The terrorists of 4chan

[Capt. Obvious]

It wasn't enough for 4chan to trick people into thinking IOS7 waterproofed their iphones but now they are terrorizing iPhone 6 owners by tricking them into microwaving their new phones.




They should be charged with a crime - one count for every iPhone that has been destroyed thanks to their hoaxes.

[tabasco]

1. No, the people who microwave their phones

should be charged with gross stupidity.

[Capt. Obvious]

6. When I first got an iPhone

my brother tried to convince me that the case was waterproof and that I needed to test it in a bucket of water to make sure I didn't get a defective one.

I think I believed in for about a minute.

[riqster]

2. Or, you could have just debated the matter on the original thread.

[wandy]

3. In truth you can blame the people who first marketed the microwave oven........

That kitchen appliance from hell has been nothing but trouble from the start. First it was how you can make hard boiled eggs in 30 seconds. That worked out so well it was decided that you could use it to dry off pets, oh and don't watch the cat cook.
And now they are bragging that you can microwave charge an Iphone. Heck if you got a big enough oven you can even quick charge a car battery. Sooner or later somebody is going to figure out how to bypass the door interlock and start going on about what a wonderful hair dryer the things make. Snarl and tangle free no less.


Just in case

[REP]

4. First, the nuked phone in the photo is not an iPhone 6 or 6+

It looks like a 5 or maybe a 4.

Second, if anyone really thinks a software upgrade allows anything containing metal to be put in a microwave, that's their own damn fault.

[greyl]

11. Yes, that Apple fritter photo is from March, 2014, best Tineye can tell.

http://www.tineye.com/search/cac1adcd0ace1b1efde2cc0f91925267396d0b8f/?sort=crawl_date&order=asc

The iPhone 6 hoax is only the latest iteration.

[FSogol]

5. We're sorry they made you microwave your phone.

[Taitertots]

7. If tricking rubes into microwaving their phones is terrorism...

Then the word has become meaningless and irrelevant.

[ZombieHorde]

8. Charged with a crime?

For this, they should be given a medal.

[99Forever]

9. Excellent.

The term terrorist has become completely worthless.

[NaturalHigh]

14. I thought it had been redefined...

as people who look at naked pictures.

[99Forever]

15. Apparently...

.. that another definition for it.

[RandiFan1290]

10. heh

[LittleBlue]

12. Someone fell for that?

Oh dear lord. Part of me hopes that this isn't real and no one actually tried this.

[NaturalHigh]

13. I'm going to go out on a limb here...

and say that these people weren't destined to be brain surgeons to begin with.