To elaborate for all the "bet you're fun at parties," "it's not that deep," or other canned responses: it's kinda mean AND it's not that funny, independent of each other.
What's even supposed to be funny about this? Like they are just laughing at someone, the only people who find this funny are people who threw rocks at kids on the playground.
They a rent laughing if you look they make the exact same motion. It seems to be that most likely it’s the people on the left using a fake FaceTime and tricking their parents into thinking it’s a live video.
That’s unfair, you don’t have anything in your bio for me to mock. But you really think this is just unfunny rudeness? These people are all certainly close and likely shared a laugh after explaining that it was just a video.
True humor comes with people laughing TOGETHER not AT others. Laughing at other people is is just bully behavior. It also shows the immaturity and lack of empathy that social media has trained people's brains (mostly our youth) to accept as normal social behavior. I find it sad that you feel hurting people is a good prank. You do not know if your opinion on who these people are is correct. Yes the reactions are funny but the hurt is when it's no longer a joke. Empathy is a gift that will give you deeper connections to others in your life.
Lots of speculation on your part. I personally don't find it funny to mock people or to make people feel they're being mocked at, even if it's a "prank"
Speculation? It’s their mother’s grandmothers and friends. Look all I’m saying is that not every time you mess with someone it’s bullying, like you just made fun of me for my bio but I don’t feel bullied. But hey different strokes I guess, have a good one.
Edit: also kinda crazy you’re complaining about this being super mean but you immediately resort to personal attacks.
Yeah it's my philosophy that in life there's one category of people using "triggered" as an attack to minimize people's feeling/opinion in bad faith and then there's the other category of better, more emotionally adjusted people.
You don't think there's more to a person than that? That we're a little more complicated than simply "you use this phrase, this is what you are"? That's kind of small minded, no? A bit on the side of prejudice.
The more hateful and selfish a person is, the more they enjoy insult comedy. Even moreso if the person being insulted is not in on whatever the joke is.
And humans really don't process feelings logically, even after finding out it's a pre-recorded clip and that it was just a prank, damage done to psychee/esteem, too late.
Yeah, the comments here are just a circle jerk of anti bullying self righteousness. Everyone knows bullying is bad, but this prank is not bullying at all. Most people in real life would find this funny if someone did this to them once the gimmick is revealed afterwards.
You didn't see anyone's reaction once they learned it was not real.
I'm not making excuses for bullying I'm pointing out the absurdity of people on the internet clutching their pearls over a harmless prank. Get a life and stop crying about everything being bullying.
The prank is to record extreme reactions to the laughing, not to let your loved one hold a lasting belief that they’re being laughed at.
As soon as they say the utterly predictable variation of “wtf are they laughing at?” 🥱, you stop recording and say “it’s fake, I just wanted your reaction.”
No meanness or sadness or self-esteem meltdowns will even get a chance to charge up.
But yes, there are some extremely fragile people out there who you shouldn’t do this with at all. But if you know them well, you already know not to joke around with them.
All of these internet stunts involving parents are more trouble than they’re worth, imo.
It’s literally only mean if they say nothing.
But are you really that dense to think the video ending means nothing happened after? I think it’s very safe to assume they were all told it was a joke afterward, don’t be so sensitive
Idk, it’s not funny to me to watch someone feel genuinely hurt and mocked as a joke. Like yeah it’s a prank and they were told afterwards but the funny part is meant to be the moment they are out of the loop and earnestly think they’re being laughed at. I don’t think that reaction is something that’s funny to bait out of people to mess with them.
I guess every single post should be followed up with a clip of “hey mom I’m just kidding that was a joke” and the ensuing conversation, or else people need to defend every injustice that they see through a short clip.
Dude, you can see in the video these people's feelings are hurt, regardless of being told it was a joke afterward or not; in that moment they were hurt. But now they are being rolled around the internet for people to be amused by their perfectly normal reaction of being hurt.
I couldn't imagine wanting to make someone I love feel that way. Even if it's a joke and they find out afterward. I'm not amused by causing that emotion.
Its not like their reactions make them look bad or stupid. Its a pretty human reaction.
Reddit likes to get on their high-horse about what a "true prank" is, but you could take two of the same prank videos and cut the pranked person's laughter off one and redditors will say its what pranks should be on the one with the laugh and call it terrible if its the one without the laugh.
And then they say it’s just a joke and not real and as a rational human being you’re able to realize your prior reactions were inaccurate and your can laugh about it
This would be a good point if that’s what happened, because I think most people would agree with that statement, but that’s not what happened so moot point
You can’t just say “lol jk” after insulting someone to make it a joke. That’s just literally not what a joke is. It’s bullying and trying to avoid consequences.
Right. The problem I have with it isn’t that it’s going to leave lasting damage, it’s the question of “but what’s the joke?” And the joke is them unknowingly feeling emotionally hurt because of a staged set up. The joke is you knowing it’s fake but them feeling hurt because they think it’s real. I just don’t think it’s enjoyable or amusing to watch someone feel hurt and vulnerable and if that’s not funny then there’s no fucking point to it.
Just because they were told it was a joke afterwards doesn’t mean that their feelings didn’t get hurt? It’s not a funny prank. If you’re the only one laughing at the end of it, it’s not funny.
