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I have once again succeeded with a prank, tho shorter than I wanted.

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[โ€“] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope. I know, I am boring, but I don't like pranks.
I also feel like they bring distrust to people. The more pranks someone does, the less you'll trust them and believe them.

But hey, it's also possible I just haven't witnessed any normal pranks, but just "pranks".

Honestly not a rare opinion. People appear to be 50/50 on this.

[โ€“] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now I completely changed my plans for this one.

Bought a fake cockroach and placed it upside down on her chair today before breakfast. When she came to sit down she freaked out over it so I picked it up and put it in my mouth and acted as if it was normal. What proceeded it I can only describe as a facial expression marathon.

(Her sentences are in caps since she was yelling the whole time)

'WHY WOULD YOU EAT IT' Followed by me spitting it out; 'That tasted like it's been dead for a while. it's just protein it's good for you' 'IT'S A FUCKING COCKROCK' 'It's ok it was dead' 'THAT'S DISGUSTING' 'I put it in our ground meat all the time what do you mean' 'YOU WHAT, ARE YOU MAD' 'It's ok they're good for you, they're one of the most sustainable meats and they farm em to eat too' 'WHO DOES. ONLY BEAR GRYLLS AND CRAZY PEOPLE EAT THEM'

I then picked up the regurgitated cockroach and threw it at her and heard the most gloriously shrill shout with a jump ever.

At this point I couldnt hold my laugh in unfortunately.

I should've set up a camera. :(

[โ€“] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks! It was a last minute shift from my original plan to swap different sized stuffed bears

(The other idea I have is to gift her this stuffed toy I saw which was available in different sizes. Then replace it with a bigger one every few days. This sounds like smth she'd quickly catch onto tho.) For context

[โ€“] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

๐Ÿ˜‚ you sound like a prankster.

[โ€“] HubertManne@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh man. I have not been 12 in a long, long time.

[โ€“] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let the inner child in you live again โค๏ธ

[โ€“] HubertManne@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

honestly at 12 I spend most of my time not in school or sleeping at the library. I have joked around but is considered a prank in the modern age is way beyond the tepid things I might do with my friends. We were more punners than pranksters.

[โ€“] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, some HR person I've never met just chatted me "we need to talk, I'm calling your phone" with no context. We had layoffs three weeks ago. My heart rate went through the roof. She just wanted to remind me it's enrollment time and to pick my insurance and other benefits for next year.

I'm thinking about slashing her car tires and taking a dump on her front porch as a "prank" in return.

[โ€“] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rational and resonable response. Good luck

[โ€“] Teknikal@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Not halloween but when I was a primary school kid we had a class vacation to the lake district in England. We ended up staying at what was a creepy victoriana style mansion. And being kids we were all convinced it was haunted.

Anyway a classmate of mine was so scared he made himself a cross out of basically twigs.

I of course waited until he was asleep and snapped it pieces also I had joke shop fake blood which I also used.

Woke up to him crying his eyes out and never did ever admit it was me.

[โ€“] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On Halloween, we will be putting out a bowl with candy in front of a jump scare. You will have to activate it to get candy. There will be a camera.

I save that for April Fool's Day.