TiredSnowball
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Getting a Faraday cage, then complaining about it :|
Mar 20, 2022 3:28 AM
TiredSnowball
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Getting a Faraday cage, then complaining about it :|
SaltyPorridge
5G conspiracies quickly go down a rabbit hole but I work with the stuff,some of the safety warnings are a bit alarming but often go ignored
EnochNek
Le good ol Gaussian shield. At least the product works lol
Bristlehoundthree
L0rdinquisit0r
100 bucks for a inverted garbage bin?
VALKATOVE
Clever.
tumppu
GoldenLarsen
god bless the inventor of this product, its a perfect mix of trolling conspiracy theorists and making them pay for their stupidity
rolandpibb
Haaa. That Actiontec V100H modern in the picture only puts out a 2.4 gHz signal anyway.
Isorikk
5Ghz WiFi is not 5G, not that anyone is asking...
Hogwaller
LollipopFromHell
There's a sucker born every minute! Thats how this shit made money and the GOP got voters.
PerpetualExhaustion
Fools and their money are easily separated
Ploty
Hahahaha, Imao
stja
Waaaaghhumbug
DarthStu79
Soooo putting your router in a Faraday cage is a bad idea... Huh who woulda guessed ?
rouzuki
"Wifi" is literally magic to these people. There's no scientific understanding at all going on inside that hamster wheel upstairs.
Sm9yCg
They need to poke air-holes into the cage. Of course they'll lose warranty, but they never had any with this scam anyhow.
HogWashDiddler
Stupid is what stupid does.
TheSupremeCrabMaster
I'm now torn between my moral code against charlatanism and my desire to sell idiots a paper holder to use as a Faraday cage.
5NoteHalf
I mean, it's not REALLY charlatanism - it works fine as a faraday cage. It doesn't solve the problem they THINK it does, but that's on them.
yogurtgoblin
Conspiracy theorists burnt down a 5G tower the day after my dad's team installed it. It wasn't even for public use but emergency services ?
TiredSnowball
1) I got a better one for you: in my city they burned down 2 before being caught. They weren't even 5G, and in areas where 5G will only be
TiredSnowball
2) installed much later.
Shaodyn
"My Internet quit working after I put the router in a Faraday cage to stop an imaginary problem!" - hordes of idiots
ClawsOfTheWolf
It is literately a $5 paper holder! Linus Tech Tips did a good video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLM_vO4d2Jg
Hammerwell
YMMD!
Pontation
But your router doesn't even use 5G. If anything you'd have to put this blocker around cell towers in your vicinity. Are people this dumb?
TiredSnowball
Yes. In my city 2 years ago conspiracy theorists burned 2 towers down. They weren't even 5G. (and they got caught, too)
Mithi
Waistedspace
Hahahahaha (deep breath) hahahahaha!
GingerLaird
That sounds like something Bender would do. Pause to take a breath during a laugh, even though he doesn't even have lungs.
DrClaww
fearcandy
Wheels and Legman?!
SuperDramaticFusion
BeReasonableOrAtLeastBeFunny
Had to see if it was real. It is. https://www.amazon.com/Router-Guard-Large-WiFi/dp/B07MXD75TR
htapoicoS
Well, I don't think these reviews are real though?
htapoicoS
Oh, some really are... they've bought it lmao
ShawnS4362
It’s hard to keep a straight face when someone is paying you to figure out why the WiFi stopped and you find one of these over the router.
NairouTryyshokk
Story time: I legit had to do something similar to this back when I worked in cell phone sales. This was back around when the Samsung s3 and
NairouTryyshokk
S4/s5 were popular, and had removable batteries. Naturally, some video had popped up on YouTube that showed people there was a hidden
NairouTryyshokk
Antenna on your battery, that you can remove by ripping off the label around the battery. So, some guy did this with his phone, and then
NairouTryyshokk
Came to me wondering why none of his NFC features were working (EX: tap pay with phones) turns out, there is an antenna on the back of the
NairouTryyshokk
Battery, but its not there so that people can steal your info or anything, it's a feature that you actually use. Also got pictures of a guy
Acc87
Knew a guy who put his car keys and phone in a Faraday cage to protect from WiFi hacking...them wondered why he had so many missed calls
SendMeDogsOrTits
The car keys is a smart idea, the phone not so much (unless you want to avoid any work calls).
J3lek
Sinisfun
How can I get this job?
5NoteHalf
First you have to get really good at soccer- oh! wait! You meant the butt freezer guy.
Megameatloaf
For the curious: They found a colony of honey bees living between his cheeks and the pest control technician is trying to smoke them out
tebbitbreath
For the curious: smoke being blown up the assular region - 1926, colourised.
user215438
For the curious, it feels pretty cold. Try freezing a spray on deodorant and then using it.
agentHoneyBadger
Is that Dane Cook applying some comedic therapy?
afambelafonte
For the curious: magic butthurt spray to cure excessive butthurt.
JackalopeElope
For the curious: Cryotherapy (numbing probably) for strained glute. (probably)
lurksohardmotherfuckerswannafindme
Or turf burn
Sheldonian
So, ice-gun for the butthurt?
