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[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 111 points 1 year ago (5 children)

There's actually a very simple reason for this phenomenon. A standard spring mattress essentially acts like a giant mirror, reflecting all sorts of radio waves, including your cellular signal. This can cause interference, leading to a dead zone in the near vicinity. The same effect was documented back in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcers table.

[–] Juvyn00b@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just had to scan your post history just to see.... maybe.... naw. Damnit.

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

That’s the biggest thing I miss about Reddit. The random users we all knew that formed a collective meme.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

God damn it

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Be right back, I need some jumper cables to beat this person within an inch of their life with.

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Daddy chill

[–] jacobaaron@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Damn it, got me good lol - completely forgot all about this when leaving reddit, thank you for this

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

YESSSSSSS I was missing that so much! Thank you for bringing that back lmao I was not expecting it at all.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Who uses their phone data at home?

I assume countries that have affordable data plans from ISPs, but still..

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I would say Germany, but our mobile data is even more overpriced.

[–] genoxidedev1@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Our mobile data is the biggest scam that exists on this earth. A handful of gigabytes for 10s of €s per month.

The highest IQ people will say "Well it doesn't have to be more than a few gigabytes, you got wifi at home anyways, I barely reach the mobile data limit", well it doesn't have to be 10s of €s for a handful of gigabytes either/anyways.

And coverage outside has always been between "Barely alright" and "Dogshit non-existent" too, doesn't matter if you're in a city, around a city or on a street between cities, especially on the streets though you're lucky if you can fucking "ping -c 4 google.com" with package loss.

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

For it's the cheap cheap price of 22.4€/person for 20 GB 5G per person. And that's just because my father has been a customer for a long time and I'm a second device in his contract now, with 50% off. I also reach the 20 GB limit fairly often, especially when on the go a lot. Because Deutsche Bahn. F them. Not even a working Captive Portal is possible for them, so my Laptop has to connect to my Phones Hotspot. I'm in luck with coverage actually, it's pretty OK even in my village and all around. It's just bad in my school.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Is there something specific about Germany where people don't use or have WiFi?

Estonia requires Internet to be a good place to live with out it it's not bad and not good

[–] jannis@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Eh, I pay 15 Euro a month for unlimited data at 15 Mbps

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Big parts of Europe has. I pay about €17 for unlimited 5G.

I have wifi at home of course but I still mostly use cellular cus it's faster lol

[–] rbits@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

My wifi doesn't reach my bedroom. Really should fix it.

[–] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Accurate cause 5g is nowhere to be found

I can get 5G in small villages and towns even. So I don't know what you're talking about.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't have wifi at home?

[–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago
[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The bathroom stall at work gets 0 bars.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Would be funny if they'd built a Faraday cage around the bathroom to stop people sitting on the toilet on their phones for ages

[–] kadu@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't stop me, I have WarioWare on my GBA emulator on my phone!

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

You may be interested in Lemuroid

[–] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That plus those seats designed to put strain on your legs would be a 0/10 pooping experience. The only way I could think to make it worse is if you could find a way to send an all-hands message in Slack: "567primemover has been on the toilet for more than 7 minutes. Send him a word of encouragement!"

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'd make a scoreboard out of it, competitive shutting for both high and low scores

Make sure the toilet is too tall for most people too.

[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Don't give them any fucking ideas

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Hasn't that been done before? Maybe not Faraday cages but jammers or something, I swear I remember something like that.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

E, which stands for EDGE, is also "2G".

[–] RavenFellBlade@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago

It's edgier 2G for an edgier generation.

[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but GPRS is also 2g, but almost half the speed of edge.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

How dare you "um, akhtually" me on my "um, akhtually"?!

[–] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah but its faster than just regular 2g. You can load not ridiculously sized images on edge. On 2g? Enjoy your wait.

[–] thericcer@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Been years since I've seen this meme.

[–] rainynight65@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

For me it's the opposite. I don't get usable mobile signal in most of my house, to the point that our phones are set up with wifi calling, and if the internet goes down (like it did for 45 minutes the other day) there's not much I can do. But if I lie down comfortably on my bed, I get a usable two bars of 4G, enough to make calls and do a bit of internet browsing.

e = ethernet now

[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wireless carrier wants you to get out of bed and scroll at the goddamn kitchen table

What, like I'm in a commercial?

[–] Burningsky@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

And this meme can be easily updated by putting one single "5G" next to the left-hand leg of the bedframe and nowhere else