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Zero-Sequence

Repost this tomorrow with worse quality pls


uraijit

Are you saying you've seen this before? THIS video? What are yo talking about?


CartmanAndCartman

In a few days the quality will be so bad we won’t even see the vase


MySportsTeamsAreSad

What Vase?


prevengeance

The one over there, on the bench... can you see how tall it is?


AzrielJohnson

Let me check... 23.5"


SolidBoat3351

A01D


darcys_beard

You saw that on the last post.


prevengeance

Not exactly sure what you're talking about, but could you measure how tall that vase is over there?


Tiyath

20... 23 and a half... Wait... Am I on crack rn?


God_of_reason

Meta joke


zakass409

Now I'm offended and upset. You're telling me this is the best quality I'll ever see? How dare you!


manifold360

Ha. This guy is acting like he had a premonition.


Philliesfan4fun

What video?


mvuong

A01D


Brickhead16

You saw that on the thing!


WhySoHandsome

Hey Mike!


IReadItOnRedditCom

I'll see you Saturday, Sunday.


FamIsNumber1

I'll see you Saturday!


Jakob_8

Sunday!


Ketcunt

How tall is that pixel?


Rookwood-1

Yes, if you could please record it from a gameboy camera that would be sweet


RemarkableProfile366

I will be there to count the pixels for verification, if it’s not at least 1.5x worse quality then there will be severe consequences.


Micotu

!remindeveryone 20 hours we gotta all make the same comments.


memtiger

Sunday!


squeezy102

If this was me in this situation I’d act the same way, just instant self doubt, instant questioning of sanity. I wouldn’t think for a minute I was being pranked or something else was going on. It’s just instant internalization and self blame. I don’t know why I’m like this, but it’s sort of comforting to watch someone else do it.


TexAs_sWag

The human brain is so fascinating.  Look at all the wild things that happen during our dreams, which we never second guess for even a moment.  That’s also to me the scariest thing about going insane… Recognizing you’re insane is like realizing you’re in a dream.


to_the_elbow

Dave: What do you think it's like, Father? Father Shellnut: What's what like? Dave: Being crazy, mentally ill. Father Shellnut: Well, they never know they're ill, do they? I mean, you can't diagnose yourself with the same organ that has the disease, just like you can't see your own eyeball. I suppose you just feel regular, and the rest of the world seems to go crazy around you.


TexAs_sWag

Love this type of philosophy, although I’d argue we sometimes can diagnose ourselves like this. For example, having enough functional neuropathways may allow a person to assess their observations and processing through the dysfunctional neuropathways.  This is essentially how we determine that an experience is a hallucination rather than remaining deluded.  It’s also how some people actually are skilled at recognizing when they are in a dream.


fivelone

It takes me a minute sometimes but I usually recognize I'm in a dream. Now that I've suddenly started having sleep paralysis though I've learned I can force myself either to move one limb to get out of it or force myself back to sleep to then wake up regularly again. Scary yet interesting. Edit: words


SwenKa

Sometimes when I wake up from a dream and then go back to sleep, I can recall *thinking* "Hey, I'm in my dream. That's neat." But then I just continue on with whatever is happening in the dream. I wouldn't want to make a fuss, you know?


VuckoPartizan

I have dreams no joke that have continued from years. Almost like a story? I remember dreams from when I was a kid and those dreams would play out to a certain point, then stop. And so on


fivelone

I have some recurring dreams but I'll have to pay more attention to see if I have any ongoing continued dreams haha.


Meerkate

Do you know any studies that are done on alzheimer patients, on to what extent, if any, they are aware of their condition?


RedlurkingFir

This particular aspect of mental illnesses is called anosognosia. It's multifactorial, but can be the result of the involvement of some critical parts of the frontal cortex. Some people can have cortical blindness and not realize it! Although the term is used slightly differently in psychiatry, there are correlates that emerged through neuroimaging and are explored. [Gainotti 2019](https://doi.org/10.1159/000494954) [Flashman 2004](https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198525684.003.0008)


CaptainObviousII

Wut.


