SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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 · 1 month agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoNot gyrocompasses that things like planes and missiles uses, just the kind low tech hikers use.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoNo more fridge magnets.
minus-squarechaosCruiser@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoNo more iPad covers.
minus-squarechaosCruiser@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoOr fridge doors closing properly.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoShit. Welp. So much for fridges. Thanks, OP!
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.
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.
Or fridge doors closing properly.
Shit. Welp. So much for fridges. Thanks, OP!