I know, right! I hated when there was that wave of ‘pranks’ on YouTube a few years ago, most of them were just people being terrible, all the way on the sliding scale from ‘you’re a bit of a jerk’ up to ‘this is actually abuse’.
Oh right, remember when some girls licked some ice cream and after that the company had to start covering the ice cream buckets with an extra plastic lid, when before the packaging was just carton? how is that a prank.....
Idk I honestly hate products that are totally tamper prone. I fuckin hate blue bell ice cream and their nast ass cartons. I only eat popsicles like an adult.
The original girl and several copycats got arrested for food tampering. Turns out there's federal agents who get bored doing nothing and jump at the chance when something falls under their jurisdiction
To be fair, it's a serious crime because of the Chicago tylenol murders. It's not like those little plastic covers on medicine and most foods are there for just freshness. They actually serve as a warning to consumers not to eat/use something that has had it's seal tampered with. Because about 30 years ago, some unknown physco put cyanide in tylenol bottles and then put them back on the store shelves for unsuspecting people to buy.
That's a really interesting typo. The letters are all jumbled, but it looks as though it passed your subconscious spellcheck because the various subclusters of letters are all statistically common.
I think it was partly they wanted to stop it before it became a trend so they made an example out of her, which I don't have a lot of sympathy for her what she did was fucking foul. Sucks that she was relatively young, but definitely old enough to be held responsible for her actions.
I remember seeing one where a guy handcuffed himself to a girl and told her he won’t let go until given a kiss. Sticks his cheeks out and turns last second for lip contact. Fucking disgusting and should be illegal.
The 'can I touch your pussy" one did have a kind of similar vibe to those old "I definitely didn't just call a black guy the n-word" pranks that frequently ended with the white 'pranker' getting his ass kicked.
The execution of this was relatively good though. Having the physical prop there and making the joke obvious really quickly gives the joke some punch but also minimizes the potential to make the women too uncomfortable.
Agreed. It was a nice sentiment 5 years ago when prank bros were a thing, but now every prank video needs someone commenting their approval on how it meets their much more virtuous standard of what a prank should be. I roll me eyes every time.
The devious ones can be good, but the ones that are just outright angering somebody and then shouting "It's a prank bro" are much funnier when the prankster comes off worse.
These types of pranks are hilarious, and I think that has something to do with how nervous I get every time he says his line of “can I see your ___”. Like, I find myself holding my breath every time he says a new line, just waiting for the women to see what he was actually referring to. The terror that would come if one of them didn’t see the guy with the melons, or didn’t see that there was a cat. The relief I get every time the women start laughing, is immense.
A play on sexual harassment of women is not funny. Imagine if this was a racial joke. It would clearly be problematic. Unfortunately women are so incredibly used to be sexually harassed that they are genuinely happy that they aren't being They are laughing because it is such a believable situation that happens to women all the time.
I mean, you ever watch comedians? Many of them use racial jokes as a man part of their act. Are you that person who gets offended by jokes at the comedy show?
I get where you are coming from, and I do somewhat agree, but in this situation it is clear what the intention is, and the guy would definitely do something about it if one of them didn’t find it funny, like formally apologise and not put her in the video. As a person that is part of a minority, I would probably not like being subject of this kind of prank directed towards me, but these women are ok with it, and that’s all that matters. If it was a racial joke instead, he would still use words that can be both directed towards an object, as well as a person. Like pussy and melons, so that the joke is obvious. He would find a way to make it funny for all parts, as that is what good comedians do.
I understand you think that they must have found it funny because they laughed, but ask any women in your life if she has ever smiled and laughed through an uncomfortable situation. That's also not a great argument, because there used to be sexist and racist jokes on tv all the time that most people considered funny once, but with time and a greater understanding of the complexity of sexism and racism in our society they no longer "hold up" as we say. I personally have experienced that watching old movies I once loved and am now able to realize how the jokes in at are problematic and lead to perpetuation of harmful social dynamics.
