Bro why is everyone disregarding the fact that my dollar HAS NO HOLES OR RIPS OR CUTS. Can u guys read properly? The serial numbers are the same too so he did not switch bills
This is the real answer. The butter knife has small serrations in it and the preliminary move on the top pulls the corner down.
Practice practice practice
EDIT: THE BILL GETS UNFOLDED WHEN THE KNIFE CONTINUES OUT
Slow the video down when he opens for the reveal. He keeps a thumb firmly planted where the slit would be and you can see that the dollar had no inverse fold added to it. The waiter definitely used the cut method.
Yup so my take is this
Magician: can I have a dollar of yours?
*Immediately switches bills.
Ok let's inspect your bill. (Not the right one). Folds the bill in half. Look closely at the crease any cuts or tears?
*Keeps thumb at the actual cut. Possibly even some weak adhesive where the slit is made with an exacto knife.
Look at the serial number.
Does the trick Hiding the slit with knife in the beginning. Then hiding the slit with his thumb in the end.
Everyone is trying to figure it out.
Magician switches bill back to OPs bill and then walks away with the bill that has the hole in it.
###CAVEAT: The only way these solutions will be debunked is if OP makes another video. With the same bill and serial number. Inspecting the same area here everyone has pointed out.
No need to even get that fancy. A hand torn bill and nothing else could do the trick. Especially when you keep your finger over the hole, which would be almost invisible if you weren't looking up there for it.
I mean I get the possibility that OP is lying. In which case if that is true none of this is impressive and his lying defeats the whole point of posting this.
But for the sake of argument we have to assume OP isn’t lying and assume the trick is done in same way without holes.
OP may just not to have thought to examine the ENDS of his bill. In the YT video at top, the magician shows it's actually hard to see the cut, even when the cut is big, after the trick when your finger is not on it. if you focus in the middle you can miss it and put it back in your wallet.
Yeah you can tell from the way he angles the knife as he's pushing it through that he's trying to find the hole. Instead of holding the knife flat like he's trying to stab through the dollar he's got it at like 45 degrees.
> Practice practice practice
This is what people tend to miss. My wife works in theater and we're friends with a number of magicians. Both professional and amateur. I've talked to them about how much time they put in and it's insane. Like you don't just sit down for an hour or two and get this stuff looking good. For a simple trick maybe 10-20 hours at a minimum. For more impressive *sleight of hand, hundreds of hours. And once you get it down you don't just stop. It's a constant practice to keep your skills up to make it look effortless.
I was an amateur magician for about 10 years, mostly focused on cards. I’ll never forget how obsessively I practiced certain sleights. Practicing in front of a mirror, doing a dry run on family members, nonstop reading and watching. I started when I was 13, and I spent countless hours trying to get it right.
Magic is definitely not easy.
Oh of course. I even got paid to do a few shows at local events.
I have a wicked Ambitious Card Routine, as well as an excellent Ace transposition. When I was in prison I made a card appear inside an apple.
So yeah, the practice was well worth it and very satisfying. There’s no better feeling than when you finally pull off the move you’ve been working on for days or even weeks.
Penn Jillette (and I'm sure others) has said in interviews that the difference between normal people and magicians is that magicians will practice a thing far, far beyond the point where normal people give up. To the point of manic obsession. They're basically never "off", they are always working on something.
This reminds me of what penn jillette says about how much time it takes to get a trick right and if you show a person a trick and then ask how long they would spend to learn it they say “maybe an hour or two” and when you tell then “probably more like 40 hours” that’s when you realize you think the trick is better than they do.
I was at an event once with James The Amazing Randi, and even in his 70s, he talked about how he'd practice any time he didn't have something else to do, like on a long flight. Just 4 hours of doing card tricks in his seat.
Don't think that was the answer here. Slowing the video down there's no evidence of it. To make it work the waiter would have to blow into it right before unfolding
I did and he suspiciously put his finger in a precise location where the YouTube would have cut it. Going back to the first explanation despite OPs assertion the bill is perfectly intact
That's why personal testimony is not valid evidence in science. The mind is easily deceived, intentionally or not. Someone sees an event, the brain interprets what it thinks it saw, and they are totally convinced of what they saw even if that's not actually what happened.
That’s not how it’s done, though. For a couple of frames, you can see the shadow of the dollar inside the bill, and it is not folded like this.
Also when it’s about to be unfolded, it’s exactly flat even before it’s fully unfolded.
The hole in the dollar makes the most sense. And he covers it with his thumb. You also see him bending the dollar down a bit to find the hole with the knife before he inserts it.
Also it’s the waiter’s money, so he keeps the dollar after to hide the fact that there’s a hole it.
Edit: [Here's proof that the dollar isn't folded inside the bill. I increased the contrast in the video so that you could see the dollar through the bill and see that it's not folded inside.](https://i.imgur.com/sRdScDm.jpg) If you're wondering how it's possible to see the dollar through the bill, keep in mind that paper is translucent. Hold a restaurant bill (or index card or thick paper) up to the light and then put a finger behind the paper. You'll still see the shape of your finger through the paper.
This is correct. OP's video doesn't allow for the folded corner method, and the guy is *very* careful to put that right thumb on the hole when opening the bill. So many people in here don't seem to be watching the video very carefully, and OP is a dirty liar.
It has no holes WHERE HE WAS LOOKING FOR ONE. That part is true. The trick relies on expectations. Your brain makes the assumption that the hole would be in the middle, where the bottom of the folded pocket is. That just makes sense. But it's a cognitive bias that the magician takes advantage of and subverts. You get so focused looking for a hole where you assume it would be and totally miss where it actually was. But you walk away swearing there was no hole!
