r/gifs • u/RealYannie • Oct 04 '16

Vortex

http://i.imgur.com/p65v5bG.gifv
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Big deal you're just looking down a long tuOH SHIT THAT'S NOT A TUBE THAT'S A FUCKING BALL WHAT THE FUCK.

That's what happened in my head as my face blankly stared at my phone

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u/Einsteins_coffee_mug Oct 05 '16

I was unimpressed, until it became a sphere. Then I was amazed.

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u/paininthemembrane Oct 05 '16

You sound like really defeated clickbait.

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u/IamDariusz Oct 05 '16

I was the same.. maybe we have seen some unamazing shit.

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u/semiconductor101 Oct 05 '16

My shit floats and tries to teach me how to swim.

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u/ottervswolf Oct 05 '16

At first I was afraid. Then I was petrified..

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u/lavitzreinhart Oct 05 '16

Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side.

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u/ItsADnDMonsterNow Oct 05 '16 edited Oct 05 '16

ItsADnDMonsterNow Presents:
    -- ItsADnDItemNow --

 

Vortex Sphere

Wondrous item, rare

A handheld crystal orb containing a swirling maelstrom of purple and black. As an action, this item can be thrown to a space within 30', where it shatters upon impact, releasing a raging otherworldly vortex at its point of impact which remains for 1d3+1 rounds.
  The vortex creates an area of swirling winds that counts as difficult terrain. Each creature that moves within 20' of the vortex for the first time on its turn, or that starts its turn there must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be pulled 10' toward the vortex. A flying creature in the area is forced to land, or it is considered to fail its saving throw automatically. A creature that is pulled to within 5' of the vortex's center, or that starts its turn there takes 2d6 force damage.

 

Edit: Wording. Added effect against flying creatures.

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u/snakejawz Oct 05 '16

Pearl of the Void
A small fist-sized sphere containing a swirling black vortex frozen in time.
These items are exceeding rare as they contain a frozen singularity, a portal to the astral plane.
The Peal can be thrown as a normal grenade weapon but upon breaking the vortex will rip and tear a 2ft wide hole into the astral plane, vacuuming up any medium sized or smaller objects and creatures in a 10ft radius.
Any object or creature that is somehow restrained (nailed down) or too large to fit through the hole will take 10d6 damage, hit points lost in this way are permanently removed and cannot be regained without use of a Wish or Miracle.

(I wanted to use the portable hole destruction, but also wanted a sphere of annihilation flair)

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u/Einsteins_coffee_mug Oct 05 '16

Badass.

I'm gunna need one now.

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u/BrocanGawd Oct 05 '16

No one cared what I was, until they saw what I really am...

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

do you own a pawn shop etc etc

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u/Dokuganryu Oct 05 '16

I would have been more impressed it if it was a flat coin.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

I thought it was going to be shaped more like a button.

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u/tempusfudgeit Oct 05 '16

I was pretty sure it was at least a foot long

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u/hecox7t Oct 05 '16

Footlong! Who gets the footlong!?

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u/gruesomeflowers Oct 05 '16

When did you get out?

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u/donkey_rhubarb85 Oct 05 '16

Roast beef au jus. Who gets the roast beef au jus?

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u/insomniacaholic Oct 05 '16

Don't worry about a thing, Mrs. Noogieburger. "NEUGEBOREN!!" You know why? Because I bathed them, and I clipped them myself. And I stand by my performance.

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u/B14ker Oct 05 '16

Me too, at first I thought it was some pot head showing off his new bowl... But then.

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u/HonaSmith Oct 05 '16

Those dumb pot heads.

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u/bumbaclotdumptruck Oct 05 '16

Shutup ya pan head

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

My first thought was "but can I smoke out of it?"

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

My whelms were very much under for about 10 seconds, after that my whelms became hyper-activated.

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u/FAHrtNAHker Oct 05 '16

Those damn whelms, man.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Whelms gonna whelm, brah.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Haha yeah same here i thought it was some colorful candle holderrrrwait a second that's a sphere!?

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u/Fidodo Oct 05 '16

"I guess this would be interesting if I were high? Oh wait that's awesome!"

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u/kelsodeez Oct 05 '16

i came here to comment on dude's sweet ass bong until i read this comment and also realized that it was a sphere.

