YouTube Pranks Got Worse

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[@minlanuelmiranda]

i think the saddest part of this is the fact that a large portion of high school guys act exactly like this with little to no consequences

[@katc2040]

Exactly. And then they punish the few good kids that have to deal with that bullshit. They should make a separate school for the well-behaved kids that actually want to learn instead of whole schools for kids that will get expelled in 6 months

[@CitBox]

At least most high school guys eventually grow up these are grown adults

[@breathoffreshair7795]

Nah the saddest part is that its their parents that act completely immature and raise them to think this is normal. Failed emotional maturity results often in failed emotional maturity. They cant teach what they dont know 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme]

Ikr, i go to school with teenage boys and most of them (not all but most) have this attitude.

[@evansblackparade]

yeah, i remember kids like that when i was in high school. i guess the difference is now they can gain a huge following on youtube and make a fuck ton of money doing it. yay

[@Chipsfish1]

I don't think you're just "out of touch" or anything, because as a younger person myself, this behavior is disgusting. Old man Jarvis is correct !!!

[@jesuusch]

Guaranteed that these guys have never suffered once in their lives. They’ve always had money, always had enough food to eat, always got what they wanted as kids, hence why they act like the world is theirs to do whatever they want.

[@Chipsfish1]

@@jesuusch Normally I'd agree with you, but I personally believe that becoming "spoiled" or "entitled" has much less to do with being provided for / not enduring suffering and much more to do with the culture a child is raised around. After all, kids who endure a lot of suffering can still end up entitled, and kids who don't endure much suffering can still end up as loving and kind and forgiving people. I believe material conditions don't have a direct correlation to your behavior once you grow up, and that it's much more about how the parents act. If parents act entitled and spoiled, their kids are likely to mimic that behavior. Additionally, since a lot of kids grow up in single family homes without socializing much, kids end up not being exposed to very many other viewpoints or other, healthier behaviors to mimic (outside of public schooling, I suppose). Y'know that phrase "It takes a village"? Well, Baylen is the kind of person you get when parents don't take enough time to self-reflect on their own behavior and the kid doesn't have a village to fall back on.

[@gaykidsexisttoo]

yes those kids are out of touch.

[@Baer99Z]

@@Chipsfish1 Damn you just summed up my exact thoughts on people like this, thank you cause I was way too lazy to use the brain power lol

[@Dysanii]

@@Chipsfish1I agree with you! Not to brag but rather to further prove your point. I come from a well off family that many would consider privileged and i’ll admit, I was/still am spoiled quite a bit- in many ways. Some that I won’t realize until I finally live on my own, im sure. My parents always prioritized putting others first, being hospitable, being kind, all of that. We were family first, and spent our wealth on family and friends mainly. Many friends at college never suspected I was well off because I was kind and humble. They were always presented with the stereotype that rich kids are entitled. That money makes them brats. What you act as and the values you instill in your children is the cause of these type of kids. Especially if they’re a single child imo Wealth has little to do with it. Its not the root cause in the end

[@jayedgar1384]

Viewing random people as "NPCs" is genuine serial killer potential. It's just admitting that you don't view the guy you met on the street as a real person

[@definitelymdt]

Imagine if there's a movie like this where a person thinks they're playing in VR but in reality, they're in reality. So they slowly do worse and worse stuff but they still believe they're in VR until the end.

[@DaRandomCommenter]

Is it the pranked or bay dipshit

[@Berryations]

Not that deep

[@Chellariat]

@@Berryationsit is tho. nobody is saying that this kid is gonna start killing people but he very openly does not view the people around him as real human beings, he views them as lesser. he views them as NPCs and views them as characters for him to use in his videos.

[@_JustJoe]

​@@definitelymdt or a game, even more ironic if it was VR

[@sighcantthinkofaname]

To me, the whole "They're just having fun" argument is for when people are wearing cosplay in public or watching TV shows meant for a younger demographic. Stuff that's considered "cringe" but isn't negatively impacting anyone. In those situations, let people live! But when you're actively bothering someone else and making them the butt of the joke that isn't fun, it's closer to harassment and bullying.

