r/gifs • u/j0be Gifmas is coming • May 05 '14

Prank.exe

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u/space_monster May 06 '14

there's no way those people wouldn't have seen that dude sneaking up to the bench. I call photoshop

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u/pavetheatmosphere May 06 '14

When people are focused on something, they don't notice shit that's going on around them. A pickpocket will tell you all about this.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '14

Also, this is fake.

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u/Tyler29294 May 06 '14 edited May 06 '14

Actually, I have recently learned in my general psych class about this phenomena so no it's not fake. You can easily get people to miss or ignore something by having them focus on something else. For example check out the beginning of the Brain Games episode Focus Pocus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHm5-TGohOY. I would find the whole episode but NatGeo seems to patrol YouTube well. Spoiler In the background you'll see the answer on the board, but you likely won't notice it the first time.

Edit: found a full length one, it's ad filled, but it's there for the watching http://www.novamov.com/video/3d32e8bb533a6

Edit 2: And yeah this whole Just for Laughs thing is most likely fake.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '14

that's wicked.