Post #1983690
2026-04-25 21:26 UTC
I made it! It was pretty cool. The techs (Eduardo & Charmain) were cool. Eduardo had a Snorlax(!!!) lanyard.
The earplugs and headphones they gave me were adequate.
I was nervous at first, but found it cozy actually. But maybe that's the 1mg Lorazepam (SL) talking. :3
Cool facts:
- The MRI machine's magnets are rated at 3 Teslas (30,000 Gauss)
- The machine had concentric rings painted onto the floor around it, with labels (5 Gauss, 100 Gauss, etc.) as you got closer
- The call button they gave me was PNEUMATIC :D
- The headphones they used to talk to me were also, somehow, pneumatic. This seems so novel and weird and I really want to learn how these work!!
Questions for the audience:
- Do the magnets interact with the trace ferrous minerals in body in any meaningful way?
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@tty@sunbeam.city 2026-04-25 21:27
Also also: I let myself unmask more! It feels scary when I don't know if the person will be a jerk or not, but it felt really nice to not have to hold back who I am so much. 🥰
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@tty@sunbeam.city 2026-04-25 21:29
I worked on a brain teaser while I was in the tube: You have a 3L bucket and 5L bucket, and a faucet with unlimited water. Measure out 4L.
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@d6@merveilles.town 2026-04-25 21:29
@tty i'm not an expert but i think only ferromagnetic things are strongly affected by MRIs, while most of the iron in your body (e.g. hemoglobin) is not ferromagnetic (sort of like how rust is not either)