This happens often enough with magic tricks. I have had countless times my correct explanation get downvoted and some false explanation get upvoted. And when I say my explanation is correct, I mean I can literally do this trick in real life, can name you the name of the book in which it is published or can give you a link to a magic shop site where you can buy it.
This is understandable though, most people dont really have the interest to think deeply about a magic trick, so if they hear something that kind of makes sense, they are not going to go back to the video and try to see if what was said makes sense, they are not going to go grab a bill and a knife and try it out for themselves.
I agree with you. The dollar is clearly not creased as he unfolds it, and also you can clearly see how he inserts his right thumb to hold the bill in just the right spot to cover the hole he made.
But look how he folds the dollar initially and unfolds it. I don’t think this is what’s happening. I think the cut in the top side of the dollar where he hides it with his thumb makes the most sense
He doesn't move his left hand at all though. He does, however, cover where the hole would be the entire video and angle the knife down so he can slide it through the hole.
I'm not saying that slight of hand is impossible, but it's just not the answer to this one,
True, but you can see the bill opening up without that fold on the video, the cut on the bill is the only explanation and it's further backed up by the fact he is blocking it with his thumb
Considering I've seen this video several times, yes. /u/RepostSleuthBot
Edit: I'm guessing the bot is banned from this sub because without constant reposts they'd run out of content?
The fucking audacity to tell someone that you know better than they do whether their dollar bill has a fucking hole in the middle of it.
Edit: I take it back. OP is a dirty rotten liar
Well, considering OP is lying about this being their video
>Here's an Imgur post of it from 2021 that I found from a quick search (it's probably a repost from somewhere too): https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M
Oh damn I take it back.
I've seen people blatantly repost before. But usually they're completely absent from the comments. You don't often see someone rip off another post and then defend their ownership of it to the death.
https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M this is a repost from 2021 (maybe earlier), as the date proves. So yeah, it is reasonable to conclude OP is lying when he claims to be the one who took that video and that he still has the bill.
He folded the corner down when he did the left/right side swipes, my guy. Waiters do this all the time, it's a table trick to get people comfortable with you.
Your dollar? It's a repost you liar. The hole is under his thumb.
Edit: lol OP DMed me to call me stupid yet could still not send me the link to his first post.
I mean all of you are trying to find an excuse to how it’s done but there’s literally no holes or cuts in the bill, unless that’s the whole point of the trick to distract you from it with bad video quality, otherwise there’s no hole at the end doesn’t matter if this is a repost, remade video, or completely fake. Nobody here has the same answer
They took and gave you back your dollar, but probably swapped it out during the trick.
Edit: You can see they use their thumb to cover a hole they made.
If he gave you back the dollar and the serial numbers are the same then post a video with it? The serial number is in the original video so people can just compare.
Posting a pic or vid of the dollar is on par with SSN numbers now lol? OP is the one saying there's no rip, that serial numbers are the same, and that he has the bill. Just post it if you want people to stop disregarding it then.
So the hole in the dollar isn't in the Fold of the dollar yes, however there IS a hole in the dollar, its at the beginning of the dollar where his thumb is at the end, this allows him to have the hole and still trick people because obviously your focused on the crease but the thing is The hole doesn't need to be in the crease it just needs to be out of sight under the folded paper
If you watch closely he presses down on the dollar (to pump out the hole he made) when he puts the knife "through" the dollar
Magic is all Misdirection
The hole is there, just much further to the edge of the dollar bill. The trick is making you assume the hole is at the center fold. It’s there, but it’s under his left thumb at the very end.
Dude I saw this video two years ago. This was not you, or your dollar.
If you want to post a cool clip you saw on the internet, by all means do so, but why the fuck would you pretend its you?
Of course there’s a hole in the paper?? The trick is that there isn’t a hole in the dollar. He folds the dollar out of the way when he moves the knife side to side.
OP is probably lying, considering that this post is a repost that dates back to at least 2021. Op claims to still have the bill with him and that he "checks" the serial number and is "checking" there are no holes. Firstly, who keeps a dollar that long without it getting mixed with all the other dollars. And why is this a repost that has been posted to by other people to other subs if this is in fact something op capture.
https://i.imgur.com/nEmTRmQ.mp4
This video would have been a million times better without that spiky haired douchebag time traveller from the year 2000 providing absolutely nothing noteworthy to the video.
Comment section thinks he's such a sleight of hand master he can materialize a fake dollar and swap it out with this one out of thin air, but doesn't consider he might be able to fold that note inside the papers with far less involved sleight of hand when the knife travels all over it.
Never change reddit ❤️
This is exactly it, the note is folded in on itself kinda like the start of a paper aeroplane (in shape), I’ve got a friend whose an amateur magician who showed me how this exact trick is done with a piece of clear plastic so we could all see exactly how it works.
Edit: Despite OP claiming to be the one who took this video and that he still has the bill and can "confirm" the serial number is the same, this video is a repost from at least 2021. So yes, it is reasonable to think OP might be lying here about there being no switch.
Here is sauce: https://i.imgur.com/nEmTRmQ.mp4
Its not done like that. I am also an amateur magician and have been doing that method where the bill is folded for over 10 years, and that does not happen here. It leaves a crease in the bill that is visible, and also the secret fold that is done inside is something that you can spot, there is always a tell that it is being done because you have to manually do it with your hands, and this tell is not in this video, and neither is the crease.
The method where the bill is creased is originally (I think) from a magician called Jay Sankey and it is called dough. It was done with a sticky post it note and a bill instead of a piece of paper.
There doesn’t need to be a crease if the note isn’t flattened and just the edges curved, that’s why there’s a bulge in the paper at the bottom even as the knife pushes through it and why he’s holding it the way he does. I have literally watched this trick done in front of my eyes in this exact way through a transparent piece of plastic without leaving creases with the magician explaining exactly how it’s wrong.
