Today, a few instances occured that further enforces the fact that magic is on its way downhill.
First off, I was performing an Invisible Coins routine for a single person in the halls. Now although this may sound whiny, it still bothers me as I can still remember days when not too many laypeople would use the following term.
I executed a coin vanish, to my knowledge it looked fine visually, and the person simply said "So what? I'm betting you just PALMED it."... I cannot remember any time prior to today that ANY layperson has made reference to palming. If someone did indeed catch me out on it, they would say "You're just hiding it in your hand.".. Well, except for one week ago where a girl in my class made reference to palming, forcing, AND controlling. What is going on here?????
It gets worse. I did a few card effects in the halls for a person who was interested and naturally wanted to see a few things. I showed him an Ernest Earick effect, Chris Kenner's Twister, and Dai Vernon's Oil and Water. Just as I was finishing the Oil and Water, the person said the following.
"Wow, that's great! So, you use a lot of your free time to scower Youtube for magic trick tutorials, right?"
I don't know what bothers me more... the fact that he thinks I look around Youtube to learn what I do, or the fact that he is aware of a great mass of Youtube magic tutorials.
Anybody else have situations like this? Any thoughts on the subject?
First off, I was performing an Invisible Coins routine for a single person in the halls. Now although this may sound whiny, it still bothers me as I can still remember days when not too many laypeople would use the following term.
I executed a coin vanish, to my knowledge it looked fine visually, and the person simply said "So what? I'm betting you just PALMED it."... I cannot remember any time prior to today that ANY layperson has made reference to palming. If someone did indeed catch me out on it, they would say "You're just hiding it in your hand.".. Well, except for one week ago where a girl in my class made reference to palming, forcing, AND controlling. What is going on here?????
It gets worse. I did a few card effects in the halls for a person who was interested and naturally wanted to see a few things. I showed him an Ernest Earick effect, Chris Kenner's Twister, and Dai Vernon's Oil and Water. Just as I was finishing the Oil and Water, the person said the following.
"Wow, that's great! So, you use a lot of your free time to scower Youtube for magic trick tutorials, right?"
I don't know what bothers me more... the fact that he thinks I look around Youtube to learn what I do, or the fact that he is aware of a great mass of Youtube magic tutorials.
Anybody else have situations like this? Any thoughts on the subject?