When a prank goes too far

Now don't get me wrong I do love a good prank. Being part of a group that is systematically cruel to an individual is one of the small pleasures I can still enjoy. However I do think that there is a limit. A prank can go too far.

The following is what I feel a prank in good taste is



(That is a video of me from a couple of years ago)

Now there are certain things a prank in bad taste has, for example: I think that one should not prank a child under 5. I also think it may be inappropriate to make this child think they are about to die. And it is probably in poor taste to make said child think a zombie is going to eat them. This is just a view I hold that I have now discovered is not shared by the Japanese television watching demographic.




Okay, I'll admit that this video is hilarious and I did laugh very hard when I watched it. And maybe that's okay, maybe I need to be more Japanese in my outlook, sure that kid will probably be talking about zombies to his thearpist in later life, but it was really funny. And for the Japanese that seems to be enough justification for doing something outrageous. So I think from now on I am going to be as Japanese as possible. I'll eat sushi, watch anime and completely disregard my moral compass, life will be good.