I usually take December off for Button of the Month — but it’s been a weird year, so enjoy one last button: the “add 30 seconds” button on a microwave, which adds just a bit of wiggle room to our cold, digital lives.

https://www.theverge.com/22174945/microwave-30-second-button-digital-analog-cooking-food-design?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Especially here, looking back at a year of fun buttons, I want to take a minute to give a HUGE thanks to @jake_k, who edits every column and makes sure that there is a button each month.

And @Holowaty has done INCREDIBLE work shooting all of these buttons, despite the limitations of the year that made it tough to physically get ahold of products to photograph this year.

Plus, the whole @verge crew — our amazing copy editing and social teams that make sure that the posts actually look and read legibly, our illustration team for the incredible column logo, and YOU, for reading!