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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 13 points 1 day ago

I don't need to believe in Wi-Fi I just need to see that my phone is connected to the internet. The existence of Wi-Fi can be inferred by me having access to YouTube.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 44 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Shout out to my broken coworker who brought his crystals in to work one day to fix our negative energy. After carefully placing each stone according to universal leylines of good vibes, extraordinarily pleased with himself, immediately saw me slice through a package and into my fingers. I needed eleven stitches.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Negative energy can never be removed, only transferred. He obviously didn't like you, the skeptic, so he transferred all the negative energy into you from your other co-workers. /s

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

Aw, but I supported him. Magic is stupid but I like cool rocks.

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's just how the magic stones remove the negative energy from your body, through bloodletting

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 20 points 2 days ago

It all makes sense now. The universe balanced my humors.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 189 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"It's funny how people will believe in Newton's laws of motion but still think the Force from Star Wars is mythical nonsense."

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 61 points 2 days ago (3 children)

But the Force is Mass times Acceleration!

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Midichlorians are the powerhouse of the Force.

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[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 20 points 2 days ago (6 children)

No, it's the Force so it has to be the Mass times the Acceleration.

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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 116 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

I do believe gorilla piss exists.

I do not believe drinking gorilla piss would grant you gorilla strength (citation needed).

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 53 points 2 days ago (2 children)

well yeah, obviously! You have to dilute it 1000 times for it to have any effect.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

well you eyedrop it into your butthole and then expose your butthole to the sun so the positive solar energy modifies it primally because we're all made of starlight and that's just how it works

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is why nudist colonies are so vibrant. Easy as.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They aren't "powering everything". JFC go lick a wall outlet, that's what powers many things. WiFi is information, and indeed, they try to make it use less and less power.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

It could power stuff. Tesla was working on it, and there have been a few small companies over the years that have done it.

Just turns out that it's not very practical compared to a wall socket.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 81 points 2 days ago (32 children)
[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@feddit.org 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I peraonally belief in a really thin cable, but big tech is trying to tell us its waves and stuff. But you have your opinion, I have mine. Nobody can be sure wich one is really true.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

It's actually a really REALLY fat cable. We spend our entire time inside it.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 18 points 2 days ago

data goes in, data goes out. you can't explain that.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

You can map out the inside of a building and figure out where objects are, and when and where movement occurs, with WiFi.

You cannot do this with magic woo woo nonsense that equivocates and conflates terms across different domain specific meanings, and then attempts to build a world view out of confused, meaningless/contradictory gibberish.

[–] quarkquasar@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I can't say I tune with your vibes, but I am grooving to your aura.

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[–] Glitterkoe@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Heard some conspiracy folks mention negative frequencies from 5G and the like. It's just a phase I guess..

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Negative frequency is a concept in signal processing, and many other domains.

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

Phase could be the thing, beats me, it's been a while. Negative resistance is also another one of those concepts that pop up now and then, specifically negative differential resistance.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (14 children)

I absolutely believe in energy, frequency, and vibration. My wifi vibrates at a frequency of 2.4 and 5 GHz and in order to do that it needs to use energy.

Like, I'm down with hippie woo energy work, it's really useful meditation. I use it to keep my anxiety under control. But your religion can't cure diseases, it can only provide comfort

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

Meditation is awesome and useful. But it doesn't need to be mystical and magical to be great, and I wish more people realized that.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

God has not once healed an amputee. What does he have against them?

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[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

You guys, energy, frequency and vibration are all obviously fake. Nobody has ever observed vibration in real life. Go on and try measuring one of those "frequencies", I'll wait. Where are you even supposed to find those? "A faucet dripping"? "Your literal heartbeat"? Don't make me laugh!

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)
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[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll show you some nice vibrations ;-)

[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

NO, put down the taser!

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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They also seem to believe wi-fi "powers everything"? What a loon.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Introducing POW (power over wlan)! By broadcasting a constant small gamma wave, small electronic devices can use the latent energy to power electronic components.

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[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 35 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I used to love reading W.I.T.C.H. comics and they always had a bunch of fun stuff about zodiacs and reading the future in tea leaves, moons and stars and all that silly stuff. I friggin loved that shit because it was fun for the imagination and it also tied in well with the comic being about a groups magical girls who get their powers from nature and blah blah blah. I thought it was fun to find out what my element was based on what month I was born in and what my birthstone was and take little personality tests to see which one of the girls I was like the most (9 out of 10 times, I got Taranee).

The thing is, though: I always knew it was just play pretend and fun past time stuff.

I have had that fun permanently destroyed for me after people started believing in astrology and magic for real. I know people irl who refer to their zodiacs as an explanation for how they like their coffee or why they push their work to last minute or why they vibe well with this and that person. They take personality tests and believe it for real instead of using it as some stupid past time fun. Online, it's even worse. It gives me the same level of ick as the women in Sex and the City.

It absolutely fucking ruined the fun for me and I just can't read my horoscope anymore because I don't want anyone to think I'm one of those people.

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You might enjoy Terry Pratchett's witches series. There's magic, but the real trick is solving your problems without ever using it. Wyrd Systers or Wee Free Men are good places to start.

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

WiFi IS real. "Auras", "Vibes" and "Crystal Energy" is magical nonsense.

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's just what big WiFi wants you to think so they can sell you more WiFi
Open your eyes sheeple! And also remember to buy my $499 online course on how to make the vibrations of your aura more positive or something

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can you teach me to vibrate into alternate universes like The Flash? 'Cause I don't like this one that much.

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[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The only real magic is friendship.

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago

And magnets.

That shit interacts unlike any other object we normally encounter.

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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

Trying to legitimize bullshit by using big words out of context and meaning

[–] suodrazah@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So many layers to unpack here.

[–] Lollygagger@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Specifically OSI layers 1 and 2!

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