Now I thought some of yall might really enjoy this five minute craft.
  • 1765 points kmaster54321

    Fyi if you sand your chip card down to just the "chip", it most likely won't work because there's other micro wires and things that make it work in the card.

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    338 points kmaster54321

    Example

    https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/s/wLBm6QINBn

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    194 points TwistedHermes

    Huh. Learn something new everyday. And I guess that means this video had to be staged, or they wired those wires into her nail? DIWhy for sure.

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    165 points VvCheesy_MicrowavevV

    Yeah there's a jump cut that they tried-ish to hide with abrupt motion before the receipt came out.

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    26 points ImNotTheNSAIPromise

    there is also a weird jump cut after they sand down the chip, you can see a blue strip turn white when it happens

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    31 points carlitor

    Five minutes craft staging a video? They would never!!

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    2 points DefectiveLP

    You can see the cut where they pay with a different method.

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    1 points Jay2Kaye

    Yes the video is completely fake. The exposed chip is not the wireless chip.

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    35 points VulfSki

    Wires like that are usually antennae. Likely for the tap function.

    The part she kept is just the exposed contact lines for the chip reader.

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    3 points GrimbyJ

    She uses the tap function on it. The contacts are covered in plastic.

    And without an antenna it wouldn't work. (The antenna is tuned to the right frequency it doesn't just increase range)

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    2 points VulfSki

    Yes I know how antenna works.

    I didn't see her use the tap function. She tapped it, the. There was an awkward cut to a receipt printing. Then another awkward cut to her walking away.

    It didn't show it working.

    The only part they saved where the chip contact points for when you insert the card.

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    2 points GrimbyJ

    It's poorly edited to show it working when it doesn't. The tapping and awkward cut to the receipt printing is them saying it worked. The candy bar segment would have no reason to exist if they acknowledged it didn't work and is purely decorative.

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    1 points VulfSki

    Right

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    1 points T3DtheRipper

    The antenna also delivers an inductive charge to the chip, without it it's just dead metal.

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    4 points CannonGerbil

    Huh. I wonder if there's a way to cram the antenna apparatus and NFC tag into the form factor of a fingernail extension.

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    5 points hotellonely

    Nfc yes, some RFID tags as well.

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    5 points Ducky237

    Some fursuiters are starting to put RFID tags in the noses of their fursuits so that when you want to see their social media, you can tap your phone to their nose lol

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    1 points Puzzleheaded-Flow724

    Maybe not a fingernail but it does work in a ring...

    https://teslaring.com/

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    1 points GraphicDesignMonkey

    BobbyFingers dissolved the card plastic to extract the chip and wire, then embedded it into his mate's artificial eye. So he could pay for pints with his face.

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    38 points EasilyRekt

    Yup that's the "insert" chip, RFID for tap to pay is fully internal and the antenna is a good chunk of the card.

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    14 points doob22

    That’s why there is a cut in the video before the receipt prints

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    1 points kmaster54321

    Yup

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    11 points Intrepid-Diamond-315

    They work like an antenna.

    The chip might work without those wires but it would be more difficult to be read, especially from a distance.

    It depends on the card.

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    25 points jensalik

    She's using NFC and that's impossible without antenna. The chip sends out a signal that can be interpreted by the reader but to do so you need to get a specific amount of energy to the chip, which is done by induction. This needs a specific length of wire (within a certain range) to do so. Once the wire is even broken, it doesn't work anymore, even if there's a good amount of connected wire left.

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    9 points truenorthrookie

    Are you telling me that clearly noticeable cut in that scene was when they had to use an actual card to pay for that candy? I’m incensed.

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    1 points Intrepid-Diamond-315

    Yes. You’re talking about a loop. That is true but there’s no necessity of a ‘perfect NFC antenna’ when distance is practically near zero.

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    2 points jensalik

    You're right. A loop makes it easier than just an open antenna. Haven't thought about that.

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    2 points iolmao

    goodbye antenna

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    2 points Browncoatdan

    That's why there were 2 edits after she touched the cardreader. It didn't work.

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    2 points Lone-Frequency

    Yup.

    I had an ID card to scan into work that got snapped at one point by accident, the same thing. It's not just the barcode, there's a strip inside the card that if broken won't scan.

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    1 points piece_of_dirt

    Thats why there's a cut in the video between putting the chip on the scanner and the printing of the recipt, because it did not work.

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    1 points midasMIRV

    But I was so looking forward to people doing this. would be great to steal cards with a handshake.

