Podcasts Culture Critical Nonsense 195! Pranking for the Likes

195! Pranking for the Likes

Published: Oct. 24, 2022, 10:33 a.m.

b'Where should we draw boundaries around pranking "for the likes"?This week, Joey and Jess talk about the latest updates on the "fights", meme culture, when something stops being funny, the consent paradox of pranking, entertaining each other, and the oversaturated market of bad jokes. They don\'t talk about if sugar belongs in stew.references* The Chocolate Bunny feud: Lindt v. Lidl (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/business/lindt-lidl-chocolate-bunnies.html)* Is this a prank? A cruel lesson to not take things from strangers. (https://twitter.com/BornAKang/status/1577700714070933507?s=20&t=bHP7GURWFtR8hx_Nj-p42w) * Radiolab: "Smile My Ass" (https://radiolab.org/episodes/smile-my-ass) the episode about candid camera* Jackass (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackass_(franchise))* That Jimmy Kimmel "prank" telling kids "I ate your Halloween candy" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQpbzQ6gzs)* There\'s salt in my stew! (https://twitter.com/ifiwasperfect/status/1575161985955667972?s=20&t=t-cGoxV579FkyJ6gHj7Hlg)* Not a prank: back when a McDonalds customer sued them for their hot coffee (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCkL9UlmCOE)* Seth McFarlane\'s "You\'re the Cream in my Coffee" (https://open.spotify.com/track/5tTaV3ncpecNgbtsn7EBwX?si=f2801b203ab4474b)'