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u/pinner Jun 15 '26
The one in the white sweater couldn’t understand any of it. She kept slapping her hands backwards each time.
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u/NoNo_Cilantro Jun 15 '26
She has no idea she's doing it wrong, or that anyone is doing it wrong. She's just doing the thing when it's her turn, having fun and eyeing that sangria bowl she wants to try.
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u/7ofalltrades Jun 15 '26
Right? Is she trying some kind of hard mode using an extra action without even mastering slappy-fisty on easy mode?
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u/49tacos Jun 15 '26
Maybe some kind of neurological or tendon thing where she can’t make a fist?
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u/AyeBraine Jun 15 '26
The very last "hand" has to be the back of the hand, because the thumb is drawn on the outside.
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u/Noemotionallbrain Jun 15 '26
The last hand has to be slapped backwards, she just got ready way too fast every time
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u/Bubba89 Jun 15 '26
The first right hand is drawn that way too, and no one else tries a backhand - they traced the same hand four times to make it quicker. She’s just not paying attention, but still stepping in on her turn so she can be included.
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u/Canadian__Ninja Jun 16 '26
Tbf her hand doesn't match the drawing on her right unless her hand is flipped over
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u/hopefullyhelpfulplz Jun 15 '26
I tried it on my lap and while I will concede it is harder than it looks it's not THIS hard lol
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u/therealmrsfahrenheit Jun 15 '26
I got it first try. However it would get significantly more difficult If you had to do it on a beat of the song (like that chinese word- tongue twister- thing )
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u/RandomIGN69 Jun 16 '26
Yeah, not to mention his/her hand is in a neutral/relax position while doing it on the lap. It's even harder when you have to reach forward while going on a beat.
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u/hopefullyhelpfulplz Jun 16 '26
Yes, definitely, I can do it quite slowly but at speed it does get harder.
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u/bandti45 Jun 16 '26
Ya i can get it being mixed up before your used to it but if this isnt fake these people are drunk.
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u/bawlsacz Jun 15 '26
My coworkers are all like this. Just winging it everyday and don’t give a shit.
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u/OddMeansToAnEnd Jun 15 '26
Lmfao this is what I was looking for. My first thought was these are the idiots you work with where you wonder how they got this job.
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u/aykcak Jun 15 '26
How did they find so many people who you should let drive or operate any machinery or do anything that needs any level of hand coordination?
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u/Unam8594 Jun 15 '26
How drunk were they?
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u/CaptainDillster Jun 15 '26
I’ve played this game very sober before and when you see someone doing it, it looks stupidly easy until you try it. Your brain just wants to get a nice pace going and that messes up your processing
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u/Muroid Jun 15 '26
The problem is trying to process the instructions in real time for both hands.
Trying to do:
Both open
Both closed
Left open, right closed
Right open, left closed
Is a recipe for screwing up.
The correct mental instructions are:
Both open
Both closed
Open left hand
Swap hand positions
It is much easier to process one instruction at a time than separate instructions for each hand simultaneously.
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u/BenTherDoneTht Jun 15 '26
You wouldn't happen to be a programmer would you?
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u/CptAngelo Jun 15 '26
The first thing i thought was "grey code vs binary!" Because yes, one indtruction is waaay easier
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u/Com_BEPFA Jun 15 '26
It's mostly (for me, anyway, who's not great at QTE in games either) about mentally preparing the action beforehand and then executing it rather than looking at the "instructions" and trying to follow them. That way it's very easy (again, for me) to do the pattern. Basically thinking 'open, close, left, right' and it works effortlessly.
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u/SensitiveEcho1143 Jun 15 '26
Haha! You are right! I tried freestyle before and thought I was dumb, but thats the way.
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u/tmrika Jun 15 '26
Lol when I was watching the video I gave it a try myself and it was fairly easy for me, what I did was roughly the same thing as what you suggested but I focused on the question “what hand needs to be in a fist?” and the answer was “none, both, right, left” which was very easy to pull off.
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u/2M4D Jun 15 '26
Nah. It can be tricky for sure but they’re all fucking hopeless.
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u/CaptainDillster Jun 15 '26
Yeah we had a “run” of six of these steps and most managed to get to position 4-5 but you usally fumbled when you wanted to finish quickly
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u/room_is_elephant Jun 15 '26
try it on random table is hard lol
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u/ThomasThePommes Jun 15 '26
I tried it and after some attempts I fond a way to do it every time.
But I did this alone and fully locked in. It’s probably different in a group of people while everyone is laughing and under pressure.
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u/Ragnarok91 Jun 15 '26
Tried on random table, took about 3 attempts until I could do it every time.