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    1 points hooch

    Yeah those wires are necessary for the chip to work. That's how it gets power - low energy induction. This would absolutely not work lol

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    1 points DefectiveLP

    Yeah the chip doesn't get used directly with tap to pay but instead the antenna they sanded away.

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    1 points MilkCool

    it is worth noting however that nfc nails can still be done, probably not with a credit card though

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    1 points Kiwi_CunderThunt

    Yep RFID antenna surrounds the center of the card, it'd most likely struggle to get signal

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    0 points CNDW

    Those micro wires are just an antenna that make it easier to transmit the signal, it would work without it, just less good.

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  • 352 points Kelinya

    That thing with the card would never work for payments. You would need the whole NFC circuit, including the antenna.

    But I guess that's the idea of this ragebait, to engage in the comments, which I just did!

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    38 points JayBeePH85

    So what you are saying is that there are vids online that are fake 🤣

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    6 points Glittering-Most-9535

    I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to put fake stuff on the internet.

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    1 points TheeArgonaut

    True. Which is why this reply is an example of godel’s theorem

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    3 points Excellent_Yak365

    Even if it did she would be screwed at places that don’t accept tap to pay

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    1 points Kelinya

    To be fair, I only use tap to pay, don't even carry a card, and never had any problem in years.

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    2 points Excellent_Yak365

    Walmart where I’m at will not allow tap to pay- no idea why. I don’t know if that’s everywhere but it’s a pretty major retailer that does it

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    5 points Kelinya

    I'm not american, so i can't comment on that, but I'm yet to find a retailer that doesn't allow tap to pay, large or otherwise.

    But it's wild that a major retailer like Walmart wouldn't allow it at one of their stores. Won't they lose customers?

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    3 points isthispassionpit

    It’s because they’re pushing their proprietary tap to pay - I believe it’s called “Walmart pay,” or something similar, and it requires putting your card info into the Walmart app and then using the app to pay. It’s totally inconvenient and I’m honestly shocked that they’re still trying to get it to catch on.

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    1 points Blonde_Vampire_1984

    It isn’t catching on precisely because most customers aren’t willing to use a one-trick pony app for exactly one store only.

    Very few people shop exclusively at Walmart, most people also shop at six or more other stores, and most of them don’t want Walmart to have access to their credit cards.

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    2 points king_noobie

    You took the bait but not on their YouTube video. They gained nothing.

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  • 157 points hamsterfolly

    Wait, what the hell is the thing at the end of the video supposed to be?

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    61 points dolphinmachine

    I do not know

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    52 points JackDis23

    Bait, to get you to go find their channel to see what happens next.

    This whole video is gross.

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    13 points TheirThereTheyreYour

    Dude the narration is hilarious, what do you mean gross?

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    4 points JackDis23

    I mean the whole thing is bait and if you do the first one, you need to go to the bank and get a new card because that ain't gonna work. It is literal slop clickbait.

    If you think the narration is that funny, just move to the South, it gets old fast.

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    13 points TheirThereTheyreYour

    Did you watch it with sound? Because the entire point of the video is the narrator making fun of what they’re doing

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    5 points the-mortyest-morty

    It's very clearly someone narrating over a different creator's video, please get a grip. They're mocking the slop.

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    5 points South_Cheesecake6316

    More baffling engagement bait to get people to comment is my best guess.

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    1 points fantasmeeno

    Asking the real questions

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    1 points DrunkenDude123

    You’ve never seen a thingamabob before?

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  • 80 points nockonmydoor

    Should have used the middle finger

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    37 points Accomplished-Video71

    Fuck you, take my money

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    5 points clutzycook

    Came here to say this too.

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    3 points sskylar

    Use 5 fingers for discount

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    2 points cherriesintherain_

    not just any discount. 5 fingers is free coz infinite discount since you have collected all 5.

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  • 50 points Columbusboo1

    So when your nail falls off, you’ve just lost your credit card? Also, if the place you’re at doesn’t have tap to pay I guess you’re just out of luck?

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    11 points Portfel

    Rest easy, you ain't losing shit. The chip itself won't work with a bunch of other shit attached to it. Which is 100% why there's a cut between "payment" and the receipt printing

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  • 24 points wizardrous

    My favorite was the part at the end, only because we didn’t have to see the rest of it.

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  • 20 points Cybasura

    They completely disintegrated the antenna of the receiver on the card thats tied to the chip

    The chip on its own does nothing, congrats, you now have a chip in a fingernail, literally does nothing

    They didnt show the payment itself because they used a card

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  • 11 points kribabe

    Ugh, it’s not even cute like ?? At least make it cute if you’re gonna be diabolical

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  • 10 points 19Akane92

    Thats not even the chip for contactless payments ...

