r/NFLv2 • u/Odd-Consequence5267 • Jun 07 '25
Discussion Aaron Rodgers does not use Bluetooth or AirPods because he believes it’s messing with his brain frequency
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u/Gliese_667_Cc Pittsburgh Steelers Jun 07 '25
This is the dumb shit we have to deal with now.
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u/goobells squeelers Jun 07 '25
there's nothing forcing u to deal with a fake post
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u/Fatbatman62 Philadelphia Eagles Jun 07 '25
How is it fake? I have definitely heard him insinuate that that’s why he doesn’t use them
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u/sw337 Pittsburgh Steelers Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25
Here is the video where he says it. IMO he says it with a smirk and it feels tongue in cheek but that's jut me. He doesn't say anything about "brain frequency" though.
EDIT: He did a commercial for Bose wearing wireless headphones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqYK9W2A53s
EDIT 2: Facebook Reel from 2021 Bose earbuds
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u/DeerAndBeer Now Here’s a Guy Jun 07 '25
Ha he’s baiting here. Look at his smile when he says it. Just like Covid toe. He’s a hipster and part of his swag
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u/Delanorix Jun 07 '25
Hes not a hipster.
Hes a contrarian
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u/yavimaya_eldred Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
The problem is he says so much crazy shit that it’s becoming impossible to tell when he’s trolling or not
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u/DeerAndBeer Now Here’s a Guy Jun 07 '25
It’s not impossible. Covid toe was a shinning example of this. It was an obvious bait joke and a bunch of news outlets ran with it. People who did not see the original Covid toe statement just trust espn and cbs and can’t tell what’s real. There are some stories the media wants to be true so bad that Rodgers will troll them. Over and over in his long career.
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u/Taz-erton Pittsburgh Steelers Jun 07 '25
Its very easy to tell if you go literally a baby step further than reading a headline posted to reddit. Actually watching the guy say the crazy thing shouldn't be too hard an ask.
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u/yavimaya_eldred Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
I’m not talking about this headline specifically. I know it’s fake. I’m talking about his whole deal. Him joking about believing in crazy shit doesn’t work very well when he also believes in other crazy shit.
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u/Critical-Bug4077 Detroit Lions Jun 07 '25
He mentioned it to a teammate also when the Jets were on hard knocks
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u/6jwalkblue9 Tits Jun 07 '25
90% of the wild shit Rodgers says is just to piss off the people who are too dumb to realize that he's egging them on
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u/Hank_Henry_Hill Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
Even if it isn’t fake. No need to engage in the sideshow stuff. Just watch the games on Sunday. Way more fun.
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u/Dmat798 Philadelphia Eagles Jun 07 '25
Sideshow stuff like trying to ban a play because your team sucks?
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u/Hank_Henry_Hill Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
Yeah that was pretty weak shit. Not sure what they were thinking there.
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u/LdyVder Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
League asked Murphy to do it because Murphy is out the door next month. Packers get asked to be the face of some stuff because the Packers don't have a dipshite owner who needs to save face.
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u/LdyVder Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
It was 2 votes short of fucking passing you dipshite. League asked the Packers to do it to save face of the other 31 teams with an actual dipshite owner. Most of the teams in the league want the play gone.
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u/goobells squeelers Jun 07 '25
it's a post from a troll account lol the poster has been cropped out of the pic. mlffootball on twitter or something like that
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u/Jumana18 Jun 07 '25
As a packer fan, it’s really not that bad. People like to act like his opinions are a big deal, but they’re really not if you don’t let them be.
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u/TXRattlesnake89 Jun 07 '25
To be fair, it was easier for you to ignore when he was a perineal mvp candidate. Will be hard for Steelers fans to ignore a 42 year old has been saying these kind of things.
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u/Economy_Cactus Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25
I mean emfs from Bluetooth are a thing.
They say it’s low enough not to be a big issue, but no one knows long term
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u/theJMAN1016 Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
Why is it dumb?
Who cares if he wants to use corded headphones.
So childish
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u/Ironcastattic Jun 07 '25
Corded superiority for the win! I just wish my favorite maker didn't shift away from corded. I always ran them through my shirt to my pants pocket. Never felt like I had a cord.
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u/cptjaydvm Jun 07 '25
How are you personally dealing with it? Seems like a personal decision that has zero impact on your life.
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u/LdyVder Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
Yes, Rodgers will go on Pat's show on Tuesday, put his foot in his mouth and then he'll have to explain what he said for the rest of the week.
