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What tools does it give you? The ability to rationalize distancing yourself from people who are different than you?

Buddy we are humans. We are people. If we have a passion then it shouldn't be something that provides us with something that others don't know or see. We should be able to articulate what makes our passions great, and we should be able to justify them to others.

Rationalizing away how "uhm, well, they probably have a good reason for doing that... I shouldn't judge them if I've never been in their shoes..." DUDE! Make them TELL you the reason! If you don't know what their hobby is like then take their shoes from them by force and see for yourself!

I expect you to be better than this. If you think conspiracy theories are great then why half ass it. Have you interviewed electronics engineers? Have you designed or tested electronics yourself? If this is a good hobby then why are you so hesitant to do it right?

HERMETICVM 2mo ago

I work in tech and have a good understanding of how this particular scam works, which components are involved and how I could identify this myself. I also don't rationalize away anything, especially not suspicious behavior. I don't even know where this idea comes from. I was only speaking about random people on the internet having opinions and interests. If I'm curious about about someone's interest or if I don't get why they do something, I'll ask, of course. If I don't care, I scroll on.

I think I'm not really sure I grok your actual problem here or I misinterpret what you're saying. So let me provide an example and tell me if I'm completely off:

I'm not going to tell someone warning about some scam (or someone discovering and explaining it) that they should do something that's more useful in my opinion. Were you just interested in this particular interest or did you dislike someone would be warning about this kind of scam?

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Scoundrel 2mo ago

I hate that they didn't physically cut these devices open to show us the internals! I hate that they ride a bike off into the middle of nowhere to demonstrate that there is a bluetooth device when beinging the device that doesn't show up when they leave it at home! I hate that they don't show to popularity of wired vs wireless devices of the same type! I hate that they don't show the cost of manufacturing both types of devices! I hate that they don't have so much as a single tangible anecdote as to the effects of such an adapter! And most of all I hate that they think this is a good topic to post about when nobody else gives a shit enough to do any of these things either!

The only scam I see here is OP presenting this as something that benefits us to think about! Again, where is the benefit? What is the tool? Where are the anecdotes about this product? Or better yet, who is taking the time to reproduce an actual study on the effects of gadiation exposure? Does OP actually care? Or does OP just like being able to half assing something and know that nobody else will bother to meet his level of effort?

HERMETICVM 2mo ago

If you prefer uncompressed audio or have high end headphones you'll need a wired dongle to hook it up to your phone. I don't know how much money OP has but I wouldn't cut up two devices just to prove a point. There's no need to tear them apart: The instructions tell you it only works with Bluetooth enabled.

There are many reasons to care about this: Cheap Bluetooth chips won't last long, won't deliver the audio you expect, won't support higher bandwidth/lower compression codecs and may interfere with your WiFi because they're on an overlapping spectrum without being certified to behave well around other devices.

No need to be obsessive about your EMF exposure.

Scoundrel 2mo ago

Ohhhh... Rusty is obsessive about his EMF exposure. That's the only reason I was replying. All the other stuff you are talking about is very reasonable to be upset at and post about. I really thought we were talking about the same thing. Do we understand eachother now, or is there still an issue?

HERMETICVM 2mo ago

Oh, so am I. I mostly use wired headphones/IEMs, disable WiFi and airplane mode my devices at night. Been too deep into the health rabbithole not to. Heavily into Jack Kruse, Robert O Becker, and the likes.

I get where you were coming from now and that the EMF thing seems to have been a major factor in your initial note.

If you're curious, this is a good intro into the topic, just in case: https://youtu.be/TcbuqQd57rY