}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928508444512&reply_comment_id=928536917452", "anchor": "fb-928508444512_928536917452", "service": "fb", "text": "→ It is.", "timestamp": "1519315881"}, {"author": "Julia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928508444512&reply_comment_id=928537825632", "anchor": "fb-928508444512_928537825632", "service": "fb", "text": "→ From a review of blenders: \"The problem though is some models suffer from too much suction, which causes the bell of the blender to get stuck to the bottom of your mixing container, not only preventing proper mixing but also creating a modest safety issue if you aren\u2019t aware and attempt to pull the wand away without holding your mixing bowl with your other hand.\" If it's strong enough to lift a bowl of liquid, that's pretty strong", "timestamp": "1519316400"}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928508444512&reply_comment_id=928538060162", "anchor": "fb-928508444512_928538060162", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Mine requires a fair amount of strength to hold off-axis so it doesn't get stuck to the bottom.", "timestamp": "1519316543"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928519437482", "anchor": "fb-928519437482", "service": "fb", "text": "liquid sensor won't work, since you might be blending semi solid things like cut fruit.  how hard is it not to be an idiot, or just remove the blade for storage when you have kids?", "timestamp": "1519311070"}, {"author": "Julia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/928406513782?comment_id=928519437482&reply_comment_id=928533224852", "anchor": "fb-928519437482_928533224852", "service": "fb", "text": "→ It's really easy to be an idiot with these. You're holding it, some fruit gets stuck, you try pulsing the button a few times, you try scooping it out of the blade with your finger, and then you accidentally try both at once. Google \"immersion blender injuries.\"", "timestamp": "1519314829"}, {"author": "opted out", "source_link": "#", "anchor": "unknown", "service": "unknown", "text": "→ this user has requested that their comments not be shown here", "timestamp": "1519363440"}, {"author": "opted out", "source_link": "#", "anchor": "unknown", "service": "unknown", "text": "→ this user has requested that their comments not be shown here", "timestamp": "1519363596"}]}