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  • 6 points Valkyrie_Dohtriz

    There’s a conspicuous jitter just before the receipt prints that looks suspiciously like a cut in the video.

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    8 points maveri4201

    That's because the chip used is the chip for inserting in the chip reader. It's not the NFC tag for doing contactless transactions.

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    2 points Level_Abrocoma8925

    Was about to say. Pretty steady hand but you're not fooling us!

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  • 7 points Mental-Rip-5553

    Someone should tell this girl she can use her phone to pay nowadays....

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    3 points nohandsfootball

    I went to Australia a year ago and everyone looked at me like I was a bozo whenever I used a card.

    By the end of my trip I agreed I also looked like a bozo using my card because damn the phone is so easy.

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  • 6 points Fricki97

    You sand all the antennas in the card away...this can't work

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  • 4 points GardeningAquarist

    Because having to get a new credit card every time your nail falls off without you realizing is better then having to pull your wallet/phone out?

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  • 5 points _NightmareKingGrimm_

    Is... Is that Bruce?

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    1 points Witty217

    Came here looking for this guy.

    "Pretend yall little bugs caught in my web"

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  • 5 points Pledgeofmalfeasance

    There's no room for the nail under that. It's just flat. That shit will fall off in 10 minutes and take the top of the nail with it.

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  • 2 points vman5040

    NFC is what's needed to tap, not the chip

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  • 5 points Forsaken_Insurance92

    There's no way that nail bullshit worked. You can't pop just the chip out and have it still work with no antennas.

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  • 5 points FlashyCow1

    I swear the voice over sounds like him

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  • 4 points Chilly-Peppers

    That's not the NFC chip though 🫠

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  • 4 points ChefAsstastic

    "Shit! My nail broke off! Where'd it go?"

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    1 points JackDis23

    MOOSEN!

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    2 points DavidTennant42

    Many much moosen in the woods! In the woodsen!

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  • 3 points True-Register-9403

    "please insert card/use pin"

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  • 3 points DingoFlamingoThing

    The chip is not the only functioning part of the card. If you cut out just the chip to do this, it won’t work anymore. You’ll have destroyed your card.

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  • 3 points Myrrmidonna

    Missed opportunity - should have glued that nail to her middle finger ;)

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  • 3 points Nice-Marionberry3671

    Can I just have that chandelier? 💚

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    3 points dolphinmachine

    Not anymore

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  • 3 points Jay2Kaye

    Once again, this is not how tap to pay works. The RFID/NFC chip is on the other end and is covered by plastic.

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  • 3 points GeshtiannaSG

    Isn’t it the magnetic strip or coil or whatever it is that does the contactless thing?

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  • 3 points gnpfrslo

    That's not how Rfid works actually. Or even non rfid credit cards if they were reading the chip directly. It's jus one of those scummy fake 5 minute crafts 

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  • 2 points Linzic86

    There's a whole antenna wire system hidden into your card that is required to be able to be able to use the chip. So yeah, this video is faked quite horribly, especially with all the jumps in recording

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  • 2 points Unsuspecting_Goose

    I'm sorry, what in the fuck is happening in clip #2?

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  • 2 points Cburns6976

    This is how every post on here should be narrated. Lol

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  • 2 points Intrepid-Diamond-315

    Why not to put it in the middle finger.

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    2 points SerDuckOfPNW

    That would be better for injury prevention

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  • 2 points hatecriminal

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  • 2 points These_Lingonberry635

    🤣

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  • 2 points Dragonssssssssssss

    The nail looks absolutely shitty anyway

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  • 2 points SOF2DEMO

    What happens when it asks you to use chip reader to verify pin as it does sometimes at random?

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  • 2 points charliesname

    I broke my nail and my nail is broke 🙁

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  • 2 points Tikkinger

    i like the cut right before the recipe pops out.

    they can't even hold the camera still.

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  • 2 points MF-GOOSE

    Finger got a little too close to the belt for my taste

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  • 2 points Blue_The_Snep

    you can see a cut when the camera pans down and prints the reciept

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  • 2 points Dystopicfuturerobot

    This voiceover belongs on all of these videos

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  • 2 points robertluke

    I like it.

