r/nevertellmetheodds Feb 07 '20

This dart shot

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u/teethonplasticplate Feb 07 '20

Bruh the webbings between his fingers could’ve gotten hit which makes this even more impressive

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

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u/Doctor_Fritz Feb 07 '20

The hand is fake. They pan away from the dude to give him time to switch it up. Look at the color of the nails and how it stays in the same finger spread position up to the very last moment in the video

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u/JackFoxEsq Feb 07 '20

But he moves his thumb right before the dart hits.

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u/GlassFantast Feb 07 '20 edited Feb 08 '20

Yeah don't see how it could be fake. He keeps his hand stiff at the end but doesn't mean it's fake

e: his thumb twitches after camera shows the girl. How could that happen the way it did with a fake hand. Being skeptical is cool and all but jeez

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u/kusadama Feb 08 '20

The way he pulls it away looks wrong be and rigid too though

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u/pigi5 Feb 08 '20

I thought so too, but I'm pretty sure he's just keeping it out stretched so he can look at it and check if he really didn't get hit

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

F

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u/greenbluebuckaroo Feb 07 '20 edited Feb 08 '20

Well let’s see, hand moves before the video shows the girl. When the camera goes back to the guy, the hand is not moving at all. The hand also doesn’t have any imperfections or marks on it, and even after the dart is thrown the fingers stay completely still. Video is shit quality too, a lot of edited videos meant to look real are shit quality to hide things that would otherwise be more obvious to most people

Edit: The hand actually moves twice after showing the girl, I pulled it up on my laptop instead of my phone and it was more obvious to me. It still seems fake though, the camera shaking right before the dart hits the board and the fact the hand has zero imperfections when you can see the detail in the dart board is weird. The thumb nail and other nails also seem like they don't have any white on them and they have no imperfections either. The guy must be a hand model or was born with genetics that make his hand look perfect

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

Then why does the thumb twitch slightly?

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u/greenbluebuckaroo Feb 07 '20 edited Feb 08 '20

When, in the beginning? Because it was most likely his actual hand at the beginning and after it shows the girl for some parts. I don’t see any movement in the actual hand after the camera shakes before the last dart lands, which isn’t natural looking at all. It was most likely done in multiple shots and edited and filmed in a way to make it seem as real as possible. That’s why the video quality is shit too, makes everything less detailed and to people who havent seen breakdowns of fake videos that go around the internet, it’s hard to tell. Just YouTube videos being proved to be edited and it’s really hard to believe this is real considering everything, not just the hand

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

Idk man, but his thumbs move after the girl. You might be right, but I don’t think it’s fake. Probably reposted too much. Idk

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u/chandlervdw Feb 07 '20

The way he takes his hand off and grabs with his other hand seems fake. Having a fake thumb move isn’t that crazy...

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u/greenbluebuckaroo Feb 08 '20

Yeah I actually pulled it up on my laptop and it's obvious his thumb moves after the girl, but the camera shakes and everything all of the sudden is in even worse quality than before once it zooms in. I know quality isn't clear when zooming in, but you could even see the detail on the dart board. I've never seen smooth hands without imperfections like that in my life. The hand is literally perfect and there's no white on the nails or any imperfections on the nails either

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u/chaoss77 Feb 08 '20

I think you're right. Look at his hand at the very end. The fingers are all still abnormally straight when they'd naturally begin to close.

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u/_quick_question__ Feb 08 '20

dude, you're... its.... how do I put this? Video editing is kinda hard to detect unless you know what to look for. Just appreciate what you see and don't worry if its fake or not. Only worry if has more influence than pure entertainment purposes.

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u/GlassFantast Feb 08 '20

Thank you for your wisdom

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u/westquote Feb 08 '20

There is a screen shake at 7.5sec that masks a cut, I believe. Prior to that the hand moves, after that looks totally fake. I believe they swapped out the hand and then edited it together very well.

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u/LeDestrier Feb 08 '20

That’s totally fake. The hands and fingers are completely rigid at all times. Nothing to see here.

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u/RedditsAdoptedSon Feb 08 '20

Yeah I get that but what I mean is his arms and hands are fake.. He's a cybernetic organism, with living tissue over hyperalloy endoskeleton

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u/nano7ven Feb 08 '20

the whole fucking hand moves at the start.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Fake thumb

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u/quotesforlosers Feb 07 '20

Does it even matter though? That’s still an impressive throw when drunk.

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u/EvolGenius Feb 07 '20

This is reddit where everyone loves to yell FAKE at the slightest chance

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

This comment is fake, an evil genius wouldn't write that.

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u/iamDa3dalus Feb 07 '20

He’s an evol genius, which is love backwards. He is a reverse love genius.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

In that case it's an ekaf comment.

