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One might think such an elaborate prankster would keep his benign pranks to himself when going on a podcast tour to protect appearances.
by BbzzbB 4y ago
One might think such an elaborate prankster would keep his benign pranks to himself when going on a podcast tour to protect appearances.
- natch 4y agoGoing on a podcast tour to protect appearances? One would think he went on the podcast tour to seek attention, as pranksters are wont to do.
- BbzzbB 4y agoI meant he probably wouldn't publicly talk about his pranking history on his podcast tour if he wants to con everyone.
- natch 4y agoI think there’s some subtlety there you’re missing, and that is that there’s is a kind of pleasure and prankster humor in revealing to the more perceptive subset of the audience that you pulled an epic con, while still keeping the con alive for another less perceptive subset. For an example of this kind of prankster game see Woz’s short videos about how he sources (actually real, but he intentionally does not say that) two dollar bills in pads from a local printer “who gets them from another very high quality printer.” He knows some people get what he’s doing and others don’t, and that’s part of the fun. And some people transition during the exposition from being people who are being duped, to people who realize they were temporarily duped. That’s another part of the fun.