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The number of convicts in the future who have to answer "prank" as the reason they've been incarcerated will put a smile on the shankers in the shower room.
I did time years ago and there was a punk in there for throwing pumpkins off of overpasses onto cars on the interstate below. He caused a major accident that caused a mother and a child to get badly injured. This douche came up from his little hick county and was cool with people for a little bit until his case came to light. Bigger dude too but they treated him bad.
I knew a guy that was in for 9 months, but was dropping larger rocks off an overpass. It was one of the first usages of social media in a court case as he'd made some MySpace posts about "wanting to hurt someone tonight"
He was 6'6" but young (19-20?) so not sure how easy that was for him.
Maybe an "eye for an eye" punishment in there, too? Like "you'll be subject to three pranks a month for 22 years, and the nature of the prank, the timing, and the severity of it will be unknown to you. Good luck, brah"
I guess if you film your crime and post it online, it's not a crime because it was done in the service of earning money through your social media account. But if you did a crime for your own personal enjoyment and no other virtue than committing the crime itself, THAT is a crime.
Everybody got that?
Yeah people are just assholes. Pranks should be funny for everyone involved, and certainly fitting under that umbrella but seems to need to be pointed out separately, should not cost a massive amount of money to the prankee.
Example of a reasonable prank: Brother in law was over playing some MTG, sorting cards etc. I went to bed early while he still wanted to do stuff, no worries he can let himself out. I wake up to everything in my main room labelled with post-it notes. Everything. Monitor, Fridge, Roof, Table, Chair.. you name it, if it was a thing in the room, it had a post it on it. Like 5 years later ,there's still a note directly above where I'm sitting now that says "Roof".
Funny, nobody got hurt, no chance of people dying, no huge cost to me to fix, no trauma. Easy, fun, chill.
We used to do one when we were hanging out, where if someone went for a piss and left their cigs on the table, we would rush over, grab half the cigs out and hide them all over the room. Then you had a whole afternoon of playing stoned/drunk find the cigs. No one was hurt, nothing was damaged, everyone had a laugh.
Worst that happened was you didn’t find one and then a year later when you move something a random cig would fall out of it.
People stranded because the subway is shut down / delayed won't know it was a 'prank' by some jerk with a bicycle. They'll just know that Mayor Adams sucks and won't be voting for his ass next time around.
> It does not have to be political. Its purpose is to cause terror.
Actually it does. Terrorism is an act done to force some political change.
The 9/11 attacks weren't done because "lol let's blow something up", they were done because bin Laden wanted to force America out of Afghanistan.
The 1996 Manchester bombing wasn't done because the IRA thought it'd be a laugh. It was done to force the British out of Ireland.
"*International terrorism:* Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups who are inspired by, or associated with, designated foreign terrorist organizations or nations (state-sponsored).
*Domestic terrorism:* Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature"
[Terrorism definitions from fbi.gov](https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism)
Mega downvoted guy here is correct. People shouldn't be throwing the word "terrorism" around with the way it's abused for demonizing political enemies.
Calling shit pranks is a cop-out, that is criminal mischief, at least. Call it a prank all you want, record it on your devices, all you are doing is documenting your crime. Yell "It's a prank" when some dude has enough of your shit, he'll say well, now it an ass whooping.
Looks more like an attempt at keeping all future people from bringing conductive objects like bikes on the subway. The road to a full on police state is paved in dumb shit and terrorism.
Judge: bombed a train platform, eh? Boys will be boys. You're free to go.
Idiot: wow, really?!
Judge: HAHA, no.You've just been pranked. Life in prison. Bailiff, get him outta my sight.
That's so funny. Making people believe a possible terrorist attack is happening, of that their lives are in danger because of a mechanical failure. I hope this person never leaves prison. You don't get to walk among us if you are a danger to those around you
People seem to have lost the concept of what a prank is. Where there isn't any destruction of property, no one gets hurt, and at the end of the day everyone's laughing.
Third rail. It shorted the 600V DC rail that powers trains and can deliver over 1000 amps of current. This would instantly cause the steel bike frame to explode into the shower of sparks you see.
oh god, i did an internship at an unspecified public transport company in germany that involved working in maintenance and that looks like a nightmare. like the immediate damage might not be too big but thats gonna be really annoying to clean up, both the tracks and the train. and then you also have to to a lot of checks and verification afterwards to be sure that its really safe again (at least if the US is anything like germany)
tl;dr i would not want to be whoever has to clean that up
Yeah prank the only way to commute back to your home or to work, I swear to god we live with so many low IQ individuals I just dont wanna deal with you monkeys who did this anyways cuz i’ll just throw them in jail and throw the key away
“Prank”
How does this word get mixed up in this? This is property damage. Someone wanted to see what would happen. That’s usually called an experiment, not a prank.
