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Why not just wear gloves with embedded magnets? I don't understand the benefit of implanting the magnet. Implanting seems to come with several drawbacks: infec
by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Why not just wear gloves with embedded magnets? I don't understand the benefit of implanting the magnet.
Implanting seems to come with several drawbacks: infection risk, difficulty of removal if undergoing an MRI, and difficulty passing through security checkpoints.
The advantage is... Saving 5 seconds when compared to just wearing a glove with magnets in it? A glove would also likely provide far far better sensing (more and stronger magnets better placed).
- xkcd-sucks 2y agoCloser proximity to all the different vibration sensors in the skin helps with sensitivity as the bulk skin mass kind of acts as a low pass filter -- Consider the sensitivity with which you feel a splinter vs the sensitivity of that object on the skin surface. Also, some people just seem to have a fetish for poking metal bits into themselves. Maybe it's good for first dates or something, "wanna feel the lumps in my hand" is a bit more intimate than "wanna feel my glove"
- fred_is_fred 2y agoWearing magnetic gloves to a first date is a great way to not get a second one for sure.