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[–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 60 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

Wi-Fi Sickness? Bruh, where on this planet are you not going to be surrounded by it? There's satellite linked internet projecting Wi-Fi to rural areas as we type.

You can go to the tallest mountain on this planet away from everything and you might just be giving yourself a better signal to Starlink.

Wi-Fi Sickness I looked it up, it's mostly idiopathic and it's not a scientifically valid sickness. It's oddly enough more attributed to negative expectations and thinking that Wi-Fi is more harmful than it is and can give the brain a preconceived notion, that messes with perception of danger and that can cause anxiety WHICH causes the feeling of feeling sick.

So basically, it's not real and the person needs therapy and the person giving in to the paranoid/anxious delusion of Wi-Fi sickness should put their parenting pride aside and take them to a therapist.

[–] AuroraB@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago

faraday ~~chastity~~ cage. simply cover your house with grounded foil or fine metal mesh

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 22 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Where i usef to work was a sizable grocery store and i would often go and get my lunch from there. It was also home of a pretty weird cult like religious group. They weren't super popular because tgey would always buy bulk groceries to rush hour times and never wated their things "lasered" so, scanned. This is dumb enough when you think about it for more than a second, but they have enough time to think about the fact that their things don't just get "lasered" by the cashier.

Another thing i whitenessed once was when they set up a new mobile phone antenna where i live. A lot of old people complained about it the moment construction started. When the date came around where they turned it on, i woke up and my signal was still shit. A lot of people wrote angry letters that they now have migraines because of the antenna and the mobile company responded basically with: well that sucks to hear, but because of technical difficulties, we had to push the date up another month, but we hope your migraine gets better.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The thing with bar codes is that some people think they are the mark of the beast. It was a lot more popular when they were new technology

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

And the fools think they can avoid them by not scanning them. Lol they still carry the mark and the curse along with it even if they aren't scanned. You need at least some white out to break the curse (Sharpe won't do it because it can be removed with isopropyl alcohol).

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I agree with the validity of what you're saying, but usually for patients who are insistent that they suffer from this, the recommendation is to move to this area:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Radio_Quiet_Zone

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[–] whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works 143 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Ridiculous claim aside, if they want a solution they should be setting up like a chicken wire Faraday cage, not making this everyone else's problem.

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 84 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I hate people like this because their son could really be sick with something, but they've decided it is the WiFi and they aren't getting him the care he needs. Woowoo people I swear.

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[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe just in the child's room then, also you might want to ground that Faraday cage if they have anything that could be transmitting WiFi or Bluetooth or even is just a large screen.

Also it needs to be a fine mesh because for blocking 5GHz WiFi you want the hole size to be a 1/20 of the wavelength which comes out to >4mm.

Or an even cheaper solution would be to get one of those large "pet" cages and run a wire straight into the earth hole of a power socket.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 155 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Ask them what bandwidth range they claim he's sensitive to. Show them the level of background electromagnetic energy there is in that range anywhere on Earth by default, if they can even provide an answer to that. Suggest they should leave Earth.

[–] cm0002@suppo.fi 87 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Suggest they should leave Earth.

If I knew of a way off this rock, do you think I'd let them enjoy it LMAO

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[–] Riverview_Legal@lemmy.ca 106 points 4 days ago (12 children)

You don't use wifi cause you believe it gives you wifi cancer.
I don't use wifi cause a $6 ethernet cable gives me faster and more dependable internet.
We are definitely not the same.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 37 points 4 days ago (4 children)

The $25 USB-C to ethernet adapter for my phone and constantly stumbling over the cable I'm dragging around gets a bit inconvenient at times though.

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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 42 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What if you have rectal cancer after years of inserting a ethernet cable int your ass for more dependable orgasms?

[–] modus@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He said Internet, not intercourse.

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[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 94 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

It's not about the wifi, it's the perception of wifi.

These people get upset when they think there's wifi, actual wifi is irrelevant. You can gut a router and fit the case with an AA battery and an LED and they'll have 'symptoms' if they see it.

Set up an access point to broadcast dozens of SSIDs so they see tons of wifi when they open the wifi screen on their phones.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 75 points 4 days ago (8 children)

My aunt used to get these terrible itches and headaches when she visits us, untill I turn off the wifi.

Some minor experimenting has lead me to a breakthrough though. I found she's not allergic to wifi, but to green indicator LEDs. Ever since I disabled the LED, her problems have been solved!

