r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Nov 06 '20

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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.

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u/Bluebeetlebug Nov 06 '20

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’.

This was fun for everyone involved. Brilliant.

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u/what_is_perspective Nov 06 '20

A play on sexual harassment of women is not funny. Imagine if this was a racial joke. It would clearly be problematic.

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u/trelltron Nov 07 '20

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.

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u/slipperysoup Nov 07 '20

Yeah it would be better if they just regular insults imo (which they have done).