# Hey, it's my tinfoil, and I can use it however I want. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957 "2004-10-13T04:10:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/1 "2004-10-13T04:10:37Z")
So, I figure I should at least post the facts here. Let’s not go into the nature of the experiment, or the intended investigatory target, OK? But, I found out something about the old “tinfoil hat” thing. If you wrap your head up in aluminum foil, it gets very hot, fairly quickly, even in relatively cool surroundings. I’m talking wet hair sweating hot, after no more than a half hour. The actual mechanism by which the mind control lasers are defeated might have more to do with disabling the higher functions of the brain from heat stroke, rather than any electromagnetic shielding. I had to share, you know. After all ignorance is ignorance and you have to fight it, at whatever personal social risk. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/2 "2004-10-13T04:21:03Z")
If you really want to see how effective tinfoil hats can be try this. Rig a microwave oven so that it will work with the door open, stick your bare head in it first and see how it feels after a couple of minutes. Next, try it with your tinfoil hat on. The hat will protect you and you can even see it working by the sparks that fly off of it. Mind control rays broadcast by the government from towers that double as cell phone transmitters use about the same frequency as your microwave oven but are 142.8 times less powerful. If your hat works that well on the microwave, think about how well it can keep out even the most determined mind-hijackers. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/3 "2004-10-13T06:29:17Z")
Tris, I love you so much, and I often wondered why, and now I know. Don’t ever change. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/4 "2004-10-13T07:47:54Z")
> [@masonite](#): > > Tris, I love you so much, and I often wondered why, and now I know. Don’t ever change. 🙂 Me too, except I didn’t wonder;) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/5 "2004-10-13T07:58:00Z")
No; your head heats up precisely BECAUSE the tinfoil is intercepting the mind-control laser beams. I’d have thought that was pretty obvious, but maybe they got to you first. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/6 "2004-10-13T12:18:47Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > the mind-control laser beams. :eek: Where is the tinfoil!?!?!?!? What if they just made me say that!? Are they controling me RIGHT NOW? Run away! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/7 "2004-10-13T13:21:35Z")
You misguided **FOOLS**. The reason your head heats up is because of all the extra **WORK \*\* it’s doing. The reason it is able to do all that extra work is because the rays that the government is using to dampen your true power and keep you docile** NO LONGER PENETRATE.\*\* And you want to waste this awareness\* thinking up new jokes?\* This is **NOT A JOKE**. Have to run. I sense them triangulating me. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/8 "2004-10-13T14:17:31Z")
[You will never take me alive!](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kathryncramer.com/tinfoilhat.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kathryncramer.com/wblog/archives/000308.html&h=360&w=351&sz=34&tbnid=8JAi7xweL_gJ:&tbnh=116&tbnw=113&start=8&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtinfoil%2Bhat%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D) ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/9 "2004-10-13T15:12:29Z")
It was too late. Note the glowing red eyes. They already have control. So sad. Tris ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/10 "2004-10-13T15:22:58Z")
Ok, I’m only going to say this once. Listen carefully There are no such things as mind control rays. The Government is out to get you Stop trying to _read between the lines_. There is nothing to see. No really, they have Death rays and everything! The Government is just what you can see Beware the secret agents of doom! Just relax and go back to your daily business. Don’t eat the cheese, it is mind control cheese! fnord ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/11 "2004-10-13T15:50:27Z")
Band Name! **Mind Control Cheese** ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/12 "2004-10-13T16:00:10Z")
Wait, wait, slow down; I’m taking notes here! It seems you’re using tinfoil and aluminum foil interchangeably, do you mean aluminum foil or do I need to track down actual old-fashioned tinfoil? Does the hat have to cover your ears? How many layers of foil for optimal deflectage? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/13 "2004-10-13T16:19:26Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > So, I figure I should at least post the facts here. > > Let’s not go into the nature of the experiment, or the intended investigatory target, OK? > > But, I found out something about the old “tinfoil hat” thing. > > If you wrap your head up in aluminum foil, it gets very hot, fairly quickly, even in relatively cool surroundings. I’m talking wet hair sweating hot, after no more than a half hour. > > The actual mechanism by which the mind control lasers are defeated might have more to do with disabling the higher functions of the brain from heat stroke, rather than any electromagnetic shielding. > > I had to share, you know. After all ignorance is ignorance and you have to fight it, at whatever personal social risk. > > Tris Now wait. Was this a controlled study? Did you wrap several heads? Were they your own heads? Do you know the history of every head? Did you wrap all of them with the same foil? There could be minute, molecular differences in different brands, or even batches of foil. _Did it all come from the same roll??_ What about your control subjects? Did they know they they were being subjected to study. Informed consent _is_ the law, you know. DID YOU EVEN HAVE CONTROL SUBJECTS??? And **Ashes, Ashes** brings up a very good point… Was it indeed tin foil? Did you try both tin and aluminium? What about copper or even Mylar®??? Get back to work! You’ve only scratched the surface. I have to go lie down now. Thank Og, my medication is beginning to work. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/14 "2004-10-13T16:21:48Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > It was too late. Note the glowing red eyes. They already have control. > > So sad. > > Tris Yes, note the glowing red eyes…look into them, deeply. Do not try and resist…you’re going to be just fine… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-tinfoil-and-i-can-use-it-however-i-want/268957/15 "2004-10-13T16:43:14Z")
Did you hear about the tinfoil shortage? They no longer are allowing it to be imported due to certain health risks. And I **am** the Government We will all be vunerable! That’s right…just keep thinking of me as one of you… I suggest you go stock pile all you can right now. That way all of our foil stocks will sky rocket! Aluminuminumum _and_ tin! mwahahahaha!