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Tanuki

(16,191 posts) Mon Nov 10, 2025, 08:41 PM Nov 10

Guess who said "Nobody knows what magnets are"

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Guess who said "Nobody knows what magnets are" (Original Post) Tanuki Nov 10 OP

Magnets are inhabitants of the planet Magnum. Everybody knows that. Dave Bowman Nov 10 #1

Is that the Magnum that Dirty Harry carried, House of Roberts Nov 10 #6

Tom Selleck speak easy Nov 10 #15

It's past your bedtime, Grampy. Drink your warm milk then lights out. Diamond_Dog Nov 10 #2

He must have been neglected as a child. CentralMass Nov 10 #3

A psychopath for a father and a emotionally vacant mother nt Javaman Nov 10 #9

Well he IS an insane clown after all. johnp3907 Nov 10 #4

Someone like Richard Feynman or Carl Sagan or Jim Al-Khalili or Brian Cox RockRaven Nov 10 #5

. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 10 #7

It's all slurred word salad all the time now. ananda Nov 10 #8

Too bad his uncle only spent time not telling him Johonny Nov 10 #10

They're as mysterious as the tides. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 10 #11

There are magnets in radios and televisions? Disaffected Nov 10 #12

There used to be magnets in old style TV picture tubes, and pretty much all speakers have magnets in them. patphil Nov 10 #18

Yeah, I considered CRTubes but they are never Disaffected Nov 11 #20

WTF is he babbling about? bif Nov 10 #13

INSANELY STUPID AND INCOHERENT BLATHER THAT ALSO CONTAINS PURE LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Celerity Nov 10 #14

DunningKruger Warpy Nov 10 #16

What a freaking idiot Grim Chieftain Nov 10 #17

China has a monopoly on magnets. Botany Nov 10 #19

Dave Bowman

(6,274 posts)

1. Magnets are inhabitants of the planet Magnum. Everybody knows that.

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 08:45 PM

Nov 10

House of Roberts

(6,324 posts)

6. Is that the Magnum that Dirty Harry carried,

Reply to Dave Bowman (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 09:09 PM

Nov 10

or the Magnum that drove the Ferrari?

speak easy

(12,520 posts)

15. Tom Selleck

Reply to House of Roberts (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 10:38 PM

Nov 10

Diamond_Dog

(39,187 posts)

2. It's past your bedtime, Grampy. Drink your warm milk then lights out.

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 08:47 PM

Nov 10

CentralMass

(16,762 posts)

3. He must have been neglected as a child.

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 08:50 PM

Nov 10

Javaman

(64,937 posts)

9. A psychopath for a father and a emotionally vacant mother nt

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 09:28 PM

Nov 10

johnp3907

(4,174 posts)

4. Well he IS an insane clown after all.

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 08:50 PM

Nov 10

RockRaven

(18,449 posts)

5. Someone like Richard Feynman or Carl Sagan or Jim Al-Khalili or Brian Cox

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 09:00 PM

Nov 10

could sit down with you and have a very interesting conversation about "nobody knows what magnets are" and actually explore that premise and the ways in which it is true. And that would be interesting and enlightening and entertaining.

But none of that has anything to do with this dumbshit blowhard asshole, and his stupid mouth noises. What he means by that is "I don't fucking understand whatever simple top-line shit they just told me about -- even after they dumbed down as much as they possibly could."

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,329 posts)

7. .

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 09:20 PM

Nov 10

ananda

(34,020 posts)

8. It's all slurred word salad all the time now.

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 09:25 PM

Nov 10

It's difficult and crazy to listen to.

Uggghhh

Johonny

(25,095 posts)

10. Too bad his uncle only spent time not telling him

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 09:34 PM

Nov 10

About the unibomber instead of not explaining magnets.

eppur_se_muova

(40,562 posts)

11. They're as mysterious as the tides. nt

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 09:45 PM

Nov 10

Disaffected

(6,025 posts)

12. There are magnets in radios and televisions?

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 09:56 PM

Nov 10

Another Trump idiocy.......

patphil

(8,509 posts)

18. There used to be magnets in old style TV picture tubes, and pretty much all speakers have magnets in them.

Reply to Disaffected (Reply #12)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 11:39 PM

Nov 10

Magnets can be found in nature, or manufactured. The Adirondack Mountain of New York State contain deposits of lodestones, a natural magnet. Lodestones are also found in many places around the world.
The process of using Powder Metallurgy to create powerful magnets does us rare earth elements, but these elements are found all over the planet, including the United States, although China has the largest deposits in the world.
So, Trump is partly correct, but the need for rare earth elements from China is probably related to quantity and/or price. It's not necessary to get them from China.
For instance, Ukraine has significant deposits of rare earth elements. Remember Trump was trying to make a deal to get them from Ukraine in return for military/financial aid.
As usual, Trump fixates on a thing and keeps harping on it.

Disaffected

(6,025 posts)

20. Yeah, I considered CRTubes but they are never

Reply to patphil (Reply #18)

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:33 AM

Nov 11

used in TVs now-a-days. Speakers is one item I did not consider but, in context, you don't need rare earth magnets to manufacture speaker magnets.

I suspect China's supply of rare earths would only come into play in the manufacture of wind turbine generators and EV drive motors, even though they are not strictly necessary in those instances either. And yes, Trump fixates like a dog on a bone and can't seem to let go.