I should be banned from using microwaves

10 minutes is 999 of course.

8:88 is closer to 10 minutes than 9:99

66 is better for 1 minute

Are those seconds? As in is 100 = one minute or 100 seconds? Because

111sec ~= 2min

444sec ~= 7 1/2 min

999sec ~= 16 1/2 min

Glad to find a like-minded individual here. I generally do either 33 for that half minute heat, 55 for when it doesn't quite need a minute, and 88, because after a buck thirty I should be stirring (if applicable).

We had an old microwave that had the button. It failed. I went and brought a new one home, and much to my wife's chagrin, as is in my nature, I failed to notice the lack of 30s button.