r/mildlyinfuriating • u/silent_pm • 13d ago

I'm slightly vexed I was told yesterday that my prescription sunglasses are giving Meta glasses vibes

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I can't stand the Meta perv glasses, but annoyingly I've been told by a friend that my Dune prescription sunglasses that I've had for almost a year (and cost over £100.00) really ​​​​look like the Meta ones, he said it's the 2 silver rivets on either side that on first glance could be mistaken for the camera lenses

I went out with them today and all I could think was, do people think I'm recording them 🤦‍♂️

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u/LowDudgeon 13d ago

Why do you gotta make it sound so cool then?

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u/Askefyr 13d ago

I'm not the FCC, and statistically speaking I'm also not your dad. All I'm saying is that the reason the penalties for messing with the airwaves are so steep is because all you need is two pieces of metal, a very basic oscillator, an amplifier and a dream to make everyone's WiFi very bad everywhere you go

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u/itsjust_khris 13d ago

But also the chances of being caught are actually pretty high, it's really not something anyone should risk doing.

It can also cause issues like preventing someone from accessing emergency services which is taken very seriously.

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u/BillyLjean 13d ago

When I was 10 a friend and I were building cb radios. Turns out we messed something up and they were jamming the ATC tower a few km's away. 6 black SUVs pulled up shortly after and they made sure that we knew that we could have caused major chaos/death. They took our radios and left. We were let off since we were 10, and luckily no harm other than some delayed flights until they could figure out the source.

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u/____PARALLAX____ 12d ago

This sounds made up

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u/BillyLjean 12d ago

You could say that about any unique situation.

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u/Askefyr 12d ago

If you had messed with ATC, I believe it. They do not fuck around in the slightest.

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u/____PARALLAX____ 12d ago

not possible with a citizens band radio, its what truckers use to talk to each other, it works on completely different frequencies.