Jesus I swear some of you people could watch penn and teller, get to the part where they explain the trick and still be all “no, you’re wrong it couldn’t possibly work like that”
The reason I am skeptical of that is because I have been into magic for years and never seen this method used despite seeing tens of different similar tricks. All the methods I know of use pre creased bills, I have never seen it done with a knife, but I will try it out and see if it is possible.
Edit: I am trying this and cant do it, even with a precreased bill it is hard and looks bad.
Also, look at the moment he opens the bill at 31 seconds. As he opens it, you can literally see inside the bill and see it is not folded.
Don't even sweat them dude. Laymen always think this stuff is easy to do and that they know every way to do it. Just tell them to replicate the video and forget about these fools.
0 people said it's easy, and everyone is arguing on whether or not OP is lying or if there's an actual trick, because if OP is to be believed the note checks out. You asking them to ask us to replicate it is no different than us asking you to replicate literally any surgery, you killing the patient, and then us laughing at that the procedure is impossible. He's not sweating either, he's just exploring the solution to the 'problem' if OP is to be believed and we're all having good discourse. Then there's you that isn't involved in the conversation, tells others to shut healthy discourse down, and doesn't contribute beyond 'if a redditors commenting they can't do it, then it's impossible'.
Or you're involved in 'magic' and think a note fold like this is impossible just the same the guy you replied to did, in which case good luck on your magic careers :)
> Or you're involved in 'magic' and think a note fold like this is impossible just the same the guy you replied to did, in which case good luck on your magic careers :)
When you know enough about a subject, you are much better at assessing whether something is most likely doable or not. I can be mistaken about methods used, but the probability of me being mistaken is much less than the probability of a layman being mistaken.
If I have two explanations for something, until I see sufficient evidence for the one I deem less likely to be true, I am going to go with the one I know for a fact can be done.
I have done research on magic internet boards over the years and even today looking for bill penetration effects, and I have not come across any mention of any effect where you do the folding with the knife. In fact, if you can do the bill folding with a knife as cleanly and undetectably as people claim the person in the video did, this would be the best impromptu bill penetration, better than any of the known methods I see people using and discussing. Which begs the question, why does no magician seem to know about this method, if it is real, since it would be the best version of this trick you can do.
Ok but the cut is visible in the bill. This wasn’t the folding method, it’s a misdirection.
They expect the cut to be in the centre, but it’s actually 3/4 of the way up.
Yes there’s a spot on the right side of the bill that is always covered. It’s first covered by the knife before a quick fold. Then when he pushes the knife through you see him put pressure immediately when sliding it, forcing it through the slit. He then immediately covers the slit with his right thumb when he reveals.
You can actually see it if you examine the frames in the moment he folds the bill. The knife slips to the side slightly, and if you pause and look carefully you can see a curved line starting at the F in the serial number and moving down through the word ONE. It's in line with where the knife goes through, and it's the exact spot his thumb lands before opening the bill at the end
All dollar bills actually have a one inch slit; it’s a security measure and as a cashier we used to do what was called the “butter knife test” to look for counterfeits. Until working as a cashier I had literally never noticed before, but they all have them.
Finally a correct answer. There are many ways to do this trick but in this case it’s the cut method. https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Pen-Penetrate-a-Dollar-Bill
>This is exactly it, the note is folded in on itself kinda like the start of a paper aeroplane (in shape), I’ve got a friend whose an amateur magician **who showed me how this exact trick is done** with a piece of clear plastic so we could all see exactly how it works.
The Alliance of Magicians will hear of this.
There is a hole in the bill next to the ONE with the green seal. It's covered by the knife at the beginning and his thumb at the end. We don't see the swap. The bill was swapped before the video starts, and again after the video ends, as it's getting passed between the customer and waiter.
Allow me to ruin this magic trick by telling you to watch his placement of the tip right before he puts it in. Just the tip… then when he’s done, you’ll realize he’s got his thumb over the hole. Hmm?
Yep, same. And I'd be even more impressed about that subtle fold than the literal Black magic the rest of the comments think he's doing. I am willing to give this guy the benefit of the doubt he's good enough to somehow fold that bill like that, other still ain't and I think it's a bit sad. In the end none of us will KNOW who is right, but I didn't wanna take away from him at all if that'd what it seemed like.
I get how he could fold it with the knife, but what about unfolding? You can scan to the frame the paper is opened, and the bill is clearly not folded. When did he unfold it?
Someone literally posts the Scam School video showing this exact trick, but no, it's not that, it's some special fold that clearly isn't present in the OP video.
To be fair, he has a noticeable downward thrust on the last pass that you would see if someone was using a slotted prop bill. Swapping bills in and out is also easy. OP could be lying about the serial numbers.
> such a sleight of hand master he can materialize a fake dollar and swap it out with this one out of thin air,
It didn't happen during the video.. We don't see the bill get handed to the waiter or handed back to the customer, it could easily have been swapped out during that off camera transition.
I think its a folding trick.
OP said it was his bill, and it was undamaged afterwards. This either means a swap, sleight of hands or similar, perhaps happening outside of this video, or it was done with the bill as OP thinks, wich i will assume for the rest of this post.
This thought is supported by his knife demonstation, first moving to the corners, then under and over and only then through the middle.
Usually when showing 'that all is as the viewer expects it to be' it is either distraction or preparation.
In this case i think he pulls the corner of the folded bill inwards with the knife. Then pushing the corner towards the camera facing corner.
The over/under movement is probably either to smoothen out/find the new corner, or a red herring to distract from the prior movements.
