Senex
Philosopher
Hehehe... you clicked on this thread. I should be making infomercials. Exploiting optimistic people isn't really so hard.
James Randi is the front man for this organization. He's a magician. This magic part of the site is lacking. I had glory days involving magic when I was is college. Performing magic is nothing to be ashamed about. I bent metal and shamelessly copied Geller's act in my early twenties. However, i also did some straightforward magic tricks.
I used to peform a trick called "wonderbar." You make what looks to be a metal bar rise out of a test tube and levitate. Trust me. That trick is a ten in a bar. Bare fisted cigarette snuffing is a ten. Color changing knives is a ten. Tricks in restaurants involving sugar packets are a ten. I had a gold ring that twine could penetrate. I later learned how to do the same effect with ungimicked equipment. I now rarely use gimmicked equipment (just don't even think about taking my gimmicked pen away) -- but that's not to say gimmicked isn't the way to go. I used to perform a trick where a random
chosen card was selected and the person who selected the card would throw the deck up in the air and I would put a knife through the card in question. I did that trick until the day I had too many beers and sliced my hand open. Learn from my mistakes. Alcohol is the enemy of performing. The audience can drink as long as they aren't belligerent, but if you slice your own hand on your own knife you have to cut back on the beer.
I spent a lot of money on crappy tricks -- and I spent money on tricks I performed until I wore that equipment out. We can't expose tricks here but we can share experiences. I have an opinion that I don't think is foolish concerning the issues of what magic tricks work. I know darn well there are people who monitor this site who are exponentially more talented than I am on my best day. (except my color changing knife trick. I can be surrounded by dozens of astute observers and I can pull it off. We all have our pet tricks we excell at).
Back to the sex part. Performing magic won't get you sex unless you have the same skills at closing the deal non-magicians have. Sorry. My thread title was misleading. I'm just saying that if you are a shy guy like I was when I was young, performing magic was an assett. Most people like magic tricks. Levitate a metal bar or skew a card with a knife. Most people appreciate your effort at entertainment. Magic is cool. getting girls is just as much woo as learning magic, unfortunately it is different woo.
James Randi is the front man for this organization. He's a magician. This magic part of the site is lacking. I had glory days involving magic when I was is college. Performing magic is nothing to be ashamed about. I bent metal and shamelessly copied Geller's act in my early twenties. However, i also did some straightforward magic tricks.
I used to peform a trick called "wonderbar." You make what looks to be a metal bar rise out of a test tube and levitate. Trust me. That trick is a ten in a bar. Bare fisted cigarette snuffing is a ten. Color changing knives is a ten. Tricks in restaurants involving sugar packets are a ten. I had a gold ring that twine could penetrate. I later learned how to do the same effect with ungimicked equipment. I now rarely use gimmicked equipment (just don't even think about taking my gimmicked pen away) -- but that's not to say gimmicked isn't the way to go. I used to perform a trick where a random
chosen card was selected and the person who selected the card would throw the deck up in the air and I would put a knife through the card in question. I did that trick until the day I had too many beers and sliced my hand open. Learn from my mistakes. Alcohol is the enemy of performing. The audience can drink as long as they aren't belligerent, but if you slice your own hand on your own knife you have to cut back on the beer. I spent a lot of money on crappy tricks -- and I spent money on tricks I performed until I wore that equipment out. We can't expose tricks here but we can share experiences. I have an opinion that I don't think is foolish concerning the issues of what magic tricks work. I know darn well there are people who monitor this site who are exponentially more talented than I am on my best day. (except my color changing knife trick. I can be surrounded by dozens of astute observers and I can pull it off. We all have our pet tricks we excell at).
Back to the sex part. Performing magic won't get you sex unless you have the same skills at closing the deal non-magicians have. Sorry. My thread title was misleading. I'm just saying that if you are a shy guy like I was when I was young, performing magic was an assett. Most people like magic tricks. Levitate a metal bar or skew a card with a knife. Most people appreciate your effort at entertainment. Magic is cool. getting girls is just as much woo as learning magic, unfortunately it is different woo.
