Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Gizmodo- Pranks and Non-Pranks

Things That Are Pranks and Things That Are Not Pranks

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Filed to: HITCHBOT 8/04/15 7:00pm

Things That Are Pranks and Things That Are Not Pranks

For your consideration...

Things that are pranks:

Reprogramming hitchBOT to sound like HAL from Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey
Taking hitchBOT to Mount Rushmore and leaving him on Teddy Roosevelt’s moustache
Making hitchBOT a real boy through magic and/or sorcery
Auditioning hitchBOT for the lead role in a buddy comedy opposite David Spade

Things that are not pranks:

Breaking hitchBOT and hijacking a fun, dumb thing that people actually enjoy

Image: Jesse Wellens of YouTube’s BFvsGF and Prank vs Prank just before performing a not prank

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Matt Novak’s Discussions

5teelrat Matt Novak
8/04/15 7:10pm

Vandalism is never a prank. Thats why it’s called vandalism.

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Groovingontherubble Matt Novak
8/04/15 7:18pm

Once they abandoned it on a street it became fodder for whomever came across its path, good or bad. Im surprised it lasted as long as it did, but I’m thinking it had much better PR and marketing elsewhere, I never heard about it until the last few days.

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Kevin Matt Novak
8/04/15 7:34pm

I would generalize to say that the effects of a prank are, by definition, temporary and reversible. For instance:
Moving a friends car from one parking space to another so they think they are crazy - Classic prank.
Driving a friend’s car off a cliff - Not a Prank.

etc.

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lostEngineer Matt Novak
8/04/15 7:39pm

I don't know why, but the minor vandalism on the glove just got me in the feels. All the rides he's taken, all the people he's met, all the colorful characters who left a signature story on his hands, lost.... like tears in rain.

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Chasmyr Matt Novak
8/04/15 7:41pm

Fantastic, not a prank. Now let’s all put this to bed and do something important. A plastic tub with a smiley face on it has taken far too much of the world’s attention.

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elmaoroflson Matt Novak
8/04/15 7:42pm
New Uses of “Pranked”:
- I just pranked your car! I had it towed and scrapped LOLZ!
- I just pranked your house in gasoline and set it on fire! BURN!
- I’ve chained you to a wall that’s filling with poison gas. The only way out is to saw off your foot. YOU GOT PRANKED, SON!
2 7 Reply
Eric Limer Matt Novak
8/04/15 7:18pm

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