This may be the most astonishing use of a straw wrapper the internet has ever seen

Just... how?
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Sam Haysom
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Phone cameras are both a blessing and a curse.

On the one hand, they can sometimes be irritating, a tool that pressures the documentation of everyday moments to the extent to which actual, real-life enjoyment can be compromised.

On the other hand, they can be used to capture moments like this:

Now that is quite simply an astonishing clip.

Here it is again, in GIF form:

That video now has over 27,000 shares and close to two million views.

It also inspired this fairly glorious edit:

We're not saying you should go around blowing straw wrappers at people or anything, but apparently it's a pretty solid route to viral fame.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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