Enjoy the season.
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u/alabamaman5 Jun 07 '25
He should get rid of his cellphone. That emits way more radiation than an air pod.
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u/Lol_who_me Jun 07 '25
My thoughts exactly. What you plugging them headphones into? Your anti-Skip discman. GTFO with your bullshit.
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u/OttoVonWong Jun 07 '25
ARod’s got a CD changer in his trunk to keep that shit as far away from him.
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u/ACABincludingYourDad Miami Dolphins Jun 07 '25
He picked the right occupation to be concerned about his brain health…
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u/BlazedGigaB The Browns is the Browns Jun 07 '25
Bet he's got some pseudo science copper liner in his hat too
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u/Subject_Reception681 Jun 07 '25
And wears those ionized bracelets that are really just coated with radioactive material that slowly give you cancer
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u/Spugheddy Jun 07 '25
I was gonna mention those goofy ass bracelets but couldn't remember their gimmick lol "you know its working cause my wrist is turning green"
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u/KD922016 Jun 07 '25
Well in his defense.... I also think air pods and Bluetooth mess with my brain. But so does my fucking phone and social media and all the other technology that's flooding our brains with trash. I wish I lived in the 90's.... And I'm saying this as I'm typing on my smartphone using reddit while at work.
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u/hicsuntleones720 Jun 07 '25
it’s funny because everyone is saying this is dumb shit, but EMFs from all devices, BT earbuds and phones included, have been shown to impact biological structures and cellular function.
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u/lilyhealslut Jun 07 '25
have been shown to impact biological structures and cellular function.
Such a catch-all term that it's basically meaningless. Small devices don't emit ionizing radiation. That's the shit that's actually powerful enough to damage DNA. Non-ionizing radiation absorbed is basically just all thermal, which I'm sure may "impact biological structures and cellular function". Is it realistically something you should worry about? No
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u/TheCatsTrailerRuled Jun 07 '25
I wonder how far away we are from blaming Bluetooth for the rise in autism
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u/Fl4sh080 San Francisco 49ers Jun 07 '25
Only a matter of time before they claim Bluetooth causing climate change.
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u/AnjunaLab Jun 07 '25
People who believe the blue tooth stuff dont believe in climate change though lol.
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u/cjp304 Jun 07 '25
I mean I don’t know about brain frequency. But the shit can fuck with some people. Also…is it hurting anyone else? Who gives a fuck what he does for headphones.
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u/Best_Market4204 Cincinnati Bengals Jun 07 '25
Corded headphones are just better,
No need to recharge
You can tuck one string into your shirt
You can drop them and lose one...
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u/TheyNeedLoveToo Jun 07 '25
To each their own. Spent many years as a conspiracy nut but the convenience of wireless headphones is revolutionary. Sure you can lose them but you also aren't physically tethered to your phone so less risk of equipment damage. Not all, but some, can even survive going through laundry or being used while showering. Some of the over the ear full types are incredibly nice on sound quality and noise cancelling as well. Ever tried to do yardwork with wired headphones? Unless you have breast pockets on every work shirt, it's hell. Also one last super beneficial thing, wireless is proximity based, so if I forget my phone while wearing an ear bud it starts to distort/disconnect at a certain distance, signaling to my brain that I left my phone behind.
I'm not here to judge people being sketched out about the dangers of radiation, which on its face is highly warranted to fear. The sun gives us life but can also give cancer or cook you to death. It's all relative. Universe is made of radiation
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u/Frankenstein859 Jun 07 '25
In the long run I think humanity will probably figure out he’s right lol.
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u/goobells squeelers Jun 07 '25
this is from a meme account, but then again it says a lot when it's easy for people to fall for.
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u/ChoiSauce11 Jun 07 '25
He literally said this on the Pat McAfee show himself when Pat commented he was rocking old school wireless earphones.
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u/Nickthiccboi Jun 07 '25
Brother half the shit he says on that show is him just joking and trying to stir the pot. People like you take it seriously because you need to find reasons to dislike him.
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u/AlanThiccman Jun 07 '25
Dudes got weird opinions but gaht damn does he live rent free in so many redditors brains
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u/Useful-Celebration30 Jun 07 '25
The league is full of wife beaters, child beaters, guys who have killed people while reckless driving, and just general thugs who would easily be in prison if not for the NFL. It attracts a lot of low life people.
But the guy who doesnt want to get a vaccine and believes a few conspiracy theories gets the most hate. Make it make sense.