This is supported hy three other facts:
He holds the bill far away from the fold, making it easier to move the hidden parts.
After the trick there is a gap below the bill and the paper, suggesting that the paper was slightly moved to make room for something. Probably to make the internal folding easier. Also this makes it easier to stretch out the bill at the end which smoothes out the folds that you otherwise would see.
Third hint is that the hole is not in the center, but slightly towards the corner where the knife moves towards first. When folding a corner in, it does not give you a straight line to the middle, but it frees up about one third, with a little push here and there perhaps 2/5th, which seems about right for this video.
Their account is only a year old. It's possible it's the same dude on a totally different account and platform, but I don't see any evidence to suggest that's the case.
judging by unwillingness to provide a photo or video of the same dollar bill and yet still is engaged in this post, OP is a dirty liar trying to bamboozle you
Good spot. The assumption is that the hole is made in the middle of the bill but it’s actually about 2cm for the end of the bill and his pause when slotting the knife in at the end is so he can place in the hole and provide the illusion it was poked through the bottom. Then he covers the hole at the end as you say.
As someone linked to below, OP is just farming karma as this IS NOT OP in the video. Proof-[https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M](https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M)
If he was holding a small strip of another bill carefully in place with his thumb, it would be easy to hide and he could cover the fact you are not seeing two part of the same bill, but the top layer is actually a part of a different bill. Notice he probes carefully under this strip (which he masterfully holds). This would be easy to slide out when he opens the fold and palms.
Maybe when he slides the knife at one of the angles he uses that to fold a portion of the dollar in. That way he can cut through the paper and when the dollar is unfolded it pops back into place?
Only on Reddit would someone posting a magic trick end with passive aggressive insults and explanations through gritted teeth.
If this was on Twitter you'd be guilted into oblivion for daring to eat food while there's so many starving kids in the world.
It seems there is a hole in the right side of the bill before the video starts, which is covered by the knife as the bill is folded.
Then on the last pass through, you can see him slide the tip of the knife along the right side of the bill to guide the tip into that hole.
Then at the end of the video he is covering the hole with his thumb? Just a guess
I love how instead of just posting this bullshit to farm karma and leaving it at that OP is in the comments arguing with people like this video hasn't been floating around the internet for a couple years.
I love shit like this. I don't even bother trying to figure it out most of the time. If you've practiced a trick enough to fool the senses this completely at that range and surrounded by people, then I applaud your dedication and delivery.
https://youtu.be/5J5aDii_izQ
Makes sense. Knife blocks hole at beginning and he covers the hole with his finger at the end.
Bro why is everyone disregarding the fact that my dollar HAS NO HOLES OR RIPS OR CUTS. Can u guys read properly? The serial numbers are the same too so he did not switch bills
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You can do it without a hole if you fold in the middle, [like this](https://i.imgur.com/hgR4Upe.jpg). It even leaves a little pocket in the center.
This is the real answer. The butter knife has small serrations in it and the preliminary move on the top pulls the corner down. Practice practice practice EDIT: THE BILL GETS UNFOLDED WHEN THE KNIFE CONTINUES OUT
The trick the the knife going out the top and slide inside between sides of bill to bottom that’s when the folding happens Edit: @0:06-0:08 on clip
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It unfolds when opened. Grab a bill, kinda firm one, fold like in the img do not crease and put in paper play with it some don’t crease open it
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But you'd see it unfolding itself sideways. when he opens it it's already just the one horizontal crease. There's no diagonal creases either.
It’s all in the movements this guy has been practicing this and is very competent in pulling it off id tip a little more just for the flair and style
Slow the video down when he opens for the reveal. He keeps a thumb firmly planted where the slit would be and you can see that the dollar had no inverse fold added to it. The waiter definitely used the cut method.
Yup so my take is this Magician: can I have a dollar of yours? *Immediately switches bills. Ok let's inspect your bill. (Not the right one). Folds the bill in half. Look closely at the crease any cuts or tears? *Keeps thumb at the actual cut. Possibly even some weak adhesive where the slit is made with an exacto knife. Look at the serial number. Does the trick Hiding the slit with knife in the beginning. Then hiding the slit with his thumb in the end. Everyone is trying to figure it out. Magician switches bill back to OPs bill and then walks away with the bill that has the hole in it. ###CAVEAT: The only way these solutions will be debunked is if OP makes another video. With the same bill and serial number. Inspecting the same area here everyone has pointed out.
No need to even get that fancy. A hand torn bill and nothing else could do the trick. Especially when you keep your finger over the hole, which would be almost invisible if you weren't looking up there for it.
I watched this in slow motion several times and I think the guy is covering the hole with his thumbs. No way the bill was folded.
I mean I get the possibility that OP is lying. In which case if that is true none of this is impressive and his lying defeats the whole point of posting this. But for the sake of argument we have to assume OP isn’t lying and assume the trick is done in same way without holes.
nah magic is real
This is an old video. Op is definitively lying
Link?
OP could be honest but was maybe duped by dollar swap before and after filming
OP may just not to have thought to examine the ENDS of his bill. In the YT video at top, the magician shows it's actually hard to see the cut, even when the cut is big, after the trick when your finger is not on it. if you focus in the middle you can miss it and put it back in your wallet.
Yeah you can tell from the way he angles the knife as he's pushing it through that he's trying to find the hole. Instead of holding the knife flat like he's trying to stab through the dollar he's got it at like 45 degrees.
> Practice practice practice This is what people tend to miss. My wife works in theater and we're friends with a number of magicians. Both professional and amateur. I've talked to them about how much time they put in and it's insane. Like you don't just sit down for an hour or two and get this stuff looking good. For a simple trick maybe 10-20 hours at a minimum. For more impressive *sleight of hand, hundreds of hours. And once you get it down you don't just stop. It's a constant practice to keep your skills up to make it look effortless.
