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laundry_queen

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21. Yeah, I'm not a fan

Reply to MANative (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2015, 12:14 AM

Apr 2015

but I've never been a fan of pranks. I think they are just mean and I don't find them funny for the most part. Some are well done, but the vast majority are stupid and make someone feel like crap. If someone gets upset or hurt, it's not humor, imo.

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I like to think I generally have a pretty good sense of humor, but... [View all] MANative Apr 2015 OP

I live my life like everyday is April Fool's Day. PersonNumber503602 Apr 2015 #1

Now that made me grin. MANative Apr 2015 #3

Alas, so few pets really get practical jokes. merrily Apr 2015 #8

True. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #9

My dog just rolls his eyes now whenever I pretend to be eaten by the closet monster. PersonNumber503602 Apr 2015 #17

Can you really blame him? That one is so old, Henry VIII rolled his eyes when the court jester merrily Apr 2015 #19

Practical jokes are a special form of humor, but I imagine some of us will have fun with them. merrily Apr 2015 #2

I've never been particularly good at devising them... MANative Apr 2015 #4

I have never tried to devise one, except maybe saying something silly that I don't really mean, merrily Apr 2015 #5

Now, those Kimmel ones are just plain cruel... MANative Apr 2015 #6

Not to mention finding inflicting needless pain on one's own offspring hilarious. merrily Apr 2015 #7

IKR? laundry_queen Apr 2015 #22

Difference being, you did not push her face into the mesh to get yourself a laugh merrily Apr 2015 #24

I agree. laundry_queen Apr 2015 #27

I think parents learn pretty quickly what their kids' fake cry sounds like. merrily Apr 2015 #28

Hey, I was just thinking that. It doesn't mean we don't have Cha Apr 2015 #10

Agreed! Lurks Often Apr 2015 #11

But even unfunny people trying to be funny has some value in culture. tridim Apr 2015 #13

Big Jimmy Kimmel fan, are ya? Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #25

Nope. tridim Apr 2015 #31

we serve a lotta soup druidity33 Apr 2015 #12

My Aunt, no joke, used to put chicken feet into her chicken soup, something some merrily Apr 2015 #29

Me too. bigwillq Apr 2015 #14

I hate it online but not in real life where it's funny... Phentex Apr 2015 #15

It's just not original. Pull a prank on Prank Day NightWatcher Apr 2015 #16

My prank totally didn't work today gratuitous Apr 2015 #18

AFD is like a "meh" holiday to me Jamaal510 Apr 2015 #20

Yeah, I'm not a fan laundry_queen Apr 2015 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #23

So sorry about your Dad. No death of a loved one is easy. But having it coincide merrily Apr 2015 #30

Same here, there's a lot of cruelty masquerading as humor. Warpy Apr 2015 #26