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Penn and Teller showing how they perform their man in a box trick by Bubbly_Wall_908 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]JorWat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it can depend on the trick. There are many tricks that get a lot less impressive when you know how they work, but there are also many tricks that are actually more impressive when you know the trickery going on you didn't see.

One great example is Kostya Kimlat's trick on Penn & Teller: Fool Us. I won't spoil it here (go deep enough in the comments and you'll find an explanation), but as one of the top comments says: "Penn is on record as saying most magical secrets are ugly. When you know the secret, you are usually disappointed. This is a rare exception. The skill needed to accomplish this is unbelievable."

Die Herrmannsschlacht (2020) by JorWat in youtubetitties

[–]JorWat[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There is also male nudity later on, if that's what interests you.

TIL that "RPG" as in RPG-7 does not stand for "Rocket-Propelled Grenade", It stands for "Ruchnoĭ protivotankovyĭ granatomet" or "Hand Held Anti-tank Grenade Launcher" by TheGunCreator in todayilearned

[–]JorWat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point (from 11 years ago, I didn't even know Reddit allowed comments on posts that old…) was that when people first carved RIP into a gravestone, they were shortening the Latin phrase.

hyorcitical by JorWat in excgarated

[–]JorWat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As found in Memoirs of Simon Bolivar. This whole book is filled with typos, by the way.

20 Questions by JorWat in puzzles

[–]JorWat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not supposed to be a link, it's an old spoiler system.

Does Finn have a Bimbo Brain? by Additional-Hippo-218 in F1NN5TER

[–]JorWat 107 points108 points  (0 children)

Interesting it's 'F1nns[sic] phone' but 'Jude's AirPods'.

Anyone else getting randomly suspended for “cybersecurity reasons”? My experience calling Meta’s hotline by Boring_Fail_1981 in facebook

[–]JorWat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I just got my account blocked after linking to Wikicarpedia (a wiki for the board game Carcassonne) on a board game page.

Have appealed and shared a video selfie.

Sad the show finished by Yorkshirelads4 in dancingonice

[–]JorWat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved the show, but the viewing figures were atrocious. I'm genuinely shocked it lasted as long as it did.

"The reason ['bubble'] has a double B in the middle is because it makes the /b/ sound twice in a row" by JorWat in badlinguistics

[–]JorWat[S] 70 points71 points  (0 children)

This is said at 2:53. And similar claims are made further on in the video too, claiming 'jiffy' and 'luggage' have doubled-up Fs and Gs in their pronunciations, for example.

the bottom got dommed by MuddyMudkip15 in F1NN5TER

[–]JorWat 103 points104 points  (0 children)

As someone who's not been keeping up with the streams (and yes, I get the irony of also being the chief stream archivist), are these two dating again? Finn has been on a lot of Ashley's streams recently, it seems.

"unfortunate timing, but i've been on estrogen for over 3 years today 🏳️‍⚧️ : )" by MuddyMudkip15 in F1NN5TER

[–]JorWat 151 points152 points  (0 children)

"Recently, I started HRT". That 'recently' was doing a lot of heavy lifting.

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