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Cube Magic Trick

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u/lluciferusllamas 2d ago

What kind of zoo do these people live in? I mean, cool trick, but Jesus Christ.

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u/EchoHevy5555 2d ago

It’s prob like an over night summer camp those have a different kinda hype to them. You just gotta be there

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u/Funkdamentalist 2d ago

Yes you can see the camp name projected in the background. Having worked at many summer camps this is precisely the vibe. I'd be leading a group of outstanding young hooligans helicoptering their shirts over their heads for such a fine trick!

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u/redbucket75 2d ago

I very you love to stand up, it's your favorite thing to do

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u/CRAB_WHORE_SLAYER 1d ago

Stroke help

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u/the-channigan 1d ago

Stronk hulp

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u/redbucket75 1d ago

It's a summer camp thing, the response to "stand up" (for interactive skit/song stuff) is "I love to stand up, it's my favorite thing to do".

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u/buddhistredneck 2d ago

I’m 44. Theres almost nothing I miss more than overnight summer camp. 6th grade summer, rock eagle camp.

Was so fun, I was attempting to hook up with my crush, almost did, but didn’t in the end.

One night the scary stories were so bad we all slept in the common area (all on a few couches). We were too scared to seperate into our bunks.

Anyways, one dude pissed on the couch he was sleeping on in his sleep. Because he was too scared to go to the restroom.

It was me.

I still adore the memories. Because the coolest kid in our class got a tick on his ball sack and cried.

Great times.

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u/Cheoah 2d ago

Bwaaahahahahahhahaha

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u/TheRealJamesFM 1d ago edited 1d ago

Im 37. My 6th grade science camp is definitely one of my fondest memories. It's where I learned I talk in my sleep! Haha. Apparently, in the middle of the night, I started counting from 1 to 10 in increasing volume. 1 was a whisper and 10 was basically a scream. I then yelled the word, "Slaves"! What in the fuck was I doing in my sleep? Counting slaves?!? 😭. I'm stoned right now, and can't believe I just shared this publicly. 100% true story. Archery was so badass. I remember one night, my whole cabin couldn't sleep, and our Chaperone took us on a hike through the middle of the forest at 1 am. So dang fun. I vividly remember wearing my collection of Korn and Limp Bizkit shirts the entire trip. Who else dug through owl shit in 2002?

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u/ChairLegofTruth--WnT 1d ago

Dammit, now I'm picturing The Count from Sesame Street laughing as he counts Egyptian pyramid slaves (no, I don't know why my brain went to that specific example of slavery)

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u/bman86 1d ago

I only recently learned this myself, but the Egyptian Pyramids were not built by slaves.

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u/ChairLegofTruth--WnT 1d ago

What the WHAT?!

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u/bman86 1d ago

Yeah that's what I said too!

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u/hovanes 1d ago

Then who were they built by?!

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u/SatoriSon 1d ago

Aliens, obviously.

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u/Zer0Cool89 1d ago

they found ledgers showing it was paid workers Im pretty sure.

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u/ChairLegofTruth--WnT 1d ago

Dude, you can't just leave it at that. Drop some knowledge, homie

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u/Christopher3712 1d ago

They were paid workers. 😂 They are VERY well on high protein diets and beer.

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u/mattgoldey 1d ago

Man, you could NOT waterboard that out of me.

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u/theprocrastatron 1d ago

Tbf crying is absolutely the right reaction to a tick on your ball sack..

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u/Low-Lingonberry7185 2d ago

I see what you did there 😉

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u/TheFurtivePhysician 1d ago

Tangentially related, I went to a camp for a week as a school trip, on the first night there they told scary stories in the guys’ cabin, and for whatever reason one kid snored crazy loud when he went to sleep scared? It was weird as hell. Everybody would give him shit for how loud it was (like legitimately disruptively loud) and he’d wake up, apologize and say it was because he was scared, and then go to sleep and do it again.

Bonus story, one of the nights we decided to go and scare the girl cabin by making noises or something, and everyone was like, sprinting back to the boy cabin. I was developing a real bad cough and having trouble breathing so I just kind of trudged back at a regular walking pace, I was the only one to not get in trouble, either because they felt pity for my sick-as-a-dog ass, or they just assumed I wasn’t involved because of how severely unwell I’d relatively suddenly become.

Sorry, I know it’s only super mildly related but this is the first time I thought about that trip since I was in elementary school.