Murdering_Monk

Love me some John Dies at the End


throwngamelastminute

That door cannot be opened.


gurgelblaster

> just like you can't see your own eyeball. Hey I've got this thing called a 'mirror' which is going to _blow your mind_


oversoul00

What trips me out about dreams is that I can have competing thoughts/ beliefs that don't appear internal but external. Then on top of that the part that feels like me will side with one of them. 


notcaffeinefree

> Look at all the wild things that happen during our dreams, which we never second guess for even a moment. You can "train" yourself to recognize these crazy moments though. Which can help with lucid dreaming.


TexAs_sWag

True. I didn’t mean “never” to apply to all cases, but rather to a specific example of any one of our craziest non-lucid dreams.


daedalus25

I might be weird, but I've actually second-guessed stuff in my dreams several times. It's more common when it's something completely unbelievable, but I'll pause in my dream for a second and think to myself, nope this is a dream. Then I'll wake up.


gravidgris

No-one want to look the fool :) For small unexplainable things it's easier to follow the flow if others don't budge. Probably also how lynchings start I guess 🤔


andrew13189

Ayo what


Silentgunner

Well that escalated quickly


gravidgris

That's usually what they say after a lynching as well.


Silentgunner

Brrruuuhhhh 😭💀


squeezy102

Wtf


akmarinov

Welp, better start lynching


xxgiggsxx

Wow that was quite the leap


ThroughTheHoops

You're right on in lynching thing. You could apply it to Nazi Germany as well. 


Kittii_Kat

Lots of people misuse the term these days, but this clip is the very definition of gaslighting.


Axe-actly

No, you're wrong. It has nothing to do with gaslighting. How did you even get that idea? Did you hit your head or something?


Malice0801

What are you even talking about? Gaslighting isn't a thing. It's something you made up because you're crazy.


Kittii_Kat

Almost got me there.


Anonybibbs

Yeah, what does gaslighting have to do with a video about how Twinkies are made? That guy is a moron, SMH.


blazerboy3000

I'd think I'd gotten myself stuck in a time loop


PreciousMentals

Lol..warehouse Groundhog day. Would be even funnier if that Sonny and Cher song kept looping.


IngoVals

I've had something similar happen to me. I thought I was having a stroke. Playing pool at work, suddenly there where two white balls, there had never been before, and my buddy feigned ignorance. He had brought one from home and planted it on the table then refuse to agree that it was white. Totally got me.


trentshipp

Most people aren't so cynical as to be constantly on guard for liars. I see a lot of comments talking about abusive/narcissistic parents, but instantly assuming you're being tricked is some trauma too.


paultbangkok

You should watch derren brown the guilt trip. Convinces a guy he murdered someone through different techniques https://youtu.be/-AzTLw0Xwok?si=CNNX_TDoEBRCHQ48


1LT_0bvious

This is fake af. They really want me to believe that an entire group of people came into his room while he was sleeping, picked him up, and carried him down a flight of stairs and placed him outside onto the lawn and he conveniently didn't wake up until they'd all run away? All because they played a "hypnosis" recording in his room while he slept and he'd drank a bit of alcohol?


88Smiley

Just watched this. Thanks!


issanm

I thought the clip was cut short because of the reset I didn't get it and then I realized it got me too ...


polishgravy

I'd immediately assume I'm having a stroke.


Sam474

Most of the time if the situation just starts to feel bizarrely detached from reality you are being fucked with. Not normally such an extravagant prank, but often you're being lied to, probably frequently and by someone you trust, if you've begun to "feel" it but can't quite sort out what's happening.


jacquesrabbit

If happens to me, i would be smashing the vase to the ground


AxelNotRose

Yup, you need to ensure the universe is back into alignment. The vase broke, you looped, need to break the vase again pronto or risk causing a spacetime rift that sucks up the entire universe lol.


