Entitled roommate blames $12 internet bill increase on other tenants having too many tabs open and using Google too much: 'This man genuinely believed the wifi company charges per Google search like some kind of data utility meter'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Dec 11, 2025 4:00 PM EST

It's always remarkable to come across a fully grown individual who cannot comprehend something fairly standard.

What's unfortunate is how frequent this actually occurs. The obvious reaction would be to assume that this is a reflection of someone's natural intelligence, but that's a bit simplistic. More often than not, this is a reflection of how they were raised, what they have been exposed to in their lived experiences, and what they've gathered from those experiences.

This author could tell from the very beginning that one of his roommates, Kevin, was an oddball. It seemed that Kevin viewed the world in his own way, and as a result, tends to miss things. For instance, when the tenants all learned that their internet bill increased by $12 this past month, they all assumed that this was due to the internet provider's choice to charge more. Well, I should say that everyone felt this… except for Kevin.

Kevin believed it was a reflection of his roommates and their internet habits, as if it were the same thing as someone leaving the air conditioning on all the time affecting their power bill. He accused his roommates of using Google too much, believing that every search contributed to their internet bill. He also believed they had too many tabs open and that this also led to the increased $12. The irony, of course, is that Kevin was the one who usually stayed up late every night watchine cartoons and anime on his computer, but that's besides the point.

The problem, of course, was that Kevin was so steadfast in his beliefs that it was impossible to convince him otherwise. People like this are hard to reason with… and clearly, they are especially difficult to live with as well.

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  • "My roommate thought our wifi bill went up because we were 'using too much Google'"

    Let's call my roommate Kevin. Living with Kevin has honestly felt like a social experiment no one approved. I knew he was a little... off... when we first moved in, but I didn't realize how deep it went until the Great wifi Incident of last month.
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  • So our internet bill went up by like $12. It was annoying, but not the end of the world. I assumed the company raised rates like they always do. But Kevin? No.
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  • Kevin storms into the living room holding the bill like we had committed a crime.
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  • He goes, dead serious, "Which one of you keeps using too much Google? They're charging us extra."
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  • I thought he was joking. I laughed, big mistake. He doubled down and starts listing "internet- heavy activities" he's noticed:
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  • - me watching YouTube while cooking - our other roommate playing Spotify
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  • - someone downloading a big PDF that one time He even said, "And you guys always have so many tabs open, that stuff adds up."
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  • This man genuinely believed the wifi company charges per Google search like some kind of data utility meter. He kept saying, "We need to limit our browsing. No unnecessary internet after 8 pm." I swear I almost passed out trying not to laugh.
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  • The funniest part? Kevin watches 4K anime every night and streams games until 3 am, but somehow we were the problem.
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  • When we explained how internet plans actually work, he got defensive and said the companies "change the prices based on vibe levels." I still don't know what that means.
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  • Meanwhile, I'm over here trying to actually budget like an adult, track spending, build my credit back up. But Kevin? Kevin thinks the wifi bill is basically a mood ring. I honestly don't know how he's survived this long.
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  • A group of young friends sit around a laptop inside an apartment.
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  • raspberryleper Classic Kevin
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  • BeetrixGaming There are currently two comments here. One says to have a reasonable conversation. The other says to run. Thus, the only reasonable conclusion is to hold a party and burn the router at the stake.
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  • Hopeful_Ad_7719 . No unnecessary internet after 8 pm. Sound like someone needs to start unplugging the router st 8:00.
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  • Difficult Armadillo... I am equally terrified that you call your internet connection 'wifi' and your ISP 'wifi provider'.
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  • Greedy_Nature_3... you use more than a gallon of Google a day they charge extra. Duh.
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  • AffectionateDrag... The generational divide of calling internet service wifi.
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  • PanAmFlyer I had to delete some files on my laptop because it was getting too heavy.
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