Mental Tricks to Fool Your Friends

1. Try this game: Ask people these questions, in this order: Whats 1+1? Whats 2+2?
Whats 4+4? Whats 8+8? Then ask them to name a vegetable. They almost always say
carrot.
2. When arguing with someone, act much calmer than them. This can cause them to say
something particularly irrational which you can use against them.
3. Nodding your head while asking a question makes the other person more likely to
agree with you.
4. When high-fiving, look at their elbow and youll never miss.
5. If you have a song stuck in your head that you cant seem to get out, think of the end
of the song and it should go away. This is due to something called the Zeigarnik effect,
which is basically your mind having a problem with things left unfinished.
6. If you want to get your child to do something, say, drink milk, do what Tigerlily1510
says: Ask your son if he wants milk and hell say no, but ask him if he wants milk in a
blue cup or a red cup and hell choose a colour and drink his milk! Magic!
7. Use silence to your advantage when negotiating. People have a natural tendency to be
uncomfortable with silence, and will often do whatever it takes to break it. Just be
patient.
8. If you want someone to believe your lie, add an embarrassing detail about yourself.
For example: Instead of saying, No I wasnt at Jimson James house. I was with
Randy the whole time. Try saying, No I havent been to Jimsons in a while. I
clogged his toilet so I dont think his parents want me over there for a while so me
and Randy hung out.
9. When you tell a joke in a big group of people, the person who you turn to look at first
is the person youre closest to.
10. Do this to someone: Tell them to look into your eyes and say they cant stop
looking.
Ask them what they had for lunch three days ago and chances are they wont be able to
answer. Its very hard to remember something without moving your eyes.
11. Whispering something to someone almost guarantees that theyll whisper back.
12. When trying to find something, look right to left instead of left to right. Youre more
likely to miss things because your eyes are used to looking one way.
13. If you want someone to believe a totally untrue story, repeat it three separate times
adding details each time. For example: You can say to someone remember that time at
school, when Mr Smith accidentally ran over the math teacher in the teachers car
park? The first time they wont and will question you, but then repeat the same thing

later with a couple of details thrown in and the third time you mention it, they will
remember it happening.
14. According to SpenFen, use the power of priming. For example, Tell someone this:
What is the word spelled S-H-O-P? Make sure that they say: Shop. Then
immediately ask them: What do you do when you come to a green light? Their
answer will likely be wrong.
15. Having someone do a favor for you is a good way to get them to like you more.
16. If youre playing a game against someone and you want them to mess up, ask them
how exactly theyre playing so well. Theyll overthink it.
17. If you want to mess with someone whos counting something, say a set of numbers
in order instead of saying random numbers. Theyre brain will catch onto the pattern.
18. From Two_Times_Thirty: Bet a friend/family member that they cant taste the
difference between whole/2%/1%/skim milk, or some combination thereof. Blindfold
them and have them begin tasting the milks. Now, replace the last milk with orange
juice. The brain prepares the body for milk, and the unexpected acidity usually causes a
gag reflex, and sometimes vomiting. Keep a bucket handy.
19. Lets say youre carrying something you dont want to be carrying. Easy fix, just
follow rarabaras advice: If you want to get get rid of an object, for example walking
with a friend after you bought a 2l coke bottle and want him to carry it, just keep talking
to him while handing him the bottle, most of the times people will just take the object
automatically without thinking.
20. Heres how to win rock, paper, scissors every time: Right before you are about to
count (or interrupt the count) catch the person off-guard with a personal question, or
something directed at them. Then immediately after just resume the count like nothing
happened. Most of the time the person will throw scissors as a sort of automatic
defensive mechanism.
21. Use your eyes to control people, according to unimatrix_0: People naturally look in
the direction they want to go, so theyll look at your eyes to ascertain which way youre
heading. This also means you can divert someone elses path by looking in a direction
that would cause a collision.
22. Finally, the master of them all, according to farceur318: Go up to someone in a
restaurant and tell them to close their eyes and picture a playing card. While they are
doing this, eat as much of their food as you can and run away.