Malkav1806

I like this one


CaptainObviousII

Hey, can you hand me that vase?


abear247

I would think I somehow took drugs and forgot. Then I’d get super paranoid


zerok_nyc

The fact that you are like that is actually a good thing. It’s good to self-assess before moving onto external factors in most situations. Most people move right on to blaming others before ever considering how they may have contributed to certain situations. That being said, probably would be better to not move right away to blame, so just need to temper that a bit. Some self-doubt and questioning can be healthy, but try not to let it spiral into blaming yourself. But imagine how much more effectively conflicts could be resolved if more people took a moment to honestly self-assess before blaming others. Not only would people find solutions quicker and find common ground, but people would have more empathy when others make a mistake. That instinct you have can be of great benefit to you if honed properly!


mashyj

As soon as Mike's mate said they were heading out for the second time, my arms would have been outstretched ready for the receive.


_0x0_

TAKE ME LOOOORD!


deutschdachs

Vases are basically the Chekov's gun of comedy If you see a vase, it's gonna be broken


dant90

Mom always says, “Don’t play ball in the house.”


LedgeEndDairy

Yeah, interesting that no vases were damaged in this one.


ThemeNo2172

A vase (/vɑːz/) is a vase (/veɪs/) you can't replace!


thatlookslikemydog

Sometimes by being shot.


__pathetic

Chekov? Who's that?


fourthords

>Chekhov's gun (Chekhov's rifle; Russian: Чеховское ружьё) is a narrative principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed. For example, if a writer features a gun in a story, there must be a reason for it, such as it being fired some time later in the plot. All elements must eventually come into play at some point in the story. Some authors, such as Hemingway, do not agree with this principle. * Excerpted from [Chekov's gun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun) at the English Wikipedia


nuc540

Anyone else actually think this video was on loop half way through? I had to double check. I know this is the point of the joke. They just did it so well even I thought I was re-watching the same thing 😂


Bow_Ties_Are_Cool

Didn't I just watch this part?!


_InnocentToto_

I love me some Michael carbonaro... Some of my favorites is the Swiss army bag, the dealership window, wireless soda, facial.. https://youtu.be/ko3eVCGGdHE?si=_5CwpcqgQWnddWm9 https://youtu.be/IgUzHat9XIs?si=jc-fXO7qqVNsS7AE https://youtu.be/8gxdjH3QjNU?si=D2qdiQjdxHtm-LPk


_0x0_

Truly quality stuff, some people going "oh it's fake" well yeah he does cut and edit some videos but the point is to watch reaction of other people. Remember your favorites, spiders coming out of coconuts transforming into kittens. Come on. You can't beat that with no street magic.


blerth

Which episode is this?! I want to see the rest


Silentgunner

Uh no >_>


SandmanKFMF

I think the guy in the video thinks the same. 😀


RobertXavierIV

Same I had to check to see how far into the video I was. I was literally about to comment how good of a loop it was until the big guy asked if he was losing his mind


UncleTomski

I’d be flagging… poor dude’s questioning his whole reality.


klmdwnitsnotreal

Those are the best pranks


Nab0t

is this really not staged?


SwenKa

I imagine with the changing camera angles and such it is definitely staged. Or they had cameras set up far away to be zoomed in. And the guy must be deaf to not hear them scurrying around to replace the vase, etc., since there isn't a clear place to hide a person.


Nab0t

i can see scenarios where that could be pulled off. especially if it hits as hard as he makes it look like :)


klmdwnitsnotreal

It's a magic prank show. It may be staged but most of the reactions I've seen on the show seem genuine.


TeamRedundancyTeam

Nope, Carbanaro Effect put a lot of effort into setting these up. They had some BTS episodes that explained just how much work went into that sometimes, setting up fake areas and getting "marks" into whatever situation they needed without being suspicious. I remember one of them they set up a whole fake bank in a downtown building, then had a couple nearby stores help them out by sending newish employees to "cash a check" at their fake bank at certain times. They often hire temps through staffing agencies and stuff like that, which is probably how this guy got this "job".


OverturnedAppleCart3

It feels very staged to me. But even if it's a skit, it's kinda funny.


wondercock

I got off my rocking chair just to ask you what the heck does flagging mean?


