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Large amounts of 6' deep plastic trash bags and extra shovels. I get lots of requests to make people vanish.

Go into detail please. I'd love to hear this. Uh huh. Where?

Dane Cook used to be funny. Then he got it into his head that he could act and sing and bang Jessic Simpson... I've made my friends promise that if my ego starts getting in the way of the quality of my work, they're going to give me an intervention in the style of Metalocalypse episode 18.

Naturally, you want to avoid being pigeonholed. I swear, every time a thread comes up talking about trying to get girls with magic a part of me dies inside. It's almost as bad as when guitarists do the same thing. Every time I think they can't sink any lower, I find a gaping hole in the floor.

The term for that is, appropriately enough, false advertising. Regular marketing can do that, just as hype can. The idea that hype is inherently bad is a view espoused by the weak-minded. Take a look at those Bowflex commercials. Most of the people who buy that are never going to look...

Ironic, because my point has sailed clear over your head. It was all a roundabout way of telling you that quoting the dictionary as an argument is asinine and intellectually offensive. It sounds to me like you bought into the hype machine, got burned, and now you want to deliver the rest...

It's naive to think hyping something is wrong but advertising isn't. You fail to understand that advertising is not based on information anymore, but manipulation. Here's an example of hype: the fiend skull. Even if you don't know who The Misfits are, you've seen this...

So Ellusionist's CIBs were the worst example of hype, and Theory-11 was the best. I'm going to need an hour or two to figure that one out. Hype is becoming a dirty word very quickly, and I can't say I approve. If it's not becoming a dirty word, it's certainly becoming a double standard...

Hell, I'd just like to see what it's like to have a conversation with him. I know a few people at E are in the community, but I'm the only one who will admit to it. Few magicians outside of Docc Hilford seem to be willing to admit that they can get women with their skills. You've...

Magicians in general are wankers. The sooner you come to accept this fact, the happier you'll be.

Really? Nice to see a fellow brother-in-arms here. Which board do you go to? This is the one thing in this thread I can buy the most. If I have any complaints about Theory-11, it's the shape of the forums. There are good people here, but they're being swamped in a lot of politics...

A magician purely as an example. If you want to list an actor or musician or athlete or something similar, do that as well. The important thing is that it has to be someone you look up to.

All we can do is encourage one another not to participate in it. Once the secret is out there, it's out of our control and it's time to move on. We either create new effects or new presentations. The choice is up to the individual. Although personally I prefer to constantly think up new...

I'm trying to get you to stop being a slave to something you can't change. I would not be wasting my time on this if I did not think you had potential. I encourage you to study magic history. Jim Steinmeyer's books are excellent. The history of magic is sordid and filled with tales of...

Like I said, you don't have to like it. I don't. But I'm not going to waste my energy boycotting YouTube. When the Thumb Tip was revealed on national TV, Gary Darwin took some friends out and did an entire day of strolling magic using nothing but TT effects. He also painted his TT bright...

I've gotten some flack for this from others, so I'm accustomed to being called out on the show. Jumped the gun on that one. You said people who watch the Masked Magician are not dedicated magicians. I watched those specials when I was a kid. Am I dedicated magician? Yes or no. I will...

The show is not about me, and I find it very arrogant of you to accuse me of that when you've never seen it. The show is intended to do something that few other magicians know how to do: speak to people on an intellectual level. They're involved emotionally, so they won't be looking for the...

The wisdom hasn't quite sunk in yet it seems. When they to learn and perfect a few, they mean just that. But that does not mean you should ever stop learning. I just labelled it a necessary evil. Speaking of things you won't say, you still haven't answered my question earlier. My interest...

Then I work harder. Dai Vernon was fooled with one of his own effects by one of his students. You should hear that and ask yourself, "What's my excuse?". Rick Maue found a way around the exposure of nail writers, Banacheck around the exposure of telekinetic watch moving, Charles Morritt...

I said no such thing. To accept the world the way it is does not mean to admit helplessness and espouse inaction. No, those are the words of a child instead of an adult. It means you stop reacting to everything. You become a cause instead of an effect because you're free of the victim...