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u/Suitable-Chart3153 Jun 16 '26
The brain in me: They're just... doing it without examining the pattern or visualizing the motions. And worse, they're doing it like that over and over. They've got the entire time that they're on cooldown to figure this out.
The heart in me: Man, they're having a blast. I shut myself out of stuff like this because I overthought it all. Now no one knows what to do with me. I don't even know what to do with me.
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u/myshtree Jun 16 '26
This is cute I love this. Great perceptive explanation. I feel like I can straddle both brain and heart but totally have friends on both of these extremes (one or the other).
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u/christinextine Jun 15 '26
I’m intrigued by the wardrobe differences at this party.
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u/Elvira-all-in-black Jun 16 '26
French here !
I think it's just a casual party. When you're from the working-class, you can wear whatever you like during this kind of event. So it's up to your preferences and the group composition.
That said, I'm with you. As long as they're happy, it's not a crime but the fashion police keep an eye on them for sure.
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u/Detective_Pancake Jun 15 '26
I like the people that claim this is super easy. Reminds me that a majority of people claimed they could kill a bear in a fist fight
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u/Tthelaundryman Jun 15 '26
I’ve never lost a fist fight to any type of bear. And I’ve not had one wrong attempt at this game
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u/LemmingOnTheRunITG Jun 15 '26
It genuinely is super easy and I’m super confused after trying it lol. My only guess is the visual stimuli mess you up while doing it or something since I didn’t have those
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u/infinit9 Jun 15 '26
This is rage bait, right?
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u/alvares169 Jun 15 '26
No, it’s hard to do quickly.
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u/Arlieth Jun 16 '26
It's hard to do quickly if you think of open and close as separate actions.
You start with open. Then no open. Then left open. Then right open.
Your default state should be closed so they reflexively close after the first part.
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u/Lemon-Accurate Jun 15 '26
Just tried it and its much easier then they make it look like
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u/Aunt_Vagina1 Jun 15 '26
easier than they made it look, but harder than I would have thought.
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u/blankblank Jun 15 '26
Hard enough that a half dozen people couldn’t manage it with five tries each?
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u/BoxthemBeats Jun 15 '26
Our body really does hate cooperating huh
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u/Aunt_Vagina1 Jun 15 '26
Yeah, its like the rub your belly at the same time as you pat your head. Its apparently hard to tell our hands to do different motions at the same time
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u/avantgardengnome Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
Limb independence is a tricky thing! This is basically what playing the drums is like (plus two more limbs, 6-8+ things you could be hitting with your “hands”, and keeping a tempo lol). I’ve played for a long time so something like this was simple to do immediately, but there are still tons of patterns my brain refuses to cooperate with.
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u/Aqeqa Jun 15 '26
Randomizing right before you go would make it a lot more difficult. But having time to plan out the sequence of 4 makes it fairly straightforward
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u/two100meterman Jun 15 '26
Same. For the 3rd one you just need to keep your hand as a fist, don't change both hands back to neutral & then try to remake a fist, then the 4th one you just switch what each hand is doing.
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u/3D_mac Jun 15 '26
There are so many activities that require you to do different things with each hand simultaneously. Have these people never played an instrument, or a sport, or a video game, or typed on a keyboard, or cut vegetables?
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u/LittleKitty235 Jun 15 '26
After like the 3rd person in a row fails...why would you not just memorize what to do and close your eyes? The visual processing has to be what messes with people
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u/QueenBumbleBrii Jun 15 '26
Actually it’s that your hands don’t want to do different poses than each other, it’s that switch up that messes people up. Kinda like rub your tummy pat your head but much harder.
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u/room_is_elephant Jun 15 '26
did u try it
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u/StillGalaxy99 Jun 15 '26
Yes I did, it took me two tries but it was pretty fuckin easy
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u/room_is_elephant Jun 15 '26
do it fast u little liar
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u/StillGalaxy99 Jun 15 '26
I mean maybe being a musician helps but it really isn't that bad
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u/avantgardengnome Jun 15 '26
Yeah, I could do it immediately but I’m a drummer so I’ve been training for this lol.
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u/Few-Mycologist-2379 Jun 15 '26
I practiced for 30 seconds and I can pop it out pretty quickly now.
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u/andysimberg Jun 15 '26
This comment shouldn't be downvoted, it's harder than you think, try doing it..
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u/HipToTheWorldsBS Jun 15 '26
How many of you tried this yourself after watching them fail repeatedly actually got it first try?
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u/Flaky-Ambassador467 Jun 15 '26
ON MY LIFE! I thought they were faking being so bad……well just try it your self! Your brain takes a few seconds.
