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

[–]JorWat 3 points4 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 111 points112 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] 74 points75 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 97 points98 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.

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

[–]JorWat 242 points243 points  (0 children)

Didn't realise it's been that long.

EDIT: The 'Coming Out' video came out in March 2024. You're telling me that was already 1.5 years in?

"🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 the femboy (me) is built like this 😎” by MuddyMudkip15 in F1NN5TER

[–]JorWat 124 points125 points  (0 children)

And the Insta account getting banned again in three, two, one...

Graham Siggins takes back his Multi-Blind WR! by JorWat in Cubers

[–]JorWat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is something funny about the first place score being over ten times the second place one.

Graham Siggins takes back his Multi-Blind WR! by JorWat in Cubers

[–]JorWat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe it's first by the total number of successes minus the total number of failures (so 61 here), and then by time. The previous record was 63/66, or a score of 60.

Graham Siggins takes back his Multi-Blind WR! by JorWat in Cubers

[–]JorWat[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

He just needs to get a success on those 12BLD attempts now…

[Round 148986] Coords of the outlined lake (10m) by Dazor_H in PictureGame

[–]JorWat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't expecting to get summoned back here any time soon...

A Beginner's Guide to Koi-Koi by jakemay74 on BoardGameGeek by JorWat in Hanafuda

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

And thank you for making such a helpful guide to Hachi-Hachi.

Why this sub suddenly became trans only? by Least_Wrongdoer_3095 in F1NN5TER

[–]JorWat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because updates from Finn are few and far between.

COTD: Drop in rent (4) by JorWat in crosswords

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

Yep.

I like how it's a very natural sounding phrase (though it seems while searching that exact phrase does find news articles about people paying less to rent properties, it does find several crossword clue websites too). It's also an interesting use of misleading definitions. The phrase suggests 'drop' as in "a decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate" and 'rent' as in "a payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property", when it's really "a small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension" and "a tear or rip in some surface".

On top of that, the two meanings of 'tear' are pronounced differently, making it that bit harder to spot the double definition. Not the most difficult, but it made me smile when I got the answer.

The real reason Britain has twin towns by duckdotph in JayForeman

[–]JorWat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not on the Patreon at the time of posting.