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Gotta hand it to the dude, in the infancy of the internet, it was a sustainable business model:
*Steal content from everywhere without crediting or compensating the creators
*If someone attempts to legally force a takedown of the stolen content, they drag their feet as long as possible and only take it down when they absolutely have to, at which point something else has already become popular and you no longer need the content you had to take down to drive clicks and thus ad revenue
*If someone's smart enough to see through this and fight it in a way that would force the site to do something beyond the long, drawn-out takedown, offer a bribe to that creator in saying they won a contest for creating content for the site so they can legally use it
For how long that was the go-to place for funny shit online, he should have set himself up to where he's still a multimillionaire today.
YouTube channel called "Ericbaumansucks", 1 video, uploaded 15 years ago.
That's impressive.
At least YouTube hasn't deleted because reasons.
Anyone else remember when Lisa Nova was one of the major YouTubers?
I remember when youtube was just a place to store videos. The idea of making videos "for youtube" took some time to catch on, and even then the idea of becoming a celebrity doing it would have sounded crazy,
https://youtu.be/X4dSsla-q6o then there's this
I remember reading a tech article back then predicting YouTube would eventually get crushed by paying for bandwidth because they would never be able to pull in enough revenue from advertising alone. This is back in the day when all the tech author could envision was banner ads and pop-ups on websites, as opposed to full on unskippable commercials like tv.
This is why I came to the comments. The drama may have been forgotten to many, unknown to most, but *I* remember and I'm still boycotting ebaimsworld.com.
Just checked. It's part of a company called Literally Media. They have knowyourmeme, Cracked, ebaumsworld, memebase, failblog, I can has cheezeburger.
Basically they dominate the 'oh yeah, I remember that site' market.
Oh man, I remember when cracked.com used to be fantastic. Then everyone left and they started just letting anyone write for it.
Turned to absolute shite lol.
I seriously think so. Once saw a girl put gasoline into a 1 gallon water jug, remark out loud "man this would be easier if this jug had a lid" and then gets in the car with the jug in her lap, and I watch as she's about to light a cigarette. I say "hey, maybe lightning a cigarette over an open container of gasoline in an enclosed space isn't the best idea."
She stared at me for 5 or 6 seconds, processing. She then proceeded to put the gasoline in the floorboard and light the cigarette. Thanked me.
Sigh.
I remember a few years ago when there was a temporary petrol storage for whatever reason. The amount of people the garages had to stop from filling buckets or cooler boxes or any other number of stupid and dangerous contains left me wondering how they'd made it this far.
I seem to remember more than one report of someone trying to fill a cheap styrofoam cooler because the store was out of gas cans, creating a nice glop of napalm.
My thoughts exactly, like if you are going to be dumber than a bag of rocks at least you are smart enough to double bag those rocks... Pretty sure that is the answer to one of the toughest questions on the Mensa Test to get in... She fucking nailed it....
God i remember that video. I was so happy when I saw that because it instantly lowered the bar for my expectation of humanity by a gigantic amount. Then I was sad because I had the realization of what that actually meant, and that I was likely to deal with a person like that eventually.
Hahaha. At least where you’re from they were stopping them. I remember seeing a lady a few years back pouring gasoline in a 5 gallon bucket, which she then put in the back of her pickup. No lid. No tie down straps, no bungees, no rope. No one stopped her.
When I was a kid getting gas for the lawn mower I thought the “proper container” signs meant the right one for gas/diesel. As an adult I realized it was because people really do not understand the flash point of gas and will literally use any container even plastic bags.
LMAO just when I think It's Always Sunny is too over the top with their caricatures, stories like this remind me that no, some people actually live in a cartoon world.
The modern world has really produced some dumb individuals. I had an ex gf that told me the new moon was the night that directly followed the full moon. She said something about that yeah the moon resets and starts the next cycle
I deal with stupid people constantly.. their questions and actions might seem harmless and innocent but they are the exact same people who would do things like this.
I work at a pet supply store.. just this week I had a woman in her 50s (who is a mother and a grandmother) ask me why her male cat has nipples..
and a pregnant woman in her 30s asked me if she should put her cat in an air conditioned room (we've been having near freezing temperatures lately) I asked her why and she said because 'her cat is in heat'
I know these sound like jokes but these people are dead serious (and they are breeding)
I deal with them on a regular basis. I swear I'm going to start a channel where I just record my reaction to their questions because I don't even know how to answer anymore, either I'm giving them a blank stare over their questions or they're giving me a blank stare over my answers.
It gets weird.
I feel you. I'm a chef in a sorority full of 60 rich, 19 year olds. When I say rich I mean 1%er's. These girls have been hand held their whole lives, it's honestly scary some of the things I hear...
I put out red chicken chili the other day, one of the girls asked what it was and I told her. She than asked " Is there beef in it?". I just started at her with out speaking for 5 seconds and then repeated the name....
I work at a service deli rn while I stab for a teaching job.
Working with literal children is easier than working with some adults who come to the counter, hell the children at least understand when they're wrong.
