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    xenon
    wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 02:26 last edited by xenon
    #16

    I'm guessing because the bricks are not allowed to fall "all the way" until the last one. And that little bit is the difference between them falling all the way down vs. catching the edge ever so slightly.

    V. cool. Must have been super tedious to set up (probably some sort of spacer.

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      Horace
      wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 02:32 last edited by
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      I'm guessing cinder block magic, but Xenon's guess is also valid. You just need to live your own truth when you decide who is correct.

      #LivedExperienceOfCinderBlockMagic

      Education is extremely important.

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        28 Jul 2020, 02:26

        I'm guessing because the bricks are not allowed to fall "all the way" until the last one. And that little bit is the difference between them falling all the way down vs. catching the edge ever so slightly.

        V. cool. Must have been super tedious to set up (probably some sort of spacer.

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        taiwan_girl
        wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 02:33 last edited by
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        @xenon When the second to last one falls, it makes sense that the space between that one and the last one is a little bit more than the space between all of the previous ones. But what makes that second to last one "jump" forward just a little bit? Would like to see this in slow motion. LOL

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          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 02:37 last edited by
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          I pride myself on knowing what was going to happen before it did.

          Please love yourself.

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            Horace
            wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 02:41 last edited by
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            I have yet to see any scientific proof that it wasn't cinderblock magic.

            Education is extremely important.

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              George K
              wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 11:40 last edited by
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              Link to video

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                28 Jul 2020, 11:40

                Link to video

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                taiwan_girl
                wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 13:42 last edited by
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                @George-K Aaaaah!!! Thanks George!!!

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                  Catseye3
                  wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 13:46 last edited by
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                  People are coming up with so many ingenious ways to entertain themselves during quarantine, I can't imagine that we don't have the ingenuity to fix the mess.

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                    Horace
                    wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 14:09 last edited by
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                    Now children everywhere will grow up not believing in cinder block magic. Great job George.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                      28 Jul 2020, 14:09

                      Now children everywhere will grow up not believing in cinder block magic. Great job George.

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                      xenon
                      wrote on 28 Jul 2020, 21:02 last edited by
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                      @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                      Now children everywhere will grow up not believing in cinder block magic. Great job George.

                      I keep hearing that as "cinder block magic woman" in my head

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                      • X xenon
                        28 Jul 2020, 21:02

                        @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                        Now children everywhere will grow up not believing in cinder block magic. Great job George.

                        I keep hearing that as "cinder block magic woman" in my head

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                        wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 01:37 last edited by
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                        @xenon said in Mildly interesting:

                        @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                        Now children everywhere will grow up not believing in cinder block magic. Great job George.

                        I keep hearing that as "cinder block magic woman" in my head

                        Side story: I knew a girl in Taiwan who worked in a pub. She was a mountain person (native tribe to Taiwan) who had darker skin, who really liked that song (Black Magic Woman).

                        Anyway, I saw today that the guy who wrote that song just died. And his group (Fleetwood Mac) did not make it famous. It was famous by somebody else.

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 02:29 last edited by
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                          Only non-witches get due process.

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                            wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 13:14 last edited by
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                            The stupid moa bird went extinct for two clear reasons:

                            1. It was flightless.
                            2. It did not believe in cinder block magic. @Horace amirite
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                              Horace
                              wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 13:53 last edited by
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                              Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                                89th
                                wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 13:58 last edited by
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                                No kidding. The other day some kid made a comment doubting cinder block magic, and I was like "Bro, you're about to go the way of the moa!"

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                                  29 Jul 2020, 13:53

                                  Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

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                                  Loki
                                  wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 14:00 last edited by
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                                  @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                                  Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

                                  Close but no cigar. The Moa bird went extinct because Christopher Columbus’s brother sailed a different route and made it much further. Thanksgiving looked very different in New Zealand.

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                                    29 Jul 2020, 14:00

                                    @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                                    Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

                                    Close but no cigar. The Moa bird went extinct because Christopher Columbus’s brother sailed a different route and made it much further. Thanksgiving looked very different in New Zealand.

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                                    Mik
                                    wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 14:21 last edited by
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                                    @Loki said in Mildly interesting:

                                    @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                                    Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

                                    Close but no cigar. The Moa bird went extinct because Christopher Columbus’s brother sailed a different route and made it much further. Thanksgiving looked very different in New Zealand.

                                    It was actually the inspiration for Dickens' Oliver Twist. "Please sir, may I have some Moa?"

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 22:18 last edited by
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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      • MikM Mik
                                        29 Jul 2020, 14:21

                                        @Loki said in Mildly interesting:

                                        @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                                        Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

                                        Close but no cigar. The Moa bird went extinct because Christopher Columbus’s brother sailed a different route and made it much further. Thanksgiving looked very different in New Zealand.

                                        It was actually the inspiration for Dickens' Oliver Twist. "Please sir, may I have some Moa?"

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                                        Catseye3
                                        wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 22:25 last edited by
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                                        @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                                        It was actually the inspiration for Dickens' Oliver Twist. "Please sir, may I have some Moa?"

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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 02:41 last edited by
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                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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