Back in the days of LAN parties if the host had shitty/no internet I’d bring an old DirectTV dish with a usb 802.11b wifi dongle zip-tied to the transducer.

It worked great for stealing wifi from any unsecured AP within 2 miles we had line of sight on.

You might want to be careful calling people out like that: it’s not solved science.

I can remember people confidently arguing (and citing sources) that phlogiston is the problem and the miasma theory is quackery. Seems like every year we learn something new and it goes back and forth. “Are eggs healthy or not?”, “Do crystals work via homeopathy or latent energies?”, “Lizard people or greys?” etc.

Personally, I sidestep the issue and avoid both. I stick to things that have been settled as being healthy: like drinking massive quanties of colloidal silver.

Yes, like any other relationship.

Like the “conservative” that wants a “trad wife” who’s been shamed into staying submissive to an asshole.

Or the person that goes after vulnerable people because they’re abusive and want someone they know they can abuse.

Or like the person that goes after much younger partners because they’re manipulative, controlling, and have better luck with someone who lacks the life experience to see through their bullshit.

It’s almost like in all of those scenarios there’s flags that indicate there could (again, because apparently reading is hard: not “is” – could) be a problem.

Because I have eyes, ears, and I’m not an idiot? Because I know the difference between “that’s a little different but I don’t see a huge problem” and “Fucking hell, that’s not OK”.

Again: I’ve seen “age gap” relationships that were fine. I’ve also seen them where it was some incredibly fucked up dynamics being acted out.

“Age gap” by itself isn’t an automatic red flag, and sometimes it’s fine. And if everyone is consenting adults it absolutely isn’t “pedophilia”. But I will want to know more context and have zero problems judging someone in that situation.

Let’s not pretend there’s not a lot of “age gap” relationships where the older party isn’t at minimum incredibly immature. And I’m talking about people 40+ dating people barely out of their teens.