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bbleeker comments on Magnetic rings (the most mediocre superpower) A review. - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: Elo 30 July 2015 01:23PM

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Comment author: bbleeker 31 July 2015 06:44:43AM 3 points [-]

I've been wearing a magnetic ring for a long time now, and my experiences are more or less the same. I have only one though; maybe I'll buy one for my other hand so I can play with the magnetic field too.

One thing to watch out for is magnetic keycards. My debit card doesn't have any problems (yet), and it's several years old; but the last 2 summers I've had to get the keycard for my hotel door remagnetized a few times. And yeah, if you're cleaning things with steel wool, you get tiny sharp pieces of it stuck on the ring, that are quite difficult to get off. I also take my ring off in bed, because our headboard consists of metal bars, and the ring tended to be attracted to it with a loud *ting* and wake up my husband.

Comment author: Elo 01 August 2015 09:09:38AM 1 point [-]

glad I am not the only one. I have not noticed the keycards problem yet. I take the rings off for metal shards when I know I am about to work around them.