Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
The earth is a giant magnet.
You’d be burned to a crisp by solar winds ;)You’d be burned to a crisp by solar winds ;)
No, you wouldn’t. You’d start getting cancer.
Also, the atmosphere would start getting worn away. Most people would die of cancer before it’d get bad enough to asphyxiate everyone though
You’d be nuclear burned to a crisp
Just wait till night time
How didnt I think of that… facepalm ;D
I’m no expert, but I feel like magnets losing their magnetism would also cause electricity to stop working.
Most electricity is being created with the use of magnets i motors/generators. No more electricity then.
Asides from batteries and solar.
Every single electrical item on the planet stops working, because every generator, turbine, and motor immediately stops running.
Car batteries never charge, starter motors won’t turn, and any hall effect sensors cease to operate.
Kitchen floors would be covered with souvenirs and notes.
Society would collapse
generally speaking, mass chaos and hysteria and then nothingness.
if we exclude the possibility of “magic” doing it, and instead focus on the realistic causes of a loss of magnetism the chances for just magnets to be directly impacted are low.
that is, the strength of phenomena that would be required for all magnets in the world to cease functioning it would also likely cause the magnetic cohesion of molecules and atoms to break. this breakdown at the atomic and subatomic level would cause a chain reaction where we would both cease to exist and explode with enough energy to destroy the universe.
if any atoms of you survived at all, they would be flung to the outer reaches of the universe in seconds only for the entirety of the universe to be sucked into the void such an explosion caused. it would probably be something akin to a big bang.
On the bright side we could stop wondering how do they work.
All the shit would fall off of my fridge.
my hard drives…
People couldn’t use their MagSafe iPhone accessories and society would crumble within days (You can’t tell me I don’t know what Vietnam was like!!)
According to Trump, a rainstorm would cause that to happen. But wouldn’t put out the fire that is Portland.
My tapes nooo
The situation room would be ablaze with work as the Insane Clown Posse would have an even bigger mystery on their hands! How do magnets not work? By situation room I mean wherever they are hot boxing, and by ablaze with work I mean 3-4 fat blunts
Depending on what counts as a “magnet”, the loss of magnetism could destroy the universe.
Maybe the exercise should be limited to all ferrous metals just became inert.
Welp, bye bye to the shield against the Sun’s deadly laser. Although I guess that also means bye bye to the laser too? Hmm.
Yeah I think its just a polarity flip and nothing would actually happen so long as we properly compensate
Can’t get sunburnt if there’s no sun.
taps forehead
The Earth’s magnetic field is gone and we all die.
Finally, some good news!
Are we including electromagnets? If so, an awful lot of motors would suddenly just not work anymore.
…magnets is quite general, but i believe it counts, and yeah, fucking everything stops…
Electricity generation would suddenly also get a lot harder. Without dynamos I think the only real option becomes solar panels.
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.
