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u/Vcheck1 1d ago
Okay, what cocktail of drugs do I need to achieve this ability
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u/logert777 1d ago
A magicians book and a health and wellness podcast on how to sell health and wellness courses
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u/br3nt3h 1d ago
After the drug's the objects move on their own.. just make sure the audience gets some too 🤣
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u/13th-Hand 1d ago
Ngl I’ve done so much drugs in my life. I can assure you nothing like this has ever happened in my life
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u/rabbi420 1d ago
You forgot the 50 tabs of LSD.
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u/logert777 1d ago
hahaha I can already hear the wildly misinterpreted/out of context Terrance McKenna quotes and the smell of patchouli soap
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u/Sionkuden76 1d ago
Well to get the eyes..."Gotta kill a few people. Then you've got to get sent to a slam, where they tell you you'll never see daylight again. You dig up a doctor, and you pay him 20 menthol Kools to do a surgical shine job on your eyeballs." - Riddick
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u/Scooter310 1d ago
Invisible thread, changing contacts, and practice.
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u/round-earth-theory 1d ago
I don't think it's changing contacts. He's pushing them up into his eyelids and pulling them back down when he wants them on. Sometimes they stick which is why he's touching his eyes.
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u/A_Feltz 1d ago
An eighth of Talent, two baggies of Perseverance, and about two keys of Time
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u/n3ur0mncr 1d ago
Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.
Oh - and some paint and a lesser key of solomon.
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u/Baloooooooo 1d ago
There is nothing more helpless and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge
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u/Johnnys_an_American 1d ago
You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when its waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye.
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u/archimidesx 1d ago
He’ll see the bats soon enough
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u/HarvardCistern208 1d ago
One thing that never made sense was the salt shaker half full of cocaine. You have so many drugs, but so little of this one drug. Why?!
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u/AntonChigurhsLuck 1d ago
Believe it or not its just a lot of ivermectin and organic kale. Who would have thought.
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u/dkyguy1995 1d ago
Even knowing how this is done, it's still rather impressive to maintain the illusion. Also balancing a ball on his head is not easy
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u/milksteakenthusiast1 1d ago
Somebody pushed in the soft part of his skull as a baby, and now they use it to their advantage /j
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u/Lysol3435 1d ago
His parents: this will hurt him now, but someday he’ll be a magician!
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u/Sans-clone 1d ago
Well I don't know so spill the beans.
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u/dkyguy1995 1d ago edited 1d ago
I don't know the exact specifics, but it's really just incredibly thin non-reflective string. You can tell by the way the stick rocks when he sets it up that it's actually dangling and not standing up from the floor, notice he doesn't actually wave his hand above the first stick like he does the second (which is probably suspended from the first).
Basically hes waving his hands around the objects in ways that look like he's proving there isn't a string but is distracting you from the string actually being attached somewhere else.
The ball is attached to his hand somehow so him waving his hands all around would never actually break the line.(edit: it's attached to his eyebrow, he's sticking it there while pretending that's to do his eye thing, he never really completely circles the ball with his hand. That's why he leans outward for that part of the trick) And the reflectivity of the ball makes it hard to tell if it's actually spinning or if it's stable (just like his contact juggling ball)There is a lot of skill involved in this trick still to avoid breaking the illusion and to manipulate the length of the strings without the viewer noticing. I imagine the camera guy is somewhat in on the trick and that usually the viewers would be standing a bit further back.
Just pay attention to the motions of the ball when it starts to fly away from him and imagine it being at the end of a long pendulum and it sort of makes sense,
I actually wonder if that was an accident and he managed to make it look like he meant to do it.(e: not an accident, it's where he is pulling the ball away from his face to unstick it)Also notice that when he puts the last stick down on the ground that one of the sticks in his pile also moves (he tried to hide this by putting something in the pile at the same time)
I'm not a magician though maybe someone who knows more can be more specific and accurate.
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u/External-Awareness68 1d ago
"Yeah, I know how this is done"
"Tell us"
"I don't know the exact specifics..."
