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Can tin foil hats block anything? (2015)
- countWSS 3y agoWhat about tinfoil covered walls? Would living next to a couple of 4G/5G towers be improved by tinfoiling the walls in that direction or a full faraday cage setup is needed?
- nonrandomstring 3y agoThe approach of women. Very effective birth control. See [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GI_glasses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GI_glasses
- luhn 3y agoIt's ironic that the main photo on the page is a fairly attractive man who imo can pull off the look.
- frfl 3y agoIronic how turn tables[1], those types of glasses are trendy and hip now. [1]: https://youtu.be/6FwmGLzyRDk?t=14 https://youtu.be/6FwmGLzyRDk?t=14
- Reason077 3y agoThe old S9 version actually look really cool!
- beAbU 3y agoThis looks very similar to the timeless Rayban Wayfarer design.
- NoPicklez 3y agoThey can block someone finding a mate and procreating
- johnea 3y ago> While the underlying concept is good, the typical foil helmet fails in design and execution. 8-)
- ceejayoz 3y agoPresumably the flawed plans are distributed deliberately by the lizard people for a false sense of security.
- nomilk 3y agoThe top answer is gold. Short, and worth the read; gave me a good laugh.
- internetter 3y agoOnly problem is the links are bogus. I was hoping to see an actual example of somebody being rejected in a marriage proposal because of their hat
- phendrenad2 3y agoOf course they can. They block a frequency range. Is that useful? Probably not.
- H8crilA 3y agoSee the MIT paper linked from a lower ranked answer - they can actually amplify the radio waves, by as much as 30dB! That's a 1000x increase. Now that's a proper conspiracy - to cause people to wear those in order to amplify the effects.
- DiscourseFan 3y agoYeah but not alien radio waves... clearly you aren't paying attention.
- phendrenad2 3y agoTrue, it blocks some radio waves and amplifies others. But maybe it amplifies good mind-control signals and diminishes bad ones? Only one way to find out! adds 32 rolls of foil to cart
- aidenn0 3y agoThe MIT paper linked in the second answer (http://web.archive.org/web/20100708230258/http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/ http://web.archive.org/web/20100708230258/http://people.csai...) is a great read on its own.
- vmfunction 3y ago> We hope this report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs to avoid falling prey to these shortcomings. Can we just replace tin foil hats with Faraday cage!
- IncRnd 3y agoMy longitudinal study has found that tin foil hats, when prepared and worn as directed, block 100% alien parasitical freqencies, 97.8132% of the attempts by FEDGOV to take over the minds of minunderstood scientists, and 2.091234% of the people who use verbal frequencies to ask questions about where to obtain their own tin foil hats. d2. h4x02 f023v32
- zabzonk 3y agoprobably not too many have actually used a room-sized tin foil hat, but i have - we used to have a faraday cage enclosing our coulter counter (measured cells in liquid) at university of london, back in the early 80s. room to sit in and do stuff. don't know if this is necessary any more?
- BizarroLand 3y agoIt's a joke that as far as I know I am the only person finds funny but I've always thought that tin-foil hats need a grounding strap as otherwise they would act more like an antenna dish than a shield.
- bottom999mottob 3y agoWhat big tin foil doesn't want ya to know! That's hilarious
- Reason077 3y agoLike other hats, tin foil would be effective in preventing sunlight burning your skin and causing melanoma etc. Would be a useful material to have in a desert island scenario.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y agoWas just going to comment that myself. It is a useful property for us pasty nerds when we venture out.
- gitinit 3y agoIt would also reflect light significantly, which could be useful to get attention from rescuers.
- quickthrower2 3y agoPutting fashion aside, probably useful for both UV blocking (turn the hat into a hijab for better coverage) and also should reflect IR so reduce the chance of heatstroke when working in the sun. Disclaimer: avoid working/exercise in hot/humid conditions at all! Work at dusk/dawn or even wait for a cool day.
- willmadden 3y ago>avoid working/exercise in hot/humid conditions at all! Work at dusk/dawn or even wait for a cool day. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you live in the Southern Hemisphere.
- dylan604 3y agoWhy? This is the same concept in any hot/humid conditions during the summer regardless of hemisphere. It's good advice even if you hear it during the winter.
- rfrey 3y agoPeople have different standards. I'm whining about the heat at 26 degrees, but it's not getting me out of mowing the lawn. And not working during a hot winter day is comedy sketch territory. That snow isn't going to shovel itself!
- whatshisface 3y ago...it's not dangerously hot if there is snow on the ground...
- dylan604 3y agoYou've inverted the season, so now you need to invert the temp as well.
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- Khelavaster 3y agoYes! Microwave attacks like against international embassy workers are FOILED by aluminum hats. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/science/sonic-attack-cuba-microwave.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/science/sonic-attack-cuba...
- JudasGoat 3y agonon paywall https://archive.ph/T0hOk https://archive.ph/T0hOk
- apapapa 3y agoThey can block water but not much RF
- gitinit 3y agoThe post acknowledges this, but it’s more about any actual frequency range. I just think it’s an interesting question.
- RajT88 3y agoThey can block incoming interest from romantic partners.