pranks

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about various harmless pranks that people can play on friends. It's always fun to keep those friends on their toes. 

We say that we live in an organized society, but people still have a penchant for sinister pranks. And while it sucks to be pranked, holy crap does it feel good to revel in the glory of a successfully pulled off prank. Here are pranks, tricks, and goofs that people successfully dropped onto unsuspecting people's lives.

If you do too many of these you're almost guaranteeing that people will thing you're a complete psycho, but one or two probably couldn't hurt. Learning psychological facts or ways to mess with people likely won't make you more adept at navigating social situations than actually talking to people earnestly, but these are at least fun.

Almost everyone likes pranking, but no one likes being pranked. It's one of those fundamental problems that comes with messing with your friends. Sometimes smart employees prank bad customers, sometimes customers try and fail to prank employees. Sometimes people realized they've been pranked, but they don't realize they're on live television.

Someone on AskReddit asked for people to share the most elaborate pranks they pulled/had pulled on them during the holidays. People really cook up all kinds of mischievous behavior during the holidays to keep themselves entertained. 

Can't say all of these will work for you, or that some are even safe enough to be advisable, but here's some ideas to get you going in the right direction. Also if you do the seagull one you're a bastard. If you want to become feared by strangers and hated by your friends, then check out these things you can do to mess with people's minds.

April Fool's Day is THE time of the year for bringing your asshole-ish tendencies out in fully functional form. Thing is, with proper planning, you can drive someone that much more insane. In the case of these comprehensive, calculated April Fool's Day pranks, you have a whole lot to work with for pissing that next person off in your life. And you can always check out the one from last year, here!

Life can be boring when every social interaction is so planned out and expected. Why not throw a wrench in people's social expectations and give their brains a what-for? If you wanted to alienate strangers and potential friends, here are some ideas. For the prank-minded, here are some long cons for April fools.

Life is a constant struggle against the cold pit of failure. It's hard enough not to screw up on a normal day, but when people are out here actively trying to trick you, then there's almost nothing keeping you from looking stupid. So here's to not being anyone caught up in all this nonsense. And if you wanna see more people's days go bad, here's some more of that.

"It's just a prank, bro!"....