Lanthanide · element 60
Neodymium
The strongest magnets in the world.
Only 0.2% of people are Neodymium. (estimated)
If you're Neodymium
You pull people toward you and you don't let go easily. Attractive in the literal sense, and slightly hard to get out of a relationship with.
Neodymium magnets are the strongest permanent magnets made, and they're in every pair of earbuds.
How to get along with Neodymium
Do
- Accept the pull; fighting it is exhausting.
- Give them something worth holding on to.
- Keep a little distance if you need to think.
Don't
- Don't put two of them together without a plan.
- Don't expect an easy exit.
When it goes wrong: They don't let go. If it's over, say so from a distance.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 6
- Sociability
- 5
- Stability
- 9
- Energy
- 4
- Rarity
- 5
- Warmth
- 6
Neodymium in literature
- Vronsky — Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (1878)
- Isabel Archer — The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James (1881)
- Circe — The Odyssey, Homer (700 BCE)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Neodymium's. If you got Neodymium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other lanthanides
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