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xkcd #2944: Magnet Fishing (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The ten-way tie was judged a ten-way tie, so no one won the grand prize, a rare fishing monopole.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (17 children)

What the fuck?

Magnet fishing, also called magnetic fishing, is searching in outdoor waters for ferromagnetic objects available to pull with a strong neodymium magnet.[1] Recovered items may be dangerous, such as firearms, ammunition, and bombs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_fishing

Why would anyone do this?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Goblin brain likes little trinkets made of metal. Goblin brain demands I find them, keep them, anything to distract from the void.

may be dangerous, such as firearms, ammunition, and bombs.

Also goblin brain not always best decision maker.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Tbf to the goblin brain, the likely danger from those objects is tetanus

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