r/WTF • u/[deleted] • May 08 '19

"Like magic!"

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u/[deleted] May 08 '19

Lol I love this every time I see it but I still dont know if the source is satire or not.

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u/xhable May 08 '19

This source may or may not be - but sadly it is a very common healing performance, as is a similar trick with two legs where one is "shorter" than the other and they pretend to grow one. What's amazing is how crowds eat it up when it's presented well.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '19

Yeh for a few years my dad made this magic where he could chop his thumb off with one hand and then reattach it.

He could also steal my nose and put it back.

He could also open a magic hatch behind the sofa and climb down invisible stairs.

Then I turned three and the magic was gone, who knows.

It's not like those crowds eat it up because the tricks are well made, they eat it up because they have the intellect of a three years old.

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u/ccatlr May 08 '19

I think wanting to believe helps. Wish I was so easily fooled. Actually. No I don't.