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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 113 points 10 months ago

Fucking magnets. Saved you a click.

(Magnetic clothing buttons have already been invented. Repeatedly. You can buy 20 for six bucks on Amazon.)

[-] antmzo220@lemmy.ml 59 points 10 months ago

Fucking magnets.

How do they work?

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

Well you see, when two magnets love each other very much…

[-] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 2 points 10 months ago

They have very rough hatefucking sex with each other. The face slapping, throat grabbing kind.

[-] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

And that's where baby magnets come from.

[-] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago

I mean... that description is not far from the truth! Many small baby magnets created by two big magnets smashing together.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

Baby clothing has had this for many years, and I believe male strippers use these to make their pants easy to remove and reassemble for repetitive stripping.

[-] swab148@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

Or just dudes who are lazy but also don't wanna sleep in their pants! You don't necessarily have to be a stripper to enjoy the many benefits of magnetic pants, is all I'm saying.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

How is using magnets a “new button”?

Disabled folks who can’t fasten buttons have been using magnet closures for a while. This guy adds the ability to decorate it and that’s a new button? They had changeable button covers for fun in the ‘80s.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

“There wasn’t some arrogant ambition around disruption [of buttons],” Ive told the outlet. “It was a very gentle, humble exploration.”

[-] jdeath@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

that can't be real... oh no. wtaf!

[-] radicallife@lemm.ee 25 points 10 months ago

"Get those magnets wet and boom, no more magnet." -djt

[-] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Hah, you clean your clothes. What a low socio economic peasant. I just throw them away when they get old. /s

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 5 points 10 months ago

I burn mine after use, can't risk those poors getting their hands on them.

[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

DJT actually knows a lot about how magnets work I'd say way more than most people, a lot of people actually. They all say so.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Is that an actual quote?

[-] MisterMoo@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Congrats on inventing a $150 button, Jony.

[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

No AI???? And it's considered a new invention? Meh!

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They look like normal snap buttons. What is the magnet even for?

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

The big quirk of the design is the outfit’s buttons, which are basically just normal buttons except for the fact that they are magnetized so that you can swap out the separate outfit toppings at the drop of a hat.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 15 points 10 months ago

Because as we know, shirts and other layers falling off our bodies is a problem we all face. And what we need to solve it is an over-engineered button.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I think they were trying to make changing the kind of clothes you are wearing fast. But thats just another non-issue that is not encountered by the average person.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's like they didn't understand that snap buttons already snap together and come apart easily. Also if you're gonna wear a jacket over the vest, you don't even need them to connect to each other. It actually makes putting the stuff on and off more tedious.

I've recently heard that every artist goes through a "too many buttons and zippers" phase but this is ridiculous.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I just love this age of not solving any problems but, in fact, making more.

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Interesting idea but I fear magnets might have unintended side effects to phones and wearable electronics like headphones.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 9 points 10 months ago

MagSafe and magnetic Qi chargers have been around for years. They're also in many earbud cases and earbuds themselves (besides the transducer).

The problem isn't that it's magnetic, the problem is that it's a solution to a problem almost nobody has, excepting perhaps people without upper limbs.

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I mean I like the idea of magnetic buttons because buttoning up can be a bit of a hassle and this sounds like a decent-enough solution. Don't care about changing sleeve lengths and the like either.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 10 months ago

Pacemakers?

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

If I'm buying modular clothing its gonna be covered in zippers like I'm in Kingdom Hearts. The magnets sound like a way to lose clothing to gusts of wind.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You can tell he wasn't that interested in writing this, but he's clearly being told he has to, and I have to admit I agree.

The guys made a top, I don't care.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Exactly. My need for a coat/jacket is already satisfied, and fashion really isn't something I care about. I also don't care about this designer.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

You're allowed to add buttons? I thought modern phones only took them away.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

They moved them to jackets and made them magnetic.

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