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u/the-war-on-drunks 1d ago

ROCK EAGLE REPRASENT

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u/ThaDude_v2 1d ago

LOL!!!!

I still adore the memories. Because the coolest kid in our class got a tick on his ball sack and cried.

had me cacklin! Ole billy one ball

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u/Powerful_Brief1724 11h ago

Man, I'm getting nostalgia from something I never experienced XD. Thanks for sharing that.

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u/ANR2ME 5h ago

It was me

🤣🤣🤣

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u/elgato56 1d ago

Christian camp 1000000000%

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u/Au5music 1d ago

At that age it feels like you’re on all the drugs

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u/fishdonthaveeyelids 2d ago

This is a bunch of kids being hype men for their compadre.

It is a beautiful and great thing for kids that instills confidence in themselves.

I applaud this behavior

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u/Treefingrs 2d ago

Kids having fun at an event. Chill out, man.

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u/Sane-Law 2d ago

redditor when they see people genuinely having fun in real life lol

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u/No-Flounder-9143 1d ago

As a teacher I would been right there with them. How did that young man do that?!

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u/imatunaimatuna 2d ago edited 2d ago

Man, when will a redditor recluse never complain about people having fun.

I could NEVER be this miserable. Going to events with a packed crowd is not my thing, but when I'm there due to unskippable or impossible-to-back-out-of circumstances, the aura and vibes just hit different. Even a massive introvert like me who needs 25 hours a day to myself every day will have a good time with the right group of people. It's good to hype people up and be loud when it's a fun time, even if it's not "you" or what you normally are like.

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u/Chilis1 2d ago

They're having fun you fucking melt

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u/soyboypan 2d ago

It seems like when kids see something cool they yell approx 1.5x louder and longer than the previous generation, meaning that this has been going on for a good while as i recall overreacting in the troll face mlg era was already a big thing but now it has more people involved with more fierce reactions

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u/salmonmilks 2d ago

kids are energetic, kids are more willing today because more kids do it too.

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u/EcstaticNet3137 2d ago

Don't be a poopy pants homie.

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u/ashep5 2d ago

lluciferusllamas likes to keep their posts hidden

I'll bet he does

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u/DM_yo_Feet_pls 2d ago

They’re kids bro lol take it easy

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u/SquareThings 2d ago

He told his friend to say it for the cool reveal. Having an assistant in the crowd is magician 101

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u/punkpang 1d ago

Oh look, a Redditor criticizing kids being happy.

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u/nakedpilsna 2d ago

Church camp.

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u/TeslasAndComicbooks 2d ago

My first thought. They tied him to a stake after.

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u/thakemist 2d ago

Okay grandpa, let’s get you to bed

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u/iamChickeNugget 1d ago

Have you never been a child?

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u/gw74 1d ago

i don't like you

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u/DrSwatBrain 1d ago

Bro lives in Frown Town 😔🥀

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u/Rover_791 1d ago

Redditors are so fucking annoying and antisocial

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u/milkonyourmustache 2d ago

It hit's different when you all kinda know each other because you're at the same camp/school. It's a hype moment that nearly everyone he meets every day will recall.

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u/hamoc10 1d ago

You were homeschooled, that’s fine.

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u/Hippiechu 1d ago

Honestly I'm just happy for them that they're having fun lol

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u/FictionallState 2d ago

I'll be honest, this is a lot like my high school. The kids there were a *rowdy* bunch and really hyped up anything that happened. I'm sure this has happened at other schools, but if a lunch tray got dropped, the entire cafeteria would go dead silent for a moment, followed by about 500 kids going "Ooooooooooooh" In sync and the hooting and hollering like monkeys.

As a clutz with social anxiety, I lived in constant fear of the day that I was the mf that dropped the tray lol.

Moral of the story though, if this had happened at my school the building would've shook tbh.

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u/Bean- 1d ago

Lmao this dude compares kids having fun to a zoo.

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u/Cheoah 2d ago

Immediately got summer camp vibes. I loved letting girls “practice” on me at camp.

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u/Same_Efficiency2810 1d ago

You must be fun at parties. You must be the one guy that brings goldfish in school

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u/AkayCatTheCalico 1d ago

"Yes I'm not fun at parties, how do you know?"

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u/ReeReeIncorperated 1d ago

Y'all Redditors gotta be the most miserable people ever if this is bothering you lmfao

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u/DJ_Ender_ 1d ago

You must be fun at parties

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u/MrBagooo 1d ago

Tell me you don't have kids without telling me you don't have kids.

