12 Cases When Expectation and Reality Are Incredibly Far Apart (25 photos)

Watching other people's tricks online, you often think everything happening before you is a piece of cake and that it's so easy to replicate. But gravity never sleeps, and reality bites.

In this collection, you'll find pairs of GIFs: the first (successful) person who's practiced hard and long, and the second, a self-confident idiot who's watched too many videos. Be warned: some of these GIFs are painful to look at! The eighth one is practically making my teeth ache...







1. Waiting





1. Reality



2. Expectation



2. Reality



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3. Reality



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4. Reality



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5. Reality



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6. Reality



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7. Reality



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8. Reality



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9. Reality



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12. Reality