[@TwixtheFox]

I wish more people were like this. I think a lot of the people that abuse the word "cringe" are very much online and have a skewed idea of the public. (I'm very online myself btw, no hate.) If I ever wore my Fursuit in public I guarantee I would get lots of interested people and people asking for photos. It already happens when I fly with my Fursuit, because I have to bring my head on the plane as a carry on. Also when non-furries are at the convention hotel, such as guests and staff. I've been asked for pictures a lot by non-furs. I think terminally online kids way overestimate how real world people act and what they think is "cringe" and have a warped idea of what cringe is due to the internet. If the average person sees a Fursuit irl they'll either think "Huh, okay. Neat/weird." Or come ask for pictures and maybe chat. I even had 4-5 people at the same time on a plane while on my way back from TFF talking to me about being a furry and what it's like, asking questions etc. One of them was the flight attendant :P I've had airport security do the same. I once used greyhound and many people asked me there too, and some people talked about how their family are furries and go to cons and such, and wanted pictures to show them. Also have had people in the stores and restaurants around the con hotel ask for pictures and chat. People are curious and interested. It breaks the monotony of life and is interesting to those who know little about it. I've only had good experiences from being openly a furry in public. I've never had anyone be rude or grossed out. That goes to show the people on the internet who hate us are too scared to say anything irl, and their warped perception of how people are in the real world is very much not true. Furries go to conventions, hang out with friends and party, all the while being their true selves and have a blast. Funny how having friends, having s3x, partying, going outside or to events and doing activities and talking with others and such is seen as cool and normal, but when it's furries doing it, they're told they're losers and gross online. Goes to show that people that are scared of being "cringe" are really just jealous that others are doing the things they wish they had the courage to. Also that it's more about bullying groups of people seen as "weird/gross" or vulnerable rather than having a standard of "normal." Sorry about the essay, I'm just passionate about this stuff :P I've been a furry since the earlier days of the internet and I've seen a lot. Even the early days couldn't compare to the amount of hatred and harassment furries got from 2016-2018 imo. Cringe culture absolutely made the internet almost unusable at the time and I couldn't do anything or go anywhere without being harassed, even on our own websites sometimes because they would get brigaded here and there. Cringe culture absolutely ruined younger gen z peoples childhoods. Glad they're recovering from that garbage and finally breaking the stigmas and mold. I have a firey rage of hatred for cringe culture and the word cringe in general :P So I get overly passionate about this stuff, combine that with my ADHD brain and I write up essays in comments lol

[@justanotherguy1122]

​@@TwixtheFoxPeople on the web nowadays are horrible. Technically THEY are the cringe ones, yknow?

[@FriendshipIsMagic6214]

@@TwixtheFoxMaybe it is cringe in their opinion. Doesn’t really matter what everyone else thinks. If you personally think something is cringe what’s wrong with saying it?

[@mae.glitter]

@@TwixtheFox I LOVE this comment so much

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

@@mae.glitter isn't making and consuming art what the vast majority of the furry community does?

[@mistercarlacat]

As a 28yo adult my biggest fear (that started about 5 years ago) is being filmed in public by teenagers and mocked online. Terrifying how normal thats become.

[@johnniewaiker6203]

My fear is somebody trying to scare me and do something aggressively and get in trouble because of it while i just wanted to protect my self.

[@SirRainbowSkychild]

Look, if that ever happens. Film them as well. That way if they try to make an arse of you out of context, you'll have evidence of their bullshittery.

[@dareangel96]

My biggest fear is me retaliating why swinging in a teenager who’s harassing me. I’ve never fought anyone in my life but someoen about kids just completely disregard less people’s space and privacy makes me so upset I might go to jail over it

[@gildedpeahen876]

@@dareangel96I was jumped by a group of 8 teenagers. They were no more than 15 years old and I froze up and had no idea what to do. Really scary.

[@hagathachristie]

becoming an internet meme has been my greatest fear since like 2012 and it is very much related to this

[@sh4rkss]

that kid absolutely reeks of privilege. if i tried getting aggressive and shouted at a cop like that i'd be shot dead before the words even left my mouth.

[@FrNSICs]

also his “there should be more people like him” comment at the (totally real) cop had me 🚶🏽

[@Moony1568]

I’m sure the cop is fake, but yeah. I agree.

[@sh4rkss]

@@Moony1568 not the cop in the walmart the cops in the street

[@Ben-mw7pw]

@@Sean-tg8zw Copy and pasting the same thing over and over doesn't make you right, it makes you gullible. Also, he promotes terrorizing the public for reacting to his terrible behavior.

[@Chitownhomestead]

Facts

[@tigressjinx]

Pro tip: if you ever realise someone is filming for a prank video, start loudly playing copywrited music on your phone. Their audio will be completely ruined - if they upload it, youtube's content ID system will flag it and take all of the video's ad revenue ✌️

[@Dkgow]

It's a semi win win, since you either get them to delete the part you were in, or it gets demonetized, but I mean, with how people are with editing. They would just take out the audio without isue.

