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Alright, this is getting on my nerves, so I'm going to speak directly. I want someone to explain to me why they think people buy second-hand products and download torrents Anyone who posts past this point and does not attempt to answer the question, even if it's to say, "I don't know,"...

Answer my question first and maybe I'll take you seriously. Where do you draw the line? And how do you know the audience wants that? What's to stop me from just one-upping you by creating an illusion in which I appear to subject myself to a Sioux Indian sun dance? Google it if you don't...

That would have had more impact if you never actually said it. If you have to claim to be the bigger person, then you aren't. In this case, you know I'm right in my assertion of your failure to expel explanations from my mind. You know I'm right about your refusal to admit to your mistake...

Okay, now sell me on why the second-hand market is a moral blight that needs to be stopped. See your above quote. Make up your mind. Wrong! It's not theft, it's copyright infringement. If you can't tell the difference, don't enter the debate. How and why? Same question.

Totally beside the point. My point was the fact that since I am able to argue that it was camera editing, that constitutes a failure on your part as a magician. People use to accuse me of using gaffed coins when I did my copper/silver transposition. I wasn't, but the fact that they were...

It's the old Pareto's Law at work. Pareto's Law was technically developed as an economic theory, but it applies to most things in life. The theory goes that 80% of effects are the result of 20% of the causes. In economics, this means among other things that 80% of all tax revenue for the...

Let's say you paid $35 for a DVD and then sold it second-hand on eBay for $20. You're still 15 bucks in the hole. So, how am I profiting off of this again? Jesus people, do the math on your own. Am I the only one who thinks this means we should be looking deeper into this issue...

I wouldn't exactly call that profiting, which is the whole basis of copyright infringement.

Oh yeah, one more thing we can do. Stop sticking our heads in the sand. You honestly think that this place cannot be improved upon? Sweet chocolate Buddha...

Common sense is neither when you get right down to it because everybody is too busy trying to be clever to use actual logic.

Understandable, but consider that not everyone you're asking is going to get that concept. Most people are simply looking to buy the latest and greatest with progressively more outrageous spectacles. But spectacle is not a substitute for substance. And the more and more outrageous these new...

Or even just listening to them. That's why so many people have been driven away from these boards: there's a lot of talking and comparatively little actual listening. Most likely because when you listen, you don't always hear what you want to hear, and I'm sorry to say that a lot of people...

Humans have exhibited a number of rather spectacular talents. Sifu Shi Yan Ming, a Shaolin monk who defected from red China to live in Manhattan has bent metal against his abs and through training that involved suspending weights from his wedding tackle can take a kick to the groin and it...

Because this isn't the first time. He routinely posts these badly made videos with shoddy magic and effects that are easily dismissed as camera editing because of how fishy everything looks. And when people tell him as much, he starts making excuses for why he doesn't have to listen to us...

Apparently, the definition of the word "perfect" was changed when I wasn't looking. Oh god... It's like listening to white people talking about microbreweries. The problem I see here is that all of you are so damn caught up in the latest and greatest. Magicians have this bizarre habit of...

I don't want to betray private correspondence, but let's just say I know that's the safest bet you'll ever make.

This is similar in concept to Jay Sankey's Just Imagine. Personally, I'm not overly fond of predictions. What I would do instead is a take-off on thought projection. Show them a double-blank faced card and then the symbols and colors. Do your spiel about them selecting a symbol and show...

Another vote for Jeff McBride. Back palms, pivots, color changes, cards-from-the-mouth, different fans and productions... He does it all. You'll get a lot more for your money.

Zombietown, USA.

What archaic words have I used lately? I don't have a lot to smile about around here. And before anyone tells me to try harder, I'll ask you to go to my profile and click on the button that lists all the threads I've started. It seems the only reason I stick around is out of sheer...