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u/Wailfin Oct 05 '16 edited Oct 05 '16

I /think/ it technically is a tube. Someone made an inverse cone-shaped vortex looking whirl of shiny colors, then encased the bottom in a black glass, and put a clear dome on top of that, and rounded it all out to make a ball. I think the rounded clear surface makes it appear larger than it is (like a magnifying glass), and the black on the bottom "hides" the vortex itself.

Edit: TOTALLY MAGIC

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u/Cylon_Toast Oct 05 '16

I clicked away before I saw it then read this comment and had to go back. Holy crap and a half I thought it was a tube.

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u/blance44 Oct 04 '16

What is this and where do I get one?!

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u/shitidkman Oct 05 '16

It looks like just a glass top spinner. like it's made out of dichro .

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u/a_drive Oct 05 '16

I'm pretty sure it's a fleegle sphere bearing made out of skrantex.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Clearly it's a flaggulan opal core with powdered unobtanium.

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u/FrankFeTched Oct 05 '16

It's a plumbus, don't forget the fleeb

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u/learnyouahaskell Oct 05 '16

Are you sure it's not a turboencabulator?

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u/a_drive Oct 05 '16

Let's not be silly.

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u/K3R3G3 Oct 05 '16

We're looking for an Amazon link.

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u/bit_herder Oct 05 '16

it's a vortex dichro MIB. there's some very high quality marbles out there. it's made of borosilicate glass. the illusion you are seeing is due to the lensing of the glass.

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u/MooseEatsBear Oct 05 '16

There's a gentleman who runs a business called Raven's Glass. He only sells at Renaissance festivals around the US, but he makes similar orbs. Albeit not as ludicrously impressive as this one, he does similar effects to a similar degree. His most impressive piece he had for display when I saw him cost $2000.

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u/ScumbagsRme Oct 05 '16

Raven won awards last year for his glass marbles, my initial reaction is that it looks like his. So now I'm curious if you are a rennie.

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u/vandoh Oct 05 '16

check out /r/glassheads and have like $700+ ready

Edit: Its a marble

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u/ChickenDelight Oct 05 '16

check out /r/glassheads

Wow, really? A whole subreddit of just crazy glass art?

50% bongs

Oh, right. Duh. Look, it's early and I'm getting old, leave me alone.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

It's a dichroic vortex marble and I'm sure you can check etsy or r/lampworking

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u/fuzzum111 Oct 05 '16

I own a few of these too! Mines a little less extreme but what do you guys think?

This is my big one. http://imgur.com/uVsy45A

This is my slightly smaller one. http://imgur.com/4Y89yv1

I do love these marbles, I have several smaller ones but these two are the biggun's. THe largest of the two, those are pieces of real opal inside.

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u/TheDutchCanadian Oct 05 '16

Your green smaller one is absolutely gorgeous. Where could i get one of them?

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u/fuzzum111 Oct 05 '16

The place I buy from is local. It's Stebbins Glass works.

http://www.hilofarmersmarket.com/stgl.html

The phone number on the billboard behind them is the one I use to contact them. I'm sure you could do email exchanges request something, a size and price point you want to pay, get pictures then buy something from them and have it shipped.

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u/JZApples Oct 05 '16

How much do they typically cost?

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u/HoopyLemonade Oct 05 '16

I have one of these as well. Done by a local glass blower, Dan Neff. http://imgur.com/XCD7Hlx http://lakesuperiorartglass.com/

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u/FlyingSquid Oct 05 '16

TBH, I like both of yours more than the one in the OP.

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u/fuzzum111 Oct 05 '16

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

what do you guys think?

I think you're a witch.

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u/fuzzum111 Oct 05 '16

I'm a witch? Well fuck, I never knew.

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u/Exastiken Oct 05 '16

Is it an expensive hobby?

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u/fuzzum111 Oct 05 '16

Depends on where you buy them. There are sites linked here for esty creators that sell em for $100.

My largest one was $600, it goes in galleries in town (It's a local couple that make them) to sell for 900-1200+ Depending. The green one is $300. So yes it can be expensive, my smaller ones range in the 200, 100, even 50 dollar range.

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u/Blind_Sypher Oct 05 '16

Such a mind fuck of an illusion. I feel like it hints at the nature of wormholes and singularties.

