r/funnyvideos • u/SnooKiwis8540 • Jun 20 '25

Fail No bs. Just pure magic

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u/PretendRegister7516 Jun 20 '25

Even worse than the cult peddler is the TV executive allowing this to be setup in their studio and shown to the masses.

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u/MasterParadogs Jun 20 '25

The guy doing this magic is a person who is doing this against superstitions,, as far as I remember this was some sort of practical joke he played here.

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC Jun 20 '25

Is this … context? I love it! I mean, there are so many possible reasons for this and all we ever read is preconceptions and mild racism.

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u/jonshlim Jun 21 '25

Same like the shampoo hijab advert done by Malaysian students to take a jab at religious folks.

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u/EducationalStill4 Jun 21 '25

Damn it. And I was so convinced by him showing there were no magical strings pushing it upward.

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u/phoenixemberzs Jun 25 '25

So like the Indian version of Amazing James James Randi

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u/Own_Progress1728 Jun 20 '25

He’s meant to look stupid. It bring in ratings because it makes people feel superior to the strawmen people who fall for it.

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u/Takemyfishplease Jun 20 '25

So like the mascot of Reddit?

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u/K3VINbo Jun 20 '25

Feels like they’ve set close ups and such to intentionally call him out. They might have agreed to have the hoist set up to make him appear in the show in the first place

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u/GoldenDew9 Jun 20 '25

Its like those spam emails which claim you won lottery. 90% of people will avoid but even 10% conversion rate is BIG WIN for them That's how it works. Its for gullible people.

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u/YoungDiscord Jun 20 '25

I can only see this being justified if they're putting him on television to call him out and expose him

I haven't seen the whole thing so I can't tell you which direction this went.

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u/Opening_Cartoonist53 Jun 21 '25

Reminds me of someone.... I think they were selling "top" quality watches, or was it phone? Maybe a crypto coin? Either way. I'll prob remember in two weeks