At school in the 80s I acquired a large magnet, and decided to see what happened when I put it on things.

[fesshole@mastodon.social]

At school in the 80s I acquired a large magnet, and decided to see what happened when I put it on things. Turns out it mostly breaks things, including a BBC Micro and a peer's expensive watch.

[ambientspace@cloudisland.nz]

@fesshole I had a samarium cobalt magnet that I had to keep in a sock, elsewise it would become so firmly attached that it could not be budged. I am pretty certain it is still attached to a hydraulic door return in a dormitory building in Providence, Rhode Island.

[markmason@mas.to]

@fesshole if the watch was ruined by a magnet it wasn’t an expensive one. Unless you dropped the magnet on it from a great height, that is.

[geofftc@mas.to]

@markmason @fesshole

I don't think many 80s mechanical watches were using a lot of silicon components.

[sirmars@mastodon.social]

@FreakyFwoof @fesshole See, you should have gone fishing with it. Some of the best videos on the net.

[vandenberglegs@mastodon.social]

@fesshole I also ruined many things with magnets.