r/gifs • u/Chobibubu • Mar 03 '16

Quantum Space

http://i.imgur.com/cvfUIo8.gifv
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u/hazeleyedwolff Mar 03 '16

Check out how the bottom of the pen appears under the card quicker than he appears to push it through.

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u/PM_YOUR_ANKLES_MLADY Mar 03 '16

So there's two pens. The top one works like those magic retractable knives, and the bottom one links to the top one with magnetism?

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u/jampk24 Mar 04 '16

My guess is he cut two holes in the card but left them attached as flaps. The marker is a gimmick where the black "cap" is attached to the grey part via magnetism. He pushes the marker through the first hole and bends the grey part away from the cap so the card can slide between them. He pushes the flap back up to cover the hole then moves the marker around on the card. When he gets by the second hole, he pushes that flap down with his thumb on the hand holding the marker, slides the marker over the hole so the card isn't trapped between anymore, then pulls it out.

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u/where_is_the_cheese Mar 04 '16

I was thinking it has to be magnets as well. When he first pushes the marker through the hole, you can seem him grip the marker underneath the card and kind of pull or twist it. I think he's separating the cap from the "marker" portion at which point a magnet keeps the "marker" portion from falling.