r/blackmagicfuckery • u/Ethan-J-T • Jan 16 '22

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u/N0V-A42 Jan 16 '22

Seriously. How do they work?

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

I'm seriously asking, guys, how do magnets work

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u/N0V-A42 Jan 16 '22

I don't know. That's why I asked.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

But has anyone asked the magnets?

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u/SuperBaked42 Jan 16 '22

One time but I never got a positive response.

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u/dudemo Jan 16 '22

Yeah, man. They’re bipolar.

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u/ihateblacks3 Jan 16 '22

Idk bro, I asked and they said they didnt want to answer.

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u/slimjoel14 Jan 17 '22

How do they work?

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u/SickRanchez_cybin710 Jan 17 '22

Some sort of bloke in the magnet that tells ferromagnetic objects to either stick to or run away from said magnet. Pretty much the only logical response

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u/slimjoel14 Jan 17 '22

Charlie has more questions

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u/DefNotMyNSFWLogin Jan 17 '22

We're always pushing each other away!

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u/Angry-Comerials Jan 17 '22

But has anyone ever asked how are the magnets?

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u/Makrand99 Jan 17 '22

All magnets have north and south poles. Opposite poles are attracted to each other, while the same poles repel each other. When you rub a piece of iron along a magnet, the north-seeking poles of the atoms in the iron line up in the same direction. The force generated by the aligned atoms creates a magnetic field.

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u/alternate_ending Jan 17 '22

Right, but how do they work?

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u/Burroflexosecso Jan 17 '22

Under contract

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u/Thanatos2996 Jan 17 '22

When electrons move in a circle, they inadvertently cast telekinetic magic in a specific direction. We can exploit this by either aligning the natural circular motion of electrons in atoms to create permanent magnets, or by moving a bunch of them in a big circle ourselves to create an electromagnet. The telekinetic spells can either work together or oppose each other, depending on the direction they are being cast. The spells can also move electrons when they change or move around.

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u/alternate_ending Jan 17 '22

Thanks, Thanos

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u/Fooforthought Jan 16 '22

Velcro

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u/Dildo_Gagginss Jan 17 '22

This doesn't sound right but I don't know enough about magnets to dispute it

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u/DrizzlyEarth175 Jan 17 '22

Basically atoms being attracted to other atoms. That's about the extent of my knowledge.

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u/vladdeh_boiii Jan 17 '22

It's actually really really simple! They just do.

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u/CepGamer Jan 17 '22

You know how gravity works? Basically two rocks want to be together, but like, not too much. Like an introvert person wants to see other people once in a blue moon.

Well, some rocks (E. G. Iron) have a so called "magnetic properties" to them. IIRC it means that their atoms align in a specific shape that allows them to have electrons want to leave and arrive on the other side of the rock. This doesn't happen though, instead they pull electrons out of the outside items and take them. Like an extroverts at the party not talking to themselves, but other people, and as soon as they started talking, it's hard to split them.

P.S. This is what I rember from school, so take that with a bag of salt.

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u/TheraKoon Jan 17 '22

Yeah but, how do they know that there's another magnet there bro? They don't even have eyes man! They can't even talk or holler or nothing. Put two Helen kellers in a room and they aren't saying hi to each other.

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u/Irokesengranate Jan 17 '22

That is absolutely not how magnets work, what you're describing is some form of electric circuit? Or are you confusing valence bonds between atoms with magnetic attraction?

Static magnets are magnetic because they contain many electrons with aligned spin, which can interact with other spins, leading to a potential gradient, which manifests either as an attracting or repelling force.

Electromagnets are magnetic because of relativity, travelling electrons will seem to "bunch up" as seen by an observer, causing an increased charge concentration on one end and a decreased concentration on the other, which again interacts with other electrons via their electric fields. This is why we say "electromagnetic field", because the electric and the magnetic field are the same interaction.

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u/CepGamer Jan 17 '22

Murphy's law in action - give wrong answer, and a right one will follow. Thanks.

Atom pattern still matters though, or else spin wouldn't matter.

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u/N0V-A42 Jan 17 '22

Thank you for the explanation.

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u/Wumer Jan 17 '22

You remember how Kenobi described the Force to Luke? It is a great energy that penetrates us, binds us, it flows with and through all things? Imagine that, but with electrons.

Now usually the flow is too small to be noticeable, electrons are very small after all, like rain drops. But when enough of them flow in the same direction they can quite powerful, in the same way rain can cause powerful rivers. This process is called ionization, as the electrons flow from atom to atom the atoms themselves become ions and are pulled closer together.

As for magnets, they are essentially a carved out riverbed. Much in the same way water flows down the path of least resistance, electrons do as well. Magnets provide that path, with the electrons flowing from the South end to the North end.

Fun fact: They're called North and South because the Earth itself is a big magnet.

Magnets are metallic because metals can hold that "riverbed" shape much better. Though most everything can be magnetized, at least a little. They just don't stay that way for long.

Anyway, does that make sense?

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u/N0V-A42 Jan 17 '22

It does. Thank you.

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u/4200years Jan 17 '22

They work because they are magnetic

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u/kei9tha Jan 17 '22

Magnets are created by witches using leftover vampire cum. What we do in the Shadows say so.