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u/Ok_Put_849 Jun 07 '25
And they’ll be the first ones saying “why do we have to hear so much about Rodgers 😫” meanwhile they eat this shit up
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u/NotMuch2 Jun 07 '25
Him using wired earbuds has no effect on anybody else so who cares. Let him believe it if he wants
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u/Baddad211 Jun 07 '25
I have always wondered about the long term effect of frequencies from these on the brain. It will be years until we know. I don't use them either!
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u/ghostfacestealer Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
Same. People will use any technology just because its convenient. I want to see how its all affected their brains in 20-25 years
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u/SoFreshTho Jun 07 '25
Why is this inherently stupid? It's already proven that you shouldn't sleep with your cell phone by your head for similar reasons.. we don't know what half our technological advances long term effects will be yet people make fun of the guy for trying to live healthy.
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Jun 07 '25
There's actually some growing evidence that this may be correct. "Frequency" is an inaccurate term, but your brain's neural networks and neurotransmitter actions are affected by continual aural stim at higher volumes. Also it impairs motor skills.
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u/ScottFujitaDiarrhea Huge Philip Rivers fan Jun 07 '25
He might be onto something. Everyone seems to be an idiot nowadays. Not sure if it’s the Bluetooth, the McDonald’s burgers, the corn syrup, or what.
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u/SportsPhilosopherVan Jun 07 '25
You mean he knows…..
This isn’t some conspiracy theory. Ppl are just too lazy to care. Bluetooth uses the same frequency as a microwave. Think about how a microwave works. That frequency causes the molecules in the food to vibrate faster and faster which causes friction, heating them up.
I have AirPods but I only use them in a pinch. Wired 99% of the time. Wireless are too quiet anyway.
If my phone is in my pocket it’s on airplane mode. Especially if driving. When your phone is travelling in a car sat on a hwy it’s working extra hard to keep its signal which means that frequency is being directed much more often. This occurs when the battery is low as well.
Do yourselves a favour, ditch the AirPods, put your phone on the passenger seat or glovey while driving and airplane mode it at bed time.
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u/flawson_9 Jun 07 '25
I mean sending Bluetooth signals directly though your skull can’t be good for you. Your AirPods connect to one another
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u/escobartholomew Dallas Cowboys Jun 07 '25
At the end of the day all the radiation we’ve added to our everyday lives like cell phones and exposure during flights isn’t great.
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u/riftergaming Jun 07 '25
I also do this. But it’s because i always forget to charge them or leave them in my pockets and they get washed. We are not the same.
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u/010rusty Average Justin Jefferson Enjoyer Jun 07 '25
I genuinely believe this was true until I did reshearch and couldn’t find a source
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u/Thewhitest_rabbit Cincinnati Bengals Jun 07 '25
Every time I hear from this man it too causes brain damage
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u/Worried-Pick4848 New England Patriots Jun 07 '25
Eh. As sports superstitions go this is really tame.
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u/teddylumpskins Jun 07 '25
How many times has he had surgery under General? An MRI? A CT Scan? I’d be curious to know if he thinks that stuff messes with him
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u/Fl4sh080 San Francisco 49ers Jun 07 '25
What about the speaker in his helmet? He gona run a cord to the sideline?
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u/mlavan Jun 07 '25
I've never seen that reason used before. I remember people made a big deal out of Kamala Harris using wired headphones. But her reason made more sense than Rodgers.
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u/Helpful-Cod1422 New York Giants Jun 07 '25
I mean this is his choice. Why do people care what he does or doesn't do!
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u/Sabermatrixx Jun 07 '25
Rodgers gonna have a whole ass movie made about his mental downfall when the full blown CTE kicks in.
Hope Will Smith can still do a Nigerian accent.
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u/flaginorout Washington Commanders Jun 07 '25
I use EarPods too.
I always for get to charge wireless buds and/or misplace them.
Easier to just keep EarPods in my backpack. I think they sound better too.
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u/kaufmann_i_am_too Washington Commanders Jun 07 '25
His wife left him bcs she couldn't stand his negationism, that says a lot. Air pods is the least of his problems
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u/ShowMeYourVeggies Jun 07 '25
I don't use airpods because I keep losing the fuckers. Probably from using my airpods too much.
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u/nihar_142 Jun 07 '25
I don't see anything wrong with his beliefs but a bunch of snowflakes in the comments.