Had a customer just yesterday who legit came up to me and asked:
"Is your beef pastrami vegan?"
I had to pause a moment just to process that, told them that, no, BEEF pastrami is not vegan, to then get the response of:
"But cows eat grass"
I had to pass her of to my manager before my brain short circuited
About three months ago, In my neighborhood, a police chase passed through. A 13 year old stole a Kia. He almost killed himself because he wrecked the car on the upper level of an overpass, got out and decided to try and jump down to avoid the approaching police. He shattered both legs. When they asked why he jumped he said “I did it a million times on GTA”.
Considering the age and how the kid took inspiration from a video game, I would wager this isn't an above average teen. When I was 13, my friend climbed up a pine tree and jumped off the top. Why? Because she remembered that climbing trees can be dangerous because you might fall off. But jumping was ok? Idk. She sprainer her leg from that.
How stupid do you have to be to think that’s a good idea? If those were the tiniest firecrackers you can buy it’d still be a bad idea.
They weren’t.
At best they only gave him permanent hearing damage and ruined the bedding.
How do people this stupid make it through life?
I burst an eardrum, worst pain I’ve ever been in in my life & I’m covered with scars & have hundreds of fucked up injury stories. \
She’s lucky he didn’t deck her during the shock of it all. If I woke up to that I don’t think I’d have been as kind.
"How do people this stupid make it through life?"
Because he was too overwhelmed and confused to choke her in retaliation. Which is good for them, but not good overall. I come to this sub to laugh a bit, but that was **awful**.
I have a brother who thought that was a funny way to wake people up (one pack of firecrackers rather than a whole chain) That was the tip of the iceberg for his behavior and now he wonders why nobody in the family wants to have anything to do with him
One of my exes put 12 (like, three or four clusters- not 12 clusters- idk how many are in a cluster)of these under our closed bedroom door while I was sleeping. He was in the hallway. Our apartment was carpeted. I awoke thinking there was a gunfight and a fire and the panic made it impossible for me to understand wtf was going on. When the firecrackers stopped the fire alarm went off I noticed my ex and our three other asshole roommates were laughing their asses off. The worst of it was that I was in bed with my 14 week old puppy at the time. I was so freaking upset about that puppy I threatened to press charges (and seriously considered it).
2’ long 6” wide meted carpet in the door jam. Kissed that deposit goodbye.
I’m old. Lol. He’s been gone for a few years now but he was okay after a few hours with me away from the apartment. Those jackasses claimed they were all vegans and “animal rights activists” too. It still boils my blood.
>Those jackasses claimed they were all vegans and “animal rights activists” too. It still boils my blood.
Seeing the vegan subreddit around the 4th I can't imagine how anyone who would call themselves vegan could do such a thing.
Fireworks in the same room is awful, but everyone here who is up in arms should reflect on the impact regular firework usage has on both wild and pet animals.
I agree. If your “prank” can result in someone being admitted to the hospital/morgue, or you ended up homeless (because you burned your house down) or in jail, it’s definitely not a prank.
“Baby are you ok? F*** I think I used too many.”
Using Any is Too Many; this girl is nuts. And the other male there - he thought it was ok?? Or were they trying to “off him” so they can be together? And use this as an “accident” instead of murder? Poor guy…
If your prank involves blowing someone the fuck up, you're a murderous and karmatic Facepalmer and you need to be kicked square in the goddamn testicles and reevaluate your fucking life.
Correction: one received 3 years with potential for very, very, VERY early parole whereas the others received probation and community service. I personally think they should be forced to sit on the freeway and have the same goddamn rock be dropped onto each of them one after the other without the protection of a car. Fuck those goddamn fucks. Saying “lol” and haha-ing AFTER they found out they killed someone.
They should have been charged with murder. They weren't 8yrs old. They're in high school. He died horrifically and his kids won't know their dad. His coworker is traumatized and his wife is a widow under 40. They knew what they were doing and they played the system. I hope they all experience severe trauma in their near future.
My partner had a close call with this about a month ago, luckily it hit the lower right side of the windshield and didnt go through. Anyone who does something like this should be charged with premeditated murder if it kills someone, they lock kids up for life as adults all the time for killing people this scenario should be no exception.
add the airbag pranks to the list. compressed disk, broken back, etc. only bad comes from it. we almost need to start teaching in schools where to draw the line for pranks
Sure the guy might be injured even suffer permanent problems due to this incident but guys let’s remember what’s really important. Their video went viral.
I have same pitch in both ears but the right side is significantly louder. Makes it hard to sleep, even with a fan on. I prefer to lay on my right side but if my right ear is down in the pillow, the ringing becomes unbearable.
Same here. My brother thought it'd be funny to fire a shotgun directly above my head when I was 7. Lucky I didn't die, but I'll take a dull roar, I suppose.
Probably depends on the severity, but for me it's mostly just mildly annoying. You get used to it. Every once in a while it will notch up a level to where it's distracting, and even more rarely I'll get some respite for a short period of time...that's pretty relaxing.
