r/mildlyinfuriating • u/L0n3_C3nturi0n • 26d ago

Too mild for school My stepdad keeps putting these things all over the house

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He refuses to believe that they're a scam despite showing multiple videos of people testing them and ripping them open and showing that it's legit just an led light. It started with just 1 before I went on a small trip. I come back and there's 3 more around the house

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u/seeyoujim 26d ago

Not only that but while plugged in you can’t use the outlet for anything you useful

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u/Elegant_Situation285 26d ago

child safety device. they should be charging double.

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u/macaronysalad 25d ago

Thus saving energy. Now you're catching on. -Resultis®

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u/OZZMAN8 25d ago

So it does kinda work I guess...

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u/Live_Lab3601 25d ago

You save power by not using that outlet

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u/ObserverWardXXL 25d ago

I guess I'm dumb, because I thought that was the whole point of this item? Basically a low stake self lockout from outlets?

Are these advertised as a 'snake oil' solution? how is this even a product vendors will waste warehouse or screen space on?!?

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u/Sexual_Congressman 25d ago

You must never have been on YouTube without an adblocker, it is absolutely infested with videos claiming "plug this device in and your electricity bill will be reduced by 87%!!!" I've never actually watched one of them but I've also seen actual television ads for these kinds of devices from the late 00s that claim they do some magic trick with electromagnetism that I don't remember the actual mechanism of because I'm unfortunately not stupid.

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u/ObserverWardXXL 25d ago

I rarely use youtube, but I imagine my country blocks this type of advertisement because it would be highly illegal!

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u/Zeero92 25d ago

87%? If that's what the ads actually say, then people aren't taught the "too good to be true" adage any longer.

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u/seeyoujim 25d ago

Yes, snake oil - tech edition

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u/HeyZeGaez 19d ago

They claim to save on your energy bill by balancing your power usage. Which if I recall is an actual thing but only in incredibly specific cases and never ever in domestic power billing.

So no its not affecting your bill at all.