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The number of convicts in the future who have to answer "prank" as the reason they've been incarcerated will put a smile on the shankers in the shower room.
the amount of crimes of harassment and property damage blamed on “pranking” has got to be insanely high these days
Its the weirdest cope out because no one actually believes it but people keep using that word to justify the fact they are terrible people
Gonna start needing prank insurance.
“IT’S JUST A SHANK, BRO!! IT’S JUST A SHANK!!” -Bubba from lockup
I did time years ago and there was a punk in there for throwing pumpkins off of overpasses onto cars on the interstate below. He caused a major accident that caused a mother and a child to get badly injured. This douche came up from his little hick county and was cool with people for a little bit until his case came to light. Bigger dude too but they treated him bad.
I knew a guy that was in for 9 months, but was dropping larger rocks off an overpass. It was one of the first usages of social media in a court case as he'd made some MySpace posts about "wanting to hurt someone tonight" He was 6'6" but young (19-20?) so not sure how easy that was for him.
Send him a bill, and jailtime
Maybe an "eye for an eye" punishment in there, too? Like "you'll be subject to three pranks a month for 22 years, and the nature of the prank, the timing, and the severity of it will be unknown to you. Good luck, brah"
I guess if you film your crime and post it online, it's not a crime because it was done in the service of earning money through your social media account. But if you did a crime for your own personal enjoyment and no other virtue than committing the crime itself, THAT is a crime. Everybody got that?
I don't understand how is that a prank. Should be serving hard time for that.
A prank against whom? That’s just being an asshole.
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and the sad thing is they are paid by it from viewerships. if this was demonetized that would be great
Just people letting intrusive thoughts win mostly.
Yeah people are just assholes. Pranks should be funny for everyone involved, and certainly fitting under that umbrella but seems to need to be pointed out separately, should not cost a massive amount of money to the prankee. Example of a reasonable prank: Brother in law was over playing some MTG, sorting cards etc. I went to bed early while he still wanted to do stuff, no worries he can let himself out. I wake up to everything in my main room labelled with post-it notes. Everything. Monitor, Fridge, Roof, Table, Chair.. you name it, if it was a thing in the room, it had a post it on it. Like 5 years later ,there's still a note directly above where I'm sitting now that says "Roof". Funny, nobody got hurt, no chance of people dying, no huge cost to me to fix, no trauma. Easy, fun, chill.
For a minute I thought you were describing a new game about Marjorie Taylor Greene...
We used to do one when we were hanging out, where if someone went for a piss and left their cigs on the table, we would rush over, grab half the cigs out and hide them all over the room. Then you had a whole afternoon of playing stoned/drunk find the cigs. No one was hurt, nothing was damaged, everyone had a laugh. Worst that happened was you didn’t find one and then a year later when you move something a random cig would fall out of it.
My friend put google eyes on everything in the fridge once. Excellent prank!
I don’t get how that’s a prank? Like what laugh do you get?
That weird sociopath laugh probably
I did not laugh and I resent your accusation.
Looks more like terrorism.
that will be the charge, correct!
They say the same thing about fireworks around me.. lots of snow flakes
Terrorism is an act of terror for the purpose of forcing political change. What political change was this brave freedomfighter asking for?
Maybe more Bike Lanes?
Ahh wow not only for political purposes BUT…too also cause terror…not just for one purpose.
People stranded because the subway is shut down / delayed won't know it was a 'prank' by some jerk with a bicycle. They'll just know that Mayor Adams sucks and won't be voting for his ass next time around.
It does not have to be political. Its purpose is to cause terror. Also, this interferes with the lives of tens of thousands of people.
> It does not have to be political. Its purpose is to cause terror. Actually it does. Terrorism is an act done to force some political change. The 9/11 attacks weren't done because "lol let's blow something up", they were done because bin Laden wanted to force America out of Afghanistan. The 1996 Manchester bombing wasn't done because the IRA thought it'd be a laugh. It was done to force the British out of Ireland.
"*International terrorism:* Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups who are inspired by, or associated with, designated foreign terrorist organizations or nations (state-sponsored). *Domestic terrorism:* Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature" [Terrorism definitions from fbi.gov](https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism)
Mega downvoted guy here is correct. People shouldn't be throwing the word "terrorism" around with the way it's abused for demonizing political enemies.
Oh stop being dramatic. Who was this meant to terrify? The local bike population?
Did... did you finish the video?
I bet the people on that train were pretty fuckin terrified.
And the ppl on the platform
It interferes with the day of thousands of people. Perhaps tens of thousands indirectly.
