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English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy
path0$ writes "British Ex-DJ Steve Miller claims that his Wi-Fi allergy is making his life one big misery
, forcing him to live in an iron-clad home far from any neighbors. According to the article, more and more people are suffering from an allergy like his. The only positive side to this is that at least Miller didn't think of suing anybody yet, like these people did,
who claim to suffer from the same condition and were mentioned in a Slashdot article in 2008."
And I got a nasty rash just reading the summary.
Some people call him the space cowboy
Some people call him the gangster of love
Some people call him Maurice
Because he has to stay in a Faraday cage to block out the wi-fi signals he's allergic to...
Most people with decent hearing find TV aisles uncomfortable - it's either too many random TVs putting out the same audio minutely out of synch, or the high-pitched squeal that comes from any CRT being multiplied by a couple dozen. The EMF signals are hardly the most irritating thing that a TV can put out.
O RLY? I guess you haven't sat through an episode of 'Fringe' then?
But once they believe they are safe from EM radiation, their symptoms abate.
Whoa, that's weird. I believe I'm safe from EM radiation too, and I've never had any EM allergy-related symptoms. Coincidence? I think not!
You know what this means? The allergy is real, but believing it doesn't affect you is a cure! It makes sense, too -- allergies are an auto-immune response of the body, which can conceivably be affected by the central nervous system, if not consciously then subconsciously. People can learn to control their heart rates or body temperatures, maybe we unknowingly control our immune systems to respond or not respond to things it shouldn't. Thus the luddites fear of technology creates the very allergy that makes them fear technology. A vicious cycle!
But hopefully we can make use of this, and I can believe my way of of this annoying mold allergy -- THAT I DON'T HAVE BECAUSE I'M SAFE FROM MOLD. I KNOW I'M SAFE I KNOW I'M SAFE.
The enemies of Democracy are
He needs one of these. So he can always tell when he's in danger.
Funny may not give karma, but +5 Informative never made anyone snort coffee out their nose.
Why do we report bizarre claims to Slashdot without requiring the scientific method to be applied.
If I claim to be psychic and to be able to use ESP to read emails out of thin air, does qualify for the front page of Slashdot?
If you have to ask... you must be new round here.. :-)
"Oops, I always forget the purpose of competition is to divide people into winners and losers." - Hobbes
He should try to promote himself a different way than this
Yeah seriously; he should just start a band and try promoting himself under his own name. Call it the Steve Mill... umm, never mind.
Don't mock people with LED allergies!
"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine No Posessions?'" -- Elvis Costello
If I claim to be psychic and to be able to use ESP to read emails out of thin air, does qualify for the front page of Slashdot?
You are the psychic, you tell us.
"But this one goes to 11!"
Yeah, I solved that problem by joining a rock band. Now, I don't hear the flyback whistle, or power supplies, or crickets. Both ears ring at different, multiple, freqs. I just learned to ignore it.
Why, without your clothes, you're naked, Miss Dudley!
"electromagnetic hypersensitivity"
Poor guy. Must suck, particularly since his body radiates EM in several bands.