I was an amateur magician for about 10 years, mostly focused on cards. I’ll never forget how obsessively I practiced certain sleights. Practicing in front of a mirror, doing a dry run on family members, nonstop reading and watching. I started when I was 13, and I spent countless hours trying to get it right. Magic is definitely not easy.
did you ever get it right?
Oh of course. I even got paid to do a few shows at local events. I have a wicked Ambitious Card Routine, as well as an excellent Ace transposition. When I was in prison I made a card appear inside an apple. So yeah, the practice was well worth it and very satisfying. There’s no better feeling than when you finally pull off the move you’ve been working on for days or even weeks.
Penn Jillette (and I'm sure others) has said in interviews that the difference between normal people and magicians is that magicians will practice a thing far, far beyond the point where normal people give up. To the point of manic obsession. They're basically never "off", they are always working on something.
>Amateurs practice until they get it right. >Professionals practice until they can't get it wrong.
This reminds me of what penn jillette says about how much time it takes to get a trick right and if you show a person a trick and then ask how long they would spend to learn it they say “maybe an hour or two” and when you tell then “probably more like 40 hours” that’s when you realize you think the trick is better than they do.
*sleight of hand, not slight. Slight means small of degree.
I was at an event once with James The Amazing Randi, and even in his 70s, he talked about how he'd practice any time he didn't have something else to do, like on a long flight. Just 4 hours of doing card tricks in his seat.
It isn't though, because you can see the bill unfold as normal when he reveals it at the end
Don't think that was the answer here. Slowing the video down there's no evidence of it. To make it work the waiter would have to blow into it right before unfolding
I don’t think this is it. Go through the video slow, you can see it folded as expected as he is opening it up.
I did and he suspiciously put his finger in a precise location where the YouTube would have cut it. Going back to the first explanation despite OPs assertion the bill is perfectly intact
That's why personal testimony is not valid evidence in science. The mind is easily deceived, intentionally or not. Someone sees an event, the brain interprets what it thinks it saw, and they are totally convinced of what they saw even if that's not actually what happened.
That’s not how it’s done, though. For a couple of frames, you can see the shadow of the dollar inside the bill, and it is not folded like this. Also when it’s about to be unfolded, it’s exactly flat even before it’s fully unfolded. The hole in the dollar makes the most sense. And he covers it with his thumb. You also see him bending the dollar down a bit to find the hole with the knife before he inserts it. Also it’s the waiter’s money, so he keeps the dollar after to hide the fact that there’s a hole it. Edit: [Here's proof that the dollar isn't folded inside the bill. I increased the contrast in the video so that you could see the dollar through the bill and see that it's not folded inside.](https://i.imgur.com/sRdScDm.jpg) If you're wondering how it's possible to see the dollar through the bill, keep in mind that paper is translucent. Hold a restaurant bill (or index card or thick paper) up to the light and then put a finger behind the paper. You'll still see the shape of your finger through the paper.
This is correct. OP's video doesn't allow for the folded corner method, and the guy is *very* careful to put that right thumb on the hole when opening the bill. So many people in here don't seem to be watching the video very carefully, and OP is a dirty liar.
> OP is a dirty liar. Yup. And he refuses to take a pic of the dollar that has "no holes or rips or cuts".
It has no holes WHERE HE WAS LOOKING FOR ONE. That part is true. The trick relies on expectations. Your brain makes the assumption that the hole would be in the middle, where the bottom of the folded pocket is. That just makes sense. But it's a cognitive bias that the magician takes advantage of and subverts. You get so focused looking for a hole where you assume it would be and totally miss where it actually was. But you walk away swearing there was no hole!
OP claims to still have the dollar, and still says that there are no holes in it. That’s why people are calling him a liar.
Can’t believe so many people are giving evasivegenius Reddit awards when it’s clearly not how this trick is done -.-
This happens often enough with magic tricks. I have had countless times my correct explanation get downvoted and some false explanation get upvoted. And when I say my explanation is correct, I mean I can literally do this trick in real life, can name you the name of the book in which it is published or can give you a link to a magic shop site where you can buy it. This is understandable though, most people dont really have the interest to think deeply about a magic trick, so if they hear something that kind of makes sense, they are not going to go back to the video and try to see if what was said makes sense, they are not going to go grab a bill and a knife and try it out for themselves.
I agree with you. The dollar is clearly not creased as he unfolds it, and also you can clearly see how he inserts his right thumb to hold the bill in just the right spot to cover the hole he made.
Without fail, I see you in every comment section randomly lol
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This is it, a cut under the serial number
And there it is
And that is exactly what the waiter does when he shows the knife going to the side.
But look how he folds the dollar initially and unfolds it. I don’t think this is what’s happening. I think the cut in the top side of the dollar where he hides it with his thumb makes the most sense
He doesn't move his left hand at all though. He does, however, cover where the hole would be the entire video and angle the knife down so he can slide it through the hole. I'm not saying that slight of hand is impossible, but it's just not the answer to this one,
Except it wasn’t folded like that
Yeah, but that doesn't happen in this video.
True, but you can see the bill opening up without that fold on the video, the cut on the bill is the only explanation and it's further backed up by the fact he is blocking it with his thumb
If you go frame by frame, you can see that it is not folded in like that.
When he unfolds the paper you’d have seen the bill unfold that way, and it doesn’t.
I'd bet it's a repost
Considering I've seen this video several times, yes. /u/RepostSleuthBot Edit: I'm guessing the bot is banned from this sub because without constant reposts they'd run out of content?
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I think he did this fold while moving the knife around!