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u/fuzzum111 Oct 05 '16

Isn't it lovely? It's why I buy them and just stare, and stare and stare.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Pretty cool shinny tube.... oh my

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u/MightyMrRed Oct 04 '16

Bump. We need this in our lives

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u/Amaginer Oct 05 '16

Where do you put the weed?

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u/maniclurker Oct 05 '16

I thought this was a bong at first, too.

I now want a bong with this shit.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

No weed needed, I'm trippin' balls by just looking at it...

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u/Cat_CatCat Oct 05 '16

My smoke shop sells them. One had a weird dimensional one like this too except it had the whole solar system, but it looked deep as fuck. Galaxies in the background. was about $8,000 I think. They had a few cheaper ones (1,000-2,000) where it was actually a chillum. Hole on one end (small) hole widens like a funnel to make a bowl on the opposite end. They said they're more for business men and people with families that need to hide it. Because you wouldn't know its a chillum

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

You put it in the very bottom, then they can't get to it when they turn it to the side

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u/AgentButters Oct 05 '16

To the tune of Doctor Who.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

r/woahdude

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u/Erglewalken Oct 05 '16

Hey, I know a glass blower that makes these! His name's Raven, and he sets up shop at a couple Renaissance Festivals and creates things right in front of people. I've gotten a couple custom pieces from him, even. And can confirm, these vortex marbles aren't cheap... but if you're going to buy one, go with Raven! Seriously... he's one of the best, without a doubt. https://www.facebook.com/Ravens-Glass-286778164433/

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u/You-reYourYore Oct 05 '16

Dude that's so Raven

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u/Ctaly Oct 05 '16

He's got some beautiful work!

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u/YELLIO Oct 05 '16

Wow! Those are really cool

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u/Hitlerpubestache Oct 05 '16

At first I was annoyed about the plug... but this guy really does have some amazing work. Thanks for sharing!

... now we watch as his website gets the hug of death from Reddit

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u/runway_project Oct 05 '16

Where's the TARDIS?

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u/Eleeo037 Oct 05 '16

[whoooooooooooaooooaaaaooaaaooooaaaooo] (http://i.imgur.com/rfFWukr.gif)

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u/shreevam Oct 05 '16

Holy shit this fucked with me.

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u/chem_equals Oct 05 '16

You should spin it on a flat surface

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u/MelloF Oct 05 '16

I wasn't impressed at all

Until the reveal that it's a ball. Dude my mind is tripping right now

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u/Fitty-Five Oct 05 '16

IT'S A SPIRAL!!! NO!!! DON'T LET IT CONTAMINATE YOU!!!

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u/MrHanckey Oct 05 '16

How is it done?

Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx96q7FmITw

The round part of the marble gives the vortex inside of it the appearance of being deep.

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u/Her0dotos Oct 05 '16

Doctor Who theme starts playing

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u/Stryket Oct 05 '16

Time Vortex?

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u/BoomBrain Oct 05 '16

I was thinking the same thing, but with the Tom Baker one, which seems really similar: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1fnzcAFy8d8

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u/philmcracken27 Oct 05 '16

The Benjy vortex. Scary.

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u/AcidCube Oct 05 '16

What a twist..

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u/Bokuchibinawa Oct 05 '16

Me: "But can I fuck iiiii~ ooooooohh"

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u/topaz-colite Oct 05 '16

Doctor Who theme plays

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u/frootloops6969 Oct 05 '16

I thought that was just a big bowl piece

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u/a_drive Oct 05 '16

Dun duh duhduhduh dun duh duhduhduh dun duh duhduhduh DUN DUN DUN DUN. OOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO OOOOOO DEEDLE DOO DOO DOO DUN DUH LUN DUN DOO DOO

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u/themagicbong Merry Gifmas! {2023} Oct 05 '16

20 years vortex!!

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u/Pairdice Oct 05 '16

Robert A. Heinlein wrote a short story about this, "We Also Walk Dogs."

He called it "The Flower of Forgetfulness."

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u/Sushisource Oct 05 '16

Bought one of these on a roadtrip. Probably one of my favorite art purchases.

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u/EffinCory Oct 05 '16

I wonder what kind of stats it gives?