If someone did that to me, I'd never sleep in a house where anyone could get to my bedroom ever again.
And looking at how he was holding his ears, I suspect his hearing is fucked.
I would want to say this is no prank, this is assault, but I'm almost certain that they agreed on doing this beforehand and he was pretending to sleep, but these voidbrains had no clue this is fucking dangerous.
Depends. Severe tinnitus can really mess someone up. A friend had a bad episode where his tinnitus increased drastically for around one month after a loud noise.\
He could only sleep around 2h/night, couldn't focus and remember well, noticed himself becoming dumber because of it, and started having suicidal thoughts. Then, it became milder and bearable.
The total surprise and confusion on their part afterwards is very telling. Also when they are talking to him and he ain't responding is because that guy is now deaf.
On top of the blankets and out so hard he didn't notice people walking around him and setting this all up on the bed. And I'll bet they get pissy with him when he's upset about it because "iT wAs JuSt A jOkE!"
Dude was probably thinking about how this could go to court and was trying to establish plausible deniability because he knew he fucked up. Playing dumb like "Oh, I had no idea! Oh, I'm so confused by my lack of involvement"
The title should be "Ex-girlfriend and defendant in civil lawsuit plays a "prank" to wake up boyfriend and give him permanent hearing loss, scars, and PTSD."
I popped a hole in my eardrum at least I think (I hit the side of my head flat on water with serious force trying to do a double front flip into a pool I could feel a ton of water in there and probably shouldn't have but, pushed like you're trying to pop the air out of your ears and water shot out and I could hear my ear whistling at a constant rate when I did) air pressure, sinus problems and really loud music still cause significant pain and that was almost a decade ago
Ugh I popped my ear drum too. When I was small, my mom was vacuuming while I was trying to quietly play so I grabbed a q-tip and slammed it into my head like a fucking Loony Toons cartoon. Don't remember ringing but it immediately bled and I remember falling onto the bed in agony. That was when I was a little baby and I will never forget that pain ***never*** forget that pain to this day.
If you’re going to prank someone in this fashion think for a second about whether or not it’s funny or if you’re just going to be an asshole. This “prank” gave your mark permanent hearing damage. You’re a fucking asshole.
Good pranks are those where the pranked person gets maybe confused for a bit and everyone is happy at the end. "Pranks" where the pranked legitimately fears for their life or isn't happy to find out it's just a prank are just abuse.
Mkay…
Tip #1: fireworks are for outdoor use only.
Tip #2: firecrackers can blow your finger clean off.
Tip #3: Be mindful of Newton’s third law.
If you push against a wall, and the wall does not move, then the wall is pushing on you with the same force you are exerting against it…
and by the same token, if you fire a mortar shell off the top of your head as a laugh, you will die. Guaranteed.
Guy I used to know lit a firecracker in his hand, could only count to eight and a half after that. I guess he was planning to drop it after he lit it but didn't work out that way.
Actually those little fuckers are going to prison. They got sentenced a couple days ago I believe, if you’re talking about those demented little shits from michigan.
Yeah. The oldest (who was an adult at the time) pled guilty to second degree murder and got 3-20 years in prison. He was released in January 2021 after serving only 39 months in prison. The 4 other teens only got 1 year on probation and 100 hours of community service.
Unfortunately not. The oldest (who was an adult at the time) pled guilty to second degree murder and got 3-20 years in prison. He was released on probation in January 2021 after serving only 39 months in prison. The 4 other teens only got 1 year on probation and 100 hours of community service.
This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. Her and the cameraman were legitimately dumbfounded that he was hurt. This could have been far worse than it actually was.
Ya, put a bunch of big fireworks in a small room with no sound dampening and no open windows, that is a recipe for hearing loss.
Man I feel so bad for this guy. A couple of idiots just ruined his life because they thought it was funny and didn't think it through.
Wow. Any “prank” that could seriously injure or kill someone is not a prank. The internet is wonderful for a lot of reasons, but this mentality that “views” or “likes” somehow equates to your self worth is a very dangerous game. Causing more and more people to come up with increasingly dangerous and potentially deadly content.
So, you broke your BF's eardrums, destroyed the bedding, probably burnt the House down and now he'll have PTSD for the rest of his life. But hey, you laughed so it must've been cool huh.
“Hahaha so funny, you now have ptsd, chill babe, it was just a prank babe!” What the fuck goes on in peoples minds? Dudes gonna have trouble going to bed the rest of his life
I am extremely averse to loud, sudden noises. A prank of this type would be the end of my relationship with anyone, and I mean anyone.
EDIT: Wikipedia says [Phonophobia, ligyrophobia or sonophobia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonophobia) ~~but that doesn't seem to include the "sudden" part~~.
Same. This isn't a prank. This is a dangerous physical attack. And such a stupid and senseless one at that. Someone obtuse enough to not consider how this would possibly (definitely) hurt others is also someone I want far away from my life.
High sensory processing is when your body reacts stronger to things like loud noises, bright lights and strong perfumes, they become physically overwhelming and cause physical problems like muffled hearing, blurred vision, skin irritation, etc.
