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WCDT Strips 3971-3975 (April 1st-5th)
Gyrre:
Well, Claire's going to have to face her exams sooner or later. Here's hoping Martin can convince her to get out of bed.
Anybody else tired of April Fool's Day "pranks" just being a bunch of people telling lies? We have enough of that already.
Mr_Rose:
On the subject of whether simple falsehood is a “good” prank, I deeply object to the insinuation that there exists such an impossible creature as a “good prank” – explicitly setting out to harm someone is otherwise called fraud or assault depending on the nature of the harm and justifying it by claiming it was all for the amusement of yourself or others is just digging the hole deeper imho.
Gyrre:
Swapped some things around in the poll to give the options a nicer curve, as well as adding quotation marks around "good prank".
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 31 Mar 2019, 06:58 ---On the subject of whether simple falsehood is a “good” prank, I deeply object to the insinuation that there exists such an impossible creature as a “good prank” – explicitly setting out to harm someone is otherwise called fraud or assault depending on the nature of the harm and justifying it by claiming it was all for the amusement of yourself or others is just digging the hole deeper imho.
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If the pranked party finds it amusing as well and bellylaughs are had all around, I'd call that a good prank. I'll grant you, many are indeed undertaken in a spirit of bullying and not good humor. Perhaps it is that sort you're thinking of.
cybersmurf:
Some things have to be set up by omission or bending of truths, which is okay. Flat out telling a lie is something different entirely, it always depends on what you want to do. Making the lie the punch line of your joke is probably going to backfire. There is so much that can go wrong.
A good prank works even if people know something's up.
Anyways, what do you think Claire will do with her freedom once she's passed all of her exams?
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