On whether or not a magic trick is impressive

Joe: haha what: "David Blaine performed a final rehearsal before he plans to subject himself to one million volts of electricity for 72 straight hours."

Joe: http://www.nytimes.com/video/2012/10/01/science/100000001814389/an-electrifying-stunt.html

Joe: looks like some kind of steampunk fetish situation

Joe: what even is this

DeepOmega: I don't understand why the 72 hours thing changes it

Joe: yeah like what's more impressive is he's not gonna poop for 72 hours

DeepOmega: nah he's got what's called a Magician's Sleeve

DeepOmega: a sort of butt catheter used by all magicians

Joe: bo-ring

Joe: i demand feats of poop defiance

DeepOmega: I love that this isn't even a trick

DeepOmega: it's just

DeepOmega: a dude in a pretty understandable electricity-proof suit

DeepOmega: HOW DOES HE DO IT

Joe: right, so he's not even conducing the juice himself?

DeepOmega: nope

DeepOmega: it goes around him

Joe: next he will wear a beekeepers suit and stand around some beehives for 72 hours

Joe: later he will stand underwater in a diving bell