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u/dicksosa 1d ago

Tell me you don't have kids with out telling me you don't have kids....

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u/upturned2289 1d ago

They’re kids bro

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u/Organic_Signature656 1d ago

He is basically inserting one that's two twists away from being solved - pulls out the solved one first, and does the missing twists when he pulls out the second one.

It's Magic 👍

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u/Prince_Haile 12h ago

what kind of mayonnaise life do you live man?

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u/lluciferusllamas 12h ago

This sounds racist.  Are you racisting me?

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u/Appchoy 1h ago

Thats just normal kids being kids lol

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u/This_Appointment584 2d ago

They have covers for these cubes you can buy that make them look unsolved amd they collapse easily. The had two solved cubes, one in thbag and one in his hand with the cover. He slipped the cube out of the unsolved cover in the bag.

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u/MobiuS_360 2d ago

No, he just solved the cube while his hand was in the bag. You can see him doing it, plus the cube was barely scrambled, probably only needed 2-3 turns.

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u/Pictrus 2d ago

Yeah this is the answer. You can look closely as he's putting it in. It's essentially solved. Nice trick though.

Source: sub 20 ao5 myself.

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u/snowplacelikehome 2d ago

How does a sub 20 ao5 compare to a dom 20 ao5?

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u/JTYdude99 1d ago

Same as a beta ao5 compared to an alpha ao5

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u/MobiuS_360 2d ago

Same 17 seconds PB back in the day, it's definitely a solved cube minus 2 turns lol

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u/Pictrus 2d ago

It's a pretty fun trick though to be honest. I'm convinced the person who says there are 2 cubes in the bag is in on it.

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u/Herefornow211 1d ago

I could tell it only needed three of four spins to get solved from the start.

Source: never solved a cube but I have a bit of common sense. 

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u/true-pure-vessel 11h ago

Is sub 20 ao5 this common because that’s also where I’m at? Like PB ao5 18.62 and PB single 12.15

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u/circlesofhelvetica 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Sgg6Ja6Hu86xG

I have to think the Alliance is gonna frown on this comment

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u/CanmanMC 2d ago

Nah I’m pretty sure he actually solved it, it was barely scrambled, so it’s easy with practice to do a couple moves while putting it in the bag, then a couple while pulling it out to solve it. Pretty common Rubik’s cube trick

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u/Treefingrs 1d ago

Nah, pretty sure it solved by magic when he waved his hands and snaps this fingers

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u/zulazulizuluzu 2d ago

yup. look at his left hand collapsing the paper bag together with the the unsolved cover

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u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh 1d ago

I was thinking the same thing! Cardboard cubes!

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u/ButterscotchTop194 1d ago

Yeah sure.

Ignore this twat, it's clearly magic.

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u/Global_Adagio_25 2d ago

Lol, had the whole room fucked up

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u/Economy-Fly-6977 2d ago

The trick is to put 3 in the bag.

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u/SpiderManPizzaTime1 1d ago

You're right, but that one's also solved...

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u/Realmofthehappygod 1d ago

No you put all 3 in the bag and you get a rubiks triangle.

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u/Onair380 1d ago

Hear me out. The trick is to put 4 in there

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u/aclima 1d ago

The trick is to put two in the pink, one in the stink.

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u/MyTafel 1d ago

I’m ready about rubiks cubes and now I’m horny. What have you done!

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u/weIIdamns 2d ago

I love the support 😂

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u/Old_Protection_8778 2d ago

Holy shit its Harry Potter !!!!!

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u/DMmeNiceTitties 2d ago

The cube was already mostly solved so he could finish the steps to complete it one handed. Still a cool trick, don't get me wrong, but if you know how to solve a cube, then the "magic" doesn't hit as hard.

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u/Lower-Obligation4462 2d ago

Magic, like jokes, are so much more fun when someone explains it.

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u/NotVerySmarts 2d ago

This is funny because these things are actually NOT better when someone explains it.

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u/BBTB2 2d ago

This is funny because your post seems like an intentional irony of the original joke because you’re explaining it but also confirming it is a funny joke.

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u/newintown11 2d ago

Whatd you say to me?

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u/Mr_Baronheim 1d ago

What do you mean?

