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0 pointsChrisMarshallNY3y ago0 comments

Isn't spoon-bending a "hoaxy" magic trick?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_bending

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seti0Cha3y ago· 1 in thread

Yeah, maybe to young people that means "doing the impossible" but to me it means "tricking people into thinking you're doing something impossible" or "scam" for short.

whoopdedo3y ago

Even in the modern usage the principle is to recognize that it's all an illusion. No spoons are ever actually bent in The Matrix.

teepo3y ago

It's also a heroin usage trope.

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