Microwaved this foil ball

Apr 2, 2018 1:05 PM

So, you have one shiny ball? Ahem....

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That's why it's fake. It's all fake NITHIBG US REAL ANYMORE AGHHHHHFIFFGF ONH HELP

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Did you try turning it off and on again?

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Haha! Foiled again..

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Put a CD in there... It's fun for about 1 second. Private disco show

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Also makes cool fractals! Smells terrible though...

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This is based on a scientific principle known as "natural selection".

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Have a headache? Put a gun in ur mouth and pull the trigger. Instant relief!

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Don't put metal in the science oven

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I'd say that the 2018 Model of Idiot surely is more advanced than its predecessors.

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Does it matter which microwave you have to try this?

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The Japanese art of polishing alfoil balls..

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Excuse me, but it should have shrunk

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April...fools.

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I always love seeing the people who fall for the "How to prepare your vehicle for winter" ones where people put screws in their tires..

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Isn’t it the edges that cause the electrical arcs? So would the smooth ball fair better in the microwave?

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This is true. I've seen it done. It's the edges where arcs happen.

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Don’t put anything metal in the microwave

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fare*

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I love idiots. Idiots are the best.

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We have a World full of them.

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I prefer no idiots personally

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Remove warning signs when no one is looking.

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Why ? A smart person would care about this and for idiot it wouldn't make a difference.

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Same type of people who fell for drilling wood screws in tires for instant snow tires a few years back.

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Wait, that's not legit?! ....uh oh

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I love those, there was a whole dump of them. Water with the oil or replace your coolant with water, something like that.

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And the sandpaper on wiper blades for cleaning off frost (:

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Oh wow, I never heard of that one. That's fucked up. I like it.

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And the Armor All on the gas, brake, and, clutch pedals.

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Even just the dash on a sunny day will fuck you up.

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Its sad my brain for a split second went huh i should try that... then my brain went WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH U,I BROUGHT U UP BETTER

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Same. Thought "Oh neat!"... "Wait a minute..."

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Don’t be too hard on yourself. Your brain defaults to believing everything is true at first, until past experience changes your mind

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And it loves to learn about "what happens when you do this"

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Exactly

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That's ok. My brain tells me to drive into walls. Luckily my back up brain is always on watch for main brain's shenanigans.

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Mine tells me to lick a urinals to find out how they taste. Gotta watch out for that shit

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Mine tells me to throw expensive things out the window when I’m in a car

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Good ol' back up brain!!!

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Always keep it in the rear

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Holy ducking sheet, I just performed my first real spit take. Thank you OP, you Broke my cherry. (+11 from a 47yr old British imagurian.x

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wat

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L'appel du Vide, also known as The Call of the Void. Essentially those weird intrusive thoughts you get to do something terrible.

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Mine tells me to jump off high places, and argue with people who don't want to find resolution on the internet.

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I disagree!

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Hate those low res people!

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The call of the void

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Applicable to both!

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⓵I love moments like that. My favorite one was playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I got to the part where they tell you to go update your

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⓷I just went, "what am I, FUCKING RETARDED?!" Literally said it out loud. Loudly. Everyone stared.

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⓶firmware at the clinic. I started heading there without even thinking about it. I was halfway there when my conscious mind clicked in and

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I like how the "result" is bigger but someone still believed it

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It swells from the microwaves, how else do you think the wrinkles would straighten?

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The camera is just closer on the second photo...

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Member microwaving iphones

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Confession, I don't own a microwave

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There's a dozens of us!

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Day 809, I found other survivers, I hope they are friendly.

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Not after this.

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Reminds me of people who were putting their phones in the microwave to walk eggs when Pokemon Go first Came out.

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Oh, I didn't know about that cheat. Probably why I never hatched anything.

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And to recharge them!

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This person is an idiot it is basically common sense that any metal in a microwave is dangerous

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Tupperware has a grill made of mostly metal that was designed for the microwave. http://www.tupperware.com/microprotm-grill.html

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Common knowledge maybe (or should be) but not common sense.

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Common sense, isn’t

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Foil is. Not every metal.

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That's not true. I always leave the metal spoon in my cups and plates 'cause it prevents superheating.

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You say that.. but I lapsed twice about metal foil on Wendy's chicken sandwiches and then I stood there going ooh coool before my brain went

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WAIT TURN OFF THE MICROWAVE

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this person used a found picture of a melted microwave to make it look like they had followed the instructions

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As the tab loaded, I saw its title being "Wet Bikin…" and for a moment had high expectations.

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That is not at all common sense. Common knowledge maybe, but there is no way the average person looks at a microwave and knows no metal.

