Brooklyn Heights Dad Outraged Over Inappropriate WiFi Network Name

By on October 1, 2014 10:29 am in Miscellany

We received this dispatch from a Brooklyn Heights father regarding a WiFi network name picked up on his daughter’s iPhone:

I’m writing to alert you to a nuisance that has been going on for some time. I’m enclosing a screenshot of a wi-fi name from the dorms on Clark Street… that my teenage daughter pointed out to me.

I don’t think my daughter should have to see this when she comes out of the subway and checks her messages.

I generally like the kids in the dorms, most of them are pretty cool, but this kind of “bro” nonsense needs to be called out. Try being good neighbors, dudes.

Yes, America, “bro” culture is a big issue especially in the tech world. Giving WiFi networks silly names is another issue entirely – but they’re usually silly..well maybe not all the time.

So what do you think of this WiFi name?



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  • sillymonster

    i bet he invests in chastity belts too.

  • discotechnology

    Dear society. Stop pandering to whiners who can’t “deal” with anything. Some teenagers around the world watch bombs fall on their family members, they go to sleep hungry, or they work as a prostitute to make ends meet.

    We have it soooooooo good. So if you have something this pathetic to get upset about please sit on your hands, bite your tongue and count to 1000.

    If you see anyone you know get upset over practically nothing be sure to remind them they are a moron and should be thankful that’s the worst thing going on for them at the moment.

  • discotechnology

    B=====D~ix

  • http://slu.academia.edu/fossella Jason Fossella

    my wifi is named SlowInternetSlowFap. so…yeah.

  • vaninipower

    god this city has gotten soft. People like this is why New Jersey was made. Sir, your daughter is growing up in Brooklyn. Consider yourself very lucky if this is the biggest boob exposure you have to deal with.

  • Teresa

    See what happens when Gothamist links to a BHB story?

  • geo cody

    who cares what the wifi name is… HOW YOU BEEN ON THE INTERNET??? alot worse things out there then a wifi name… get a grip

  • Jim Spahr

    Hey, Homer…you prissy, stuck up twit. You complain about THIS? You have way too much free time on your hands. If your teenaged daughter gets bent out of shape from seeing “Boobies”, you also suck at being a father. Grow up dim-wit.

  • AmericazGotTalentYT .

    Yeah, just because you have worked at a university doesn’t mean most university network admins prohibit students from having their own wireless networks.

    source: my university didn’t prohibit students from having their own wireless networks.

  • Katie Jones Leathers

    I think it’s pretty funny :)

  • David on Middagh

    Lots of people here have just been trolled by the BHB and don’t even know it.

  • Paul

    Too much common sense there, Cassie…

  • Amy Hernandez

    UGH! That sounds like something my college roommate would whine to her parents about. It was like living with my mother and the only thing that was more obnoxious than HER was her PARENTS.
    Put it this way….. the DAY we moved into the dorm, I dropped a can on my foot and said “Shiiiiit” between clenched teeth. Her father chastised me for several minutes and then headed straight to the RA to complain about my “offensive” behavior.
    Yeah…… she left maybe 2 months later.

  • Bruklin

    Perhaps the owner is an ornithologist. From wikipedia: A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets, which were formerly included in Sula. Boobies hunt fish by diving from a height into the sea and pursuing their prey underwater.

  • Jazz

    Hey genius, Homer is not the one complaining.

  • jennyjackson

    Best response by far.

  • http://veryveryberry.wjrcoop.com/ Will

    How am I ever going to recover from this?! ( , Y , )

  • PubliusC

    What kind of pathetic person is offended by the word boobies? It’s even a type of bird. Just for this, I am going to rename my wifi “gofuckyourself”.

  • Jessica

    Wait a minute, NJ doesn’t want loser parents like this either. Send them to KY.

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  • mary

    immature sophomoric humor

  • miguel

    It’s not the worst your daughter has seen on her iPhone–in addition to that it’s frustrating that we are moving into a society that we can’t be “kids.” Everything is constantly scrutinized because of technology, which is a shame; however, father, can you really say you never said “boobies” in college? Or created a comical sketch? Maybe your overreaction is due to your uppity behavior, bring down your nose and remember when you were a ‘bro.’

  • Arthur Borko

    You can block the network from appearing by ignoring it. C’mon man grow up and move on.

  • Henry North

    I understand there are no boobies in Utah. Please move there.

  • Leah

    I am a 24 year old business professional and my Wifi name is “I’veseenyounaked”. My roommates and I think it is hysterical! You can’t tell people to change something like this.

  • Bloopie

    Wait ’til they start studying the habits of titmice.

  • WellAdjustedAndroid

    I don’t think his point is that “Boobies” is a crude word too much for his little precious’ eyes. He’s calling out “bro-ism” that he (rightly or wrongly) believes is emanating from the dorm. If they made their SSID “RoofieFactory” people would be rightfully grumpy and embarrassed.
    I get you’re dudes living in a college dorm and all…but c’mon. The less bro-ism the better. I like that a middle aged guy with a daughter is going to wag his finger and say “c’mon guys…women, respect, you’ve heard this speech, shape up.” Kudos for not being a silently chuckling bystander.

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