Prank Gone Lethally Wrong...

Christ that's awful. It reminds me of what happened to me on prom night. Me and some friends were on a long but high-speed backroad to get to someone's house, apparently some teenagers had dragged one of the big wooden "welcome to *city*" signs in the middle of the road and layed it flat. It was flat and you could barely see it, but it was THICK, and at that speed, if we had hit it head on, we would have spun out of control. Anyway me and a bunch of friends were in the car, and at the last possible second someone screamed HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THAT and we swerved just in time. We were able to pull over and drag the sign out of the street. We freaked the fuck out after that, it was terrifying. Why the fuck do people do that stuff?

Reckless, immature, idiotic retards. Faggots like that killed my cousin.

Shit like that is funny.

When it's in someone's yard.

Dechipher wrote:Shit like that is funny.

When it's in someone's yard.

Thank you Alexmax.

If someone ever did that to me I would beat the fuck out of them.

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Kinda makes you reconsider the nature of pranks, huh. It's always funny until someone gets hurt.

Yeah, but then it's REALLY Funny!

... ... Until you're forced to visit them in the hospital or spend time in jail for what you've done.

agrees with both of the above

this prank is SO not funny

This is a prank that went wrong. It was a stupid idea, but do you think the pranksters thought that people would end up in the hospital over this? A classic case of "Shit happens" in every sense of the word.

jessethe2nd wrote:Reckless, immature, idiotic retards. Faggots like that killed my cousin.

I bet he was kind of a dick anyway.

Yeah, but I mean, if you put a fucking deer in the road, you have to take into account that people are gonna swerve. The least you can do is pick a spot where they'll be able to swerve off the road safely.

When setting up a prank, you really should think to yourself, what exactly do you want to happen, and what could end up happening that you might not have thought of. Alot of pranks seem like they'd be funny good ideas at the time, but some things people do can easily be lethal like that. You have to be certain how people will react to it won't lead to someone or something getting damaged or destroyed.

Anyways, that sucks.

AlexMax wrote:This is a prank that went wrong. It was a stupid idea, but do you think the pranksters thought that people would end up in the hospital over this? A classic case of "Shit happens" in every sense of the word.

Um, tell me how this prank could have gone right, exactly? I mean really, what do the majority of people do when they see a deer in the road? They swerve. It's rare that anyone just hits the deer, because no one wants to get hurt... It's common sense to know something like that. Also, common sense says it's not funny to put lives in danger just for fun, kthx.

I think the people who pulled this prank should be forced to stand in the middle of a busy intersection.

This goes to show how immature some people are.

I swear if I was in that accident, someone's ass would be on the line. Unreal...

This is a classical example of an event both really bad but hilarious at the same time. I hope they catch the guys responsible though. Stupidity is like the Energizer Bunny it just keeps going and going.

Lord Cheese wrote:This is a classical example of an event both really bad but hilarious at the same time. I hope they catch the guys responsible though. Stupidity is like the Energizer Bunny it just keeps going and going.

How the hell is this funny at all? They crashed into a tree and were severely hurt. Where is that funny?

I see nothing funny or hilarious at all about people getting seriously injured or killed. I hope those who did this "prank" are punished.

is there nothing better to do in a small boring town. did they get tired of smoking pot, drinking beer, and having sex? pointless activities like that would never happen in my city.

Our town is quite small. Infact, the location of this accident is right outside of town. But there are more things to do than smoke pot (which at least 60% of the town's population does), drink beer (which probably explins the high welfare rate), and have sex (which this town is inbred to the max, whenever you mention someone, someone says "they're my cousin!", or something.). But the amout of things to do is limited. All we have is a theatre and a bowling alley. Most of kids loiter around the courthouse after 10:00. But, this doesn't mean you should go sticking deer in the highway, you should go tping instead 😛!

This just goes to show, it is best to avoid pranks that involve cars. Too much can go wrong too easily.

Cloral wrote:This just goes to show, it is best to avoid pranks that involve cars. Too much can go wrong too easily.

No. It is best to avoid pranks that involve dangering people's lives including cars....

I don't see how some of you people can see this funny. Man, I'm getting my driver's license in a year. And I was just nervous about drunk drivers, I never thought about the pranks. I'm sure there's probably a couple (atleast) people at my school that would do something along that line eventually. :disgust:

Stuff like this makes me sad I'm a teenager D:

To those who are having trouble understanding why this is not funny, I submit this explanation.

A prank is something that afterwards, all parties can laugh about. While it may present an inconvenience for the recipient, when the prank is revealed the recipient can continue their life as usual.

Placing a fake deer in the road is not a prank. Even at relatively low speeds, the consequences of collision with a deer are quite high. My girlfriend's best friend just had her car totalled by a deer; it caved her hood in, ruined her windshield, and caved her roof in. On top of the damage to the car itself, there is the danger that you can lose control of the vehicle, causing further damage and possible injury. Even a fake deer poses quite a threat to a moving vehicle.

Given the extent of damage collision can cause, it is natural to swerve to avoid the deer. Somehow I don't think anyone with even sub-human intelligence could agree that placing a person in a situation where they have to weigh the risks of thousands of dollars of property damage against the risks of a hard swerve to avoid an object is a "fun prank".

Seriously, put yourself in a similar situation. You're driving your car down the road and all of a sudden you see a deer in the road. You make one of the following two choices:

1) You decide to collide with the deer as swerving is too risky. It turns out to be a plastic decoy, but the 45mph impact gives the object quite a bit of energy. When all is said and done, the dents, scratches, and cracked windshield cost you $500 of repairs.

2) You decide to swerve in an attempt to avoid the deer. Your tires go off the shoulder and your car enters a spin. You correct the spin in time for a helpful tree to stop your car. The tree does damage to the tune of $2500 to your car and the car wil not function until it is repaired. The impact trauma causes your neck to ache for several days and you miss a week of work.

In either situation, would you suddenly start laughing and shout "Hey guys you got me good that time!" afterwards? Do you really think it is funny to do something that has a high chance of causing random people hundreds of dollars of damage and injury?

Seriously, "Oh this is just a good prank gone bad" is probably the stupidest observation that could be made about this situation. I am trying and trying to think of a situation where placing a hidden, large object in the path of traffic is a good prank and I'm just not seeing any.

Would of been funnier if they used a real deer.

No, a real deer is a lot bigger and will do much MUCH more damage to you and the vehicle. That would be even less "funny".

likesallusions wrote:No, a real deer is a lot bigger and will do much MUCH more damage to you and the vehicle. That would be even less "funny".

It was a joke. People will say stuff like that all the time and it is just to be dumb.

Glitch wrote:Would of been funnier if they used a real deer.

Then.. couldn't they technically get in trouble for animal cruelty?

That too. Either way, bad.

Sute wrote:Then.. couldn't they technically get in trouble for animal cruelty?

LOL! That is so true! Let's hope these idiots get what they deserve, a long time of staring between bars.

Aegix Drakan wrote:LOL! That is so true! Let's hope these idiots get what they deserve, a long time of staring between bars.

I doubt it, our police force is filled with corruption and scandals. In fact, my town has the highest unsolved murder rate per capita in the nation.

...that's scary. You never know, though, they could get 'em. Eventually.