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Not all microwaves. The one were I work as a chef is perfectly fine with metal; as long as it doesn't touch the sides.

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LOL my sides hurt from laughing. Try the aluminum foil ball then, as long as it doesn't touch the sides.

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Same, I always thought you could put aluminium in a microwave so long as it didn’t touch each side. Never tried it but often wonder ...

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a crumpled ball of aluminium in a commercial microwave will still spark

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Ya, but have you tried recharging your phone in the microwave?

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I always do, 10 minutes on 700 watt and it lasts the whole day.

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Myth busters had a show on this. Not true.

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... sort of. afaik round metal (e.g. the foil ball used on mythbusters and those metal trays that come with some microwaves) doesnt spark1/2

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2/2 but anything with an edge/point (spoon, fork, the leftover foil from a peanut butter or frosting jar seal, etc.) will

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I saw it, and done of the things that they did and went fine I have done and got sparks. Not all microwaves are the same, they should have

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Used a cheap $30 microwave from Wal-Mart.

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Trust me when I tell you metal can fuck up a microwave. Don't believe everything you see on TV lol. Even Mythbusters.

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Mythbusters "bust" myths by showing counterexamples. You don't prove something's impossible with a counterexample.

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You can prove it doesn't always happen, but that's not quite the same in most cases.

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You say it's "common sense" but I'm pretty sure like at least 50%+ of people can't explain how microwaves work.

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And no, random internet smart-asses. That was not me requesting you prove that you know how microwaves work.

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Fucking magnets are hard for too many people to understand.

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I mean we are at a generation where parents don’t teach their kids a whole lot and kids do dumb shit like microwaving phones to charge the@

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We seem to also be at the generation where people keep using "we are at the generation" like somehow what they say is true.

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That's every generation though.

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Or eating tide-pods

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Kids have always done dumb shit. It just happens to go on the internet now

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Mostly 'Murica though...

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The new fad I'm hearing about is snorting condoms.. Guess tide pods are too mainstream

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I heard about that in like 2016 I think.

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Do they snort whole condoms? How???

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in one nostril, out the mouth.

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Not true. Many microwave ovens come with a metal rack these days.

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Those are probably some sort of metal-looking plastic, specially suited for the microwave.

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Nope, they’re metal. Look it up.

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But fixed, like this one? https://reddit.com/r/pics/comments/i4pqg/ Comments suggest it's grounded just like the microwave walls.

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It’s not grounded lol. It has to do with the thickness of the metal. It grounds itself.

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My buddy and I used to put Potato chip bags in the microwave. They would spark for a few seconds and when you took them out they shrunk.

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You do realize people are eating Tide pods for a challenge right...?

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How many people have actually done so? 3?

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Oh yeah, that makes it better. I challenge you to go play in traffic. What’s could go wrong? It’s for a challenge.

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The only challenge I support https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx1H6H7TZ3Q

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More like common knowledge, but not all have that knowledge.

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April Fools 365 days of the year

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Never underestimate the predicability of stupidity

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*imgur

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easter fools day comes but once a year.

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I love that this comment has zero downvotes

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Fools, yes. April, no.

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It's hard to enjoy April Fools Day when your whole life is already a joke.

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Who hurt you?

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life

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His shoelace probably

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I have no sympathy. Like when people are told to alt+F4, there is no excuse.

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But the sorceress said it would trigger the end of the world spell

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People *still* fall for that shit?

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Well, everyone will fall for it at least once until they learn what it does. That's how I learned it. I'm very grateful for it lol

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This would make a good confession bear. :)

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Haha, well I learned it like 10 years ago :P

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...but did it work?

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Go and try, you might be able to observe a couple of big lightning bolts too

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Don’t listen to them, their advice will screw up you microwave. You have to put it on defrost for 15min. Keeps the power level safe and low.

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Current Japanese trend. They polish the foil until it's smooth.

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For 3 minutes in a microwave?

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4 minutes in the low power microwaves outside of Japan. IF you hear weird noises that means it working

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It does work if you do it right. If you just set the time no. But if you set it to popcorn then the dangerous rays arent produced

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Yeah and as long as you put a paper towel under it you’re good

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Stick a fork in there to make any excess rays reflect back

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My fave was the people that drilled holes in new iPhones for a headphone jack. I thought no way... But it was way.

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Way, WAY

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You do not know de way, I know de way.

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There are still motherfuckers who try to delete system32...

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I was a fan of the iphone "firmware update" that made it waterproof.

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This one at least had enough pseudo-science to make it plausible for ignorant people.

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But do u no da wae?