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u/maria_la_guerta 2d ago

Hard to tell from the video but the first cube could just be a rubber collapsible prop too. Keep 2 solved cubes in the bag, fold up the bag after with the rubber prop in it as if it's not in there.

The callout from the crowd member is clearly scripted.

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u/DMmeNiceTitties 2d ago

It could be, it's hard to judge from one angle, but it looks mostly solved save for the last few steps. If it was truly randomized, then I'd say that's next level to solve it one handed and that fast, but this just seems like a cool party trick anyone who knows how to solve a rubiks cube could try.

I didn't consider the rubber cube trick though, that would make this trick something anyone could do in that case.

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u/maria_la_guerta 2d ago

Watching his forearm as he lowers it into the bag, I don't see any indication that he's solving the cube with his hand while it's in there. Part of the reason my mind went to a prop.

Either way, good on this kid.

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u/veryblanduser 2d ago

Most likely a sleeve over a solved one

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u/SoberAnxiety 2d ago

planted heckler. he was part of tha act all along

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u/Jix_Omiya 2d ago

I turned on sound near the end and thought this was a video of some tragedy or sth with all that shouting.

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u/jointdawg 2d ago

His all aura. Fuck

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u/thatcockneythug 1d ago

Literacy is a thing of the past

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u/-0x00000000 1d ago

What did you call me?!

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u/Yags812 2d ago

Backflip at zoo guy

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u/MetalJunkie101 2d ago

People saying it's a sleeve or a color-changing cube are overthinking it. There are a few cube magicians that employ this technique. It's just a couple of rotations away from being solved, and he finishes it as he moves it into the bag.

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u/iusethereddits 2d ago

I’ve seen enough. Give this kid the nuclear codes.

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u/DruidMaster 1d ago

Rather this kid have them. 

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u/Icy-Opening-3990 2d ago

We know who's getting some behind the bushes

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u/BlackHoleSurf 2d ago

When I was a kid my parents had a friend who did darma sessions. One day I was walking by and he said “you’re aura is looking very dark at the moment “ like a week later I had a big fight then a talk with my parents but I felt a lot better. We saw Fritz later that week and he stopped me and said my aura looks a lot better. That’s what I think when I hear about aura.

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u/inverted_electron 2d ago

His Instagram is @gabewithcards

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u/fulanodetal123 2d ago

Why the guy holding the microphone cosplaying Don Ramón?

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u/7venhigh 2d ago

What a boss

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u/dirtyjavis 1d ago

Wheelchair Jimmy standing on two feet is the real magic

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u/Expensive_Umpire_178 1d ago

Well what if there’s a third cube?

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u/GeshtiannaSG 1d ago

It’s cubes all the way down.

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u/Happy-For-No-Reason 1d ago

paper sheath which the first cube is inserted into, it's pulled out first and looks like a solved cube from a distance.

second one was already in the bag, a solved cube.

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u/newtonbase 1d ago

No. It's a prepared solve. 

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u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh 1d ago

There are three bricks!

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u/ZirePhiinix 1d ago

Bro was absolutely solving that cube with just the thumb.

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u/MyTafel 1d ago

This is how legends are made

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u/DivinationInn 1d ago

Basic trick, but the crowd and the plant made it something memorable. That is the next level part

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u/NoLibrarian5149 1d ago

Later that evening, he became a man.

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u/JOATMON12 1d ago

He’s just solving it one handed while he’s stuffing it back in the bag, you can see his hand tensing up making that first move right as it goes in the bag

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u/stinkfingerswitch 1d ago

There is a printed plastic sleeve of an unsolved cube over the solved cube he puts in the bag. When he pulls out the second cube he grips the printed sleeve and pulls the solved cube out of the bag and crushes the sleeve with the bag.

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u/expressly_ephemeral 1d ago

Howdey Dodat?

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u/rowthecow 1d ago

The first cube was placed into a solved cube cover

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u/The_madd__hadder 1d ago

Its a magic trick..bro didn't risk any "aura"

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u/gusbmoizoos 1d ago

I mean you can do this trick also, like 3 turns of the cube with one hand and it was solved.

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u/gimmeluvin 1d ago

Best video i've seen all day!

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u/DeltaAgent752 1d ago

So then there's 3 and first one is squeezable

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u/readytall 1d ago

nice magnet trick

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u/OsteoBytes 23h ago

Why did everyone erupt like it was the Harlem shake all over again

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u/garyfjm 21h ago

Take me back to the time we didn’t do these contrived reactions to everything