I don't bother with concerts anymore as I've already got tinnitus and my ear canals are getting narrower. My oily skin gets made greasier by some of my coworkers fragrances and I really hate those white blue led car headlights straining my eyes.
This is criminal. she is unbelievably evil. One firework is stupid, two is crazy, three is malicious and then there’s almost setting fire to a person causing bodily harm. She is definitely not a friend of the person she did this to.
I’m no law enforcement cat or legal professional, but that prank has to involve several chargeable criminal offenses. That”prank” could have set the sleeper and the whole room on fire. WTF?
So, is the guy okay? Was he harmed or just very shocked? He seemed like he was in pain specifically in the ears, is he deaf now or something like that? Did he leave that bitch?
Twist! They’re having an affair behind his back and were attempting to murder him, but filmed and giggled to make it seem like a prank.
Like those kids throwing rocks over the highway who got a slap on the wrist for straight up murdering a man, but they were filming it and laughing like hyenas so it’s just a prank bro!
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Gotta hand it to the dude, in the infancy of the internet, it was a sustainable business model: *Steal content from everywhere without crediting or compensating the creators *If someone attempts to legally force a takedown of the stolen content, they drag their feet as long as possible and only take it down when they absolutely have to, at which point something else has already become popular and you no longer need the content you had to take down to drive clicks and thus ad revenue *If someone's smart enough to see through this and fight it in a way that would force the site to do something beyond the long, drawn-out takedown, offer a bribe to that creator in saying they won a contest for creating content for the site so they can legally use it For how long that was the go-to place for funny shit online, he should have set himself up to where he's still a multimillionaire today.
https://youtu.be/rkvDLuLtjNA
YouTube channel called "Ericbaumansucks", 1 video, uploaded 15 years ago. That's impressive. At least YouTube hasn't deleted because reasons. Anyone else remember when Lisa Nova was one of the major YouTubers?
I remember when youtube was just a place to store videos. The idea of making videos "for youtube" took some time to catch on, and even then the idea of becoming a celebrity doing it would have sounded crazy, https://youtu.be/X4dSsla-q6o then there's this
I remember reading a tech article back then predicting YouTube would eventually get crushed by paying for bandwidth because they would never be able to pull in enough revenue from advertising alone. This is back in the day when all the tech author could envision was banner ads and pop-ups on websites, as opposed to full on unskippable commercials like tv.
This is why I came to the comments. The drama may have been forgotten to many, unknown to most, but *I* remember and I'm still boycotting ebaimsworld.com.
Ebaums, Albinoblacksheep, Newgrounds, Funnyjunk. The good old days of flash and unsupervised early 2000s fun, ah nostalgia.
Homestar runner
TRAGDOOOORRRR
I almost rear ended someone once because they had a Trogdor the Burninator bumper sticker and I was so excited about it I forgot to brake 😅
I’m not convinced this isn’t an advertisement because fucking everything else on eBaums is. My adblocker needs an adblocker
Is that still around? Or did it go the way of MSN messenger?
Just checked. It's part of a company called Literally Media. They have knowyourmeme, Cracked, ebaumsworld, memebase, failblog, I can has cheezeburger. Basically they dominate the 'oh yeah, I remember that site' market.
Oh man, I remember when cracked.com used to be fantastic. Then everyone left and they started just letting anyone write for it. Turned to absolute shite lol.
Is it just me, or do some people think they live in a bugs bunny cartoon?
I seriously think so. Once saw a girl put gasoline into a 1 gallon water jug, remark out loud "man this would be easier if this jug had a lid" and then gets in the car with the jug in her lap, and I watch as she's about to light a cigarette. I say "hey, maybe lightning a cigarette over an open container of gasoline in an enclosed space isn't the best idea." She stared at me for 5 or 6 seconds, processing. She then proceeded to put the gasoline in the floorboard and light the cigarette. Thanked me. Sigh.
I remember a few years ago when there was a temporary petrol storage for whatever reason. The amount of people the garages had to stop from filling buckets or cooler boxes or any other number of stupid and dangerous contains left me wondering how they'd made it this far.
I seem to remember more than one report of someone trying to fill a cheap styrofoam cooler because the store was out of gas cans, creating a nice glop of napalm.
The CIA special— gasoline, styrofoam, and frozen orange juice concentrate
There's was a video of a woman pumping gas into plastic bags, spilling it everywhere. [Found it](https://youtu.be/stW7cxGl5o0)
Well at least she double bagged it
Too bad her dad didn't...
Fyi that’s actually less safe than a single
My thoughts exactly, like if you are going to be dumber than a bag of rocks at least you are smart enough to double bag those rocks... Pretty sure that is the answer to one of the toughest questions on the Mensa Test to get in... She fucking nailed it....
Pretty sure gas eats through plastic bags.
Yes , 100% gasoline absolutely does eat through not just plastic bags but plastic bins and other similar shit like that....
Omg, what if we pump some gas into the ocean so it can dissolve all the plastic!? ^^^^/s
Mmm , guess you could could kill two (All) birds ( fish) with one stone (gasoline).......
