"And it tastes faintly of the bacon I made for breakfast."

There's nothing wrong with microwaving water. It's all just getting water molecules to move faster.

Americans who drink hot tea have them (source: have had one for like 20 years).

Americans in general are just more hot coffee cold tea people. Exceptions abound of course, but in generalities.

There is literally a kettle on the left lower side of the image (likely deliberately as it seems awkward having it in front of the air fryer like that)

OOP uses centigrade and spells color as "colour"; they're probably not American.

I've heard electric kettles are slower here because of the limits of our electrical system. I do have a kettle for the stove, though. I also rarely drink tea.

I see your point. But how the hell is the mug not going to be hot either and you are able to just lift it out?

Are you sure about the waterproofing? You can usually steam in an oven.

My parents told me, "be careful the heating elements catch fire, there's little to no safety mechanism, you can't leave them alone!"

It's a kettle...

People either don't know they exist or have some weird thing with them. Gives me the same vibes as cultures that don't sleep with the fans on lol.

it's sarcasm.

Air fryers suck at boiling water. They're basically anti-microwaves. Everything a microwave is good at, they suck at, and vice versa.

I played a game online with a British person and another American. British guy was talking about tea time or something tea related. I have always heard that the British took their tea VERY seriously, so I decided to test it. I asked him if he heated his water in a microwave. Don't ask the British if they heat their water in a microwave. What followed was a man who was very passionate about tea talk just as passionately about his kettle.

"Do you have any visual impairments?"
"Yes, I have glass."
"You mean glasses?"
"Well, actually..."