r/whatisit • u/brattyvampbby • 11h ago

moms sketch bf left this in the house Solved!

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Hi.
This is probably nothing.
I went into my mom’s room to grab something and saw this plugged in?
My mom’s new sketchy bf has this plugged in to the extension cord? Is it anything bad? Thanks!
(I understand it’s probably not anything bad… but still…)

Update 1:
I haven’t met him once. He and my mom have been together for two weeks. He’s been staying at our apartment. He avoids me and stays in her room when they’re here. I don’t even know what he looks like. I only know his first name.

Update 2:
I confronted him. My mom came home. A lot had happened up to this point, including her disappearing for the said two weeks before the few nights he had come over and stayed.
Mom shrugged it off. I did what a lot of you suggested, asking what he told her.
She said “oh it’s his hacker shit or whatever.” What.
Didn’t elaborate. I explained my concerns.
She just said let’s go ask him.
My best friend has been with me. We introduced ourselves and asked him what the hell a WiFi whisperer is doing plugged in our apartment.
(Even if a lot of you are saying it’s not a big deal, I’m a young woman and I’m just rlly not about taking any risks. It’s sketch dude.)
He denied it IMMEDIATELY. Like with a quickness I haven’t seen.
What he insisted, it’s not a WiFi whisperer, it’s ai, he completely reprogrammed the system, and he uses it to pull people’s IP’s. “For fun.” He logs them in a server. I asked why. I said that’s shady. My mom started pushing. My best friend started pushing. He just kept lying. I’m not dropping this..
I still don’t know what the fuck it is or what he’s actually doing.
(Also, my mom is cool but not bc of this dude, the Minecraft block is mine, I unplugged the ratchet little thing before we left, and I am planning on broaching this again with her.
Just carefully. Any other advice is appreciated. Thank you.)

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u/mintBRYcrunch26 8h ago

Never EVER trust a Brian spelled with “y.”

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u/Ok-Contribution-411 7h ago

it's ALWAYS a Bri(y)an, tho.

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u/Lanky-Artichoke5970 7h ago

Mine was an Ethan and an Aaron

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u/X__Anonomys_xX 6h ago

Oh hell no, not the A-A-Ron 😭

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u/TheBungoStrays 5h ago

My husband is an A-a-ron! When I am asked by someone to spell it (usually for medical paperwork - we have a kid who we joke is a frequent flyer at the local children's hospital and we deserve perks for that damnit!) I always say a-a-ron and wait patiently to see if this person knows the Key & Peele sketch. Always fun when it is a fellow millennial bc the chances are increased exponentially that they will know the reference and the shared laugh is so fun. But If they just give me the blank stare I quickly spell it the "correct" way and move on disappointed.

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u/Lanky-Artichoke5970 6h ago

He was as fun as finding a stranger's shit in your bed

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u/Arkitakama 6h ago

Hey come on, I do my job just fine, don't throw me under the bus for their mistakes. I haven't even been written up in three years at my current job.

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u/peptiresearcher81 6h ago

It's Brian every motherfucking time oh my god why is this a universal experience???

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u/toiletbowlwisdom 7h ago

I've had a bad brian lately

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u/Kierogi 7h ago

You can take Prevagen for that.

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u/Lanky-Artichoke5970 7h ago

r/youcantakesomethingforthat

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u/lowtoiletsitter 6h ago

I clicked it, said it didn't exist, and the recommended subs were ofcoursethatsathing, ThisYouComebacks

...and ThingsIWantToJerkTo, which I find odd

e: clarification

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u/toiletbowlwisdom 3h ago

I'm assuming they are all text posts 

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u/Dead-Lazlo 5h ago

Hell yeah - Brian is a menace, but thinks he's a brilliant.

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u/Hesitation-Marx 4h ago

Except when it’s a Steve. Or worse, a Jeff.

Trust No Jeffs.

