Compasses

I'm sorry if this has come up before, but I don't really want to search through 400 odd pages of topics to find what I want. I read the FAQ and it's question on how compasses work, but honestly it confused me and made little sense... and the diagram just confused me more, would someone please be able to clarify?

Stume

(neither RE'er nor FE'er, I find it fascinating that you all still believe this, but I am a firm OE'er)

Can you be a bit more specific on what part confused you? And what is an OE'er?

DO you really believe in flat earth Beorn?

Of course he does, he says so in his signature.

No, he doesn't. He just converted for the lulz. I'm considering doing the same.

Of course he does, he says so in his signature.

That's a quote from someone else.

Hmm, OE'er...perhaps one of the elusive Octahedron Earthers?

Hmm, OE'er...perhaps one of the elusive Octahedron Earthers?

While octahedron earth sounds cool, and I almost kinda wish I believed that, I was referring to oval earth, because the earth bulges out at the equater, so it can never be round 

The part that confuses me is something that a little research tells me is a RE thing too... don't worry about it then, this question belongs elsewhere, my mistake... I didn't realise that magnetic north was at geographic south in both theories... I need to research more to find out why that is now......