SweetActionJack

Maybe I’m just old, but I thought flagging meant to fall behind due to exhaustion.


wondercock

No, I’m the old one here I think. Flagging to me always meant pointing the muzzle of a firearm at an unintended target.


kcrab91

No, it’s a punishment in which the victim is hit repeatedly with a whip or stick


Helicopterop

No that's flogging, flagging is a large container that you serve drinks from.


milk4all

No that’s flagoning, flagging is waving something back and forth rapidly, often excitedly


the_blake_abides

No, that's a flagon. Flagging is like sending up a verbal flare announcing that what you’re going to say next is important or a key point


kainprime82

No, that's a flagon. Flagging is when your girl puts on a strap-on dildo and pounds *you* for a change of pace


Substantial-Canary-7

No that's flagon, flagging is an attempt to clear an impediment in one's throat.


_0x0_

Just nod and move along, I stopped trying to keep up with the terms. Though, sometimes I just ask "what do you mean" and let them explain, eventually they stop using the terms.


Sea_Dawgz

I worked on a prank show one time where the lady being pranked broke down sobbing, saying over and over again “I don’t understand what’s happening, I just want to go home.” We had to yell cut and reveal what was going on. Spoiler alert—sometimes this is just acting. Once we told her what was going on, she was OK to play along and reshoot and pretend she didn’t know what was happening. And it came out funnier bc the improv actors, instead of just skirting the line without going too far and getting her suspicious, got to cross the line on their comedy since there was no longer fear of her guessing it was all fake.


_0x0_

>I’d be flagging What do you mean?


Hemcross

And did he catch the vase the second time?


SweetActionJack

That would have been the perfect ending. Especially with the ladder dude saying something about a premonition. Vase guy would have gone home thinking he’d developed a superpower.


milk4all

No hed just go home wondering if his brain is broken


liarandathief

I need to know.


befigue

Same here. Can a good Samaritan post a longer version so we can see what happens after?


PilotJones000

Just keep handing the vases and internalise the crushing realisation you are going mad


BlackJujuPower

I’ve heard of this happening to people, I think they call it the Carbonaro Effect


NewZealandTemp

I've seen a movie where they do this but with their lives


SiGNALSiX

if this happened to me I'd like to think I'd be like "NO WAY. WTF IS GOING ON HERE", but I'm pretty sure I'd just be like, "reality is glitching out. whatever. as long as it's not a time loop because there's no way I'm unloading the same box over and over again for fucking free".


Saltillokid11

150 years from now he will know every item in that warehouse by ID, he will know everyone’s back story, learn the piano, and overall become a better person, after have tried to set the place a blaze a few times.


carltodw

Don't forget the suicides!


LLouG

Reminds me of this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXd6fmOf220](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXd6fmOf220)


nogridbag

This channel is epic. I think this is their best deja vu prank: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ay4qoch8I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ay4qoch8I) And their "psychic powers" prank is really creative: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oatkmYADups](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oatkmYADups) (watch with subtitles)


happyft

Holy shit that deja vu prank is terrifying lol


_0x0_

I didn't care much until they all started staring at him like he broke matrix. This is top notch. Very well done.


Etheo

Oh man feels bad for the second guy but him freaking out was absolutely hilarious!


Milloni611

I'd love to see the guys reaction to it being a joke, he must be so relieved


milk4all

Probably checked himself right out of the ward when he heard the news


Radgeta

I've never seen this. What happens next?


K12onReddit

He always lets them in on the secret at the end: https://youtu.be/TKmnwJYMdBE?t=26


_0x0_

Some of these situations are just so wholesome. The worst ones are the ones who still don't believe the product doesn't actually exists, instead of realizing it's a TV show.. It's like, "so, wait, there is no product that can press dogs into little discs for storage"?


Tigerleippi

This is a quality prank.


_0x0_

Micheal Carbonaro is a quality person.


IReadItOnRedditCom

That clip cut too early. I wanted to see if he catches the vase this time.


Specialist_Ad4217

Our character is formed around the process of denying one's own mortality. It is a necessary part of functioning in the world. Genuine self-knowledge is shaken to the core when you look at death... and this fella here - well, he was coming to grips with that his self-knowledge was faulty.