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  • 2 points zaxsauceana

    What’s so hard about Apple Pay, google pay? I have mine on my smart watch

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  • 2 points VikingHashira

    What in the ebt

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  • 2 points xXSnackyXx

    Imagine needing the numbers for online purchases

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  • 2 points shayes7826

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  • 2 points tykaboom

    Nice cut to when the receipt comes out.

    They did a nice transition... but not quite good enough.

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  • 2 points hdhsnjsn

    I need more of this in my life 🤣

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  • 2 points Comfortable_Shirt588

    Missed opportunity to put it in the middle finger

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  • 2 points dax660

    "because I don't generate enough microplastics in my normal day-to-day..."

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  • 2 points williger03

    Sounds similar to how Ed Bassmaster talks. "Oh would ya look at this!"

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  • 2 points Emergency-Dark-2569

    I need more of Paula XD

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  • 2 points TheeArgonaut

    Hated it the first time it was posted guy…

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  • 4 points noncommonGoodsense

    That sounds like the gay guy from family guy.

    Reference

    Bruce.

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    2 points Nopumpkinhere

    I had no idea how much more entertaining these videos would be with him narrating.

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  • 1 points Appropriate-Skill-60

    Don't give my fiancé any ideas.

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  • 1 points Hazel-Cakes

    yeah why use the card when you can just order a new card every 9 days and cure it into a thick unpainted presson

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  • 1 points darkdemon991

    Who's talking 😂

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  • 1 points Upset_Assumption9610

    Wrong finger

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  • 1 points searched4acoolname

    Thank God it doesn't look like absolute shit...

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  • 1 points Okatbestmemes

    Guys, I think this might be satire

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  • 1 points RidleyCR

    You thought wrong

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  • 1 points Gonzostewie

    Bobby Fingers put one in his friend's glass eye and it works.

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  • 1 points casiepierce

    Who is this? I MUST follow them!

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  • 1 points Fun-Confidence-2513

    "Oh no, my chip chipped off and fell into a storm drain"

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  • 1 points SpecialistYoung3431

    This destroys the structural integrity of the faux nail you’re building with the dual form. So not only will the chip not work but your extension will fall off or you’ll harm your finger/natural nail. Best case scenario is you have a weirdly bulky nail.

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  • 1 points CouplePrestigious598

    I still have many questions…

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  • 1 points Bauer_will_find_you

    That's a painful way to get robbed

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  • 1 points FlekZebel

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  • 1 points touchthebush

    Nice cut away when the payment happens.

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  • 1 points Pod_people

    God, that was stupid. Why have the chandelier slam onto the ground?

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  • 1 points imsoverygayforwomen

    Would it even be possible to make something like that that actually worked if the rest of the wires inside the card were obtained?

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  • 1 points GetOffMyGrassBrats

    Bad video crop, bot.

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  • 1 points tom-of-the-nora

    What happens when you need the card numbers but don't remember them?

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  • 1 points denisvolin

    Wrong finger, though.

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  • 1 points UK_Colossal

    The most ugly and stupid thing I’ve seen today

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  • 1 points Jasoco

    I mean it’s best. But so is using my phone or my watch instead. Plus it doesn’t take so much work and I don’t have to do it again every 4 years or so.

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  • 1 points herowin6

    DUDE HE SOUNDS JUST LIKE JEFFREY FROM FAM GUY

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  • 1 points SkylaDoragono

    I wonder how many people have ruined their credit cards believing shit like this.

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  • 1 points hwilliams0901

    Im just so confused to why anyone would even try to pass this off as a thing to do???

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  • 1 points aeromajor227

    Yea this is BS. It won’t work. There are antenna wires around the inside of the card. If you remove just the chip it will no longer work for NFC as you’ve destroyed the coil.

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  • 1 points LGNDclark

    Yeah, that's the same concept l, uhhh they invesnted RFID tech for... and now is small enough you could have all of your bank cards tied to a chip you can implant

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  • 1 points Dull-Veterinarian-59

    Its not even the chip that does the contactless thing lmaooooo

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  • 1 points gritlys

    I need to stop seeing this

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  • 1 points RedSparrow1971

    I want this narration on everything posted here 🤣

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  • 1 points Tyrson_Vinter

    The chip needs its antenna, it won't work like this.

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  • 1 points Tru72

    The horror

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  • 0 points JustANoteToSay

    I’ve had transit cards break bc a small crack broke the thin wire of the antenna.

    I have wanted, for YEARS, to be able to make like a signet ring and be able to just wave my hand to board the bus/train instead of having to dig out my wallet or phone. But as far as I know it needs that antenna wire to function.

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