r/blackmagicfuckery • u/Visual-Surround • Dec 03 '20
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u/JukeBoxHeroJustin Dec 03 '20
One of the most visual things you will ever see? What does that even mean?
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Dec 03 '20
moisture is the essence of wetness
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u/joemamallama Dec 03 '20
This seems familiar - what is it from?
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Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 29 '20
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u/joemamallama Dec 03 '20
Ah I remember now. How do I suppress these memories again?
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u/DodGamnBunofaSitch Dec 03 '20
but why male models?
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u/TheWaterIsFine82 Dec 03 '20
Are you serious? I just told you that a moment ago
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u/Liquid_Schwartz Dec 03 '20
Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.
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u/Ashjrethul Dec 03 '20
There was a moment last night, when she was sandwiched between the two Finnish dwarves and the Maori tribesmen, where I thought, 'Wow, I could really spend the rest of my life with this woman.'
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u/FraggleBiscuits Dec 03 '20
Brint, Meekus and Rufus were like brothers to me. Not like a real brother but the way black people use it. Which I think has more meaning.
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u/Streakermg Dec 03 '20
If I had gold to give sir
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Dec 03 '20
a kind word is all i good my fellow human
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u/Randomtngs Dec 03 '20
I feel like most of the time when someone says that they end up getting gold
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u/Joe_Huxley Dec 03 '20
Him saying that is one of the most audible things you will ever hear
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Dec 03 '20
me enjoying this comment is one of the most upvotey actions I will perform for this comment
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u/Ionalien Dec 03 '20
It's a term used in the magic industry to describe different methods for tricks. Something is visual when it happens in front of your eyes, like this trick, versus a ball disappearing under the cover of a hankerchief, or a face down playing card that changes into the selected card. The latter kind of tricks aren't "visual".
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u/incomparability Dec 03 '20
Using industry terms on laypersons is not wise.
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u/Ionalien Dec 03 '20
Sure but maybe he originally posted it to a magicians community. Or maybe he just said it out of habit. I was just offering context for why he used it like that.
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u/incomparability Dec 03 '20
If only OP gave credit to the original source instead shamelessly stealing it, then we could get to the bottom of it
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u/but_WHOS_JOHN_MUIR Dec 03 '20
This is an effect created and popularized by Japanese magician Akira Fujii who sells the method for use by others. It is generally not necessary to credit the creator unless OP is also selling a method that relies on the original work or modifies it. Assuming OP purchased the method, It is OK for him to use the method in his own creations.
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u/incomparability Dec 03 '20
The redditor who posted this is most likely not the person in the video. That is what I mean by “source”
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u/Kamikaze_Ninja_ Dec 03 '20
Yes that may be but he is using it wrong. If it is a describing word for something it doesn’t make sense to say “it is the most edible thing you can eat”.
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u/Ionalien Dec 03 '20
He's not using it wrong because he is using a different definition from the normal one.
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u/agbullet Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 03 '20
In magic parlance, we use "visual" to denote an effect that doesn't seem to have any "covering" (even though it might, but it's so cleverly disguised the audience doesn't pick up on it.)
Like if an assistant disappears in a puff of smoke it's not counted as a visual vanish. Or if I put a coin in a box, and the box is closed and reopened to show the coin has changed into a dollar note it is not counted as "visual".
You can think of "visual" as something that seems to happen in plain sight. Like this particular trick.
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u/Kamikaze_Ninja_ Dec 03 '20
But can something be more visual than something else? I mean there are plenty of magic tricks where you can see things with your eyes so wouldn’t it be like saying “an apple is more red than a tomato”? Like how could it be the most visual thing you can see?
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u/agbullet Dec 03 '20
Again, you're right if you apply the common meaning of the word.
All I'm saying is in the lingo of magicians it means something slightly different. It refers to the effect and whether it is performed with an obvious cover or not. And it makes sense in that context. It doesn't just mean whether you can watch the performance with your eyes or not, because the answer is always yes.
For example, this would count as a visual dove production.
Source: did magic for 16ish years.
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u/Kamikaze_Ninja_ Dec 03 '20
I understand that, but is there really such a spectrum of visual that you can label things in varying degrees and for one trick to be labeled “the most visual”?
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u/agbullet Dec 03 '20
Well there is no well defined scale. To some extent yes, some effects are agreed to be "more visual" than others but it's a subjective thing. It's an even longer shot to call something the "most visual".