[@creeperizak8971]

​@@Dkgowthat's the goal

[@Canada_Official]

Especially Disney music

[@yes2462]

Thank you

[@madbwoy84]

I've always enjoyed playing my music wherever I am without headphones so I can hear everything going on around me. nowadays it's keeping these vampires away 😂

[@ally2765]

Baylen went to my highschool; he’s kind of a weird topic among people who still go there because we’re kind of collectively embarrassed. Our school has a uniform and the administration had issues with him doing “pranks” and generally bothering people while in the school uniform with the entire name of the school on the front, so yeah he’s been doing this forever. (He chose to leave the school entirely instead of to dial down his behavior so I think it’s safe to say he pretty much has never thought he was in the wrong)

[@infomemer4497]

He did not leave he got kicked out, at least do some research before you hate🤷‍♂️

[@ally2765]

…i go to the school bro

[@infomemer4497]

@@ally2765 ok fine then how long was he there

[@ally2765]

Uhhh he was gone by 2018 which I think was his sr year but I don’t know if he came to the school freshman year or later

[@rachellamont3594]

I think we have good reason to dislike him

[@MusiciansRule07]

When The Ace Family was "robbed", there was a receipt for a business that hosts fake cops with all the fixings. The cop that cheered these idiots on could possibly be from one of those services. I hope so. These aren't pranks. It's harassment and being a public nuisance.

[@defectiveaffect]

I feel like that is illegal unless their just going through a loophole of ""we're not saying we're law enforcement"" Either way this fake cop bs sucks

[@spoo5122]

​@@defectiveaffectI wonder I that business could be reported to any federal agencies for impersonation of law enforcement. I'm saying that because if they're not law enforcement, it's illegal to wear full uniform, show up in a cruiser with lights (I there's blue lights) and wear the badges/flags that are normally on LEOs for identification

[@LightPink]

​@@spoo5122 I see fake cops in movies all the time.

[@BaronBytes]

There are probably loopholes where if you do it on private property away from the public and everyone involved knows the cops are fake.

[@spoo5122]

@@BaronBytes things happening on private property does complicate things legally. That can be both a lifesaver, or in this case, extremely annoying

[@rayosprey2065]

the PRIVILEGE they have to be able to speak to cops like that and cause a fuss wherever they go and not face any consequences

[@ebbaaerlebo2379]

bro yessssssss

[@TheGirlOfAllTime]

fuck, RIGHT?!? i could never, i would freeze up.

[@kuroneko334]

It's "amount of privilege " not just "privilege "

[@aday4evr]

​​​@@kuroneko334the way they said it makes perfect sense. No one likes a pedant. The word privilege being capitalized already shows that they mean a large amount of privilege. They don't need the words "amount of" to make the idea clear when it already is clear.

[@mysticloverfairy1]

He definitely has White Male privilege, don’t want to be that person, but it’s so obvious if he was black, he definitely wouldn’t be able to do this stuff. Also did anyone notice that the Black cops were the only ones who actually told them to stop their stupidity.While the white cops were all “hee Hee ha ha you guys are so funny” no they aren’t.

[@radbu1075]

The handshake thing reminds me of men hitting on women. When the woman tells the man to leave her alone the man gets defensive and says “What? I’m just trying to have a conversation with you. What’s wrong with that? I can’t talk to you?”

[@AuntieEm4242]

Yes!! Something about this feels so... gross and predatory, and I think that's a big part of why.

[@TangyExplosives]

It's a power thing - they're trying to take control That guy is absolutely a public menace and this kind of ignoring boundaries behavior is going to set the precedent in the future to push boundaries further and further

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

Literally the first time I ever went out in public while presenting as a woman, this absolutely shitfaced dude was trying to get me to sit next to him on some park bench with the argument "I just wanna have a normal conversation, how is that weird?". These men are like clockwork.

[@kylespevak6781]

Same energy

[@gonzalezchild0482]

No fr because now that’s a genuine fear I have now because of these “pranks.” Like today I was able to leave work a bit early bc everything got done, so I decided to go to Walmart to get some stuff. It was night and I was by myself. Now imagine if a group of teenagers doing dumb shit like this come up to me all in my face with a camera, I’d get annoyed for them ignoring my boundaries, and two I’d worry more if they started to sexually harass me. Or worse follow me in the store/to my car and continue doing the so called prank. Luckily nothing happened at the store, but the thought of that happening to me is both annoying and scary.

[@Leo-zt4no]

He's essentially teaching kids that you can play around and mess with cops without getting shot, which only puts kids in danger.

[@666_cthulhu]

especially all those little kids of color who already know what slurs mean before they can do algebra •_•

[@skippythealien9627]

if you're rich and white, you'll be fine there are different rules for different people unfortunately. i would NEVER go out of my way to mess around with cops but i don't have the luxury of that life like these buffoons do

[@damnitsem]

All I'll say is the fact that none of us can really tell if that's a real cop or not speaks volumes

[@Fleshdeficiency]

Remember everyone, 40% cops.

[@Cheezus]

reminder anyone can be a cop, it's literally just right there. takes only a few months and BAM, gun and badge.

[@sourgreendolly7685]

@@Fleshdeficiency*40% REPORTED cops Victims don't always report in general, let alone when the abuser works where they file the report.

