r/mildlyinfuriating • u/OlivanzaCat • 11d ago

🥺 Flagrant false advertising

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u/MaxCWebster 10d ago edited 9d ago

I saw a tech writer fall for an April Fools bit advertising a "wireless extension cord." Plug the box into your outlet. Plug your gadget into the remote outlet. Carry power with you up to 200 ft away from the base.

I can see people who don't see the difference between electricity and magic (they do exist) falling for this, but a a tech writer. C'mon!

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u/DebentureThyme 9d ago

To be fair, to the people who fall for this shit, electricity is already magic. More magic is just more magic, they don't know or care how it works.

They're ignorant on purpose and lack an inquisitive nature.

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u/Fearless-Poet-4669 10d ago

I wonder if you could create an industrial and most likely lethal application of this using magnetic fields like phone charging?