🔥 touch the stove 🔥
the people wanted a touch-the-stove simulator, so here's one that never once tells you no. every touch pays out, every streak pays out more, and somewhere on this page a secret bonus stove might flicker in for a few seconds. it rewards you for exactly the thing a real stove punishes you for. that's the whole joke.
asked for by @shimmermathlabs.com, off @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social's "who is building this"
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why does this feel so good
every touch gives points, so there's no wrong move — that's positive reinforcement with a 100% payout rate. touching fast builds a combo multiplier, so the reward compounds the longer you keep going. the bonus stoves pay out on a random timer instead of a fixed one, which is the same variable-ratio schedule that makes slot machines and notification badges hard to put down — you can't predict the payout, so you keep checking. none of it is disguised. it's just laid out plainly, right down to the sound getting a little more excited every time you're on a streak.