[@user-im6ms1me4y]

Hahaha😀🫠we’re in hell lol

[@crashlanderman2239]

They are definitely fake cops not doubting a real cop would act like this but I'm pretty sure their all fake because whenever you see their cars they all have light blue and white lights which are used by fake police officers instead of the red and blue like real police officers due to it being illegal on "civilian" vehicles

[@katiesmith5913]

He calls them 'Karens" but it's just people trying to live their lives/do their jobs

[@violetbitch9492]

women* because people love to now bother random women and call them karens when they react

[@Sammy38]

​@@violetbitch9492Not only women, he has called males Karen for some reason lol

[@jessetreadway5249]

​@@Sean-tg8zwwell your hero better stay away from my job if he wants to keep his face in the same shape.

[@violetbitch9492]

@@Sammy38 well it has evolved then

[@aud7593]

wasn't "karen" originally a way for the american black community to describe the very particular racism of white women? they really warped it

[@lisavictoria1606]

“We as a society rely on the expectation that people will behave “ is probably the scariest and most true statement, that I never quite grasped before....

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

It's why Trump and other fascists are gaining so much power around the world. It's not illegal to lie, ignore people and generally behave like an asshole, it's just that regular people consider it rude, but these people take full advantage of that.

[@cassandra8209]

I came across this comment right as he said that in the video

[@cawtisticoctobear]

modern day greek philosopher moment

[@avengersgal]

I work at Target and when I tell you I feel genuine fear every time I see a group of teens in the store I mean it. I turn around a walk away so fast… I don’t wanna deal with any of that nonsense

[@khadeejones1136]

It's even more annoying that these guys aren't even teens, their in there early twenties but they still dress and behave like middle schoolers.

[@Akane1313]

Back when the consignment shop I work at used to have menswear we would sometimes have a group of high school boys pop in to browse. They were lively but never caused any trouble which was nice and sometimes they would buy stuff. I feel like average kids like to loiter around places after school but not a lot are interested in actually causing mayhem. Kids like the ones in this video are typically insufferable to their classmates too. They seem the sort to go around filming themselves yanking ponytails.

[@waffleaffle231]

As a teen, I apologize for the actions of other teens. My group of friends always try to be polite and not cause any problems, retail workers have enough to deal with already.

[@raven_moonshine39]

@@Akane1313 I used to work in an antique/consignment store and every so often high school boys would come in (never in groups though. It was always just one nerdy looking kid at a time walking around by himself asking me what we sell which just confused me even more lol) and every time I'd watch them more than I would anyone else just waiting for them to start getting up to something, but every time they'd look around, maybe take an interest in an item, then leave without causing any problems. I think the most any of them did was we had one of those double sided sequin pillows and he wrote "hi" in the sequins which just made me laugh because I do that every time I see one of those pillows, too. But, yeah, I think that job taught me that it's easy to assume all teens are inside staring at their phones/TVs/computers and if they're not then they're up to no good, but in truth they still get that itch to just do something even if it's just wandering around the way teens always have and when you don't have a car or money then that means loitering somewhere. That or those kids thought we sold drugs in the back or something and were taking turns coming in to see which one I would admit it to, it's always been kind of 50/50 in my mind, so who knows lol

[@mikchimin]

When I worked at Target I developed an ulcer. There were many things that contributed to that ulcer, including an already prominent gastrointestinal issue, but teenagers in that store were part of the reason. Like the entitlement those people have. I haven't gone into another Target since I quit almost two years ago. It may be a small bit of fun for them, but it's traumatic for others. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but these people just don't think

[@beckyhop13]

Man, as a neurodivergent person with anxiety, the idea of these kinds of folks walking up and trying to bug me while I'm just doing my chores and shoving a camera in my face sounds like a NIGHTMARE.

[@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme]

So many ND people in particular saying this and as one, i totally agree.

[@vibrantgleam]

@@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme I love people but this would scare me too (lowkey would be pissed)

[@princessofhell4639]

Dude i'd literally have a complete breakdown it would completely destroy any progress i've made in trying to do better. It's not a prank it's legit harmful.

[@Santiago_RS]

Unfortunately these dudes would put you in their video and make fun of you because you got angry at them or maybe you ran away. They love to mess with people is not even funny

[@kingtaeminemsglasses]

I don't even have anxiety but SAME, strangers walking up to me scares the shit out of me, let alone (or along?) These weirdos

[@banditnosey]

If I was named Baylen my only prank would be leaving parties early and saying “I’m Baylen on you guys!”

[@Tee256]

Now that's funny

[@tinytine_]

The only Baylen that's legally allowed to exist

[@kmac291]

Pros: Hilarious Cons: Have to get invited to party first

[@ermiminana]

you made me sign in to like your comment

[@luisayala7226]

Thats so funny

[@under.the.oaktrees]

I really hate how they don't blur anyones faces. A lot of these people have very clearly expressed discomfort with having their face on camera and that should be respected.

