Comment by stronglikedan

I'm really curious about who "most folks" you refer to are; no one in my extended family does this normally, and I don't know of any friends or neighbors who do it either (we all microwave a snack here and there, sometimes a meal, but it's not how we habitually feed ourselves and our families).

I suspect this probably applies more to certain nations. Microwave meals are a lot less prevalent in Europe as a staple.