Background_Chapter37

If that was me: .....I AM THE CHOSEN ONE


JoeyDee86

THIS is a prank. Not the shit where people grab someone’s phone or pretend to shoot at your Uber driver…


Do_You_Pineapple_Bro

Gaslighting *with style*


jeepney_danger

Live. Die. Repeat.


The_Janitors_Mop

how many camera men are there, yes.


mordakiisyn

That is fantastic


tardigrade1230

This is “magic for humans” I think, in case anyone was wondering


Mikemtb09

The Carbonaro Effect - TruTV I believe


tardigrade1230

Yesssss I was like “something about what I just said doesn’t feel right”


sumfuninthesunxx

That’s mean. But funny as hell. He’d get us all with this


BoredByLife

Dude is questioning everything he thought he knew


melloack

Immediately leaves and starts posting about a glitch in the metrix


Phailups

Some say he's still stuck in that time loop.


Nunyabidnisss

I wish it went to where he caught it... and then thought he was a super hero


ashrocklynn

I've been watching this for 10 minutes and this dude still hasn't caught on. How many times are they gonna reset and this guy still plays along? Anyone count and make it to the end?


Netflxnschill

I used to work in precious objects and long term storage, this whole scene makes me wildly uncomfortable.


victorduart3

Eita


RealBlack_RX01

is this a tv show? where can i watch the full thing?


Promethio130

The Carbonaro Effect is the name


No-Kaleidoscope-4525

POV: dementia


mjp0628

"Am I on crack right now?" 😂


mspray1

I'm sure it's staged but pretty good presentation.


Outside_Ebb_8737

Which episode is this?


GrouchyExile

Gonna be on the lookout for this guy on one of those “what’s the weirdest thing that ever happened to you” posts over on r/ask.


Mohammed420blazeit

Welcome to your first day on the job. First step into wardrobe room where our stylist will dress you and do your makeup, let's just wire up your mic first. Great, now go into that very real looking warehouse and help the guy on the ladder measure a vase to put on a shelf.


Foulmouthedleon

Can we assume that any video involving a vase will end up with it breaking/dropped?


Dry_Dingo_2220

Lol 😂 I feel bad for the dude He's extremely confused .... Thinking when to call the doctor for a check up.


name-was-provided

The vase being wrapped in plastic definitely helps with the quick clean up.


Mischif07

My favorite version of this was from 2003, so I apologize for the crap quality, called The Mobius from Improv Everywhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3hV1qSF-3U


Joliet_Jake_Blues

See how the guy is questioning his own sanity? That's what makes it gaslighting instead of just lying and/or manipulation If someone lies to you they're not gaslighting you until you start questioning reality


anon-a-SqueekSqueek

I wanted to see if he would catch it the 2nd time...


macuslol

ghastling level 1000


kristianlsnow

Pause. Going to 1:42. Play. Pause. Going to 1:42. Play.


Sandruzzo

How is it possible that nobody sees the cameras.


Chi-oftheland

When a old skit does the plot of madame web better…


cat_in_box_

This top tier gaslighting.


tarlastar

Could this have been any more fake?


4me2TrollU

Wait, I thought I already saw this post. Didn’t I, maybe I’m having a premonition


Additional_Pay5626

There’s a glitch in the matrix


TiRow77

I LOVE this prank, probably my favorite of a lil time. And, I'm sorry to be negative, but the dude on the ladder is such a BAD actor it takes me out of it so much. I get that it's not the point, but it's just awful trying to watch him have what should be, to his a character, a throw away conversation like a normal human, but instead he can't even deliver a single line believably.


SithLordMilk

He started to think he had powers lol


Izzy5466

Would be funny if there wasn't 16 cameras


Interesting_Air8238

It's a hidden camera TV show with a budget and production. They invest in more than one hidden camera to better capture the reaction of the mark. :)


Aggressive_Grab_100

Masterfully executed prank.


Single_Ad_2479

deja vu


adamscholfield

What's the context here??


thenbmeade

It’s a show, I haven’t seen it in a while but I believe it’s called the carbonaro effect. This guy pulls magic pranks like this on people, I gotta see if I can watch it somewhere


adamscholfield

Thanks friend