[@JinStreams]

They just don't see them as people. Especially with that clip of the older woman telling them stop recording and him blatantly saying that it's going in his video out of spite. Genuinely disgusting

[@spinecho609]

the faces and the anger is the content, you cant blur it, thats the show

[@OutOfContextVideos2]

There is no exception to privacy in public.

[@0verpricedcoffee553]

​@@OutOfContextVideos2 so im legally allowed to film a person's entire life while theyre outside without their knowledge? thats weird :D

[@OutOfContextVideos2]

@@0verpricedcoffee553 That's correct depending on the state. As long as you're not on private property you are allowed to film.

[@CarryOnChronically]

As a Scottish person I’ll never understand why people have the confidence to do this in a country where people carry guns.

[@blank.r]

right if that guy came up to me, id most likely feel threatened and start saying sh*t about the weapons im carrying on me

[@spinecho609]

they only shoot you if you are a black teenager

[@SamsungChihuahua]

Actually a few months ago one of these pranksers was sh0t bc he lived in a conceal carry state in a mall (I think it was a Mall it was some type of large area most likely a Mall) and had to be rushed to the hospital bc the guy who shot him was threatened bc he kept getting in the guy's face and was aggressive

[@LolaSchms]

Ew I’m such an American bc I forgot there is more then Americans on English vids, but yea it’s not as much of a problem in some parts of the u.s but the gun thing is so real

[@marcey4207]

​@@blank.r yeah you know the amount of drive by shootings that happen specifically when you yell at someone when they're actually the one driving recklessly, too many times, sometimes i get nervous when my mom road rages because the amount of people that just get mad and start shooting is alot more common than you'd think, especially here this is one of those yeehaw GUNS FOREVERRR 🦅 states so uh

[@hobbesthetiger]

These people just don't understand pranks at all. A good prank is something that doesn't harm anyone and that everyone finds funny. A good prank adds absurdity to someone's day without ruining it. They aren't pranksters; they're just being terrible and calling it a prank.

[@Vampress09]

"A good prank adds absurdity to someone's day without ruining it" this nails it so well like I have never seen done before.

[@CUBKITS]

Yeah exactly. A prime example of one of the last good prank channels is Ross Creations. He's respectful, goofy, and his pranks are all just creative and silly (now days lol). Sometimes people don't like it, but in that case they respect them and gtfo. These guys (and anyone else trying to mimic the formula) could learn a thing or two.

[@Citrancy]

Exactly. One of my favorite pranks is when skaters go to a store or where ever ask can i skate here and when told no just run away holding their board as if they’re going to get on. It’s harmless, and everytime the workers are at first upset then just laugh.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

There's a Canadian prank show that's a great example. Nobody gets hurt, sometimes the people don't even notice anything even happened until someone points out the cameras. One of the pranks is like one or two people in a park will ask someone to take their picture, and as they get into position some workers carrying some big opaque object, like plywood, will walk by, and as they walk by the people getting their picture taken will switch out with completely different people, so when the guy takes the photo he'll be like "Wait wasn't I just taking a photo of a short Asian woman, not a tall black woman in the exact same outfit? But that wouldn't make any sense??" It's just silly and nobody gets hurt because they point out the tv cameras right away so the guy doesn't have an existential crisis.

[@Citrancy]

@@Sean-tg8zw he harrasses people in public while promoting mediocre messages. There are a plethora of better creators out there promoting equal or better messages without actively making others lives worse

[@Nebulousart]

jarvis you’re being too nice: these are bad people and you should say it

[@m.a.d.9540]

Read this just as he was saying that he’s not saying these are bad people and thinking exactly this in response lolol

[@Chipsfish1]

huge agree, "prank" youtubers using their platform to harass random people for content don't deserve to be treated with Jarvis' level of patience and understanding

[@big_gie41110]

Unrelated but I love the pfp

[@CitBox]

That's probably still too nice, if they weren't clearly rich white guys they'd probably be in jail for some of the stuff they seem to pull

[@cactus2260]

i've noticed that youtubers really hold their tounge on criticizing people for filming strangers in public. maybe they feel that zoomers will call them karens for saying its not cool

[@kirrb-dot-exe]

he has the energy of someone pointing a finger at you and saying "i'm not touching you"

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

It's the same reason conservative politicians get away with spreading outright lies: it's technically not illegal. It's rude, but that doesn't matter when you have no shame.

[@xX_codyine_syrup_Xx]

and he’s also filming it and then he’s gonna post it on youtube and call you a karen

[@yangdelion]

I thought the exact same thing

[@lisavandenhoven5672]

Filming a stranger and putting it online without their consent should be a crime. This is not news, it is not in the public good, it is straight up harassment and these juvies should be prosecuted.