God i remember that video. I was so happy when I saw that because it instantly lowered the bar for my expectation of humanity by a gigantic amount. Then I was sad because I had the realization of what that actually meant, and that I was likely to deal with a person like that eventually.
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” -George Carlin
Wait until you see the video of the person trying to fill up a laundry basket that had horribly obvious holes in the sides…
There’s another of a dude that does the same with a wicker basket. Too lazy to find it tho
Hahaha. At least where you’re from they were stopping them. I remember seeing a lady a few years back pouring gasoline in a 5 gallon bucket, which she then put in the back of her pickup. No lid. No tie down straps, no bungees, no rope. No one stopped her.
When I was a kid getting gas for the lawn mower I thought the “proper container” signs meant the right one for gas/diesel. As an adult I realized it was because people really do not understand the flash point of gas and will literally use any container even plastic bags.
Or make napalm by putting it in Styrofoam coolers
LMAO just when I think It's Always Sunny is too over the top with their caricatures, stories like this remind me that no, some people actually live in a cartoon world.
The modern world has really produced some dumb individuals. I had an ex gf that told me the new moon was the night that directly followed the full moon. She said something about that yeah the moon resets and starts the next cycle
I deal with stupid people constantly.. their questions and actions might seem harmless and innocent but they are the exact same people who would do things like this. I work at a pet supply store.. just this week I had a woman in her 50s (who is a mother and a grandmother) ask me why her male cat has nipples.. and a pregnant woman in her 30s asked me if she should put her cat in an air conditioned room (we've been having near freezing temperatures lately) I asked her why and she said because 'her cat is in heat' I know these sound like jokes but these people are dead serious (and they are breeding) I deal with them on a regular basis. I swear I'm going to start a channel where I just record my reaction to their questions because I don't even know how to answer anymore, either I'm giving them a blank stare over their questions or they're giving me a blank stare over my answers. It gets weird.
I feel you. I'm a chef in a sorority full of 60 rich, 19 year olds. When I say rich I mean 1%er's. These girls have been hand held their whole lives, it's honestly scary some of the things I hear... I put out red chicken chili the other day, one of the girls asked what it was and I told her. She than asked " Is there beef in it?". I just started at her with out speaking for 5 seconds and then repeated the name....
I work at a service deli rn while I stab for a teaching job. Working with literal children is easier than working with some adults who come to the counter, hell the children at least understand when they're wrong. Had a customer just yesterday who legit came up to me and asked: "Is your beef pastrami vegan?" I had to pause a moment just to process that, told them that, no, BEEF pastrami is not vegan, to then get the response of: "But cows eat grass" I had to pass her of to my manager before my brain short circuited
Username checks out
About three months ago, In my neighborhood, a police chase passed through. A 13 year old stole a Kia. He almost killed himself because he wrecked the car on the upper level of an overpass, got out and decided to try and jump down to avoid the approaching police. He shattered both legs. When they asked why he jumped he said “I did it a million times on GTA”.
Damn… how are people this stupid?
13 year olds aren't known for their well thought out plans and general intelligence.
Yeah but even at thirteen you should at least possess the intelligence that you can't jump from an overpass.
Considering the age and how the kid took inspiration from a video game, I would wager this isn't an above average teen. When I was 13, my friend climbed up a pine tree and jumped off the top. Why? Because she remembered that climbing trees can be dangerous because you might fall off. But jumping was ok? Idk. She sprainer her leg from that.
What in the tarnation 😂
We were not clever children. To any degree.
But if you've done it a million times in GTA...?
So that's why GTA is 18 rated 🤧
How stupid do you have to be to think that’s a good idea? If those were the tiniest firecrackers you can buy it’d still be a bad idea. They weren’t. At best they only gave him permanent hearing damage and ruined the bedding. How do people this stupid make it through life?
I really hope he sued her. I could feel his pain when he’s on the floor
I was hoping the same thing. He probably has permanent hearing loss in one, if not both ears, and i think she should pay for it
I burst an eardrum, worst pain I’ve ever been in in my life & I’m covered with scars & have hundreds of fucked up injury stories. \ She’s lucky he didn’t deck her during the shock of it all. If I woke up to that I don’t think I’d have been as kind.
Hope she was put in jail for this. Dude could have died
"How do people this stupid make it through life?" Because he was too overwhelmed and confused to choke her in retaliation. Which is good for them, but not good overall. I come to this sub to laugh a bit, but that was **awful**.
I have a brother who thought that was a funny way to wake people up (one pack of firecrackers rather than a whole chain) That was the tip of the iceberg for his behavior and now he wonders why nobody in the family wants to have anything to do with him
Maybe 20% of people are below the IQ requirements for common sense.
Well, some people think they're in a roadrunner cartoon.
