For example, if I talk about “magic”, most of you will tell me I’m wrong without even asking me what I mean. You might even insult me.
How common is this? How much of this conversation is actual communication vs just a string of triggering phrases that we react to?
How much of Lemmy is people just barking at their own echo?
sometimes the trick even works if you show the audience what you’re doing while you do it, like Penn & Teller doing a cup and ball trick with clear cups.
I like the one where they burn the American flag in a clear cylinder, but they always screw up the trick at the end because the flag isn’t actually destroyed.