[@radiiclaws8068]

I think it is a crime in some countries, but I wish people had the common sense to know that it’s wrong anyway

[@666_cthulhu]

there are definitely times when filming someone and putting them online is reasonable, which makes it hard to create any kind of legislation around the issue of taking videos in public. common sense just isn’t very common :/

[@lisavandenhoven5672]

@@666_cthulhu That is an interesting point. Maybe the legislation could be phrased to say it has to be newsworthy or in the public good. That way, it could be easily argued that filming someone committing a crime or on stage or at a protest would be legal, but filming people just living their lives would not be.

[@OutOfContextVideos2]

It shouldn't be, there is no exception to privacy in public.

[@lisavandenhoven5672]

@@OutOfContextVideos2 There is some expectation of anonymity. The laws were developed before everyone has a camera in their pocket, access to streaming footage to thousands of people, and access to mass information that make doxxing a legitimate risk. The laws need to be updated for the times.

[@hades_town]

if i ran into prank influencers IRL it would genuinely ruin my day. i have autism so that kinda thing really stresses me out. I think to them it feels harmless and they don't care how the people around them feel, but the people around them are at best annoyed and at worst stressed out having to deal with them. i just know i would have to go home and cry

[@Cheezus]

just be glad that these people don't like inundate the streets, they're common online but even living here in the danger zone (LA) I don't think I've ever ran into one.

[@katc2040]

They remind me of the worst kids in high-school. They had the same effect to me but it was "funny" when I would get so overwhelmed and finally ask them to stop being loud and rowdy. I was seriously depressed and anxious all the time bc of those people

[@FrNSICs]

not a perfect solution since it could backfire by bringing more attention to you, but if you have spotify or something on your phone you could blast copyrighted music if someone starts filming you. that way you’ll either drown out whatever they’re saying, and if they try to upload footage of you they’ll lose monetization on the video which is the whole point of their game

[@cloudbrooks]

​@@FrNSICs holy shit youre a GENIUS

[@andineffable]

This this this exactly this.

[@DullBlaze]

The scariest part for me is just the lack of consequences and them KNOWING they can get away with it. They don't get in trouble for filming people without consent (or a license), they don't get in trouble for touching cops, they don't get in trouble for harassing people at their workplace and for causing a public disturbance. And here I am an average POC walking around afraid of any cop interaction or people interaction in case I just "looked at them wrong". The dichotomy makes my head spin.

[@Berryations]

The stats on police shootings say otherwise darling don’t live in fear, or believe a second of this guys “pranks” are real.

[@LJCG777]

​​@@BerryationsBabygirl Don't fail to justify cops shooting inocent people just because "its just a little amount of murder, why are you worrying about??". Also you're *WHITE*

[@_JustJoe]

​@@Berryations You're very privileged. All of your comments prove that.

[@genericname2747]

@@Berryations You're white.

[@rxre6969]

They are filming in public

[@bambi-bt6zd]

there’s not even any actual “prank” that takes place, they’re just causing public disturbances and embarrassing themselves

[@EricaDLucas]

The crazy thing is that they try to frame women like this lady as "crazy Karens", but if the only "bad" thing she did was snapping at them for recording her, she ain't wrong lol I assume the majority of people would feel uncomfortable being recorded without permission, but wouldn't speak up because they don't wanna cause a scene and make this longer than it needs to be. This woman just decided to do what most people would like to, which is sadly exactly what they were pushing her to do, because it gets them more views. These "influencers" have a really fucked up idea of what boundaries are and they behave like this because of lack of consequence, but when somebody tries to make them face consequences, they just make more money off of it

[@FTMothman]

How do I, someone with a disorder that is supposed to cause me to lack empathy and social awareness, understand the fact that all of this is cringey and the “let’s see if this person snaps after I bother them and then we can frame _them_ as the bad guy” format is disgusting, but these guys don’t?

[@allegorx58]

it’s like everyone became autistic after the pandemic. anybody else notice this?

[@maryellenparmenter9303]

​@@allegorx58what do you mean by "everyone became autistic"?

[@jane_wants_to_feel]

@@allegorx58one of the dumbest things i've heard all day..

[@SleepyToby]

​@@allegorx58because people had time to self reflect.

[@ohboy1057]

They didn't even say they're autistic, there are several disorders that are claimed to cause you to lack empathy and social awareness. The fact that you automatically assumed they meant autism is rather telling of what you think of autistic people. But to answer your question, no, people didn't suddenly become autistic after the pandemic. As diagnostic tools have become more refined the rates of diagnosis have been steadily increasing for decades. That isn't people "becoming" autistic, that's autistic people finally being given a diagnosis that they should have gotten in childhood.