NinjaHoff
RetrogradeLlama
I've actually considered becoming a Right Wing podcast nut, just to profit from those idiots. But I can't come to grips with it.
dirtmarker
TiredSnowball
By doing it, you'd be validating and enabling them, making you complicit into whatever havoc they wreck in other people's lives.
msd3k
That's the problem. I'd like to be rich. But I'm just not enough of a soulless shameless piece of shit. Be easier if I was.
Thatotherlurker
honestly, I wonder sometimes what would happen if someone used their tactics and stuff, but towards positive means. like if you really 1/2
Thatotherlurker
went in on like, the baseless fact claiming and anger and getting them enraged, but instead it was like 2/3
msd3k
Somehow it's not easy to be disingenuously disingenuous.
barnwolf
Don't faraday cages only block specific frequencies? So as long as it lets through the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz of Wifi it should be fine?
barnwolf
Ah, looks like they are slightly less effective at some frequencies, but not to a useable amount.
MrWobblyHead
If the holes in the cage are larger than the wavelengths of 2.4Ghz and 5.0Ghz it won't block the signal.
usernamesarenotcomments
Kind of yes. It's something like if the wavelength of the frequency is smaller than the holes, then it passes (overly simplified)
usernamesarenotcomments
Visible light has wavelength in the 1 µm scale and thus you can see through the mesh, 5 gig wifi has a wavelength of about 10 cm.
htapoicoS
It's 6 cm actually
BeReasonableOrAtLeastBeFunny
Electrons behave less like pasta in a colander than you might think.
htapoicoS
Well, not really. For smaller wave lengths you need a smaller grid
TLORR
wel farada without earthing is not that effective to begin with. but if you think this is engineerd for 5g 1/2
TLORR
youre very wrong. its litterally a regular metal document basket that is used as a faraday key. 2/3
TLORR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLM_vO4d2Jg&ab_channel=LinusTechTips
arcgap
For $50 I can explain to them how to adjust the faraday cage so the wifi works correctly
MaxWar
Why buy this when a simple tin foil hat protects your brain from 5g !
SecretSquirrel27
You mean, "why buy this? When you can buy a simple tin foil hat that protects your brain from 5g for only $99.95! Postage included!"
5NoteHalf
"Postage included?" Let's not get crazy now. Postage is 3 easy payments of 19.95. ; )
SecretSquirrel27
Lemmingofdarkestnight
For $100 I'll sell them a larger faraday cage to cancel out the first faraday cage.
ILikeChocolateAndRaspberries
HorriblyPositive
For $1000, I'll sell them a container of microcrystals they can pour in a circle to trap only the harmful signals.
Faulancer
Mehdi? Is that you?
totallynotagoat
$10k, I'll take the house off their hands and decontaminate them from the 5g infection. Relocate them to an area they'll be safe.
wabbittwax
For $100k, I will cage Faraday, dead or alive. No questions asked.
SLCtechie
For 1M, I’ll explain how to get rich quick using nothing but Faraday cages
Nerahm
Cashing in on people's stupidity is hilarious. Despicable. But damned hilarious.
Gryphonosiris
Reminds me of someone selling jumper cables that would make your car Y2K compliant.
RelartOfGivia
My favorite were the 5G blocking pendants that were radioactive.
Hammerwell
Yea. Very handy as cheap alpha rad test.
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
If only they got past 2nd grade science!
Lulabel73
It did what it said it would do though
FukTedCruz
Thats pretty messed up to do. But i have a real 100% authentic product that prevents you and your family from converting to Islam.
marteney1
I’m just jealous I’m not in on the take.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
A lot of these people aren't harmlessly stupid, but maliciously so. My sympathies are as limited as their wifi signal.
astrid28
It's a fine line between funny, and false advertising tho. Gotta remember that part. (Does not apply to this item).
SnoopyDancing
how about the guy who sold solar clothes dryer for $49.00 and then sent people a clothes line! Steve Comisar is his name
CasualObserver5
Kinda like how Trump gets his supporters to send him (a billionaire) money? Yes! Trump is despicable, and his supporters are hilarious!
CraftyGiant
I don't even feel bad about this one. fuck em.
LordAsshurt
The weak should fear the strong. Brain strong, banks full.
NegimaSensei
Reminds me a lot of the DVD rewinder.
Mithi
Or freezing a CD for better sound. (I'd wish I was kidding)
Metalhead47
ShrokNil
Yeah some people are so dumb that's the only use for it.
LordNergal
I've been selling aspirin tablets dipped in purple food coloring as anti-vaccination pills for $500 a pill. The directions say to take one 1
LordNergal
after you've been vaxxed to prevent the vaccine from affecting you. 2/2
m3d1cated
TheThirdDay
Lmfaoooooo
ThomasThundersword
phrase it as “take 1 after your shot and you will not be *x*” then its (almost) legal. you claim coronation not causation in court
LordNergal
Put "for entertainment purposes only" on the bottom of the box and it's 100% their fault they believed you.