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Wi-Fi Allergy a PR Stunt

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hope-he-made-his-buck dept.

ADiamond writes "There is no Wi-Fi allergy. The English DJ claiming a Wi-Fi sensitivity, chronicled earlier, was a PR stunt to promote his new album. It would appear that the stunt was highly successful, appearing in multiple high-profile media outlets like The Sun, The Telegraph, and Fox News. The article at Ars goes on to discuss the evidence, or lack-thereof, of electromagnetic spectrum sensitivity."

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  1. We know. by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you read the comments below the LAST article you would know that you didn't need to inform us.

  2. Couldn't someone have tested this disorder sooner? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean how hard is it to get one of the people, put them in a room, and have them tell you whether or not you plugged in a router?

  3. But I have a real allergy by Anonymusing · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm allergic to PR stunts. You have no idea how miserable they make life. I am dizzy all the time, and can't stop sneezing. And the rashes. And the boils. I may be going blind, as well.

    By the way, I have a new album coming out, called "Craposensitive".

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  4. I'm allergic to posting on /. by Hawthorne01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh, It burns!!!!!!!!! (Buy my new album) Arrrrrrghhhhh, AgonyAgonyAgony!!!!!!!

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  5. Amazing... by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was reported by The Sun, The Telegraph, and Fox News. I'm surprised those bastions of journalistic integrity and careful, measured reporting didn't check their facts better before releasing these reports.

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  6. Re:What, if any, action do we take? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I say we email the hell out of steve@subatomicuk.com, let us show this guy there is no wrath like that of /.

  7. I'm going to download his album 10 times... by jolyonr · · Score: 4, Funny

    to hurt him even more!

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    1. Re:I'm going to download his album 10 times... by clone53421 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Jason Fox tried that once, IIRC.

      Something along the lines of:

      "What are you doing?"
      "Downloading and burning 10,000 copies of $paiges_favorite_cd."
      "You know, if people keep doing that eventually artists will quit making music."
      "That's what I'm hoping."

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  8. Re:Oh, very fning funny by sorak · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now this story will linger as 'common knowledge' for years and rational people will have to cnstantly explain it was a PR stunt.

    Well done jackass, you've made the world a worse place.

    Didn't he do that by deciding to become a DJ?