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0 pointsAnIdiotOnTheNet4y ago0 comments

For one, the parent alluded to pranks they did in the past, of which we know nothing about and I expect many of which were more asshole than they were awesome.

The Headroom prank interrupted TV people (presumably) wanted to watch, made broadcast engineers scramble, and may have even gotten a few woken up in the middle of the night. I won't even speculate as to what kind of pains-in-the-ass it almost certainly caused throughout the network and at the FCC going forward.

You really cannot see the asshole quotient here?

Pranks should be between friends, not unsuspecting strangers.

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OnlineGladiator4y ago

I could not disagree more. The world needs more joy, not less of it. This type of prank is the sort of thing I think that uplifts humanity, whereas you see it as a scourge. I could not care less about people having their TV programming interrupted, and everybody has had shitty days at work. I feel like we're looking at art, and I'm admiring it and you're calling it scandalous. I think we're just two people that would hate each other in real life and leave it at that.

AnIdiotOnTheNetOP4y ago

> I could not care less about people having their TV programming interrupted, and everybody has had shitty days at work

Yet you feel it is somehow contributing to the world to intentionally create shitty days at work and not give a shit about people trying to enjoy what they're watching?

> I think we're just two people that would hate each other in real life and leave it at that

Yeah, I generally don't like people who think it is ok to take their entertainment in the form of making others miserable.

OnlineGladiator4y ago

And I don't like pearl clutchers who shit on others for having fun because they don't know how to have it themselves. Jesus dude, develop a sense of humor. You'll enjoy life more.

The part you're failing to understand is that from my perspective you are the person making the world a worse place. I understand why you don't like me, but you don't seem to understand why some people don't like you. Anyway, like I said before, we're not going to find common ground.

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jaywalk4y ago

Well, it didn't happen in the middle of the night, so nobody got woken up in the middle of the night.

You need more joy in your life if you see this as an asshole move.

AnIdiotOnTheNetOP4y ago

11:15PM is not the middle of the night? I know I'm old and all, but that's not exactly the middle of the work day either.

> You need more joy in your life if you see this as an asshole move.

Everybody seems to think I'm joyless because I think people need to be more considerate of the negative externalities of fucking pranks. No wonder the world is going to shit.

GekkePrutser4y ago

If I were called at 11:15pm to investigate this I'd be pretty excited. Even if I was asleep. In fact I would be at any time. This is the kind of workplace thing you still talk about 30 years later.

jaywalk4y ago

The time that immediately comes to my mind when I think "middle of the night" is 3am.

nsxwolf4y ago

I fear that I will reach retirement never having had a day at work that will be as memorable or interesting as the one some of these TV people had.

AnIdiotOnTheNetOP4y ago

Trust me, after a few "interesting" days at work you will think differently.

nsxwolf4y ago

Well, with less than 20 years of my working life left, I'd like to have one

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OnlineGladiator4y ago

AnIdiotOnTheNetOP4y ago

> I could not care less about people having their TV programming interrupted, and everybody has had shitty days at work

Yet you feel it is somehow contributing to the world to intentionally create shitty days at work and not give a shit about people trying to enjoy what they're watching?

> I think we're just two people that would hate each other in real life and leave it at that

Yeah, I generally don't like people who think it is ok to take their entertainment in the form of making others miserable.

OnlineGladiator4y ago

And I don't like pearl clutchers who shit on others for having fun because they don't know how to have it themselves. Jesus dude, develop a sense of humor. You'll enjoy life more.

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jaywalk4y ago

Well, it didn't happen in the middle of the night, so nobody got woken up in the middle of the night.

You need more joy in your life if you see this as an asshole move.

AnIdiotOnTheNetOP4y ago

11:15PM is not the middle of the night? I know I'm old and all, but that's not exactly the middle of the work day either.

> You need more joy in your life if you see this as an asshole move.

Everybody seems to think I'm joyless because I think people need to be more considerate of the negative externalities of fucking pranks. No wonder the world is going to shit.

GekkePrutser4y ago

If I were called at 11:15pm to investigate this I'd be pretty excited. Even if I was asleep. In fact I would be at any time. This is the kind of workplace thing you still talk about 30 years later.

jaywalk4y ago

The time that immediately comes to my mind when I think "middle of the night" is 3am.

nsxwolf4y ago

I fear that I will reach retirement never having had a day at work that will be as memorable or interesting as the one some of these TV people had.

AnIdiotOnTheNetOP4y ago

Trust me, after a few "interesting" days at work you will think differently.

nsxwolf4y ago

Well, with less than 20 years of my working life left, I'd like to have one

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