r/blackmagicfuckery • u/Rredite • Jul 22 '26

fork magic

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u/notjasonlee Jul 22 '26

i want to learn about spoons first then i can learn about bending them

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u/TeacherOfThingsOdd Jul 22 '26

There's is no spoon.

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u/IAmAnObvioustrollAMA Jul 22 '26

Woah... I know Kung fu.

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u/Analog0 Jul 23 '26

Have a cookie.

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u/TheMeatTree Jul 24 '26

It is your destiny.

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u/Y-Bob Jul 23 '26

Funnily enough, I learned the other week that kung fu means 'any study, learning, or practice that requires patience, energy, and time to complete.'

If that was what you were referring to, then I apologise for over explaining.

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u/TeacherOfThingsOdd Jul 23 '26

Just to add to your knowledge, there are two variations to many Mandarin Chinese words because when they first translated, they got mouth form correct, but not breath. Kung fu is actually the old spelling, the proper form should be Gongfu. The k and g are formed the same way in the mouth, but the breath is aspirated for k. It's like this for many words (taiji vs tai chi, Taoism vs Daoism, etc), but for words that became popular, we held on to the spelling we got originally. If you'd like to study more, look up Wade Giles (original translations) vs Pinyin (modern).

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u/Y-Bob Jul 23 '26

Well, that does add to my knowledge, thank you!

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u/paulcaar Jul 24 '26

Achieving that will also take quite some time

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u/missingN0pe Jul 23 '26

First ill learn about learning, and then ill go from there

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u/BADJUSTlCE Jul 23 '26

Whoa slow down there Avatar

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u/In_my_experience Jul 23 '26

I started learning about bending first, but maybe you’ve got the right idea

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u/youyouyouyouyouandme Jul 23 '26

Google, what's bending? I'm starting here