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by Hokua oe Lopqi Lokki

Created on: July 29, 2009   Last Updated: July 30, 2009

Internet Pranks can be funny. Some can be a bit distasteful. You also have to know who you are pranking. Some people are absolutely incapable of taking a joke. If a person has some sort of mental condition or even a physical condition like a faulty ticker, they might could do without the joke at all. After all, not everyone can distinguish reality from fiction, and some jokes can be down-right frightful. Some pranks can be distasteful and rude. It actually depends upon your mark too. If you know for a fact that they won't be hurt by it and that they will enjoy the joke, by all means have a grand ole time. However, if the joke is going to hurt them physically or mentally, or even their computer, don't do it. Pranks/jokes are not funny if it is destructive in any way. To be more precise, if it is destructive or hurtful in nature in anyway, it isn't a prank/joke at all, and can get you jailed. You should be careful when you pick you prank/joke.

Some horror stories involve pranks/jokes are:

People sending emails of nude pics can occasionally do so thinking it is cool or funny. The bad news is, if the person on the receiving end is against nudity, you could have just lost a friend, your job, or whatever, depending who your mark was who recieved the prank/joke. Some things just aren't funny. The receiverif against nudity, will only find it vile, lude, crude, and repulsive. Also, it is most likely that that person will never want to speak to or even see the sender ever again.

People sending chain letters and the person keeps getting the same letter over and over. Believe it or not some of these people actually believe that bad luck will happen if they don't do exactly what these chain letters tell them too. I feel like saying How ridiculous., but it isn't as funny for the person who lets the chain letter run their lives.

People who send scary pics with loud terrifying music or terrifying sounds of some sort. I personally love these, but some people end up traumatized over it. I can't imagine what can be so traumatizing about such silliness, but then again everyone has a fear of something different. I'm afraid (not afraidterrified-fainting terrified) of heights. I guess, some people are/or could be afraid the devil or something is going to come out of the screen and get them. I don't know. Maybe they were afraid that it was the notorious computer bug when they saw it. I can't tell you. I can tell you, that when you get hit

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