I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

I went on Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats.

The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping!

(I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

Do you think the people selling this are laughing at their customers or are they into it?

It's like a damn joke.

[jmax@mastodon.social]

@futurebird The science says it's so much worse than that.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100708230258/http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/

[piquant00@mastodon.online]

@futurebird The old cliche laughing all the way to the bank.

[fuzzychef@m6n.io]

@futurebird I also like the fake certification for it.

IEEE-299 describes a method of measuring shielding effectiveness.

So that's like saying "Certified to Relative Humidity Standards".

[serverlessaoife@mastodon.social]

@futurebird That price tag was A Choice

[rubinjoni@mastodon.social]

@futurebird Does it prevent brainrot?

[clayfoot@mastodon.social]

@futurebird They make tinfoil underwear too!
https://havnwear.com/product/wavestopper-boxer-briefs

[wtl@mastodon.social]

@futurebird 🤮

[goaty@meow.social]

@futurebird depends on the business model. if it's MLM it's definitely a mix of both!

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@rubinjoni

You mean like... somehow keeping it from getting out of the hat and spreading? Like it's a brainrot containment hat?

hmm?

I think one would need some kind of noise canceling face mask to do that.

[azuaron@cyberpunk.lol]

@futurebird As someone substantially disabled by brain fog, that ad makes me want to perform some Luddite-like activities.

[josh0@babka.social]

@futurebird I like mine better. Much more stylish.

[sudaksis@furry.engineer]

@futurebird Not $85 or $90? Specifically $88? I'm going to assume it is intentional then.

88 (number) - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

[carstenfranke@mastodon.social]

@futurebird I wonder how it shields 99.7% when about 40 % of your head are open... And otherwise...price for best snake oil product of the year? When is a red MAGA version coming?

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@futurebird They are exploiting the idiocy common today. Just look at the "wellness" industry and US gov. People are steaming parts of their anatomy that are not supposed to have air introduced, sunning their nether regions to power up for the day, sticking so many things up their hinies that have no business there, are vilifying life-saving vaccines...

So this hat is like a harmless nothing that I am sure many will buy and somehow feel safer for the wearing...

Sigh.

[wendigo@metalhead.club]

@futurebird It's hard to say whether all the new-age garbage out there is being sold by true believers or con artists. A mixture of both?

[chris@nutmeg.social]

@futurebird of course this fashionable hat is built to "IEEE military standards"

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@serverlessaoife

Maybe? The "wavestopper" boxers are $78 ... I don't see a pattern in the other prices.

IDK I don't know every creepy number what do you think:

havnwear. com/collection/best-sellers

[count_01@mastodon.social]

@CStamp @futurebird It's a magnetic bracelet for the Rona era. Mostly scam, but also basically a harmless bit of tat that makes people feel happy.