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u/dkyguy1995 1d ago
I mean you can understand the principle but not have his whole choreographed trick diagrammed out
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u/reddit_is_geh 1d ago
I think he's touching his eyes to move the contacts around when it doesn't work when he blinks.
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u/marooned66 1d ago
I came to the comments looking for some answers and left without any!
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u/asleeplongtime 1d ago
Magnets
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u/PizzaPizzaPepperonii 1d ago
This is what I was thinking. The objects were moving just like magnets. Are those just metal objects that look like sticks?
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u/porkchopsuitcase 1d ago
Is he really storing contact lenses in his eyelids to do that color change trick?????? Such a crazy trick
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u/jorahos1 1d ago
For someone who wore contacts for years, yes it’s possible and it hurts, also being blind while you’re trying to find the contact in the pit of your eye socket isn’t easy, and doing two at the same time.. yea this is quite impressive.
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u/maveric00 1d ago
One contact lense? Amateur. 27 lenses is to beat:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/health-40630852.amp
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u/Branjoe328 1d ago
That's gotta be due to dementia or something, right? Like I have definitely gone to put lenses in and forgot I accidentally slept in my previous pair, but it didn't take but 3 seconds to realize the fuckup. I totally get the contacts hiding under the eyelid, but I can't imagine making this mistake twice, better yet 17 (+10?) times. Wild article regardless; thanks for sharing
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u/Shadowbacker 1d ago
Glad to see Dhalsim still getting out and about at his age. He looks good.
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u/Quinocco 1d ago
Yoga Fire!
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u/UnderstandingOk8841 1d ago
I HAVE SEEN THIS GUY LIVE. He's legit awesome. And yes, it looks exactly like this.
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u/Dazzling-Adeptness11 1d ago
It's a kit. This has been posted a couple times and others have said it's a kit you can buy and a technique you have to learn. I've read it's not easy
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u/gaz61279 1d ago
Yeah it's a kit containing 2 sticks and 2 glass balls and you basically have to learn to levitate them by yourself. It's really tough.
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u/lebastss 1d ago
I'm still working on my other kit. Grey hood, robe, and a staff. I still can't help middle earth.
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u/Second-Creative 1d ago
Have you fought a Balrog yet? I heard that's a pretty important step.
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u/mroreocakester 1d ago
God that’s the worst part
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u/MogMcKupo 1d ago
Did you buy the DLC “Flame of Anor”?
Makes it a cakewalk
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u/mxpxillini35 1d ago
I pirated the "great eagles" patch. Makes easy work of everything honestly.
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u/OldKingCoaI 1d ago
The "great eagles" patch has been removed from all mod lists as it is a direct violation of TolkienSoftworks Ltd.
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u/reddituseronebillion 1d ago
I didn't mind it. I happened to have some sausages and a roasting stick on me. Turns out the poor guy was just hungry, so we roasted some sausages over his arm. He fell asleep after and then I cut off his fucking head.
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u/ishkariot 1d ago
Ah the good old sausage arm-roast nap beheading. Classic move.
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u/Usakami 1d ago
Fighting Balrog is the last step. Afterwards he gets a white robe. It's like the final exam
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u/SenorNoNombre 1d ago
I knew a guy once who did that. His name was... Jangalf, or something.... Anyway, it took him like 1000 years to get the hang of it!
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u/The_Jizzard_Of_Oz 1d ago
I think the Snoopesque quantities of Pipe Weed may have helped...
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u/SenorNoNombre 1d ago
He did pick up a few unproductive hobbi.... er... habits along the way, now that you mention it.
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u/mr_nefario 1d ago
For an extra $12.99 / month, you can upgrade to the white hood, robe, and staff and increase your chance of helping middle earth by 66%.
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u/RedDiamond6 1d ago
Yeah, but....do you know where the ring is? That's pretty important.
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u/BappoChan 1d ago
I should’ve got grey, I got the white hood with pointy hat and now I get bad looks at the magic convention
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u/Leaf_Atomico 1d ago
I've been working my stick and two balls too, but this is not the result that I get
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u/Caramel-Secure 1d ago
Gotta keep practicing. That’s the fun part.
EDIT: Sorry! Meant the HARD part.
