• Wodge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I do it every day, just to check, as I’m not gonna be one of these idiots with the force for years without realizing it.

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    1 year ago

    At least once? Almost any time something is just out of reach, I give it a go before moving. It’s just plain fun.

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      1 year ago

      You really have to! Spider-Man wasn’t born Spider-Man, he became Spider-Man one day. You can’t know what/when will trigger your ability to use the force. So constant testing is required.

      Small tangent, that’s the excuse I also use every time I’m drinking something and it goes down the wrong tube “Nope, still not Aquaman”.

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    1 year ago

    Of course. I test myself for spontaneously-developed superpowers all the time, just in case.

    I just hope if it’s the human torch thing that eventually works, that I’m also fireproof…

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      1 year ago

      Yeah but I’d expect more stories of telekinesis if it ever worked, so I only try sometimes. Once did the Jedi mind trick hand wave for fun while high, got a laugh but don’t think they were swayed to whatever I suggested. Though was mostly hoping for a laugh at the time so got some success.

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    My nephew was so into star wars, like everything in his bedroom was star wars themed, he loved the Clone Wars cartoons more than anything.

    So me I go to a magic shop and buy one of those ‘levitate anything’ illusions and use it to convince him that I have the force. Only it’s reeeaallllyyy hard for me ‘use the force’ buddy so it has to be in a dimly lit room and I can’t do it on command when we see your friends buddy.

    I had him going for years!!

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    1 year ago

    Yeah and it worked.

    I mean it was complete coincidence but my mind was blown for half a second.

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    1 year ago

    Remote controls. You’ve all done it.

    Similarly, after playing Portal, I was constantly scheming on how to get an object.

    “OK, open portal on the ceiling, open portal under remote on the kitchen counter…”

    While we’re at it, I’ve been chunking stuff aside like Skywalker chunking his lightsaber and refusing to fight the Emperor. This has been going on for 30+ years.

  • CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world
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    I can actually send an object in one direction and have it magically returned by itself and without preparation. Though it only works straight up and back down 😌