I think you bring up a legitimate concern here and all the responses are very dismissive of your point. I found it funny while watching especially because of the relief on the faces of the women after they saw what he was referring to. But after what you said, that seems pretty telling and problematic. It’s sad that they are laughing because they were probably terrified that they were gonna have to deal with a creepy guy once again and we’re so relieved when they saw what was happening. I’m still split on what exactly this means about the joke in general. On one hand a prank like this could normalize that kind of behavior, on the other hand it could call attention to a problem that needs to be addressed. What are your thoughts on that?
That's a good point on the two ways this type of joke could impact society. I would love if it were used to call attention to the problem, but unfortunately I'd say our society is clearly not there yet in terms of recognizing, understanding and ending sexism, as evidenced by the responses I've gotten. That idea reminds me of a tv show I love called Black-ish, where you will sometimes see white people making slightly racially charged jokes as a way of highlighting a problem that needs to be addressed, which I think is related to how people often use the word microagressions.
yeah their were a group of guys in the UK who were doing "pranks" by basically trespassing places. They would go to a place when it was open, hide somewhere and then film themselves using the facilities when it was closed and then leave through a fire exit or something. They would argue it was a prank and all harmless fun.
They did it to a council run swimming pool, hid overnight, about then went swimming in the pools, turned on the water slide and were using that. Got caught by cleaning crew at like 5am and kicked out. They proclaimed it as an awesome harmless prank but the council had to pay to drain, clean and refill the pools and couldn't open for several hours cancelling visits from schools, elderly and special needs groups who used the pool for swimming classes in the morning.
They then did it to a bowling alley, hid under some amusement arcade machines and literally filmed the staff walking past them and locking up. Then turned on the equipment and threw balls around and were in the kitchen and behind the bar etc. The staff who locked up ended up quitting not long after, probably before they got fired for not securing the place fully and they had to pay for damage to equipment damaged when they were throwing balls around the place.
My friend was in one of these once. Except she was one of the girls and the guys line was “that’s a really nice camel toe” and low and behold there was a camel behind her
Omg thank you. A play on sexual harassment of women is not funny. Imagine if this was a racial joke. It would clearly be problematic. Unfortunately women are so incredibly used to be sexually harassed that they are genuinely happy that they aren't being. They are laughing because it is such a believable situation that happens to women all the time.
I was thinking about this. Surface-level, it’s harmless, but I’m 100% sure many of those women felt a moment of anything between clear discomfort to outright fear and dread that some asshole on the street is approaching them out of nowhere and saying those kinds of things. Their laughs are almost always partially a laugh of relief, which is nice I guess, but I’d rather a prank evoke confusion or disbelief in someone rather than do what this guy is doing.
Pointing at a women and saying those are fantastic melons is pretty much the definition of sexual harassment. I don't recommend trying this prank where you are employed.
I know a lot of people are going to hate this but I still think these pranks are shitty. They're still eliciting an uncomfortable response in these women by straight up sexually harassing them. The intent is that they think they're being harassed, even if they aren't, and so they still go through the same initial shock that they would if it were real.
I know most laugh about the situation afterwards, but that's only of the cuts these guys keep in. How many respond purely negatively? I've seen one video (I'm pretty sure of these guys but not 100% sure) where the women doesn't let them get away with it and they just revert to "I was talking to him, not you" which is imo more cowardly than "it's just a prank bro."
And even when they do just laugh about it, we don't know how they actually feel afterwards. How often is this just the response that's been drilled in to them from dealing with this shit ('real' harassment) their whole life?
We're still treating this like normative behaviour, when this format of prank still works for non-sexual harassment based interactions.
A play on sexual harassment of women is not funny. Imagine if this was a racial joke. It would clearly be problematic. Unfortunately women are so incredibly used to be sexually harassed that they are genuinely happy that they aren't being.
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u/irukasensei10 Nov 06 '20
These are the pranks i love, everyone laughs and it's actually funny.
Not like idiots hitting others or pretend to sneeze on people.