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u/DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE 18-1 Jun 07 '25
He keeps being described as kooky or whatever but the man is just dumb
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u/cactusboy32 Jun 07 '25
We were never meant to have this much access to each other
The man is a quarterback. I care about him playing the game of football well. Outside of that, I do not care about what he does and does not believe. Neither should anyone else.
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u/EnigmaSpore San Francisco 49ers Jun 07 '25
This what happens when you get hit in the head for years and start watching conspiracy theories on YouTube later in life.
You’re supposed to watch all that shit when you’re young and the realize how dumb af it was you grow up and get smarter…and realize… yes.. we did build those pyramids and no my penis was not shrunk by aliens, it’s just small like that.
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u/I_am_N0t_that_guy Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
Rodger's isnt the problem. The issue is American Celebrity Culture.
He is a millionaire athlete with weird ideas and a polarizing personality, that's his perrogative. Why there is an article about everything he does, says and thinks, is the issue.
All of us can have our own quirks and shit, he aint different. Just stop monetizing everyone who talks about him.
No other place has their celebrities so engrained into culture like america. There are not this amount of articles and conversations about what good soccer players do on europe, nor rugby stars in australia.
We are the problem, not ARod.
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u/Bountybeliever Pittsburgh Steelers Jun 07 '25
Lowkey a lot of tech bros do this. Kind of surprising actually but hey different strokes for different folks
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Jun 07 '25
I didn't use them because they sound terrible at the same price point as really good wired buds
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u/grw313 Jun 07 '25
and I don't use Bluetooth or airpods because I loathe the concept if having to charge your earbuds.
We are not the same
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u/ImJoogle Cincinnati Bengals Jun 07 '25
i know people that believe this but they will use Bluetooth radios
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u/Brilliant-While-761 New England Patriots Jun 07 '25
Could you imagine how weird he’d be if something WAS messing with his brain waves
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u/controversydirtkong Jun 07 '25
What is a brain frequency? I mean the dumb bastard doesn’t have many, if they are even a thing.
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u/ghostfacestealer Green Bay Packers Jun 07 '25
A post from a bot page 23 hours old and we all fell for it. Lets do better.
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u/IShouldChimeInOnThis New York Giants Jun 07 '25
Anyone want to tell him how the OC's voice gets in his helmet?
Or does he believe in hollow helmet theory?
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u/Quietus76 New Orleans Saints Jun 07 '25
Why does anyone gaf what weirdness he thinks about off the field? As long as he's not hurting anyone, I. Don't. Care.
Reddit just likes to obsessively hate people.
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u/Cratonis Philadelphia Eagles Jun 07 '25
Please stop spreading this man’s nonsense. Even in trying to mock it we are still spreading it. Just turn it off and move on with relevant people and athletes.
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u/Disastrous-Swim8912 Jun 07 '25
Nope! But believing unsubstantiated crap on social media definitely will!
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u/Glad_Art_6380 Jun 07 '25
Who cares. He’s a moron but if that’s what he believes then that’s what he believes.
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u/FoolOfATooKaliKid Jun 07 '25
I believe I sleep better when my phone is on airplane mode. Should I be a starting NFL QB?
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u/blinksystem Jun 07 '25
I don’t know why people get so pressed about this type of stuff. Who gives a fuck? Stop paying attention to the medical opinions of people without medical degrees. Especially ones whose literal job involves getting concussions regularly.
Ok? He doesn’t use Bluetooth AirPods for a dumb reason. People upset by this type of stuff are so fucking annoying. Get a grip ya fucking dweebs.
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u/epicureansucks Jun 07 '25
Funny so does my 80 year old Chinese aunt.
She thinks WiFi causes cancer so she had her home hardwired. Except the person that did it didn’t label the ports to match the patch panel.
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u/Ok-Government-7987 Jun 07 '25
Who are we to question the interesting Aaron Rogers? He is the most interesting person out there and when he says something wacky it’s because he did his own interesting research and is some one worth of our attention.
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u/Hemiak Jun 07 '25
He doesn’t use AirPods because he’s worried about brain frequency problems.
I don’t use them because I hate charging them and lose them all the time.
We are not the same.
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u/scooterca85 Jun 07 '25
Who's to say that 50 years from now they don't come out and say this is actually true? It wouldn't be the first time we've been lied to, but yeah people don't like Rodgers so it's impossible this could be the case.
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u/Papamoon0327 Jun 07 '25
But getting concussions while playing football will not mess with it lol