EDIT 2: I give up… going back the practicing (3rd time today)
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u/Lava-Chicken 1d ago
I've got a stick and two balls. I can levitate the stick but not the balls. I'm almost there
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u/WigglesPhoenix 1d ago
Fuckin instruction book is written in esoteric symbols too, don’t waste your money
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u/lettsten 1d ago
Those are called letters. First you need to attend a weird cult with mystical daily meetings in order to learn the arcane secret called
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u/TomaCzar 1d ago
For those connoisseurs of fine self-help materials such as described above, may I humbly submit my own enablement publication, focusing specifically on avian artistry.
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u/FlameShadow0 1d ago
Cool. That’s explains literally nothing
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u/Skullclownlol 1d ago
Cool. That’s explains literally nothing
Little gold ball uses hard to see string attached to other body parts (best guess is forehead?) to "levitate", hands push the string to move it in any direction. The "spinning around the ball to show it's not attached" is fake, the rotation isn't complete, there are gaps.
Clear orb is simpler, he's just holding it, it just looks like he isn't because of the distortion.
Contact lenses were under the eyelids, placed beforehand.
The sticks I'm not sure - first stick maybe weighted heavily at the bottom, e.g. empty out the bottom and fill it with some concrete? Second stick I don't know.
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u/round-earth-theory 1d ago
Something to know, there's some really neat sticky tack that magicians use to quickly attach/detach the string from what they're manipulating. You can't see it because they use sleight of hand to keep the tack hidden and they only use a tiny amount. That's how he's able to take the gold ball in and out of "suspension" so easily. Also these objects are often a lot lighter than you'd expect.
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u/goldfishpaws 1d ago
"Magicians Wax" - not expensive seeing as you use tiny amounts, but you can get extremely cheaply using silicone wax ball "disposable" earplugs. One pack for £2.50 from the chemist and enough to last years and years.
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u/flyingthroughspace 1d ago
Which explains why it sticks to his head and how he uses his thumbs on the back of it to lift it up.
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u/Nini-hime 1d ago
But how the actual fuck do you make contacts stick to you eyelids and then release them at the correct moment to properly go over your eyes without having immense pain?? O.o
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u/Worldly_Influence_18 1d ago edited 22h ago
He makes a couple of motions when he's doing the contact lens thing to loop the monofilament behind his neck.
Edit: especially when he does some sort of motion around the orb on his head. I think his bulky necklace is intended to cover the line
If you look closely you can see where the nylon is digging into his skin a little at the back of his neck
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I think its attached to his necklace which is probably weighted
The line is tacked into place behind his ear then runs up and over and hangs off of his bald head.
He bows his head to make it drop
Then transfers the line to his hand or uses his hand to pull the line away from his head to make it appear it hasn't been hanging from it
Every part of his get up is part of the trick.
One of the lines on the stick is attached to an anklet and he's sitting yoga-like cross legged to keep the line stable
The heavy chunky necklace with very tight links he can friction fit the end of the line into (probably already there at the start with the free end of the line hanging loose, ready to be tacked to the ball)
The ball is an electroplated ping pong ball to make it appear like a heavy ball bearing. It's too light to create a visible indentation on his scalp but in order to really hide it, he needs to fully shave his head
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u/RymeEM 1d ago
So wait I can get two sticks and two marbles and sell em as a "kit" to idiots? The instructions will read "it takes time to learn how to levitate these but keep at it!"
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u/Piemaster113 1d ago
It isn't. They sell simpler versions for basic things but yeah this whole set up is rather complex
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u/Burn2at420 1d ago
This doesn't explain the eyes tho
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u/crappleIcrap 1d ago
I wear contacts and can tell you sometimes they get stuck under your eyelids, but when you point your eye right at it, it will reseat properly. You can also see he had a bit of trouble and had to move his eyelids with his hand on the second eye.
He is just hiding colored contacts under his eyelid.
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u/YodaFette 1d ago
My ex said I could never find the kit. Is this why there was no magic in the bedroom?
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u/nicenecredence 1d ago
Didn't he used to play guitar in SOAD?
