• The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When I was a kid I found through trial and error that by tossing a quarter and catching it a certain way I could seem to predetermine the outcome.

    I just tried it and I’ve sadly lost the ability. Magic really does fade with adulthood.

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      1 year ago

      Flip such that the maximum rotation is achieved, height should be a natural arc a few feet high, then with open palm, strike down at the coin like your smashing a fly on a tabletop, and snatch it out of the air.

      My buddy Julian taught me this 40 years ago… Doing it right now and I can still make it come heads every time. Why though?

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I could time the flips and almost 9 times out of 10 “guess” which side it was going to be. I’m not going to lie and say that I didn’t game the absolute fuck out of that ability as a kid. We played street sports all the time, so it was pretty handy.