SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前What 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 · 1 个月前message-square64fedilinkfile-text
Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 个月前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.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 个月前Or fridge doors closing properly.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 个月前Shit. Welp. So much for fridges. Thanks, OP!
minus-squarechaosCruiser@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 个月前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.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 个月前Not 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.