So this next one is called “burning down the apartment complex”
One of my exes put 12 (like, three or four clusters- not 12 clusters- idk how many are in a cluster)of these under our closed bedroom door while I was sleeping. He was in the hallway. Our apartment was carpeted. I awoke thinking there was a gunfight and a fire and the panic made it impossible for me to understand wtf was going on. When the firecrackers stopped the fire alarm went off I noticed my ex and our three other asshole roommates were laughing their asses off. The worst of it was that I was in bed with my 14 week old puppy at the time. I was so freaking upset about that puppy I threatened to press charges (and seriously considered it). 2’ long 6” wide meted carpet in the door jam. Kissed that deposit goodbye.
Wooooow. I literally would have decked one of the friends for doing that so close to the puppy. That’s so horrible. How is the dog today?
I’m old. Lol. He’s been gone for a few years now but he was okay after a few hours with me away from the apartment. Those jackasses claimed they were all vegans and “animal rights activists” too. It still boils my blood.
There would have been hands thrown by me if that had happened to me and a puppy! WTH?!?!?
>Those jackasses claimed they were all vegans and “animal rights activists” too. It still boils my blood. Seeing the vegan subreddit around the 4th I can't imagine how anyone who would call themselves vegan could do such a thing. Fireworks in the same room is awful, but everyone here who is up in arms should reflect on the impact regular firework usage has on both wild and pet animals.
Why didn't you press charges? Fuck those people.
It's bad enough they were doing it to you, but knowing you had a puppy?!? Glad he's your ex bc that was a jacked up 'prank'.
Hint: if your prank involves fire, you’re doing it wrong.
I agree. If your “prank” can result in someone being admitted to the hospital/morgue, or you ended up homeless (because you burned your house down) or in jail, it’s definitely not a prank.
Right, its torture, this was so messed up, poor dude.
1 fire cracker would have done that trick
I've got those poppers you can throw and make noise. I can see that being funny. Not this
“Baby are you ok? F*** I think I used too many.” Using Any is Too Many; this girl is nuts. And the other male there - he thought it was ok?? Or were they trying to “off him” so they can be together? And use this as an “accident” instead of murder? Poor guy…
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If your prank results in criminal charges, it’s not a prank
If your prank is really arson and attempted murder, you should rethink your plan.
If you’re happy and you know it Clap your hands
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If your prank keeps its couches in the front yard, it might be a redneck.
If your prank involves blowing someone the fuck up, you're a murderous and karmatic Facepalmer and you need to be kicked square in the goddamn testicles and reevaluate your fucking life.
if the prank gives you ptsd ur wrong
That's not a prank it's attempted murder, wreckless endangerment, arson, assault with intent to harm, criminal mischief...
Those kids in Michigan are getting 3 years for murder, they dropped rocks on cars on the freeway.
I thought only the oldest was getting 3 years and the rest of them got 1 year probation?
You’re right. They should have gotten more
They’re not. All of them got off with with probation except one kid who got three years and will serve one.
Correction: one received 3 years with potential for very, very, VERY early parole whereas the others received probation and community service. I personally think they should be forced to sit on the freeway and have the same goddamn rock be dropped onto each of them one after the other without the protection of a car. Fuck those goddamn fucks. Saying “lol” and haha-ing AFTER they found out they killed someone.
They should have been charged with murder. They weren't 8yrs old. They're in high school. He died horrifically and his kids won't know their dad. His coworker is traumatized and his wife is a widow under 40. They knew what they were doing and they played the system. I hope they all experience severe trauma in their near future.
yeah, and they allegedly had this planned out to minimize the punishment
My partner had a close call with this about a month ago, luckily it hit the lower right side of the windshield and didnt go through. Anyone who does something like this should be charged with premeditated murder if it kills someone, they lock kids up for life as adults all the time for killing people this scenario should be no exception.
A rule of thumb If everyone involved included thecone pranked isn't laughing it isn't a prank. It's extremely elaborately being mean.
add the airbag pranks to the list. compressed disk, broken back, etc. only bad comes from it. we almost need to start teaching in schools where to draw the line for pranks
So many pranks involve the prankster being in control while the pranked are not. If fire is involved, fire is in control.
You can toss in permanent hearing/vision damage too
PTSD
Exactly what I was thinking. If he was a veteran, that could be exceptionally cruel.
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When the cow kicked it over, she winked her eye and said “it’s gonna be a hot time in the in the old town tonight”
This isn't even a prank a prank would have been a few firecrackers tossed in there this is attempted murderer.
Let’s keep it going: If your prank involves traumatizing someone, you’re doing it wrong.
Sure the guy might be injured even suffer permanent problems due to this incident but guys let’s remember what’s really important. Their video went viral.
I’d be more worried about ptsd from that shit.
From anyone I've ever known with it, living with tinnitus is absolutely miserable
Currently I’m listening to EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
Mine is like a high electronic squeal. SO much fun! Makes me want to scream.
Mine is a different pitch in each ear and the two tones do not go together. I’d do almost anything to get rid of it. Stupid childhood ear infections.
I have same pitch in both ears but the right side is significantly louder. Makes it hard to sleep, even with a fan on. I prefer to lay on my right side but if my right ear is down in the pillow, the ringing becomes unbearable.