My husband won't let me tell her though. Something about "live and let live".

[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

Your husband probably knows she is batshit insane and any reasoning skills left the call long ago

Its futile

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[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 20 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Open the wifi on their phones

Then, they’re hypocrites.

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[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Easy.

If you want to annoy them, tell them you have the most powerful wifi router in existence, exceeding legal emission limits.

If you want to "play nice", tell them you set your wifi to minimum (or even disabled it if you want).

The upside is that you don't have to actually do anything for either to work.

[–] musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Tell them that you're a wifi based life form, you need constant exposure to electromagnetic waves for your organs to work. Turning off your wifi would mean you and your family would instantly die.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Rename your wifi to " (disabled)".

[–] Boozilla@sh.itjust.works 86 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Everyone knows WiFi routers generate phlogiston which unbalances the 4 humors and causes brain clouds.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 47 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Stop your bullshit fear mongering. We all know phlogiston is perfectly safe. The real problem is that 5g draws in miasma from local cemeteries.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You might want to be careful calling people out like that: it's not solved science.

I can remember people confidently arguing (and citing sources) that phlogiston is the problem and the miasma theory is quackery. Seems like every year we learn something new and it goes back and forth. "Are eggs healthy or not?", "Do crystals work via homeopathy or latent energies?", "Lizard people or greys?" etc.

Personally, I sidestep the issue and avoid both. I stick to things that have been settled as being healthy: like drinking massive quanties of colloidal silver.

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If I encountered someone like this I would 100 percent start hoarding radio equipment and start to build a Monolith antenna from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. lots of lights not a whole let else.

[–] CoffeeGhost@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

We thank you, oh Monolith, for revealing the cunning plans of your enemies to us

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Imagine for a second that this is real and substantiated - if your neighbour could feel it, you're going to be fried alive. It would probably be several thousand times above the regulations (and it would probably cost way more than $250).

[–] AuroraB@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

nah, one can microwave people from a distance with a properly shaped antenna with minimal damage to themself

upd: it's probably illegal and kinda mean, so don't

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but that's a special case. Normal home APs usually have a doughnut-shaped pattern.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget to do seperate 2ghz and 5ghz SSIDS...oh and guest networks

[–] trd@feddit.nu 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Naming them can also have big effects on the illness. Satan's private porn wifi 5ghz Jesus private onlyfans wifi 2ghz

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Necronomiconnect always gets a cackle from me.

But you can be a bastard.
Drone_Station_47
Remote_audio_capture
Flock_relay
PALANTIR-666

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[–] renormalizer@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Unless you specifically want 5GHz, a microwave with a disabled safety interlock is way better than any router.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 47 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 40 points 4 days ago (9 children)

A few years back got some new neighbors. This is in rural TX, everybody has at least one acre of land. There is plenty of room to just fuck off and mind their own business.

Anyway, new neighbor comes over and demands I quit using my smoker because it bothers his wife. We laugh him off the property lol.

He calls the cops throwing a fit and eventually got his dumbass arrested for disorderly conduct.

They moved away shortly thereafter, we still laugh about it around the neighborhood.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 42 points 4 days ago

Neighbor after anon plugs in new router:

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 42 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Anon wants a point to point directional antenna. Focuses the radio beam in one direction.

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 40 points 4 days ago (6 children)

There are forms of electro-sensitivity that can disturb people, but usually it's from loud and poorly phased circuits in homes. Never wifi.

A lot of errie/haunted buildings are actually just electrically loud, and a number of them become peaceful once the wiring is fixed.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

"Does your house go buzz in the night? Don't know whether it's a light switch or a wight witch? Call Steve's 24/7 Electric and Exorcism Service. 1-800-ZAP-GHOST. We'll put your noisy circuit or your grandma's spirit to rest so you can rest too. Licensed by the Office of Electrical Workers and the Vatican."

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Typically, consumer ovens work around a nominal 2.45 gigahertz (GHz) – a wavelength of 12.2 centimetres (4.80 in) in the 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz ISM band

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven

Anon doesn't need an entire router or WAP, just an old microwave they can pull a magnetron out of.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (4 children)

> set up magnetron and aim it at their house
> go to sleep
> wake up to police and ambulance lights
> kid died
> oh shit

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 days ago (12 children)

Yeah, do not microwave the neighbours.

You can actually hurt someone with microwave-level RF, as in, cause permanent damage and fry someone's retinas quite easily, so don't unless you know what you are doing.

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