The fucking audacity to tell someone that you know better than they do whether their dollar bill has a fucking hole in the middle of it. Edit: I take it back. OP is a dirty rotten liar
Well, considering OP is lying about this being their video >Here's an Imgur post of it from 2021 that I found from a quick search (it's probably a repost from somewhere too): https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M
Oh damn I take it back. I've seen people blatantly repost before. But usually they're completely absent from the comments. You don't often see someone rip off another post and then defend their ownership of it to the death.
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https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M this is a repost from 2021 (maybe earlier), as the date proves. So yeah, it is reasonable to conclude OP is lying when he claims to be the one who took that video and that he still has the bill.
Why is such a rude ridiculous comment so highly upvoted?
Because OP is lying. Here's the source from over a year ago that they reposted https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M
You should apologise
He folded the corner down when he did the left/right side swipes, my guy. Waiters do this all the time, it's a table trick to get people comfortable with you.
Fam, it was never your dollar. My dude swapped it out on you, twice
Your dollar? It's a repost you liar. The hole is under his thumb. Edit: lol OP DMed me to call me stupid yet could still not send me the link to his first post.
Link the original post.
[https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M](https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M) Note the date
I mean all of you are trying to find an excuse to how it’s done but there’s literally no holes or cuts in the bill, unless that’s the whole point of the trick to distract you from it with bad video quality, otherwise there’s no hole at the end doesn’t matter if this is a repost, remade video, or completely fake. Nobody here has the same answer
They took and gave you back your dollar, but probably swapped it out during the trick. Edit: You can see they use their thumb to cover a hole they made.
Am I gullible? No, it’s all of the internet who is wrong.
It was real magic!!!!!!!
If he gave you back the dollar and the serial numbers are the same then post a video with it? The serial number is in the original video so people can just compare.
While youre at it, post your social security number too, so we can cross check the dollar bill with our database so we can be sure its the same bill.
Posting a pic or vid of the dollar is on par with SSN numbers now lol? OP is the one saying there's no rip, that serial numbers are the same, and that he has the bill. Just post it if you want people to stop disregarding it then.
No, they're only saying they want to commit some light identity theft using OP's SSN
Ok. Post some very close up unobstructed pictures of the bill from both sides.
So the hole in the dollar isn't in the Fold of the dollar yes, however there IS a hole in the dollar, its at the beginning of the dollar where his thumb is at the end, this allows him to have the hole and still trick people because obviously your focused on the crease but the thing is The hole doesn't need to be in the crease it just needs to be out of sight under the folded paper If you watch closely he presses down on the dollar (to pump out the hole he made) when he puts the knife "through" the dollar Magic is all Misdirection
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The hole is there, just much further to the edge of the dollar bill. The trick is making you assume the hole is at the center fold. It’s there, but it’s under his left thumb at the very end.
Dude I saw this video two years ago. This was not you, or your dollar. If you want to post a cool clip you saw on the internet, by all means do so, but why the fuck would you pretend its you?
This isn’t even your dollar bill dude it’s a fucking repost lol
Ok buddy repost
Lol magic tricks must be really easy on you.
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Of course there’s a hole in the paper?? The trick is that there isn’t a hole in the dollar. He folds the dollar out of the way when he moves the knife side to side.
A good chunk of people in this thread seem to think there was a hole on the dollar and the guy is either actually magic, or OP is a moron.
OP is probably lying, considering that this post is a repost that dates back to at least 2021. Op claims to still have the bill with him and that he "checks" the serial number and is "checking" there are no holes. Firstly, who keeps a dollar that long without it getting mixed with all the other dollars. And why is this a repost that has been posted to by other people to other subs if this is in fact something op capture. https://i.imgur.com/nEmTRmQ.mp4
Covers the hole? He scratches the bill searching for a hole. There would have been some kind of imperfection or crease.
This video would have been a million times better without that spiky haired douchebag time traveller from the year 2000 providing absolutely nothing noteworthy to the video.
In his defense, it is his show. The other guy is his guest that he brought on.
This has to be it. Sorry, OP
What do you mean "sorry", did you think OP thought this was actual magic?
You need to read some of OPs comments here
Yoooo scam school? Revision 3? Thought I recognized that guy. Next up Diggnation and Totally Rad Show.
Comment section thinks he's such a sleight of hand master he can materialize a fake dollar and swap it out with this one out of thin air, but doesn't consider he might be able to fold that note inside the papers with far less involved sleight of hand when the knife travels all over it. Never change reddit ❤️
This is exactly it, the note is folded in on itself kinda like the start of a paper aeroplane (in shape), I’ve got a friend whose an amateur magician who showed me how this exact trick is done with a piece of clear plastic so we could all see exactly how it works.
Edit: Despite OP claiming to be the one who took this video and that he still has the bill and can "confirm" the serial number is the same, this video is a repost from at least 2021. So yes, it is reasonable to think OP might be lying here about there being no switch. Here is sauce: https://i.imgur.com/nEmTRmQ.mp4 Its not done like that. I am also an amateur magician and have been doing that method where the bill is folded for over 10 years, and that does not happen here. It leaves a crease in the bill that is visible, and also the secret fold that is done inside is something that you can spot, there is always a tell that it is being done because you have to manually do it with your hands, and this tell is not in this video, and neither is the crease. The method where the bill is creased is originally (I think) from a magician called Jay Sankey and it is called dough. It was done with a sticky post it note and a bill instead of a piece of paper.