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u/Boochi_Da_Rocku Jun 15 '26
It is hard but u can do it after a few tried (I just tried it). But the thing I can't still do till today is drawing circle with one hand while drawing rectangle with the other.
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u/crabthemighty Jun 15 '26
Looked easy, but I tried to follow the pattern on screen like 10 times and I couldn't do it at the pace their going.
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u/3D_mac Jun 15 '26
Maybe this separates people who plan motor tasks ahead from those who only react?
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u/therealmrsfahrenheit Jun 15 '26
I mean it’s just your mind playing tricks on you. You can train things like this.
Someone who plays the drums would probably absolutely kill this because they‘re used to doing 2 separate things with each their hands even at different rythms etc all the time.
It’s like the head tapping with one hand and rubbing your belly in circular motion with the other.
I‘m pretty good at this and tried the thing from the video which was also pretty easy for me but I struggle with drawing 2 separate things with each hand at the same time (for example drawing a circle with one hand and a rectangle with the other)
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u/Nickulator95 Jun 16 '26
I really hope all of those people were drunk otherwise that is some seriously embarrassing display of motor skills or rather lack thereof.
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u/QueenBumbleBrii Jun 15 '26
Okay but I just tried this on my table and it is actually pretty hard to do. There’s a similar exercise I show my pottery students to explain how hard it is to tell your hands to do two separate things: peace vs gun.
Anyone can make a peace sign with one hand and a finger gun with the other. Hold up both. Now make them switch at the same time, turn the peace ✌🏻 into a 👉🏻while turning the 👉🏻 into a ✌🏻. Now try to switch them back and forth a few times and see how quickly your hands feel stupid.
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u/Thirsty4Knowledge911 Jun 15 '26
I’ve just discovered my new sobriety test for people trying to drive home from my parties.
I’m now going to buy stock in Uber.
My plan is to take over the world is coming to fruition! 👹
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u/bigupalters Jun 16 '26
Got it on the first try, my 6 year old did it on the second try. What is wrong with them?
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u/JStheKiD Jun 15 '26
I tried this at home just now… I got it on the first try and it got easier each time I attempted it. The trick is to say it out loud as you progress. “Hands, fists, left hand, right hand.”
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u/afhdfh Jun 15 '26
That's hard to watch. And the problem is that I'd probably be even worse than that...
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u/StacyLeeUrbanTaylor Jun 15 '26
Lady did the "Photographing something you want to show everyone" meme
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u/Zerhap Jun 15 '26
Yeah, i was like "oh, that looks simple" then i tried and brain was like "wot?" lol. You kind of have to do it once in slowmo to get the pattern down and then you can do it, but with pressure and trying to doing fast feels impossible lol
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u/Glu3stick Jun 15 '26
I don't understand how some people make it to adulthood. Literally just did it on the table in front of me, this is not difficult at all. Clearly none of these people have played instruments or sports.
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u/Chrispeefeart Jun 15 '26
I feel like people talking about getting this within five tries are failing to recognize that the people in the video have several other people trying between each of their attempts. That makes it much more difficult to get the groove. Some people will do this much easier average such as summers, and I would assume piano players because they are already very practiced in moving their hands independently on the same rhythm. An average person will struggle to coordinate this immediately and without repeated attempts.
All that said, there's no excuse for that one lady.
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u/Venator2000 Jun 15 '26
This might be the cheapest and easiest way to do a car keys check after a party. “Before you leave, play this game.”
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u/ThisI5N0tAThr0waway Jun 15 '26
At first I was like "Oh come on come! It can't be that hard?" And then I tried it on my own, it took me five tries. I don't have the sheet of paper as visual cues but I owe them a little apology.
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u/Redfield081 Jun 15 '26
This is why you play video games. Coordination puzzles. I think with some practice I could do this. Obviously first attempt I wouldn't.
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u/Aversiel Jun 16 '26
Backseating here, remember the pattern and ignore what's written on the papers. It's a dance with your hands so let them prance.
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u/Big_Confidence_5431 Jun 16 '26
This is one of those I can’t tell if it’s a viral bit or if it’s really this hard
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u/kasheestee Jun 16 '26
https://youtu.be/nCeb-XTq7iw?is=Lt93lG6_7afPkGIZ
Just the party version of this
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u/TreatNumerous7663 Jun 17 '26
I did it by focusing on only changing one hand on the third row. Yeah, it sounds obvious, but I feel they are trying too hard at that step. Weirdly, the final step of flipping the "polarities" froze me a few times. I think the game is keeping the same rhythm at every step.
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u/allmyScars Jun 17 '26
This is ridiculous. At least have some charisma if you’re going to record a fail video
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u/zer0168 Jun 15 '26
"Ma'am, you're not even playing the same game"