Great article. A very good couple of first steps is to not watch TV and leave your cell phone in a different room (or at least the far corner).
I noticed that you mentioned kitchen appliances. I recently bought a Moen Motionsense faucet and they gave me a survey where they asked "What other Smart appliances do you have in your home?" along with a super long list! (I had no idea!) Turns out that outside of the faucet, I have zero smart appliances. And the faucet only turns on/off by waving your meat/grease/dirt soaked hands... so it ain't all that "smart" TBH. I'm pretty sure we can all get by with appliances being dumb, like mine, like they used to be.
For god's sake if you eat, sleep, drink, read, watch, wear, and otherwise surround yourselves with the "smart" (aka intrusive monitoring) devices, how can you possibly be surprised to find out they are what they are?
The novelty has worn off long ago. Right about the time we all came to the knowledge of the spying. Would you let *me* (personally, a guy you never met and don't know) put a camera/mic into your house?! Then why do you let other people that you don't know do so?!?! WTF?
I despise anything "smart." I don't want the intrusion nor do I want more EMF exposure.
Unfortunately it is becoming harder to avoid "smart" things.
I also despise the push for everything digital. Even our church started offering the weekly bulletin online via QR codes scanned on the seat pockets on the chairs in the sanctuary. 😖. I need help using my phone less, not more. I pick up a paper bulletin each week instead.
And so many people are oblivious as to the monitoring nature of the "smart" devices. It is all about convenience and novelty. They're being led into their own prison.
Recently moved to Oklahoma from Boston and went looking for a truck. I *specifically* looked for a truck that wouldn't beep at me for not wearing a seat belt. I found one that didn't but after a few weeks it would **turn off the radio** if I didn't put my seat belt on (essentially blackmailing me). I took it to a mechanic and he turned that off. Now I bound around the two-land backroads in my 2010 F-150 and, NGL, it's *glorious*.
Yeah I'd never seen anything like that before. It would mute the radio unless I completed the circuit through my seat belt. lol. Fortunately, it was easy to turn off :D
It's fantastic! And with GetAway music like FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN playing nice and loud and UNINTERRUPTED on the radio just like how it used to be back in the day!!! ADIOS Boston Howdy Oklahoma!!
Thank you for sharing this article. It is certainly an attention getter. It has definitely gotten mine. I am going to share it with my family and friends. Thank you so much.
We left the insufferable northeast (both born and raised and I a native NYCer) for Florida in 2021. Had had that in our plans anyway as my husband grew to despise the cold and the snow and the ice and a growing season of about four months -- if we got lucky.
When the COV!D crime rolled out -- and we saw it instantly for what it was -- and my company offered early retirement, our Florida plan got moved up by about a year and a half. Here we are -- and we consider it the best move we ever made for many reasons. Yet even during the time we were still up north, neither one of us ever more a "mask" -- and we never will.
We've been active here. Despite its reputation, Florida ain't perfect in terms of health freedom. It's better than it was and better than most, I'd say, but it still needs work. We're happy to help. ;)
P.S. Wonderful article. I especially appreciated the maddeningly rare correct reference to external female genitalia. :) Thank you, Allan!!!
Great article. A very good couple of first steps is to not watch TV and leave your cell phone in a different room (or at least the far corner).
I noticed that you mentioned kitchen appliances. I recently bought a Moen Motionsense faucet and they gave me a survey where they asked "What other Smart appliances do you have in your home?" along with a super long list! (I had no idea!) Turns out that outside of the faucet, I have zero smart appliances. And the faucet only turns on/off by waving your meat/grease/dirt soaked hands... so it ain't all that "smart" TBH. I'm pretty sure we can all get by with appliances being dumb, like mine, like they used to be.
For god's sake if you eat, sleep, drink, read, watch, wear, and otherwise surround yourselves with the "smart" (aka intrusive monitoring) devices, how can you possibly be surprised to find out they are what they are?
The novelty has worn off long ago. Right about the time we all came to the knowledge of the spying. Would you let *me* (personally, a guy you never met and don't know) put a camera/mic into your house?! Then why do you let other people that you don't know do so?!?! WTF?
I despise anything "smart." I don't want the intrusion nor do I want more EMF exposure.
Unfortunately it is becoming harder to avoid "smart" things.
I also despise the push for everything digital. Even our church started offering the weekly bulletin online via QR codes scanned on the seat pockets on the chairs in the sanctuary. 😖. I need help using my phone less, not more. I pick up a paper bulletin each week instead.
And so many people are oblivious as to the monitoring nature of the "smart" devices. It is all about convenience and novelty. They're being led into their own prison.
Recently moved to Oklahoma from Boston and went looking for a truck. I *specifically* looked for a truck that wouldn't beep at me for not wearing a seat belt. I found one that didn't but after a few weeks it would **turn off the radio** if I didn't put my seat belt on (essentially blackmailing me). I took it to a mechanic and he turned that off. Now I bound around the two-land backroads in my 2010 F-150 and, NGL, it's *glorious*.
What ??! That is too much. What a perfect example. Thank you for sharing this.
Yeah I'd never seen anything like that before. It would mute the radio unless I completed the circuit through my seat belt. lol. Fortunately, it was easy to turn off :D
Good for you! Blackmailing vehicles. Idiotic.
It's fantastic! And with GetAway music like FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN playing nice and loud and UNINTERRUPTED on the radio just like how it used to be back in the day!!! ADIOS Boston Howdy Oklahoma!!
Thank you for sharing this article. It is certainly an attention getter. It has definitely gotten mine. I am going to share it with my family and friends. Thank you so much.
We left the insufferable northeast (both born and raised and I a native NYCer) for Florida in 2021. Had had that in our plans anyway as my husband grew to despise the cold and the snow and the ice and a growing season of about four months -- if we got lucky.
When the COV!D crime rolled out -- and we saw it instantly for what it was -- and my company offered early retirement, our Florida plan got moved up by about a year and a half. Here we are -- and we consider it the best move we ever made for many reasons. Yet even during the time we were still up north, neither one of us ever more a "mask" -- and we never will.
We've been active here. Despite its reputation, Florida ain't perfect in terms of health freedom. It's better than it was and better than most, I'd say, but it still needs work. We're happy to help. ;)
P.S. Wonderful article. I especially appreciated the maddeningly rare correct reference to external female genitalia. :) Thank you, Allan!!!
Cheers! Thank you for standing for freedom.