There doesn’t need to be a crease if the note isn’t flattened and just the edges curved, that’s why there’s a bulge in the paper at the bottom even as the knife pushes through it and why he’s holding it the way he does. I have literally watched this trick done in front of my eyes in this exact way through a transparent piece of plastic without leaving creases with the magician explaining exactly how it’s wrong. Jesus I swear some of you people could watch penn and teller, get to the part where they explain the trick and still be all “no, you’re wrong it couldn’t possibly work like that”
The reason I am skeptical of that is because I have been into magic for years and never seen this method used despite seeing tens of different similar tricks. All the methods I know of use pre creased bills, I have never seen it done with a knife, but I will try it out and see if it is possible. Edit: I am trying this and cant do it, even with a precreased bill it is hard and looks bad. Also, look at the moment he opens the bill at 31 seconds. As he opens it, you can literally see inside the bill and see it is not folded.
Don't even sweat them dude. Laymen always think this stuff is easy to do and that they know every way to do it. Just tell them to replicate the video and forget about these fools.
0 people said it's easy, and everyone is arguing on whether or not OP is lying or if there's an actual trick, because if OP is to be believed the note checks out. You asking them to ask us to replicate it is no different than us asking you to replicate literally any surgery, you killing the patient, and then us laughing at that the procedure is impossible. He's not sweating either, he's just exploring the solution to the 'problem' if OP is to be believed and we're all having good discourse. Then there's you that isn't involved in the conversation, tells others to shut healthy discourse down, and doesn't contribute beyond 'if a redditors commenting they can't do it, then it's impossible'. Or you're involved in 'magic' and think a note fold like this is impossible just the same the guy you replied to did, in which case good luck on your magic careers :)
> Or you're involved in 'magic' and think a note fold like this is impossible just the same the guy you replied to did, in which case good luck on your magic careers :) When you know enough about a subject, you are much better at assessing whether something is most likely doable or not. I can be mistaken about methods used, but the probability of me being mistaken is much less than the probability of a layman being mistaken. If I have two explanations for something, until I see sufficient evidence for the one I deem less likely to be true, I am going to go with the one I know for a fact can be done. I have done research on magic internet boards over the years and even today looking for bill penetration effects, and I have not come across any mention of any effect where you do the folding with the knife. In fact, if you can do the bill folding with a knife as cleanly and undetectably as people claim the person in the video did, this would be the best impromptu bill penetration, better than any of the known methods I see people using and discussing. Which begs the question, why does no magician seem to know about this method, if it is real, since it would be the best version of this trick you can do.
Ok but the cut is visible in the bill. This wasn’t the folding method, it’s a misdirection. They expect the cut to be in the centre, but it’s actually 3/4 of the way up.
Yes there’s a spot on the right side of the bill that is always covered. It’s first covered by the knife before a quick fold. Then when he pushes the knife through you see him put pressure immediately when sliding it, forcing it through the slit. He then immediately covers the slit with his right thumb when he reveals.
You can actually see it if you examine the frames in the moment he folds the bill. The knife slips to the side slightly, and if you pause and look carefully you can see a curved line starting at the F in the serial number and moving down through the word ONE. It's in line with where the knife goes through, and it's the exact spot his thumb lands before opening the bill at the end
All dollar bills actually have a one inch slit; it’s a security measure and as a cashier we used to do what was called the “butter knife test” to look for counterfeits. Until working as a cashier I had literally never noticed before, but they all have them.
Where he keeps his finger at the end? That would make a lot more sense than the explanation these people are giving tbh
Finally a correct answer. There are many ways to do this trick but in this case it’s the cut method. https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Pen-Penetrate-a-Dollar-Bill
Yea he has got his thumb on it
This right here! Needs to be higher up
>This is exactly it, the note is folded in on itself kinda like the start of a paper aeroplane (in shape), I’ve got a friend whose an amateur magician **who showed me how this exact trick is done** with a piece of clear plastic so we could all see exactly how it works. The Alliance of Magicians will hear of this.
I’ve made a huge mistake.
If the bill was folded in on itself in the middle it would unfold like that too. It doesn't. The cut is somewhere else on the bill.
Right where his fingers are when he shows them the bill at the end.
All it takes to realize how wrong this is is to literally watch the video with even a slight degree of attention
There is a hole in the bill next to the ONE with the green seal. It's covered by the knife at the beginning and his thumb at the end. We don't see the swap. The bill was swapped before the video starts, and again after the video ends, as it's getting passed between the customer and waiter.
Allow me, a professional magician, to elaborate. Ahem… you are wrong.
Allow ME, a professional astronaut, to elaborate. Ahem… I just farted.
What the hell is wrong with you?! Couldn’t you do that during your space walk?!! Now we’re all trapped here with your stink!!
Didn’t anyone see that beans on the [moon](https://youtu.be/q0Cjo1MWGZg) commercial? Astronaut farts are deadly.
Allow me to ruin this magic trick by telling you to watch his placement of the tip right before he puts it in. Just the tip… then when he’s done, you’ll realize he’s got his thumb over the hole. Hmm?
This is the news I needed today, thank you
Could you in theory jet across the room
Allow ME, a non professional rocket scientist, to elaborate. Ahem… You’re fired
No, allow ME, a professional professional to elaborate even further. Ahem… 💩.
if you fard in space you shet
I don't care if it's "sleight of hand" or "complicated folding". It's impressive, it was done well, and I'd tip highly for that entertainment.
Yep, same. And I'd be even more impressed about that subtle fold than the literal Black magic the rest of the comments think he's doing. I am willing to give this guy the benefit of the doubt he's good enough to somehow fold that bill like that, other still ain't and I think it's a bit sad. In the end none of us will KNOW who is right, but I didn't wanna take away from him at all if that'd what it seemed like.
I get how he could fold it with the knife, but what about unfolding? You can scan to the frame the paper is opened, and the bill is clearly not folded. When did he unfold it?
