harrywallbanger
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Magic wallet
Jan 13, 2019 6:09 AM
harrywallbanger
110047
2320
67
Magic wallet
morbida
Man I remember seeing infomercials for this back in like 2005.
KiwiBEAR9414
PiratequeenKaba
chrishallett83
There was a puzzle toy that used this principle when I was a kid, I never seem them for sale anymore.
inpuredeceit
Do none of you remember these infomercials?
danielson144
This was before the a ton of people on here were born.
AliCatDarling
Came to the comments just to see if I was the only one. Wanted one of these so bad as a kid because of those commercials.
MattDerKomponist
One of my friends had this wallet. I could never figure it out.
evoactivity
I used to make these as a kid all the the time.
Pankajkumarpaswan
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCipquiAy-nHFK-UovIf9r5g
Royalweekend
Had one of these once
BlueCat1
I am 98% certain that this functions by just ignoring certain laws of physics. Conclusion: this wallet is made of cats.
WakeUpJohn
I used to work at Sonic in California and all the servers had these. Probably still do, they're pretty damn handy!
14November
Crazy how nature do that
BurntMomWarfare
I had one of these wallets as a child and spent hours trying to figure it out. I did. Pretty cool. 10/10
mackaCat
My fatass thought it was gonna be chocolate
Dijksman
Classic, I had one of these as a child
Barimax
Can someone explain
theshinobi23
When he first opens it after adding the $2, watch it pull the ends of the bill out of the parallel straps, changing its orientation when...
theshinobi23
when he opens it the other way.
thislooksfun
Ooooh.
Wanderingmaniac
I bet someone can.
RevolverFirelot
Magnets.
IndianSpongebob
No.
hermaDiver
Yes.
CapitalNick
Yes
jmkrahl
A $2 bill is the last evolutionary state of the $2 coin
SleeperSix
It's a new version of an old machine. Now basically the only new principle involved is that instead of power being generated by the (1/?)
SleeperSix
relative motion of conductors and fluxes, it is produced by the modial interaction of magneto-reluctance and capacitive diractance. (2/?)
SleeperSix
The original machine had a base plate of pre-famulated amulite surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two (3/?)
SleeperSix
spurving bearings were in a direct line with the panametric fan. The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzlevanes, so fitted(4/?)
SleeperSix
to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented. The main winding was of the normal lotus-o-delta (5/?)
PiratequeenKaba
ObjectR139A1
This is as old as the world
TheHawkRules
je2mz
I had one of these wallets for YEARS, and was by far my favorite wallet. Quite durable, surprisingly.
IamNotAnAlien
fucking magnets how do they work
Spartan132
FungusForge
Well for starters magnets ain't even there.
ThePizzaGuyOfJustice
I have a collection of two dollar bills. Whenever I see one I replace it with at least $4. I know it's not worth but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ they're cool.
grovberg
The most magical part of these wallets is how your money just falls right out of them when they are closed.
boolke
When I was 5 and in hospital having my tonsils out an old man came in to see another kid who had already left the hospital and gave me 1/2
boolke
2/2 the gift he had brought in for her which was a wallet just like this but covered in metallic purple paper....forgot about that until now
ObsessiveAddict
I need this. Where. Where can I buy this?
SinglePorVida
Amazon!
BurnieCinders
flip wallets I think they're called. I got my first for $20 of a girl that makes them, 2nd i got offa ebay for $3 and has lasted 10 years.
scottjacko
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dijital101
Texas Roadhouse gives them out to kids.
CongratsYouAreHereNow
these are literally all over the fucking place
atliens27
I get mine from J Crew outlet. Smaller than this and fit in my girl pants pocket which is the real magic.
Flagrum
Your pants have pockets!?
atliens27
Jeans do
kelpsie
https://garzini.com - I have one from here
atliens27
Those are fancy nice. Too nice.
bushwog
When you don’t understand science...magic is everywhere!
VikingLord71
Or Jesus.lol
JelloFello98
When you understand science magic is everywhere... just using a different title
LumberpunkCyberjack
That's basically how religions were made #ancient_aliens
BurningVeryImportantThings
more accurately, Design. Although I'm sure some scientific discipline played a part in the development of opening it on opposite sides.
ddashizzle
The bill is facing the camera when opened from either side... Science!
harrywallbanger
I bet you're fun at parties
bushwog
I do keep a stash of absolutely rockin dad jokes for such occasions so yes, I would say so.
semirelatedcomments
Yes, this is a scientiffic wallet.
imusingthisaccounttoberudesoimnotrudeinreallifeiamsorry
It’s a good meme bushwog
NotTinyPancakes
Americans have 2$ bills? ours are heavy coins and they ruin wallets and purses.
madmanmoe64
Never ruined my wallet. Also the coins last a lot longer so it's cheaper (pre plastic notes)
NotTinyPancakes
They're heavy coins, the coin pouch is very small (like 4 coins then it deforms the whole thing) and I always had a dozen or so of them.
doomsdayaddams
Jacob’s ladder becomes a wallet.
nobodylikesmyname
same. i had one as a kid. it was fun annoying family with it in the car ride home.
ScaryFairy
That's what I was thinking
TheSacret
Jacob’s wallet
BobHubert
You better give it back to him before he finds out
fuckbeans
THIS MAN GETS IT
doomsdayaddams
Man?