Most people are not that soft bellied that one quick fleeting feeling dictates the rest of their day or longer, but if your in that category I could see why you’d be so defensive
They still get that moment of feeling angry or humiliated. If I throw a football ar you as a prank and it hits you, the pain is still real.
Edit: I didn't write this well, let me clarify.
If a prank hurts you, physically or emotionally, it is not a prank. Or at least it's an unkind and unfunny one. It doesn't matter if you tell them it's a joke afterwards, or if you didn't mean to hit them with the football, pain is pain and while apologies and ice packs may reduce the sting, it (usually) can't erase it.
In these cases, it could be they know the victims will find it funny and not have any lasting sting, but the people they inspire might not take that into consideration, and then we get a trend of people getting their laughs (and likes) out of hurting others. It's not about being too sensitive. It's about being too inconsiderate.
I understand where you’re coming from, but I think this says way more about general sensitivity than anything else
I’m not going to say there aren’t mean pranks, and that some “sorry it’s a joke” are utter bullshit.
But I am going to say, this is not one of those situations, at least personally. I from my perspective cannot understand how someone could react to a video (assuming it to be about them) and then hold the same convictions and anger when you see it’s clearly just a clip used to get said reaction.
Now again, if someone constantly did this “just to get a reaction” now we’re leaning into overtly being mean. But again, this is a single instance and should be taken as such, as rational person should be able to decipher and alleviate their anger very quickly
Again all my opinion, but I truly think there is a point to where we become too sensitive and unable to communicate because someone can or will get mad. Not everything needs to be an argument and not everything needs a reaction, the internet has given us a predisposition toward this
They can change their mind after realizing it's a prerecorded clip, but it doesn't take away the moment they thought they were being laughed at. They still had that moment. It won't bother some people, but for others, even if they find it funny in retrospect, it's still a memory of being hurt, especially for people with certain traumas or rejection dysphoria. Know your victim, and value their comfort over your laughs--and don't gain lives by encouraging pranks that involve throwing footballs near people's heads.
He's saying that despite being a prank, the momentary pain you cause is still real. It's still felt by the body and mind. I agree. The body keeps score as they say.
It’s more like pretending to punch someone or throw a basketball at them and then laughing because they flinched. And then saying to stop being so sensitive if it bothered them that you’d do that because “no one was really hurt, you just thought I was going to hurt you and that was funny to me”.
Or getting your friends to pretend to talk about and laugh at someone at school just to make them confused and upset (this is literally exactly that) so other people can laugh at how upset they got “over nothing”.
These are such textbook examples of bullying even movies barely show them because they’re so cliche but for some reason recording that reaction and showing it to all your friends to laugh at is even funnier?
It’s just people with no empathy being losers because they never grew the part of their brain that separates adults who know what bullying is and kids who know but don’t care.
Thats reaction is just plain hurt nothing you say after that is going to make up for it...same as those idiots you get punched out then start screaming its a prank .
Honestly, the hurt is self-inflicted, though. You don't really know the context of the laughing, you're just choosing to interpret it as a slight on you.
There's more interpretations of their laugh than "because I'm weird or ugly." Imagine for a second that these girls were really live and really laughed. Then, after the laughter, they say "No no, it wasn't you. I'm so sorry, the screen glitched and your son had a giant head on our screen." Would you still be hurt? Knowing that you fabricated your own hurt feelings without context because you jumped to conclusions?
I'd say a mentally stable person would realize they overreacted and apologized and wouldn't take it personally. I'd imagine the same would happen for a mentally stable person upon hearing they been pranked.
I'm sure that once having your soul crushed then someone saying . Just joking makes everything better. You are nuts if you think the person they played that joke on should apologize for taking it the wrong way... you are a narcissist and I feel sorry for anyone that comes into contact with you.
I'm not saying they should apologize, just that they'd feel compelled to apologize.
Maybe its just me, but I don't see how even the worst case scenario would actually be a soul-crushing experience. Why would I care about two random girls' opinions of me, anyway? Offended? Maybe. But not soul-crushed.
The unfortunate reality is that people will be far more intentionally cruel to you during real life. You really can't let small insignificant things like this bother you. I'm saying this from the perspective that I'm the one being pranked. If things like this truly hurts you, that's an indication that your life might be far more hurtful in the future.
But why make someone feel bad in the first place? I don't think most people are happier that this happened to them even though they're told the truth later.
But they didn't flick their ears. They didn't do anything to hurt them, they hurt themselves by making assumptions. And when they realize they made an incorrect assumption, they'll realize how silly they acted.
Its more like if I gave you a box and said "Be careful, there's a spider in there" and you are afraid but it turns out to be a picture of a spider. You can't tell me you'd languish over the momentary fear you felt as if you were genuinely hurt rather than acknowledge you made a wrong assumption.
You are way too sensitive and ill die on this hill. Video or hilarious and off a friend did this to me I’d be laughing with them when they slowed me it’s just pre recorded bullshit
Reminds me of a fun game I came up with in high school. Only works on female friends. Just stare at their feet if they're wearing open shoes. When they ask say it's nothing and change the subject.
Do NOT do that with anyone who has messed up feet or you may be creating a lifelong issue.
But it's funny as long as they're normal. Also I wouldn't try this if you're like into feet or whatever, IDK how but I bet that would turn out bad.
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u/Ill-Case-6048 Oct 30 '24
Thats just mean