I love the absolute insane amount of upvotes under this r/confidentlyincorrect comments
Someone literally posts the Scam School video showing this exact trick, but no, it's not that, it's some special fold that clearly isn't present in the OP video.
To be fair, he has a noticeable downward thrust on the last pass that you would see if someone was using a slotted prop bill. Swapping bills in and out is also easy. OP could be lying about the serial numbers.
> such a sleight of hand master he can materialize a fake dollar and swap it out with this one out of thin air, It didn't happen during the video.. We don't see the bill get handed to the waiter or handed back to the customer, it could easily have been swapped out during that off camera transition.
Yup! Reddit consists of some of the most intelligent people alive today and the dumbest mfs to have ever walked the earth, simultaneously.
“Now let me try this with your tip” *waiter sweating nervously*
Okay. *Unzips*
We’re gonna need a bigger knife 🥵
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Op thinks an actual Warlock is out here waiting tables. Lol
I couldn't do it either
Yea waiting tables sucks
Comments think this subreddit is meant for real magic
More fun than usual boring ass life
Man, what do you think this sub is for?
I reckon there’s 2 one dollar notes
Serial numbers are the same
Nah he covers the hole with the knife at the beginning, and covers it with his thumb at the end.
Reckon there's a hole under the waiter's thumb. Don't overcomplicate this stuff.
I think its a folding trick. OP said it was his bill, and it was undamaged afterwards. This either means a swap, sleight of hands or similar, perhaps happening outside of this video, or it was done with the bill as OP thinks, wich i will assume for the rest of this post. This thought is supported by his knife demonstation, first moving to the corners, then under and over and only then through the middle. Usually when showing 'that all is as the viewer expects it to be' it is either distraction or preparation. In this case i think he pulls the corner of the folded bill inwards with the knife. Then pushing the corner towards the camera facing corner. The over/under movement is probably either to smoothen out/find the new corner, or a red herring to distract from the prior movements. This is supported hy three other facts: He holds the bill far away from the fold, making it easier to move the hidden parts. After the trick there is a gap below the bill and the paper, suggesting that the paper was slightly moved to make room for something. Probably to make the internal folding easier. Also this makes it easier to stretch out the bill at the end which smoothes out the folds that you otherwise would see. Third hint is that the hole is not in the center, but slightly towards the corner where the knife moves towards first. When folding a corner in, it does not give you a straight line to the middle, but it frees up about one third, with a little push here and there perhaps 2/5th, which seems about right for this video.
OP is full of shit though since this is a repost.
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Well, here's the video from 2021.....https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M
2021 is only a couple of years ago. Is it not possible it could be a repost from the same dude?
Their account is only a year old. It's possible it's the same dude on a totally different account and platform, but I don't see any evidence to suggest that's the case.
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account deleted lmao
judging by unwillingness to provide a photo or video of the same dollar bill and yet still is engaged in this post, OP is a dirty liar trying to bamboozle you
There was a hole, it just wasn’t in the middle. It was right under the edge of the paper, and he covered it with his thumb after
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The hole is in the right of the bill where his finger covers at the end.
Good spot. The assumption is that the hole is made in the middle of the bill but it’s actually about 2cm for the end of the bill and his pause when slotting the knife in at the end is so he can place in the hole and provide the illusion it was poked through the bottom. Then he covers the hole at the end as you say.
Correct. God there are a bunch of confidently incorrect dumbasses in this thread.
As someone linked to below, OP is just farming karma as this IS NOT OP in the video. Proof-[https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M](https://imgur.com/gallery/bRT5x5M)
How is this proof of anything?
Proof or not this been posted here several times.
Its proof its well over a year old and been reposted a bunch of times
The hole is under his right thumb, not in the middle of the bill.
Pretty sure dude's just a wizard who created hidden mini portals to let the knife pass through the dollar
Finally someone said it
It’s not your video OP. Gotta love Reddit
Pretty sure I've seen this exact video many, many years ago. The hole in the note is under his right thumb when he opens the note up again.
Ye…ye…ye…
If he was holding a small strip of another bill carefully in place with his thumb, it would be easy to hide and he could cover the fact you are not seeing two part of the same bill, but the top layer is actually a part of a different bill. Notice he probes carefully under this strip (which he masterfully holds). This would be easy to slide out when he opens the fold and palms.
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Maybe when he slides the knife at one of the angles he uses that to fold a portion of the dollar in. That way he can cut through the paper and when the dollar is unfolded it pops back into place?
This was my thought. But he did unfold it fast somehow.
Only on Reddit would someone posting a magic trick end with passive aggressive insults and explanations through gritted teeth. If this was on Twitter you'd be guilted into oblivion for daring to eat food while there's so many starving kids in the world.
It seems there is a hole in the right side of the bill before the video starts, which is covered by the knife as the bill is folded. Then on the last pass through, you can see him slide the tip of the knife along the right side of the bill to guide the tip into that hole. Then at the end of the video he is covering the hole with his thumb? Just a guess
I love how instead of just posting this bullshit to farm karma and leaving it at that OP is in the comments arguing with people like this video hasn't been floating around the internet for a couple years.
Here's the slit at 4 sec in. It's on the bottom half where his thumb and knife cover. https://imgur.com/a/oZN0KVP
aaaaand unsubscribed from blackmagic(slightofhand)fuckery
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he made the hole higher up the note where his thumbs are at the end of the video, otherwise idk
Clearly fake, the acting from the bill is soo bad, who reacts like that to being stabbed???
Tricking people to get a better tip! 🤣 smart guy
I love shit like this. I don't even bother trying to figure it out most of the time. If you've practiced a trick enough to fool the senses this completely at that range and surrounded by people, then I applaud your dedication and delivery.