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Sauce pls

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Way too way

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the phrasing of that was... pleasing

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Just the fact that u can stil be there live on 4chan when someone falls for delete system32 is like watching a car wreck i didnt try to stop

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All you needed was "be there live on 4chan is like watching a car wreck". The rest of the detail is unnecessary.

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Or when 4chan convinced them that microwaving their new iphones would charge it it 30 seconds And even the photoshopped ad said it was false

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Yah, way.

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I liked the one where you installed an app to use your ipad touch screen as bathroom scales.

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so way bro, so way

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Yeah all those iPhone pranks just show us how gullible some people are.

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Those were all satire… right? Right??

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Initially, but there will always be those stupid idiots that try to replicate what they see, no matter how insanely moronic

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what size drill bit do you use?

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Depends what size headphone jack you're using.

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go for 1/4" phono. It's a little thicker than the phone but it gives a great retro hifi sound.

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better sound quality too!

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The big one will give you 7.2 surround right to the headphones.

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so way

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I'mma be honest, I don't have an iPhone but I know companies are cheap so I could imagine them just covering up a hole to get more $ outta u

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MEMBER WAVE TECHNOLOGY? OR BEND TECHNOLOGY? charge your phone by microwave and bending it.

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Some guy actually did went ahead and properly installed a headphone jack though

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Like strapped it into the side? Can't imagine there is space inside for one

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He managed to rig the circuitry from a lightning to audio jack dongle into the iphone

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actually not. it was glued on the phone. made it bigger and even more stupid than buing it in the first place.

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Doesn't seem to be just glued to the phone it's a custom ribbon cable

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Yea. Am an electronics technician and could do that easily. Not dumb enough to buy an iphone tho.

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What exactly do you dislike about them? I've used both and don't really get the big deal myself. Just curious.

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The FACT they put out an update to hinder the performance of your phone because a new model comes out. That's enough. Much more.

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Oh yea and when ever a store has a sale on there is always a * there that links to fine print at the bottom saying "excludes apple products"

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Overpriced compared to many android phones, smaller selection and pay for apps and tbh seems like kind of a cult.

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Not a huge fan of Apple's "walled garden" software deployment/vending approach, either. It's my phone, I own it, let me install what I want

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Apple charges 100-300% profit margins, android typically is 10-50%, Apple keeps using the same manufactures as they repeatably get (1/2)

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Caught doing serious labor abuses. Apple does not play well with other companies, the list is longer but that's my top 3 reasons why.

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As a kid I got a sega megadrive, my granddad got one for himself but bought a master system game for it. Not understanding why it wouldn't-

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-work, he figured the size of the cartridge (too large) was the only problem, so sawed off the edge of the cartridge to make it fit.

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Look up internet historian. He did a video about that and its beautiful.

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Ricky?

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The wireless charging in microwave allowed by the new iOS version was fun also.

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Oh yeah... Classic.

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Makes me sad that they put all that effort into making the fake "water proof" ad when someone saying "microwave it lol" had the same success

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That was my fave

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That's what I thought too!

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"But it was way" I read that in a thick Californian surferdude accent.

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or Fat Mike from NOFX

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Indeed, for it was way, and the maidens bowed their heads, the children did weep tears cursed with the loss of a noble iPhone 6S.

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Holes were being drilled in the 7, the 6S had a visible jack and no need to drill it. First batches of 7 had the hidden jack to drill out.

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Brah

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I read that as the Spanish/Mexican slang for “dude” (guey)

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Ahmyazing

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It was de wey?

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Spicoli!

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I read it in the accent of those "foreign guys that almost sound American" on family guy https://youtu.be/vnUv2fhFy5E

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Why not Russian?

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...bruh.

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A sad one

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I STILL don't understand that. Why are you so addicted to your goddamn music? Just turn it to full volume and use the speakers.

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Im happy for these things. Just think, a whole generation will grow up knowing eating soap *WILL* kill you. They're smarter now.

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A generation that doesn't believe their parents and eats soap. Not sure if it's a negative or positive development.

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Well given my dad got his mouth washed out with soap for cursing... I can understand some aspect of the pod logic

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Cept the dead ones, a'course.

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Yes, quite unfortunate. I wanted to take advantage of them just like how the previous generations took advantage of us.

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Too bad theyre dead! Guess its still our turn in the barrel.

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I mean.... You could have just checked with the CDC , but sure that works too....

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Thats work, this generation doesnt do that!

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Hand soap, in bar form, on the other hand, will not. Lots of fucking personal god damn experience with that shit!

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Yep. Yyyyep... that taste doesn't come out easily.

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oh no. Just recalling a couple of those times sent chills down my spine...

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