APPARENTLY I’VE BEEN MICROWAVING POTATOES WRONG MY ENTIRE LIFE

My mom just told me I’ve apparently been microwaving potatoes wrong my entire life.

I was making one the way I always do.

Wash it.

Put it on a plate.

Stick it straight in the microwave.

Done.

At least, that’s what I thought.

Then my mom looked at me like I’d just announced that I wash dishes with motor oil.

She asked why I hadn’t poked holes in the potato.

I said, “Why would I?”

She looked at me.

I looked