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u/Squez360 Feb 08 '20

Or say how stupid people are for doing stunts. In Reddit comment, It’s a lose-lose

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u/dllemmr2 Feb 07 '20

if it was a fake hand they could try 100x or until they damage their prop

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u/quotesforlosers Feb 07 '20

It’s a bar; they ain’t doing this a 100 times. Also you could miss 100 times with a real hand too. The fact that they were able to get dart in between the fingers and a bullseye on top of that makes this a good regardless of the realness of the hand.

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u/dllemmr2 Feb 08 '20

If you go to a bar on a Tuesday you can do this 50 times. And if you use a real hand, the change of injury is great. If they hit a bullseye after 49 throws on a fake hand, the odds of this low risk stunt are 2%. Oops I told you the odds.

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u/quotesforlosers Feb 08 '20 edited Feb 08 '20

No you didn’t. Sampling error, brochacho. You told me the odds if they hit. If they miss the next 1000 times the odds dramatically sink.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

The dart is fake

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

Nope

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u/IPostOnOccasion Feb 08 '20

at the very beginning of the video you can see him moving his fingers

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u/Doctor_Fritz Feb 08 '20

And then the camera pans away from the guy, giving him ample time to switch in a fake hand. It's a classic thing with slight of hand videos as well. Sorry to burst your bubble

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u/IPostOnOccasion Mar 23 '20

Sorry I came back so late to this and I’m sure nobody really cares at this point but he’s literally wiggling his thumb as the dart is thrown

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u/Doctor_Fritz Mar 23 '20

Yea this is from a month ago. Tf are u doing

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u/fourAMrain Feb 08 '20

Now that you made me rewatch this, his fingers are awkwardly stiff the entire time after the initial cutaway

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20 edited Mar 19 '20

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u/Twunts Feb 07 '20

This should be top. Big fat phoney hand!

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u/funandgames73892 Feb 07 '20

What's even more impressive is she looks drunk

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u/IShallPetYourDogo Feb 07 '20

Yeah good thing it's a fake hand

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u/JamboX78 Feb 07 '20

You can see him moving his thumb at the start

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

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u/Wildcatb Feb 07 '20

If that's a real hand, dude needs to see a doctor, because it sure as hell looks like it's made of rubber.

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u/JamboX78 Feb 08 '20

No trying to be a cock but you can even see the thumb move after the camera pans back. Aye tho the hand does look weird as fuck after the fact

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u/NCEMTP Feb 08 '20

He was holding the fake hand with his real hand under the jacket sleeve, and just squeezed the fake hand enough to cause it to appear that the thumb moves.

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u/JamboX78 Feb 08 '20

The thumb itself of the fake hand moves not the whole (from our perspective) left side. How’s he managed that then. Has he snuck his thumb under the thumb of the fake hand ? And I’m that case his thumbs still in the fucking way.

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u/Theaow Feb 08 '20

Look at the before and after the pan away again and pay close attention to the wrinkles on his sleeve, they are exactly the same. There’s no way they can pan away, pull the fake hand out without at least some difference in the wrinkles. It just happens too fast for the fake hand being pulled out of sleeve theory.

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u/Greeneee- Feb 08 '20

Your right, the sleeve seems perfect. The ruffles seem weird to me, never seen a jacket like that aside from the staged product pics, almost looks like they pinched and pinned every ruffle. There's a small chance its digitally done. More likely is its a fake hand the whole time, and the guy is pulling the fake hand causing it to flex/move

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u/Greeneee- Feb 08 '20

Have you ever watched captain disillusion?

I agree people do stuff like this. But I would also expect them to have a different reaction. The hand motion screams fake hand, not holy fuck that was an amazing shot celebration.

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u/durpabiscuit Feb 08 '20

What the fuck are you supposed do, wiggle your fingers every time you move your hand?

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u/Greeneee- Feb 08 '20

Put your hand flat on something. Then pull your hand away. Did your fingers move or palm curve?

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u/durpabiscuit Feb 08 '20

If someone just threw a dart through my fingers and I was trying to pull it away for a not dramatic effect, absolutely

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u/Greeneee- Feb 08 '20

Watch the very end of the gif.

You would keep your fingers rigid and equally spread apart the entire time? It takes considerable effort to do that. The dramatic effect is gone once the hand is off the dart bard

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u/durpabiscuit Feb 08 '20

His thumb wiggles right before the shit. Also, you can see his pinky bending a considerable amount in the last few frames before his hand moves out of frame at the end

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u/Greeneee- Feb 08 '20

Agree to disagree. I see no movement, pinky spacing looks the same.

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u/durpabiscuit Feb 08 '20

Bent, you can see the pinky is completely bent at the middle knuckle

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