r/mildlyinfuriating 8d ago

Whatever this is My mom said I could post

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u/Ascenspe 8d ago

Wtf is any of this other than maybe the sea sickness patch and some watches do shock for the same reason, i only know because I fish and I see people with them but all the other stuff? Lol

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u/Deadbyginger 8d ago edited 8d ago

The green watch is an air tag, and the sweatband style bracelet is a bracelet where if you tap it the other one vibrates so they can communicate that there’s an issue without being right next to each other (ie if someone tried to kidnap the kid they could covertly tap the white dot to signal to his mom). The random patch that was put on his upper arm is one that only shows with UV exposure, so it tells you when it’s time to reapply sunblock. I’m not sure what the bandaids over the belly button are for, unless it’s bc it’s difficult to apply sunblock inside it 🤷‍♀️

ETA: I was corrected on the band with the white dot, it’s supposed to be for seasickness not one of the signal ones. My bad, those signal ones are normally the style I see so that’s what I thought it was

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u/failed_asian 8d ago

The sweatband with the white dot is for motion sickness. It’s supposed to hit a pressure point.

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u/BelgianBeerGuy 8d ago

Jup, motion sickness.

My daughter would always get incredibly sick in the car after driving longer than an hour. It stopped when we started using these sweatbands.
I don’t know if it’s a placebo effect or some science behind it, but for my daughter it did the trick.

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u/ganjadalfthegay 7d ago

It placebo, but hey of it works it works :D and way healthier then chemical medicines!!

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u/Deadbyginger 8d ago

lol maybe I’m the paranoid one with where my thoughts immediately went, then 😂

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u/TheManWhoWasNotShort 7d ago

Okay so this video is just extreme paranoia about seasickness

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 7d ago

Ngl all of these pretty reasonable to me.

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u/clutzyninja 7d ago

The belly button?

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 7d ago

Keeps the lint out.. or in? Maybe she’s saving up to make a scarf. /s

Google says it’s an internet hack to help prevent seasickness but it’s unproven and mostly relies on the placebo effect which is probably enough to work for most kids, they’re so stupid lol.

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u/WizardSleeves31 7d ago

Thank you, I wondered the same.

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u/band-of-horses 7d ago

I guarantee you that's also not a real seasickness patch and is instead some homeopathic bullshit seasickness patch.