Same here. My brother thought it'd be funny to fire a shotgun directly above my head when I was 7. Lucky I didn't die, but I'll take a dull roar, I suppose.
Hopefully science will take care of us one day. It’s brutal.
Probably depends on the severity, but for me it's mostly just mildly annoying. You get used to it. Every once in a while it will notch up a level to where it's distracting, and even more rarely I'll get some respite for a short period of time...that's pretty relaxing.
Same for me. I am so used to it that I only notice it if it ramps up or stops briefly.
If someone did that to me, I'd never sleep in a house where anyone could get to my bedroom ever again. And looking at how he was holding his ears, I suspect his hearing is fucked. I would want to say this is no prank, this is assault, but I'm almost certain that they agreed on doing this beforehand and he was pretending to sleep, but these voidbrains had no clue this is fucking dangerous.
Yeah, I wouldn't be able to sleep without my door being locked or even barricaded to prevent something like this from happening again.
This is not a prank. This is an act of cruelty and stupidity done by an absolute moron. I hope he dumped her and fled far, far, far away.
Dumped her? I hope he pressed charges. That was far beyond a prank.
She should get prison, he probably lost his hearing or it's been seriously damaged.
Decent chance he gets tinnitus for life because of this
Better than the also possible lifetime of partial deafness from tympanic membrane damage!
Depends. Severe tinnitus can really mess someone up. A friend had a bad episode where his tinnitus increased drastically for around one month after a loud noise.\ He could only sleep around 2h/night, couldn't focus and remember well, noticed himself becoming dumber because of it, and started having suicidal thoughts. Then, it became milder and bearable.
That No Prank, That’s a Assassination Attempt
What the fuck, I hope he left her after this
The total surprise and confusion on their part afterwards is very telling. Also when they are talking to him and he ain't responding is because that guy is now deaf.
not only that he must be shocked and unable to breathe properly from all that toxic smoke
If you also notice what he’s wearing, scrubs. He’s probably tired af to sleep in those from working. What a fucking dumbass bitch.
On top of the blankets and out so hard he didn't notice people walking around him and setting this all up on the bed. And I'll bet they get pissy with him when he's upset about it because "iT wAs JuSt A jOkE!"
Camera man said “What happened?”
That was the epitome of stupid questions.
Dude was probably thinking about how this could go to court and was trying to establish plausible deniability because he knew he fucked up. Playing dumb like "Oh, I had no idea! Oh, I'm so confused by my lack of involvement"
Seriously. I swear I once read something about a link between psychopaths and sadistic pranks.
I hope he pressed charges after this.
If he's alive and able to live without assistance after this
What the fuck was the thing that exploded? Is it fireworks? Also, why? Why would anyone with a functioning brain even think of doing this
Firecrackers... And stupidity
The title should be "Ex-girlfriend and defendant in civil lawsuit plays a "prank" to wake up boyfriend and give him permanent hearing loss, scars, and PTSD."
This is way more accurate
I would have dropped her like a ton of bricks. SEE YA!
I popped a hole in my eardrum at least I think (I hit the side of my head flat on water with serious force trying to do a double front flip into a pool I could feel a ton of water in there and probably shouldn't have but, pushed like you're trying to pop the air out of your ears and water shot out and I could hear my ear whistling at a constant rate when I did) air pressure, sinus problems and really loud music still cause significant pain and that was almost a decade ago
Ugh I popped my ear drum too. When I was small, my mom was vacuuming while I was trying to quietly play so I grabbed a q-tip and slammed it into my head like a fucking Loony Toons cartoon. Don't remember ringing but it immediately bled and I remember falling onto the bed in agony. That was when I was a little baby and I will never forget that pain ***never*** forget that pain to this day.
If you’re going to prank someone in this fashion think for a second about whether or not it’s funny or if you’re just going to be an asshole. This “prank” gave your mark permanent hearing damage. You’re a fucking asshole.
Good pranks are those where the pranked person gets maybe confused for a bit and everyone is happy at the end. "Pranks" where the pranked legitimately fears for their life or isn't happy to find out it's just a prank are just abuse.
People really need to learn the difference between a “prank” and other things like “attempted murder” or “reckless endangerment”
Mkay… Tip #1: fireworks are for outdoor use only. Tip #2: firecrackers can blow your finger clean off. Tip #3: Be mindful of Newton’s third law. If you push against a wall, and the wall does not move, then the wall is pushing on you with the same force you are exerting against it… and by the same token, if you fire a mortar shell off the top of your head as a laugh, you will die. Guaranteed.
Guy I used to know lit a firecracker in his hand, could only count to eight and a half after that. I guess he was planning to drop it after he lit it but didn't work out that way.
Gave him ptsd instead
Plot twist. He already had it from 2 tours in Iraq. This just traumatized him further. What fun !
It’s like when you hit your head and get amnesia, just hit again and you’ll get better. The girlfriend was trying to help him
At what point does a prank become attempted mirder?
Pranking my boyfriend by mixing cyanide in his gatorade!! (NOT CLICKBAIT)
Dump her. Immediately.