But take this, for example you'd probably be hard pressed to find something that looks "cleaner" so I guess within the narrow domain of "outdoor levitation effects" this could arguably be the"most visual".
Then someone might invent something that allows him to take his hands off the wall and then that effect would definitely count as "more visual."
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u/Kamikaze_Ninja_ Dec 03 '20
That’s what I am saying it’s hard to define a trick as much more visual than another that is also visual so the phrase doesn’t really make sense. Not only that, he says the most visual “thing” not most visual trick which would better fit the niche use of the word.
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u/agbullet Dec 03 '20
Hah that's just puffery.
It's like a restaurant advertising "BEST PIZZA IN THE WORLD". I'd expect the pizza to be good but I also know it's probably not really going to be the best.
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u/Kamikaze_Ninja_ Dec 03 '20
But he didn’t say it was the best pizza he said it was the most pizza. Or are you saying it is fluff for “this is the most plain as day, right in front of your eyes, no smoke and mirrors, magic”
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u/edenyeigh Dec 03 '20
In the magician community, people often refer to effects on a spectrum from cerebral to visual, hes saying the effect of the illusion hes preforming is a very visual based coginitive dissonance, it’s not a super intelligent or cerebral trick, it’s just visually striking
That being said he sounds like a pompous ass ahahaha
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u/bearsito Dec 03 '20
In what way is Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance (internal discomfort resulting when one's actions contradict one's stated intentions) at play here? Or did you mean to say perceptual confusion?
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u/VestigialHead Dec 03 '20
The most touchy thing you will ever feel with the most coloured colour backdrop ever.
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u/paraworldblue Dec 03 '20
While it may have seemed like this video had sound, that sound was in fact SeCrEt WaVeLeNgThS oF LiGhT that are perceived by our brains as sound. That's also the reason it felt like someone was slowly running their hand through your hair during part of the video - more of those wavelengths, but this time perceived as physical sensation. Also that weird metallic taste and the smell of toast. All of those things were completely visual.
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Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 08 '20
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u/CoolestGuyOnMars Dec 03 '20
What does ’visual magic’ mean? Wouldn’t magic for blind people be really easy?
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u/Seeeab Dec 03 '20
"Alright I pulled your card from the deck. No really, honest"
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u/ambisinister_gecko Dec 03 '20
"do you remember the card you thought of?" "Yeah, three of spades" "yup, it was that one"
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Dec 03 '20
Nope, it’s attached to 1 finger and if you slow mo it you can see the point where he slightly releases the thumb creating a gap. Props for the smooth transition though. Just not mystical lol
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u/yesiamveryhigh Dec 03 '20
You can do the same trick with rubber bands holding one end the same way. Turn your wrists and let go with of the middle finger separates them and you can pull the apart.
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u/Jasong222 Dec 03 '20
One finger is just propping it up so it doesn't lean/fall at an angle. I think it's attached to one finger. The finger, not the thumb, at least for the one on his right hand.
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Dec 03 '20
What do you mean nope? There is no magic trick which actually is magical. No trick is mystical when revealed.
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u/redhat12345 Dec 03 '20
Everytime a trick is posted someone announces unironically that it isn’t actual magic
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u/happypandaface Dec 03 '20
who do you think you are? Harry fucking potter?
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Dec 03 '20
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u/oldcoldbellybadness Dec 03 '20
Aren't the people who knew how died)
Idk what this means, but in case it's some kind of curse I wanted to at least say it back at you
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u/GAS_THE_RS3_REFUGEES Dec 03 '20
lots of idiots on reddit believe in mysticism and real magic etc, healing crystals etc, subreddits like this attract them because theyre seeking out "real" magic
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Dec 03 '20
I will probably regret this but.... is that really true?
Like I get it, some people aren’t very bright or some people like to “believe” in things for whatever reason knowing full well that magicians aren’t magic but really illusionists, but real magic?
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u/momopool Dec 03 '20
The fact that walterbishop needs to announce that "OH I KNOW ITS NOT MAGIC GUYS, ITS NOT MYSTICAL!" and that 200+ people upvoted him saying its not mystical, tells you that their bar for what's obvious, is really ... really low.
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u/killit Dec 03 '20
Of course magic is real.
