SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 days agoWe 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-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoNot gyrocompasses that things like planes and missiles uses, just the kind low tech hikers use.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoNo more fridge magnets.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoOr fridge doors closing properly.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoShit. Welp. So much for fridges. Thanks, OP!
minus-squarechaosCruiser@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoExactly. 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.
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.
Not gyrocompasses that things like planes and missiles uses, just the kind low tech hikers use.
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.