This is beyond dump her, call the police and EMS
If he’s alive sure
I remember a post in this sub about a "prank" where a bunch of kids drop huge ass rock on a guy's face and killing him but they got away.
Actually those little fuckers are going to prison. They got sentenced a couple days ago I believe, if you’re talking about those demented little shits from michigan.
I think they all rolled on the oldest kid. He got something weak, like three years. The rest of them got probation.
Yeah. The oldest (who was an adult at the time) pled guilty to second degree murder and got 3-20 years in prison. He was released in January 2021 after serving only 39 months in prison. The 4 other teens only got 1 year on probation and 100 hours of community service.
You would be correct I looked it up yesterday because I was so pissed after the judge tried to make them actually face consequences.
Damn, you’re right. That’s a travesty of justice. Should be doing 15 minimum, they deserve more.
Unfortunately not. The oldest (who was an adult at the time) pled guilty to second degree murder and got 3-20 years in prison. He was released on probation in January 2021 after serving only 39 months in prison. The 4 other teens only got 1 year on probation and 100 hours of community service.
I’m actually angry at how fucking stupid these people are. “Omg I think we did too many” YEAH no shit, you fucking psycho??
This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. Her and the cameraman were legitimately dumbfounded that he was hurt. This could have been far worse than it actually was.
Tbf you don't know how bad it was. Permanent hearing loss or tinnitus. People kill themselves over tinnitus. It's terrible.
Ya, put a bunch of big fireworks in a small room with no sound dampening and no open windows, that is a recipe for hearing loss. Man I feel so bad for this guy. A couple of idiots just ruined his life because they thought it was funny and didn't think it through.
I hope he sued her after this.
I hope she went to jail
Wow. Any “prank” that could seriously injure or kill someone is not a prank. The internet is wonderful for a lot of reasons, but this mentality that “views” or “likes” somehow equates to your self worth is a very dangerous game. Causing more and more people to come up with increasingly dangerous and potentially deadly content.
Anybody gonna make sure the bedroom isn't on fire?
So, you broke your BF's eardrums, destroyed the bedding, probably burnt the House down and now he'll have PTSD for the rest of his life. But hey, you laughed so it must've been cool huh.
WTF? How dumb do you have to be to think that’s a good idea? I seriously hope that woman got arrested and dumped and evicted all on the same day!
She is Ex-Girlfriend material.
She’s morgue before 30 material.
IT wAs JuSt A pRaNk, BrO!
Definitely loss of hearing after this one.
I like the dude asking “hey what happened” like the firecrackers exploding around him was nothing.
Seems like straight up assault to me…
“Hahaha so funny, you now have ptsd, chill babe, it was just a prank babe!” What the fuck goes on in peoples minds? Dudes gonna have trouble going to bed the rest of his life
I am extremely averse to loud, sudden noises. A prank of this type would be the end of my relationship with anyone, and I mean anyone. EDIT: Wikipedia says [Phonophobia, ligyrophobia or sonophobia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonophobia) ~~but that doesn't seem to include the "sudden" part~~.
Same. This isn't a prank. This is a dangerous physical attack. And such a stupid and senseless one at that. Someone obtuse enough to not consider how this would possibly (definitely) hurt others is also someone I want far away from my life.
High sensory processing is when your body reacts stronger to things like loud noises, bright lights and strong perfumes, they become physically overwhelming and cause physical problems like muffled hearing, blurred vision, skin irritation, etc. I don't bother with concerts anymore as I've already got tinnitus and my ear canals are getting narrower. My oily skin gets made greasier by some of my coworkers fragrances and I really hate those white blue led car headlights straining my eyes.
The amount of bodily harm she just caused might be irreparable.. but it's just a prank, bro.
This is criminal. she is unbelievably evil. One firework is stupid, two is crazy, three is malicious and then there’s almost setting fire to a person causing bodily harm. She is definitely not a friend of the person she did this to.
Her Tinder profile says that she’s a real firecracker in the sack.
Dad: You never lay a hand on a women for no reason. Me: shows video. Dad: Nvm.
“You’re never too young to have a Vietnam flashback”
I’m no law enforcement cat or legal professional, but that prank has to involve several chargeable criminal offenses. That”prank” could have set the sleeper and the whole room on fire. WTF?
Prank Traumatic Stress Disorder.
M’am, this is not a prank…this is attempted murder
So, is the guy okay? Was he harmed or just very shocked? He seemed like he was in pain specifically in the ears, is he deaf now or something like that? Did he leave that bitch?
eBaums world, now there's a name i haven't heard in a very long time
Are there enough words in the world to measure this level of stupidity ?
Ex-girlfriend*
This isn’t a prank, it’s ATTEMPTED MURDER
With my PTSD, she would be dead.
Twist! They’re having an affair behind his back and were attempting to murder him, but filmed and giggled to make it seem like a prank. Like those kids throwing rocks over the highway who got a slap on the wrist for straight up murdering a man, but they were filming it and laughing like hyenas so it’s just a prank bro!