I call bullshit on this one.

I like how this guy's face is blurred out, like he's that concerned about having his identity protected.

Reminded me of those Wile E Coyote cartoons, where the magnet draw everything near him... boats, planes.

Maybe we needed something bigger to throw at his stomach.

please don't revoke my commenting privileges, but...

there have been an awful lot non-gadget-related posts on the Giz lately.

seriously, why is a guy swallowing a magnet posted on Gizmodo?

...because he might get better cell phone signal...

Can you hear me now?

I saw a news report where a little kid swallowed some magnets. They stuck together at different parts in his intestines causing them to die along with the kid. Not a smart thing to do.

maybe its proof cell phone radiation DOES do brain damage...

I like how he uses beer to make sure it goes down.

"They stuck together at different parts in his intestines causing them to die along with the kid."

GrandpaSeth....the magnets died along with the kid? That's a damned shame, poor magnets...

ROFL - nice one brad.

looks like an easy fake to me

Dunno . . . they've been drinking obviously, and they do kinda sound like idiots . . .

Classic. I would be so bored if it weren't for the twisted antics of the reverse-darwin humanoids.

Swallowing magnets leading to your demise=God's way of weeding the idiots out.

Odd. Looks like he still doesn't attract girls. Go figure.

Damn bad idea. Neodymium (what a lot of those super-strong magnets are made of) is toxic.

When he wakes up, he will be blind.

Farmers make cows swallow magnets to collect the metal bits they eat accidentally.

So cows are like drunken high school students then?

Causing them to die along with the kid. As in the parts of the intestines crushed by the magnets dying, thus causing the kid to snuff it.

That dude totally needs to video himself getting an MRI now. THAT would be entertaining.

"revance says:

That dude totally needs to video himself getting an MRI now. THAT would be entertaining."

Realizing that an MRI would literally rip the magnet from his body. Yes, it would be entertaining.

If you swallow a magnet about the only chance to get it out is to get jailed as quickly as possible to have access to a stainless steel toilet in you're jail cell. Just sit it out and wait for the magic of magnetism to pull it out. Also a few dozen bran muffins from the cafeteria might help, along with a few bowls of corn. Of course you could just stick a bar of non ferrous metal in your underpants to avoid jail time...