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u/jeno_aran 1d ago
TONY DANZA CUTS IN LINE
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u/risu1313 1d ago
O l d s h o o l h o l l y w o o d w a s h e d u p h o l l y w o o d
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u/TrampolineAddict 1d ago
STANDING IN THE SUN, I'M WASTING MY TIME
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u/wilfredthedonkey 1d ago
O l d s c h o o l h o l l y w o o d w a s h e d u p h o l l y w o o d
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u/sphinctaur 1d ago
Regular or bass? Because he looks like a mashup of both
Shavon Odadlakian
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u/Kizzle_McNizzle 1d ago
I thought it was magnets but then I can’t explain the glass ball
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u/StenSaksTapir 1d ago
This is Kristian Jyoti. He also calls himself Jyoti Supernaturel.
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u/myfrigginagates 1d ago
It's entertaining AF, for me that's enough.
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u/Mach5Driver 1d ago
Thank you! I don't care to know how they did it. Just let me admire the fuck out of the illusion! I often wonder how much these dudes could've made if they could time travel and perform for kings. I figure they'd sit on a mountain of treasure or be burned at the stake.
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u/Feisty-Succotash1720 1d ago
It’s cool and all but I have a feeling this guy does this in the middle of a party when we are all trying to have normal conversations….
“No Dave, No stop it! Don’t do this shit right here… I am bringing the food out in a minute! And don’t stack the chicken wings again… no one eats them after you do that!”
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u/modfoddr 1d ago
"Dave stop, just stop. This is a bris. Not the time and place. And please learn some card tricks so you won't scare the kids. Please."
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u/External-Awareness68 1d ago
This is cool. I know it's obviously just a trick, but it looks amazing. And this guy has the sorcerer look down!
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u/Thatweasel 1d ago edited 1d ago
The contact juggling levatation trick is SUPER easy and looks incredibly good.
You're holding it with opposing thumb and ring fingers with the others flaired, i.e left ring right thumb or vice versa, then you can roll it between them slightly to give it some movement.
You can do it with any ball (or any object really - it sort of works with a drinking glass although if you do it too long it's easy to see the thumb on the other side - the curve of the ball obscures that, but a quick flash of it could be a good impromptu party trick) but it's the clear acrylic that sells the appearance of floating and makes it less clear that you're holding it
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u/herefromyoutube 1d ago
He definitely mastered the art shoving a contact behind your eyelid and pushing it out with a special blind
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u/Sad-Bonus-9327 1d ago
That's the fist vid I saw here where there isn't an explanation in the comments how it's working
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u/Omnicron2 1d ago
The little gold ball is hanging from a string from his forehead, thats why it dangles directly below him. He pushes the string between his fingers to make the ball come towards the camera and then grabs it.
I've got no clue about the rest of it
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u/dragonovus 1d ago
Some say the small ball was attached with a string to his eyebrows but he circled all the directions but one with his hand to show it’s not attached to anything. But I that one direction he didn’t cover wouldn’t make sense as the ball was hanging differently? I don’t understand the seconds stick either
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u/WhocaresToo 1d ago
How many get some really weird looking contacts and learn how to balance a glass ball on my head and then use some sleight of hand fake magic for pennies in a cup. Mind you don't step in the bullshit
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u/Nilsou2 1d ago edited 1d ago
I have seen this guy live in Aurillac, France (with his dog lol), I can validate that this video is real and that the guy does that in places with no preparation (and at this time, no aitorisation or whatever, he juste set its thing in the road of the village) and, seriously, I am use to this kind of "magic" thing in festival etc, because I do a loooot of street arts festival. But It is the only time that I question myself about the fact that this was true magic... Even now, and even by reeseing him on video, I just don't understand how this is done, and at the time in Aurillac I was at 1 meter of the scene !
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u/Enough_Witness4572 1d ago
OK, maybe the contact lenses were in his eyelids but how is he levitating the balls?
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u/galactic_wiener 1d ago
That’s Jyoti Supernatural. Saw this performance live the guy is very good and very funny!
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u/MWMWMMWWM 1d ago
Jeff Benzo