[@marklafrancis253]

The fact that if this kid was any shade darker and talked to the cops that way he’d end up in a body bag makes my blood boil. This is straight up affluenza.

[@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme]

Is this true?? I see people say this all the time. Is it so common for American cops to shoot people just for being slightly aggravated towards them? Also are they really all racist? Surely they aren't all racist, right?? :(

[@crazyturd143]

How is police corruption a race issue and not a poverty one?

[@vibrantgleam]

@@crazyturd143 Because it happens alot here.

[@gradyjones7017]

Yeah, he wouldn’t. I know that’s what you would like to believe, but not all cops are corrupt and violently racist. Just a couple

[@katarzynaszajkowski8394]

@@crazyturd143it is a poverty problem. Take one second to connect the dots between how a racial group who has been systematically oppressed for centuries may be more likely to be impoverished due to redlining and other factors. Ur so close but so (probably purposefully) far away

[@aubob]

*walks into someone’s job* worker:“please don’t film me” him: “if you don’t wanna be filmed then leave”

[@tokimaane]

when jarvis said: "never in my life have i seen a police officer and thought to myself, gimme a hug!" i felt that

[@donzobonzo4535]

He's 22 and seriously behaving like this? Genuinely embarrassing. Im 22 now and i cant imagine acting like this even if i was 10

[@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme]

A 22-year-old child

[@tontocorazon]

You were probably not born privileged and probably have empathy

[@mariya_tortilla]

omg i thought he was 16

[@delicatefairy2861]

im 22 and if i had to sit in a room w these so called men id just straight-up wither up and die

[@drunkhyena]

He's 22??? I thought he was 17 at MOST

[@Diamond.H.514]

👏 Being 👏 annoying 👏 is 👏 not 👏 a 👏 prank 👏👏👏👏 For the people in the back: 👏 BEING 👏 ANNOYING 👏 IS 👏 NOT 👏 A 👏 PRANK!!!!!

[@colette2034]

It really makes me wonder, for the thousand of folks who watch these 'pranks' what do they get out of it? Is it just fellow shitty teenagers who also find humor in annoying strangers? I just got done watching a video that's a tiktok compilation of folks discussing how inflation is ruining their lives and they can barely afford to live- the cognitive dissonance of going from that to THIS?? Imagining that these guys are probably profiting and apparently above the 'law' if that cop is actually real. What a strange world.

[@SquidwardTentacles-jl6me]

Hi Carvis!!

[@tylerschofield]

That hand clapping shit is definitely annoying lol

[@yubyubcommander]

@@colette2034 It's because the target audience for a lot of this stuff is kids under 15. I work in elementary schools and they think that this stuff is cool and aspirational. It's depressing.

[@verysad2400]

for people with screen readers: Being annoying is not a prank!

[@Chumpess_X]

I also have an opinion…I work at a large department store, and have ended up in a tiktok video without my knowledge before. I was in the back area at work, but the camera angle was such that you could see into a staff only area. Even though I was doing nothing but my job, it pissed me off that someone filmed me without my knowledge, at my place of employment. What if I was in a situation where I needed my identity and location hidden from I’m the general public because I’d escaped a bad situation? You can’t just film people doing their job, and not expect them to get pissed about it. Also, I’ve caught kids throwing themselves into bunks of pillows or squishmellows before…don’t do that. The pillows are at least sealed, but the toys are going to kids, and no one wants a plush toy that’s had a strangers arse on it. Also, we have to go tell you to stop, and there is always a risk of the situation escalating. We don’t enjoy telling people to stop their shenanigans, because you approach them never knowing if they’ll get violent. Just recently one of our female staff members was pushed over so the person could run past…harmless right? No, the staff member is pregnant, just not showing yet. I hate these channels, I hate the entitlement. I hate that people like that makes a crapload of money, and those of us having to put up with their nonsense make minimum wage. Just leave us to do our job. Please.

[@DragonMaiden77]

Just a reminder; people have been shot and killed doing exactly the type of stuff this guy is doing. There is a point where that ‘invincible’ feeling gets you killed.

[@BurntToastStars]

For reference, my dad was a cop while I was growing up. That was not a cop. The uniform was completely wrong. The thing that makes it look so believable is the black props on his black shirt. The city insignia doesn’t look right (it could be real, but the application was weird). Also, this behavior was probably be “conduct unbecoming” and given that this “cop” was not censored/blurred he is not concerned about this prank video getting back to his superiors. Edited to add: my bet is that the “cop” is a security guard with props

[@Dkgow]

What about the 2 at the end though? Same idea? Because they also seemed a bit "unbecoming" of their conduct.

