Photos of Disaster With Dad’s Electric Kettle Go Viral: ‘Didn’t Realize’ [Video]

A post about a “mind-boggling” mistake made about a kettle has left users on Reddit in disbelief.

The incident was highlighted in a post shared by a user called poetryiscool. It featured images of a damaged kettle with what appeared to be a burnt base and a title shared that read: “Didn’t realize my Dad’s tea kettle was electric…”

The kettle in question appears to be a gooseneck electric kettle from Nueve&Five, which is a cordless device, according to its listing on Amazon, which sits on a base that’s plugged into an outlet, rather than on a stove like a traditional tea kettle.

The post has amassed 43,000 upvotes and thousands of comments since it was first shared on March 4.

It comes as the global electric kettlemarket was valued to be worth $1.77 billion in 2023 and forecast to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 5.6 percent …