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Archae

(46,328 posts) Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:04 PM Oct 2013

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Cell phones make as much radiation as a microwave oven!

Well, Suzanne Somers and far-right website "NewsMax" say so...

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Cell phones make as much radiation as a microwave oven! (Original Post) Archae Oct 2013 OP

People have known that for years jberryhill Oct 2013 #1

-1 wercal Oct 2013 #2

lol jberryhill Oct 2013 #3

That video is fake. Archae Oct 2013 #4

No, it's a real video jberryhill Oct 2013 #5

Welcome to the Society of They Saw you Coming... Archae Oct 2013 #8

Can't you just for once... jberryhill Oct 2013 #9

I dropped mine into some coffee Turbineguy Oct 2013 #6

Well, it would have if you had downloaded the waterproof app. longship Oct 2013 #11

So, can you get an app for popping popcorn? winter is coming Oct 2013 #7

Is that the same one from Threes Company? bunnies Oct 2013 #10

Hehe... SidDithers Oct 2013 #12

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

1. People have known that for years

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:06 PM

Oct 2013

wercal

(1,370 posts)

2. -1

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:08 PM

Oct 2013

Fake

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

3. lol

Reply to wercal (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:09 PM

Oct 2013

There's one in every bunch

Archae

(46,328 posts)

4. That video is fake.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:11 PM

Oct 2013

http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

5. No, it's a real video

Reply to Archae (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:12 PM

Oct 2013

Welcome to the Society of Incurable Pedantics

Archae

(46,328 posts)

8. Welcome to the Society of They Saw you Coming...

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:25 PM

Oct 2013

Let me know when you find the Area 51 crashed flying saucer.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cell-phone-popcorn.shtml

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

9. Can't you just for once...

Reply to Archae (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:38 PM

Oct 2013

Let me hook a few?

It's people using their cell phones in fields that cause crop circles, after all. Betcha don't got a link disproving that one, now do ya?

Turbineguy

(37,337 posts)

6. I dropped mine into some coffee

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:18 PM

Oct 2013

and didn't notice a temperature change.

longship

(40,416 posts)

11. Well, it would have if you had downloaded the waterproof app.

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 08:25 PM

Oct 2013

Really! It exists...

Apparently. And equally apparently it was a scam to get ignorant people to destroy their iPhones.

Here's a report:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/fake-waterproof-iphone-ad-tricks-users-into-destroying-their-smartphones-8835952.html

Somebody's having some warped, mean-spirited sort of fun.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)

7. So, can you get an app for popping popcorn?

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:22 PM

Oct 2013

bunnies

(15,859 posts)

10. Is that the same one from Threes Company?

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 08:05 PM

Oct 2013

It hardly looks like her.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)

12. Hehe...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 08:28 PM

Oct 2013

Had me going for a second. Thought I was going to see the infamous popcorn video.

Then I saw who posted the thread.

Edit: oops. Saw jberryhill added it upthread. Now the thread is complete.

Sid

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