SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 dni temuWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 dni temumessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·6 dni temuWe just lost all data still being stored on magnetic drives and mediums. Compasses just became useless. A lot of medical and scientific equipment suddenly stopped working. The MagSafe charger on my computer just fell off.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 dni temuNo more fridge magnets.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 dni temuOr fridge doors closing properly.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 dni temuShit. Welp. So much for fridges. Thanks, OP!
minus-squarechaosCruiser@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 dni temuExactly. This is clearly the biggest problem. Who cares if every atom in the entire universe gets shredded in a new big bang when the screen of my iPad might get scratched next time I toss it in my bag.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 dni temuNot gyrocompasses that things like planes and missiles uses, just the kind low tech hikers use.
We just lost all data still being stored on magnetic drives and mediums.
Compasses just became useless.
A lot of medical and scientific equipment suddenly stopped working.
The MagSafe charger on my computer just fell off.
No more fridge magnets.
Or fridge doors closing properly.
Shit. Welp. So much for fridges. Thanks, OP!
No more iPad covers.
FML
Exactly. This is clearly the biggest problem. Who cares if every atom in the entire universe gets shredded in a new big bang when the screen of my iPad might get scratched next time I toss it in my bag.
Not gyrocompasses that things like planes and missiles uses, just the kind low tech hikers use.