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8. He terrified her.

Reply to 1monster (Original post)

Fri Aug 5, 2016, 05:19 PM

Aug 2016

The fact that the power differential is intrinsic to the "prank" is a way to exercise terrifying and unequal power under cover of "benign-ness".

There's so much creepy encoding in the assumptions of this prank that my head is spinning.

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The Problem With Viral Videos of Cops Giving Out Ice Cream [View all] 1monster Aug 2016 OP

The ice cream video irritated me the first time I saw it. Yonnie3 Aug 2016 #1

^^Bingo^^ zentrum Aug 2016 #9

I guess Ice Cream is supposed to make amends MynameisBlarney Aug 2016 #2

Sorry about shooting your men in the back but here's some ice cream Ohioblue22 Aug 2016 #3

Yup; a public relations stunt; that isn't so funny zebonaut Aug 2016 #4

Isn't it racial profiling? left-of-center2012 Aug 2016 #5

K&R awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #6

How fking stupid do you have to be to think this is cool? Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2016 #7

He terrified her. zentrum Aug 2016 #8

This is so damn sick and stupid. Hulk Aug 2016 #10

That camera didn't malfunction. Onyrleft Aug 2016 #11