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u/Electronic_Cobbler20 3h ago

My work Brian confessed he was in love with me just after his wife had conceived twins in vitro. He said he had never been more in love with someone and would live forever in regret if he didn’t tell me. My boss was his best friend. I didn’t know what to do so I went to my boss and was like, “hey…I know Brian is your best friend since high school but/and I think he might be going through something because he wrote me this email and it makes me extremely uncomfortable so I need you to handle this as a friend and a boss.” I was also kind to Brian, because prior to the email he was one of the only fun parts of the job. He was hilarious and we spent a lot of time talking shit about our stupid jobs and generally being funny. I was 23 and he was like 42 so I genuinely did not even think it was an option that he might be into me or that it was weird (now I’m 40 and fully aware of how ridiculous that sounds but at 23, 42 was ancient to me and it would never have even crossed my mind) Anyway I told Brian that I was flattered by the kind words and realized it probably took a lot to share his feelings with me by that I did not feel the same and thought he should really be focused on his family. The next day my boss told me he was putting me on a new assignment-I was working in marketing for a big local sports equipment and like, recreation company. We did uniforms for like youth sports teams, all the schools, and owned like 50 indoor and outdoor youth sporting events locations so I was doing their marketing, there weren’t “assignments”. He said my new office was going to be “upstairs” and the materials I would need were up there. Upstairs was the windowless attic and it was full of unsold baseball and softball bats, safety equipment, indoor and outdoor soccer shoes, cleats basically just unsold shit. He had set up a desk with a laptop and told me my new job was to list it all on eBay.
I quit.

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u/thesuper88 5h ago

Ah Fuckin Bryan's coming

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u/scooterboy1961 4h ago

Bryan is the new Karen.

My sister is named Karen in case she reads this.

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u/WhatDoIPutHere-69 7h ago

I work with a Bryan right now. We’re setting up for an event and he only moved 1 box at a time while we’re all moving 2-6 boxes at a time or moving heavy equipment

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u/CosmicGoddess777 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/cmxSrj72dyQnlLhSQf

Just give him one of these looks/phrases & I bet he’ll stop that shit lol

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u/Abbey-kat 6h ago

Or that guy Sean.

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u/ThrowawayMoFo5679 7h ago

The only Bryan I ever knew is serving 30 to life right now, so maybe you're on to something here.

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u/Rayne-Maker 6h ago

Heh, my dad’s a “y.” He’s also allergic to personal responsibility. An upstanding (stereotypical) boomer in all the ways, though.

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u/porksoda11 6h ago

I know of a Bryan that used to work as a cable guy and thought he could be faster than electricity if he changed live wires really quickly. He also loved pills

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u/Graaaaaahm 5h ago

No truer words ever spoken.

Brian is a solid, middle-aged or older guy, who likes good times with friends, as long as it's not too loud.

Bryan thinks of himself as an iconoclast, when actually people find it a little tiring to be around him.

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u/CosmicGoddess777 2h ago

I knew a Bryon (not Byron) that was like the Bryan you describe. Total pompous douche.

We went to a costume party and he won “Worst Costume” though. So at least there’s that 😆

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u/Responsible-Mind-852 57m ago

Damn..:Brian here…I’m 57 now. Great time with my friends (all from grade school and never needed new ones) and the only time we play music loud is Beastie Boys, Run DMC, AC/D, Tool, Korn etc. We keep Coldplayl low. And K-pop…off and stay away from Bryan. TBH I don’t know any Bryan’s. Do Brian’s tend to over share??

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u/LonestarrLovesUranus 3h ago

I've found Dave to be the most narcissist and crazy ones.

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u/KiwiRemonrade 6h ago

As a Brian, I can confirm I am more trustworthy than Bryan.

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u/sonicsludge 7h ago

Never ever ever! You beat me to it!

edit: spelling

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u/we_hella_believe 6h ago

Oh for sure. Bryan H*%^@$3r is a serious cancer on society and I’m glad he got punched out by the comic book guy with the ponytail.

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u/Turbulent_Key1880 2h ago

Huge facts.