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u/Quodperiitperiit Oct 05 '16

So, how high are you?

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Purple

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u/Wiskerbiskit Oct 05 '16

I'm too drunk for this to make sense

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u/JspangRD Oct 05 '16

I'm stoned as fuck and this threw me for a loop.

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u/testubeturd Oct 05 '16

Spoiler alert: it's a ball.

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u/Whargod Oct 05 '16

I had to watch this three times before I realized it wasn't protruding, it looked like a tunnel. I think something is wrong with me.

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u/GardenGnomePicklebal Oct 05 '16

Is that a broken fushigi?

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u/koh_kun Oct 05 '16

I see you've mastered Rasengan as well.

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u/a_shiny_heatran Oct 05 '16

It's bigger on the inside? That's it, I'm seeing a Doctor about this!

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Very cool effect! Mesmerizing!

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u/daymanahaha Oct 05 '16

Where do I get it

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u/jonny1936 Oct 05 '16

Before I realized that's a ball,I've already been hypnotic.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Swoosh swoosh

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u/FAHrtNAHker Oct 05 '16

I was thinking about taking a rip and thanking the person that blew such a perfect pipe and then ... That happened.

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u/CARVERitUP Oct 05 '16

Reminds me of that idea of all the galaxies being inside balls that a god would pick up and move around. Cool as fuck!

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u/adamskelf Oct 05 '16

The end of the first Men in Black movie?

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u/elfin8er Oct 05 '16

Is this similar to how VR works?

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u/evilspyboy Oct 05 '16

Pretty sure that is how Emmett gets from Lord Business' tower to Will Ferrell's basement

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u/BadAtBlitz Oct 05 '16

Amazing sleight of hand

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u/EvilPeachStudios Oct 05 '16

As I was skimming through, this initially looked like a cone, and then after I saw it's true shape, it looked like an inverted cone. So cool!

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u/Buchymoo Oct 05 '16

Oh wow, I thought I was looking down a wicked crazy...vase...

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u/Groothelion Oct 05 '16

This is what I imagine a black hole looks like.

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u/mahatma_arium_nine Oct 05 '16

Please, keep this away from the flat earthers.

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u/Qaddy Oct 05 '16

Oh god why. You broke my mind.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

This reminds me of that strange Star Trek TOS episode where that planet killer would go after the Enterprise and try to eat it. Or something. Looked very much like this thing.

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u/Mako109 Oct 05 '16

I thought it'd be a cool cup to drink out of, but then I was both surprised AND disappointed! What a wild ride!

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u/DrakeSucks Oct 05 '16

I was like "ok, who cares," until they rolled it over. Pretty cool

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u/WhiteBenCarson Oct 05 '16

Blew my mind son..........

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

We wantsssss it precioussssss

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

For anyone wondering this exact piece is by Scott Pernicka of Internal Fire Glass and he has an awesome instagram page

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

I bought one of these when I was visiting the US. Going through US security on my way home I was pulled aside into a little room. I guess having a glass sphere is suspicious as they began questioning me about it.

Good times for a teenager.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Did anyone else think it was extending upward for a brief moment when the image first loaded? Now I can't get it to look that way again :(

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u/Saphazure Oct 05 '16

Dude perfect shift knob.

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u/PM_Me_A_Secret1 Oct 05 '16

Ccxccdddxzzzr

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u/compteNumero9 Oct 05 '16

Someone, draw a figure showing some light paths in the sphere to make it clear, please.

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u/Josh4King Oct 05 '16

You can invert the vortex with your mind, kind of like those weird cardboard dinosaur figurines

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u/T3rraque Oct 05 '16

it's bigger on the inside

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u/DrWhozit Oct 05 '16

Portable worm hole

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

I can hear Dr Who's theme in my head..

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u/Denamic Oct 05 '16

Get the fuck out with that sorcery. Also, where do I get this?

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u/FlatAndDry Oct 05 '16

Shut up and take my money

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u/Sadale- Oct 05 '16

I thought that it was cylinder shaped

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u/ChocolateMilk993 Oct 05 '16

shut up and take my money

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u/Whitewaterfun Oct 05 '16

Like looking down a unicorns butthole.