JahniSlim
I had one of those a long time ago. I spent forever trying to figure out why we have $2 bills
pareidoliaperson
It's as old as internet.
allotherusernamestaken89
They're twice as cost effective as the $1 bill to print so they're still around. Most recent series was issued in 2013
ScrapCode
my grandma would always give me a $2 bill for Easter I have no idea why and she never explained the tradition only time I've ever seen them
SimonDesrosiers
Only place I’ve seen 2$ was in strip club. Just saying
Rubybluemonkey
My gma would give them for christmas and birthdays. Also have no idea why.
captmcneil
The denomination sizes 1, 2, 5, 10 (times 10, 100, ...) are quite standard. My question is, why are they so rare and the 1$ isn't.
aaburrbeard
I've been getting a ton of them lately
MrNozzlelollipops
The same reason we have 1000 5000 and 10000 ones
EmeraldMoreLikeUninstall
When I was a kid I was told it was because the standard bet at the horse track was $2... I think this is actually nonsense.
Maulbert
I was told they were used to track military spending, showing how much money a base brought to a community.
prozack8356
Clemson Tigers fans use them when they travel
BigTittyJesus
In Canada, our smallest bill is a 5. We have $1 and $2 coins called loonies and toonies.
allotherusernamestaken89
We used to have two dollar bills! My parents have a couple saved away as mementos
BigTittyJesus
Really??
Mindshard
Spotted the millennial. ;)
LeeLooDaIIasMultipass
You can get them ar any bank
Alistairetheblu
I remember $2 bills. They're coins now.
LurkerOfDarkness
They really should be in the US too, and the penny needs to be retired, but again US is so against change they'd rather keep wasting money.
Alistairetheblu
Yeah I don't miss pennies at all.
dijital101
If we were against change we'd get rid of the coins, huh?
mindstorm8191
Maybe, but coins last a lot longer than bills. There was a push for $1 coins to become common a while back
CassiusPolybius
r/whoosh
LurkerOfDarkness
Very clever.
dandelionish
Our milkman had one of these 40 years ago, used to fascinate me
ChloeRed
I've always known them as a "milkman wallet" *nods*
dandelionish
Oh really? I really never they were called that. Must have been a standard issue then?
ChloeRed
more it's fast, and as milkmen here normally collected payment once a week, it was often enough to be a note + some change, so 1/
ChloeRed
being able to drop a note in and it be secured in one movement meant you can be on to the next door. 2/2
dandelionish
Makes sense. It was weekly that our milkman called for payment of 6 silver top, 4 gold top and a pot of double cream
TheOneWhoCutsTheCheese
Ah the $2 bill it was great taking it to the store and paying with it and watch the cashier check if it's real and I'm like um its $2 chill
JR0155
I had a guy pay $20 for gas using 5 $2 Bill's 5 $1 coins and 5 50 cent coins and smiled. He thought he was smart but I new his game $17.50.
CosmicApe
I don't understand? Was he trying some sort of scam?
nottedy
Or paying with 2$ bills for pancakes at IHOP when they just had trouble accepting a passport as valid ID.
j13jayther
Steve Wozniak (cofounder of Apple) had a hobby where he would tear off legal $2 bills from perforated pages to pay for groceries.
heffalumpisbetterthannone
Try a $1 coin. Sheer panic!
KeredRednaxela
My job used to have a change machine that gave out $1 coins. I bought new tire rims with them once
DancingHomer
As a non-American I was super confused when a vending machine coughed up a bunch of $1 coins,I thought only bills existed.
somadicouldspitfire
Depends. In NYC the subway gives $1 coins back when you buy a MetroCard so they're super common here and in NJ since it's so close by
somadicouldspitfire
But I used to love using them elsewhere and seeing people's reactions lol
supdalat
All coins greater than a quarter as well.
ExTechOp
I remember being refused a Susan B. Anthony dollar (ticket vending machine change) as payment because the till didn't have a place for it.
BadDragon1183
Like the Susan B. Anthony, or the $.50 coin. Just realised that putting Kennedy on the $.50 coin is kind of fucked up.
at1mp
Why?
Kyrorayne
It's about the size of the hole in the back of his head -jk-...-jfk-
Tikityler
Fun fact, entry wounds are usually quite small, its exit wounds that are quite large
BadDragon1183
Because Kennedy was only half a man when he died.
Duskz
Well, it's a tad pretentious to expect younger ppl to know that a 2 dollar bill is a real thing when it's been out of production for so long
DeviIsAdvocate
It's still being printed...
dijital101
It's a tad pretentious to make comments about things you obviously don't know about. They're still regularly circulated bills. They just 1/?
Duskz
"Regularly" - that's laughable. Regularly is the 1, 5, 10, 20, 100, etc dollar bill. Aside the point, the bill is incredibly rare.
dijital101
So when were they not circulated? I can go tomorrow and scrounge up plenty. And what exactly would the "etc." bills
Duskz
Well, as I said, it's pretentious for someone to expect another to know that 2.00 bills existed. I don't mind being wrong about the circu.
dijital101
don't have the regular production run that the more common bills have. 2/2
tcgl
I always buy $2 bills to stuff into cards for my niece & nephews. So they, at least, know they're real!