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GrimSheeper @lemmy.world

2y ago

Coins

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Yup that is indeed what would happen. But the panel of the clean up crew needing therapy is missing
- Eh. Depends on the coins. If they’re made of ferromagnetic metals, sure.
  Not all coins are.
  
  My thought was they would just heat up.

There actually was a guy who wore a buttplug with a metal core in an MRT. The plug shot through his body like a high velocity bullet and was stopped by his sternum. He survived with severe internal injuries and sued the company selling the plug.
- People like that guy is the reason some MRIs require you to walk through a metal detector first. People are stupid and will ignore safety measures all the time.
  
  Sounds like that guy wasn't being stupid though. He didn't know it had a metal core.
  
  I had abdominal surgery several years ago and the surgeon mentioned that they left some clips inside. To this day I have no idea if they are magnetic or not.
- If the plug was advertised as being pure latex or whatever, then fair enough.
  
  Yeah, that was exactly the case. Still weird to think "hey, I have this medical check-up today, better wear my best plug!"
- https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mri-butt-plug-injuries/
- Coming up next on Mythbusters...

The comics here seem to be getting worse every day.

Kids these days dont know coins are not magnetic

If the coins are magnetic that's what would happen. But if you're going to violently tear a hole in your abdomen, the hospital is where you want to do it. I'd say there's a fair chance you survive and live a medically complicated life
- I think your chances of surviving this are similar to your chances of surviving a shotgun blast to the stomach... Even in a hospital it's not good
- Wrong, you only need metal that reply to magnetic forces, it doesn't have to be magnetic in itself.
  
  You forgot to start your sentence with "akshually", but we get your intent.

Trying to recreate Alien (1979) is never a good thing.

Dumb ways to die. So many dumb ways to die...
- Duuuumb ways to di-i-ie Soooo maaaany dumb ways to die

y tho
- Sponsored by Evil inc.
- They wanted to have their reserves in case of an attack by koloss or shardbearers

Copper and nickle are magnetic?
- I have shrapnel in my leg, it's copper and brass, and I have had MRIs with no ill effects. Fucks up some CAT scans and xrays, but only if they are scanning that leg. It's so small, though, that modern metal detectors don't register it anymore.

Too much iron in your blood.

I don't think most coins are magnetic. They might get rather hot tho

If it's magnetic resonance imaging, then if your magnetic resonance matches the MRI's, you'll just shatter like an opera singer breaking a crystal glass.

i kinda want this to be the punishment for proven/repeat conviction child molesters.

Ferrofluid would be interesting In this situation.

Sounds like a Bunny Suicide

Do it with nails. (Most) Nails are made of steel. You likely won't make it anywhere near the MRI bed before they start doing their thing though
- Ferromagnetic marble would be easier to swallow.
  
  Oh, I'm going for damage.

Wouldn't the coins also potentially become deadly projectiles

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