"Miracles"
Published September 6, 2026
"Miracles" is a 2010 Insane Clown Posse song whose sincere awe at nature curdled into internet ridicule the moment its music video hit YouTube. Shaggy 2 Dope's baffled question about magnets turned a Juggalo anthem into one of the most quoted ironic sing-alongs of the early 2010s.
Overview
"Miracles", also known as "Fucking Magnets, How Do They Work?", is a rap track by Detroit horrorcore duo Insane Clown Posse in which Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope list off things that fill them with wonder, from giraffes to rainbows to pyramids1. The line viewers latched onto came from Shaggy 2 Dope, who paused mid-verse to marvel that "fucking magnets, how do they work?" and to dismiss scientists as liars2.
Online the song works less as music and more as a bottomless quote mine. People screencap the video's clown-painted close-ups, pair them with mock-scientific captions, and use the magnets line as a stock reply to anything that sounds like willful ignorance2. The tone is affectionate mockery rather than a takedown of ICP or their Juggalo fanbase, and the sincerity of the delivery is what keeps the joke reusable.
Origin & Background
How It Spread
How to Use This Meme
The common convention is to quote "fucking magnets, how do they work?" as a self-aware reply to any everyday science question, or to caption a still from the video with a mock-earnest observation about nature. Image macros typically use the wide-eyed clown-paint close-ups of Violent J or Shaggy 2 Dope with white Impact-style text stating something obvious as if it were profound.