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Yeah, this sounds like a mean prank. Maybe the victim would find it funny if they were shown the Wikipedia article after the fact and had the psychological exp
by branon 4y ago
Yeah, this sounds like a mean prank.
Maybe the victim would find it funny if they were shown the Wikipedia article after the fact and had the psychological experiment explained to them, similar to https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
Short of that though, this just seems cruel
- ThePadawan 4y agoI think the 1962 Candid Camera version [0] is a lot more poignant and harmless way to point out the human desire to conform. I can't quite nail what the emotional difference is (to me) - maybe it is that laughing (at no-soap-radio) is a an action showing much more vulnerability compared to facing the "wrong" way in an elevator. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztFv6OSFeUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztFv6OSFeUA