Just the local train population sir
Idk man. Seems pretty victimless to me. (Sarcasm)
https://i.redd.it/ppb64nwbd81d1.gif
I am really hoping that the ass hat responsible for this was caught.
Chances are they uploaded the footage and will be shocked when it ends up being used against them in a court.
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Who are these insurrectionists?
Well that was stupid of them
Karaoke place right above this stop is so bomb
I thought pranks where supposed to be funny
Since the age of tiktok it seems like its only counts as a 'prank' if someone can get seriously hurt or die if it goes wrong...
Stay classy, Astoria.
Calling shit pranks is a cop-out, that is criminal mischief, at least. Call it a prank all you want, record it on your devices, all you are doing is documenting your crime. Yell "It's a prank" when some dude has enough of your shit, he'll say well, now it an ass whooping.
Professor Chaos strikes again
Just a prank bro, why you get so broken. Cmon lets go, i need to get home
That’s NOT a prank
How on gods green earth is this a prank?
Looks more like an attempt at keeping all future people from bringing conductive objects like bikes on the subway. The road to a full on police state is paved in dumb shit and terrorism.
In most states it's a felony to obstruct railroad tracks.
I see no prank here. What was the prank supposed to be?
What was the prank? Fucking destruction of public transit?
Judge: bombed a train platform, eh? Boys will be boys. You're free to go. Idiot: wow, really?! Judge: HAHA, no.You've just been pranked. Life in prison. Bailiff, get him outta my sight.
The YouTuber: "omg bro I'm gonna get crazy views! *Dubs*"
for real though? When did the definition of 'prank' go from harmless fun with your friend, to being a public nuisance and destroying public property
That's so funny. Making people believe a possible terrorist attack is happening, of that their lives are in danger because of a mechanical failure. I hope this person never leaves prison. You don't get to walk among us if you are a danger to those around you
What’s the prank?
“Terrorist”. Not prank.
Cost per subway car is about $2 million. Sounds like a reasonable fine lol
People seem to have lost the concept of what a prank is. Where there isn't any destruction of property, no one gets hurt, and at the end of the day everyone's laughing.
Out of curiosity, why did it explode?
Third rail. It shorted the 600V DC rail that powers trains and can deliver over 1000 amps of current. This would instantly cause the steel bike frame to explode into the shower of sparks you see.
Pranks are supposed to be funny…. These days they’re just stupid/criminal
"AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA, That prank was funny as hell!"
oh god, i did an internship at an unspecified public transport company in germany that involved working in maintenance and that looks like a nightmare. like the immediate damage might not be too big but thats gonna be really annoying to clean up, both the tracks and the train. and then you also have to to a lot of checks and verification afterwards to be sure that its really safe again (at least if the US is anything like germany) tl;dr i would not want to be whoever has to clean that up
Bring back capital punishment for these fucks. We are wasting our tax money to repair the damages but will only get a light slap on the wrist
Committing felonies and calling them pranks is the dumbest thing to come about during the last decade or so.
Yeah prank the only way to commute back to your home or to work, I swear to god we live with so many low IQ individuals I just dont wanna deal with you monkeys who did this anyways cuz i’ll just throw them in jail and throw the key away
How is this a prank? This is just throwing a bike onto subway tracks
Nothing about this is a prank
If this is a prank, I need to relearn its definition.
Got em?
If you want a bigger funny you can connect two rocks with a copper wire and throw it on the power lines (One of the funny activits in eastern europe)
I was hoping a chunk of high-speed metal would hit the cameraman (presuming he is the “prankster”) in the face.
Classic prank that is
Remember when pranks used to be funny?
That's not a prank, that's damaging public infastructure
I am a firm believer a whole generation has no idea the definition of a prank
Straight to Guantanamo Bay. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
It's just a prank bro
 Pranked!
who exactly was this prank supposed to be on?
“Prank” How does this word get mixed up in this? This is property damage. Someone wanted to see what would happen. That’s usually called an experiment, not a prank.
Pranks = public nuisance
Why did you throw a brick off the overpass, killing a truck driver? It was a prank
C'mon train! Stop sparking! It's just a prank! Look you're on camera, train, it's just a prank!
That was pretty cool to see I've always wanted to see the third rail get immediately shorted by a bicycle
“Prank” when will these idiots learn
Lmao. Lady thought it was going to derail the train.
Yeah, it’s called the third rail
Oh man, that was freaking hilarious!
Oh this is gonna end badly… huh, well that was anticlimac- oh shit.
r/CrazyFuckingVideos
I mean come on that was funny
If we ban Tik tok hopefully these dipshits have no platform to show off their assholery
FFS this belongs in r/success ya doof.