randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoxkcd #2944: Magnet Fishingimgs.xkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1750arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1739arrow-down1external-linkxkcd #2944: Magnet Fishingimgs.xkcd.comrandomaccount43543@lemmy.world to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
https://xkcd.com/2944 Alt text: The ten-way tie was judged a ten-way tie, so no one won the grand prize, a rare fishing monopole.
minus-squareBobbyNevada@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoI like the idea of magnet fishing, but it seems like you just pick up metal trash.
minus-squareBassaForte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 months agoSo at best, you find something rare and valuable, and at worst, you’re removing trash from the waterways. What’s not to love?
minus-squareDagnet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoOnce I went magnet fishing in a grate near my school’s cafeteria, managed to get a lot of coins which felt like being rich as a kid
minus-squareDagnet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYep, my bluetooth earbuds charging case gets some coins stuck on it every time I place change in my pocket
minus-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoBut occasionally you find $100000.
I like the idea of magnet fishing, but it seems like you just pick up metal trash.
So at best, you find something rare and valuable, and at worst, you’re removing trash from the waterways. What’s not to love?
Once I went magnet fishing in a grate near my school’s cafeteria, managed to get a lot of coins which felt like being rich as a kid
Y’all have magnetic coins?
Yep, my bluetooth earbuds charging case gets some coins stuck on it every time I place change in my pocket
But occasionally you find $100000.