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Did I give you permission to speak? Anyway, attraction is an emotion. Emotions are automated responses. You don't see a bus speeding toward you and decide to feel fear. And I don't see a pretty girl and consciously decide to find her attractive. And this ties in with the problem in this...

Touche. I'm having a bad day, and it's probably showing. I've gotten a chance to work out my aggression however, and am feeling a lot better. So hopefully that's the end of the unpleasantness for now. I still don't believe that's inherently sexist. One could easily say the same thing...

Right on cue. As inevitable as the tides. While it's true that this is highly dependent on character and situation, let's not start labeling things sexist just because you're uncomfortable talking about it. In that case, forgive me for ever questioning your expertise in the field, Dr...

Correction: you did mental magic mixed in with not-mental magic. Mentalism is performed differently from magic. Mixing the two is only going to weaken the show. Nothing wrong with being a one-trick pony if you do your trick well. Keep in mind that Uri Geller made his entire career doing...

I know, but it needed to be said. I'm so ****ing sick of hearing Thread recommended at the drop of a hat by YouNoobs who have never performed for a real audience in their lives. Or just do one thing like I suggested so that the time issue becomes less of a problem. Since when is it not good...

For the love of Christ, will you people stop trying to do Thread on stage for an audience that has not specifically paid for shock effects?! I'm not asking a lot here. Just for you to realize that just because Wayne Houchin made it doesn't mean you should do it. That said, the Marvin Gaye...

Because most people here do not perform for a living. Or at all. That said, if you absolutely must do this, stick to doing one type of mentalism effect. All mind reading, all psychokinesis, whatever. Don't read someone's mind and then try to sweeten the deal by bending a fork. It will...

Because they're unattainable. People want what they can't have. To answer the actual questions, buy a copy of Rules of the Game by Neil Strauss. Things will fall into place from there.

An American pop musician whose entire gimmick and persona is based on sleaziness, hedonism, and partying to potentially lethal extremes. Her music is a love-it-or-hate-it deal. There's nothing in between. At the risk of betraying my feelings about her music, if crotch lice had a soundtrack...

No, I've been a hyper-critical dick for years. You can tell because of my beard. Okay, so you're talking about miracles in the same manner as a Hallmark greeting card. And you illustrate with rubber bands? Think about that for a second. As has been pointed out, you're trying way too...

Stop saying "now." Stop telling me what you're going to do before doing it. Stop using commas. Stop repeating the premise. Just bloody stop. The laughs probably are coming more from the goofiness of puking up a playing card rather than any rhetorical wit on your part.

It doesn't take a psychic to develop a skill for pattern recognition. The kid's not stupid. He just overestimates his position on the totem pole.

Put a fork in this and start over. This is terrible. Not only is there nothing inherently interesting in the progression of effects, but the narrative makes you sound whiny.

If that is better than any argument you could make, that's pretty damn sad. Did you read the entire thread? Or did you just rush in to play White Knight?

Start by using regular punctuation. After that, take a break from magic for a while. Give it time and let cooler heads prevail.

Ooh, good comeback. :rolleyes: Kid, if you were as socially competent as you claim to be, this never would have been a problem for you. I'm not accusing you of lying, just being ignorant of where you actually stand in the social pecking order. You overreacted to one guy being a tool and...