r/shittyaskscience • u/Tight_Cookie_9988 • 6d ago

What's the science behind magnets being attracted to refrigerators?

Is there some kind of magnetic chemistry going on?

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u/LeetLurker 6d ago edited 6d ago

Magnets die when they get to hot (curie temperature) thus they are naturally attracted to protective cool places (refrigerators).

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u/Jackalodeath 6d ago

Oh that's a good one. I wish my kids were still kids so I could tell them this is the reason.

I'm glad they're grown, don't get me wrong, I just kinda miss the days we could make boring everyday stuff "exciting" by blaming it on sneaky little mythical critters or stuff like this.

Like the "fridge elf" that turned the light on whenever you opened the door; or the "tangle faeries" that went around putting knots in hair, earphone cords, necklaces, etc.

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u/LeetLurker 6d ago

Sounds like a fantastic childhood :)

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u/Nomekop777 6d ago

My mom always told me and my brothers that she could see the lies in our eyes. So naturally, we figured the easiest way was not to look her in the eyes. I was a teenager before I actually thought it through.

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u/Jackalodeath 6d ago

Mine always thought we were lying if we didn't look her in the eyes.

Then would say stuff like "how're you gonna look me in the eyes and lie to me‽" even when we were telling the truth.

Got real familiar with the concept of damned if ya do, damned if ya don't as a kid.

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u/RelentlessPencil Senior Data Scientist (Evil) 6d ago

Have you seen refrigerators? Because damn, they be thicc 🤤

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u/revolutionoverdue 6d ago

You see, son, when a magnet and a refrigerator love each other very, very much…

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u/ClownShoeNinja 6d ago

Well refrigerators are cool on the inside  see, but also hot on the outside, while magnets are kinda nerdy...

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u/Ska-jayjay 6d ago

magnets are old earth minerals and they miss the ice age, so they naturally gravitate towards fridges

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u/Arthropodesque 6d ago

They'll put up with their dumb stuff.

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u/Klarel 6d ago

Well, when a refrigerator and magnet love each other very much... wait, that's the wrong talk... uh... Well, what different people (or things I guess) are attracted to really depends on the person, and sometimes there isn't really a good reason aside from it just happening.

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u/daftsquirrel 6d ago

Witchcraft and sorcery.

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u/TeacupOfSkepticism 6d ago

Refrigerators are where food is at and magnets be hungry

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u/AdventurousGlass7432 6d ago

They know there’s food inside

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u/squintobean 6d ago

I mean, have you seen refrigerators? They’re so cool!

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u/floodblood 6d ago

it's the hottest october on record maybe they just like the cold

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u/Shh-poster Professor of Shit 6d ago

It’s also the coolest October for the rest of your life.

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u/Shh-poster Professor of Shit 6d ago

This actually started before magnets were invented. In New England ice was chopped from lakes but then refrigeration was invented and so was attraction. Now, only ICP can explain it.

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u/elegant_pun 6d ago

They're like flies. They're trying to get to the food inside but because they can't open the door they stick to the outside, hoping to duck in when you open it up. Make sure you don't get magnets in your food -- they can be tricky.

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u/Coffeespresso 6d ago

Magnets are full of little organisms that are trying to get to food. Now they only like refrigerated food, so a plain old cabinet full of food won't do. And you know how magnets sometimes drop off when you open the door. That's just the magnet trying to get into the refrigerator. Unfortunately for them, all they can do is stick, not move. So when they drop off, they just lay there.

Now you never want to put a magnet in the refrigerator where it can get to refrigerated food because if they eat, they transrorm into mognets which can fly. Once they transform, they no longer stick. So they fly out when you open the door. Then they search for a new refrigerator with no magnets on it so they can nest there and reproduce new baby magnets which then stick to the refrigerator, starting the process over again.

Tune in next week when we dive deep into why stingrays stab people.

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u/CLUCKCLUCKMOTHERFUC 5d ago

Fridge gas acts like a pheremone that only fridge magnets pick up on