May 29 2008People Claming Wi-Fi Allergies in New Mexico
A group of wackjobs in New Mexico are claiming they have allergic reactions to Wi-Fi signals.
"I get chest pain and it doesn't go away right away," alleged Wi-Fi allergy sufferer Arthur Firstenberg told KOB-TV.
The Santa Fe city attorney is checking to see if the Wi-Fi signals could be considered a form of discrimination, KOB reports.
Freaking wow. Before you waste any more time Mr. or Mrs. Santa Fe city attorney, let me tell you -- Wi-Fi signals aren't a form of discrimination. And neither is me kicking Arthur Firstenberg in the nuts and telling him to stop drinking the Fire hot-sauce packets from Taco Bell.
New Mexico Wi-Fi 'Allergy' Sufferers Want Wireless Ban [foxnews]
Thanks Neal, are you any closer to New Mexico than I am? I mean I'll still go out there if I have to, I was just hoping you could save me a trip.
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Reader Comments
1. Twelve Step - May 29, 2008 4:02 PM
Dear God people are stupid. However knowing how the courts work I'm sure they'll win a ton of money that the taxpayers will have to pay. This is B.S.!
2. Steve - May 29, 2008 4:09 PM
That pussy looks miserable.
3. wifimademytumorpulse - May 29, 2008 4:13 PM
I m lmao because of that picture... his wife smacked him in the chest for wearing that silly hat.
4. damn luddites - May 29, 2008 4:14 PM
Steve, which one?
5. Rod - May 29, 2008 4:14 PM
Everyone knows "Wi-Fi" stands for Wicked Intense Face Incinerator. It was developed by the government to single out and destroy the mentally challenged. It's working...
Ah, blessed hypochondria. I literally want to step on these people's necks.
6. Eldon - May 29, 2008 6:11 PM
I think I have Wi-Fi alergy. I don't any Wi-Fi in my area but every time I start my microwave I get really sick and can't go to work the next morning.
I heard they work on the same frequency then those Wi-Fi devices. Guess I will have to trow away my microwave oven.
7. Laura - May 29, 2008 6:15 PM
A town near me (San Francisco) just passed up on free wi-fi downtown, because of people like these....
8. feckless - May 29, 2008 6:57 PM
Stayed in Santa Fe awhile. Those people are grandiose attention seekers with an over inflated sense of self importance and a sense of entitlement as big as the planet and just as polluted.
Just tell him that someone is clearing some land for a new parking lot and he'll dash off for some emergency tree-hugging.
9. Mike - May 29, 2008 7:17 PM
Claming?
10. Chris - May 29, 2008 7:52 PM
I picked up 4 quarter pounder burgers and an extra large fries. I get home and the Wi-Fi next door makes my chest hurt!
11. Matt - May 29, 2008 8:18 PM
NEWS FLASH Being fat does not cause chest pain, it has been Wi-Fi all along...
This guy's stupidity has given me a severe pain in my head... perhaps because I am attempting to dig out the part of my brain that retains the information about his stupidity... GIVE ME MONEY FATTY
12. guate6 - May 29, 2008 8:30 PM
#9: yeah, some people can't keep their clam shut, so they're "claming" which is a mixture of "claiming" and "clamming" but more so related to 'claiming"
I'd seen this picture before, but I think it was in the lolcatz gallery. These people are retarded.
13. leeshka - May 30, 2008 12:31 AM
@8 - lmao. Can't describe Santa Fe better than that.
Why am I not surprised that KOB are the ones reporting this nonsense? Because they're muckraking ambulance chasers.
14. constant drama - May 30, 2008 6:36 AM
The cat looks sooo irritated its hillarious.
15. Big Wayne - May 30, 2008 12:44 PM
Oh .ets see, what else can we ban on the 2.4 GHz frequencies? Cordless Phones, BlueTooth, Microwaves (as mentioned above), Wireless video cameras, newer RC radios, X10, some RFID... Ass-munches.
16. steve allwood - May 30, 2008 5:16 PM
who in their right mind would think this is true? my cure for this foolishness: all individuals with this problem please just kill your self to save the world from your idiot infection before its too late..or you could spray a little holy water in the air im sure this would work to relive this problem as it never exsisted.
17. lolcatz - May 31, 2008 3:04 AM
I love the look on that cat's face..."You make an lolcatz poster out of this and I will fucking kill you all." But you totally could...
18. Popadopolis - May 31, 2008 6:36 PM
When his doctor asks him to list his allergies, I'm sure the list looks like this:
Allergies:
-WiFi signals
-Human vagina
-Dog vagina
Current Meds:
-AllerJen
Reason:
Cat vagina allergies
19. Andreas Demetriou - June 1, 2008 3:12 PM
And people thought smoking was good for you once, and that the world was flat, and that witches existed.
Its called ignorance.
Tell me the the inner working of how wi-fi and the human brain and body work and then come back and post an article calling them Wackjobs!
As long as you live life in ignorance you will offend people, great way to make people like your site!
20. damn luddites - June 2, 2008 10:24 AM
Andreas -
regardless of whether wi-fi (or any other frequencies) are bad for the brain, this guy is an idiot. why do people assume that aluminum foil will block everything? if he wore a full body suit made of lead, then he might seem like less of a nut job (probably not). and if the foil helmet really does work, why doesn't it need to cover his forehead? can't the wi-fi signals get into his brain from the forehead, his ears, or his face? and what purpose do the spikes on the helmet serve? other than to make him look ridiculous, and to ensure that he isn't taken seriously.
if you have some information about "the inner working of how wi-fi and the human brain and body work", please post it. If there really is a connection, and we should all be wearing foil hats, please educate us.