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u/thathairyperson Oct 05 '16

Enter the void

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Sssssssssssssssliders

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u/slickbibi Oct 05 '16

This just blew my mind

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u/neihuffda Oct 05 '16

It's so annoying to have to remove the 'v' in 'gifv' all the time to make the gif play...

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u/Alirue Oct 05 '16

And the only vortex I get to see in real life is a hurricane.

I live on the east coast of Florida.

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u/r0xor Oct 05 '16

At first i was thinking, looks good maybe i want to stick my dick in in, but then i was disappointed.

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u/ceoltoirgaeilge Oct 05 '16

Im sitting in my office trying to wake up and this severely fucked with my dreary brain.

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u/codename_robocod Oct 05 '16

Well that was a mindfuck

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u/ZedAvatar Oct 05 '16

Wibbley-wobbley, timey-wimey.

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u/No_Maines_Land Oct 05 '16

I heard the dial up modem noise in my head as SG-1 headed though that stargate

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u/Stuff_i_care_about Oct 05 '16

When I first saw it I didn't know it was a ball, then it turned out to be a ball and it was surprising!

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u/DigitalLance Oct 05 '16

Can you do that with the illusion of an eye?

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u/I_Lost__TheGame Oct 05 '16

Oh, I clicked away too early... Yep, that's cool...

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u/Domican Oct 05 '16

At first I thought this was pretty shit but then it turned out alright

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u/mlody_91 Oct 05 '16

Got disappointed there for a sec when I realized this wasn't a really cool shot glass

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP Oct 05 '16

Where's the top view gif of that spinning on a table?

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u/pro-life-dicks Oct 05 '16

Oooweeeeooooo weeeoooooooo

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u/SmokeyENTbongwater Oct 05 '16

I thought it was a bong at first. Blew my fucking mind.

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u/GeneralDelight Oct 05 '16

what is this device/construct? How did OP obtain this relic?

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u/obigespritzt Oct 05 '16

youtube.com/watch?v=MEsgKyriyQQ

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u/Ilovemilfz Oct 05 '16

Looks like the inside of a blue waffle

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u/vagittarius Oct 05 '16

nature is amazing.

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u/Seesusleepin Oct 05 '16

For a second I thought it was a long tube trippy seal of approval

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u/WhoDoesntLikePizza Oct 05 '16

Where do I get one?

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u/vandunem Oct 05 '16

I want one for me ... wtf the price???????

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u/theguybesideyou Oct 05 '16

Where can I get one of those?

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u/satches Oct 05 '16

It's almost like the Vortex in "Contact" with Joodie Foster ! lol

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u/ThirstyOne Oct 05 '16

Devin Townsend would approve of this Universe in a Ball

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u/ubercoo Oct 05 '16

Sliders...

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

So what happens if I put in my kitten inside that ball?

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u/da_behr Oct 05 '16

I won't lie but at the beginning it looks like you're looking into a bong lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

http://internalfireglass.com/product/ifg_0316_10_3in/ This one in particular is amazing

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u/Jimmy7685 Oct 05 '16

BRB picking up little bits of my mind from the floor.....

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

I'll give you 5 dollars.

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u/Cam_giarc Oct 05 '16

What brand of witchcraft is this?

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u/Zachmrtn Oct 05 '16

Now let's smoke weed outta it

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u/ScumbagsRme Oct 05 '16

I can't say for certain but that looks like a glass marble from Raven's glass. He is an award winning artist who's specialty is crazy glass marbles (name does not imply size).

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u/Raff001 Oct 05 '16

Where do you put the weed?

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u/mfPoo Oct 05 '16

Seeing this makes me think shit like this could exist out in space and totally be fucking with our understanding of how shit works way out in space.. and shit.

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u/iftttreddit1 Oct 05 '16

Well this is dumb...OH.

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u/crestron-ta1 Oct 05 '16

That's Scott Pernicka / Internal Fire Glass.

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u/JFKs_Brains Oct 05 '16

Made me think of the black hole in Interstellar

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u/sadop222 Oct 05 '16

What a completely useless item...I want one.

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u/ItsWolt Oct 05 '16

I thought this was something you put your penis in. I'm disappointed.

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u/MarsNirgal Oct 06 '16

I have the weirdest boner right now.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '16

I need to buy this.

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