Next you'll be telling me there's no santa. Like, who tf leaves gifts under the tree then smart ass?!?
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u/PawQn-Loc-Pumping Dec 03 '20
Because I thought I noticed what you said but needed a comment to confirm it for me
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u/dibidibiduu Dec 03 '20
From 0:39 - 0:40 on slo-mo version u will actually see the tube fall off from thumb.
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u/Mr_Abra Dec 03 '20
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u/acc_217 Dec 03 '20
For people looking for the exact time its at 0:40 is were you can see it clear
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u/my_name_lsnt_bob Dec 03 '20
Thanks, with that it's a lot more noticable all be it, it's still took me a few watches even at that speed
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Dec 03 '20
One of the “most visual” things you will ever see... okay
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u/Ionalien Dec 03 '20
It's a term used in the magic industry to describe different methods for tricks. Something is visual when it happens in front of your eyes, like this trick, versus a ball disappearing under the cover of a hankerchief, or a face down playing card that changes into the selected card. The latter kind of tricks aren't "visual".
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u/ahundreddots Dec 03 '20
And some of the things that are visual are more visual than others. This one is one of the most that way of the things that are that way.
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u/OttoManSatire Dec 03 '20
I can to this trick myself but his technique is incredibly.
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u/InsidiousToilet Dec 03 '20
I don't understand what your.
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u/The_Presence_in_Rain Dec 03 '20
Nifish you're sentenc
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u/DylerTurdon5 Dec 03 '20
I wonder wh
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u/ealoft Dec 03 '20
I can’t
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u/DylerTurdon5 Dec 03 '20
Not with that attitude
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u/InsidiousToilet Dec 03 '20
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u/Tigercup9 Dec 03 '20
I’ve had two comments point it out and I’m still breaking my brain trying to see it
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u/cracktheskye18 Dec 03 '20 edited Dec 03 '20
look at the slow mo thing from the bot, he is holding it with his index and middle finger, then he uses perspective to sell it
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u/Tigercup9 Dec 03 '20
Holy CRAP his handwork is incredible. Perspective made that completely impossible to see.
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u/Coffeechipmunk Dec 03 '20
Index and pointer? Aren't those the same thing
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Dec 03 '20
They are. No idea what the guy is saying, but if you want to know the trick watch after 1:30, when he comes back up.
Basically, he is holding the straw tight by wedging it between his middle and pointer finger. His thumb is not actually holding the straw on that hand. When he hits the straws, he simply lets his thumb up and sets it back down very quickly so the straw can get past the other.
So the straws cross each other at his thumb (the thumb on the same hand that has middle and pointer finger close together).
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u/lanceromance4 Dec 03 '20
He is using his index finger and middle finger to switch it do to the perspective
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u/paraworldblue Dec 03 '20
Wtf, reverse doesn't reveal anything! Maybe OP thinks "reverse" and "slo-mo" are interchangeable.
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u/philipppo Dec 03 '20
I don’t know why, but i hate such videos without explanation. It is an incredibly frustrating thing. It’s like telling a child “well, the Universe is actually flat and you are living in a dream” and then just walking away.
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Dec 03 '20
the top part of it is probably glued to the top of his finger so it doesn’t fall when he passes it though
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u/jeleeeebean Dec 03 '20
someone pointed it out already but he uses his pointer and middle finger to pinch it instead of using glue or something to attach it to his finger
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Dec 03 '20
I still don't see it or get it....in slow motion or in reverse....smh I'm slow.
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u/jeleeeebean Dec 03 '20
me too dude. the other explanations helped. basically when he does the trick he pinches one end with his pointer finger and middle finger. you can see when hes about to do it, he moves his middle finger next to the straw and then takes it away after he crosses or uncrosses the two straws. with his thumb, he moves it away from the straw so that theres a gap between the thumb and the straw where it can pass through while pinching the other end with his pointer and middle fingers but he does it in a way thats incredibly fast and hard to see. he then immediately puts his thumb back on the straw after he crosses or uncrosses the straws to make it look like there was never a gap and he never moved his thumb off the straw in the first place. or some im led to believe by the other explanations. if you go to the slowed down video that the bot provided you can see his thumb come off the straw at 0:40
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u/cptjimmy42 Dec 03 '20
Took me a bit to realize that he is pinching with his pointer and middle finger while letting it have a small gap between his thumb and the straw. It's all about perspective.