[@BurntToastStars]

@@Dkgow no, their uniform looked more legit and while they were being a bit gruff, they were trying to get the “pranksters” to leave. They weren’t fangirling and they weren’t offering to participate in further “pranks”. It’s been a few days since I’ve watched this video so my interpretation of the cops at the end might be off.

[@RisingSunfish]

Yeah, my mind immediately went to Austin McBroom hiring fake cops for his staged burglary videos. I don’t know if that kind of thing exists outside of LA though… where is this prank boy located?

[@BurntToastStars]

@@RisingSunfish right? I forgot about that. Hiring actors is pretty common everywhere. So it can definitely exist outside of LA

[@user-cw4gi2tq7w]

​@BurntToastStars what about the jeans? That gave it away for me

[@lonelyfroggy5787]

There’s something so “I say I grew up in the hood but actually it was gated community.” Energy about this guy, just the different ways he acts around cops is very “white guy trying to be street.”

[@littlekishmish]

istg it’s like he’s trying to get their approval or so. and then there’s the privilege of talking to cops like that in the US…

[@lonelyfroggy5787]

@@littlekishmish Especially being white, surrounded by poc and yelling at cops like he’s invincible with no consequences and then talking to them like long time buddies.

[@crazyturd143]

@@lonelyfroggy5787 Nobody else will say it so I will, its not about skin color 90% of the time. Generally cops treat underprivileged people poorly regardless of race, simply because they know we have little means of retaliation. Can we all agree its not necessarily the people behind the badge that are immoral but they choose to work for an immoral system? There are a lot of genuinely good cops, but it seems to be about 50/50 these days unfortunately.

[@lonelyfroggy5787]

@@crazyturd143 Not sure exactly how your comment relates to mine but I mean, I agree 100% that cops take advantage of poor and underprivileged people but the thing is, a majority of those groups heavily include black and brown Americans, that’s just a fact. Yes, I think the police force in general should be training and teaching better, never said individual cops are *solely* responsible. I’m just saying that, to me, personally, this guy’s attitude towards the police from his perspective of privilege is weird.

[@crazyturd143]

@@lonelyfroggy5787 that's basically my point, police aren't inherently racist, it's mostly because of the systematic oppression that African-Americans are more likely to be victims of police violence. I just hate how people talk about racist cops and not a racist system.

[@alexandriabrock6979]

my 12 year old step sister is OBSESSED with this boy. she runs an Instagram edit page of him and just got back from his tour. she owns all of his merch and it is literally all she can ever talk about. she's even tried dm'ing him on Instagram. it drives me crazy because he's a really bad influence and shes at an impressionable age. her father has done absolutely everything for her so she doesn't hardly understand consequences so I'm scared for if she acts like this in the real world and gets into serious trouble. she's puerto rican and where we're from (Memphis) everyone is really accepting of diversity because it is such a diverse area, but what if she goes somewhere else and they discriminate against her and shes acting like that? she could get arrested so fast or worse. not everyone has the same social privilege of this boy. baylen knows the age of his audience so he should really act accordingly before he gets someone really hurt when they try to mimic him.

[@ApocalypticOne]

We need to convince the "pranksters" to all "prank" each other so that everyone else can be left alone.

[@karterevans4187]

I'm not a fan of the Karen meme. It may have started out as a way for customer service workers and Black people to talk about how classism and racism often manifest as entitlement and paranoia in upper-middle-class white women, but the term has rapidly devolved into a politically correct substitute for "bitch" and been misapplied to anyone who stands up for themself. That young man has clearly lost the plot if he's applying it to a Black man being harassed while working in customer service.

[@SheepUndefined]

God, same. It's also like, I hate to say it, but vaguely sexist, right? Like women get called Karen like fucking crazy, even when they're in the right, and then when men get called it, they're usually called a "male karen." Not a Kevin or some mirrored name.

[@malegazeofficial]

👏👏👏 PREACH

[@SashaTiem]

even in customer service i feel like ppl were misapplying it idk. this girl i used to work w described one of our regulars as a karen and she was only ever really polite. mite have just been a her issue tho

[@lewis7870]

Similar to the word woke it now just means something you don't like but can't explain why without making yourself look bad

[@SheepUndefined]

@@lewis7870 Which also was an aave term that got misappropriated by people. That seems to happen a lot.

[@rustyknight1572]

Somehow, if someone did to them what they did to others, and ruined their videos whenever they tried to shoot a video, somehow, I believe that they still wouldn't get it, and they would get angry themselves.

[@jesuusch]

I mean look how Brent Rivera reacted when that other KZbin exposed his fake videos at the Stanley hotel

[@jewdy8915]

People pranking pranksters is content I’m here for.

[@PansyPops]

@@jewdy8915now *that* I’d watch

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

I would HATE if this happened to me... Ugh...

[@williebowmar7166]

These guys are the actual Karens. Causing a scene and expecting everyone around to just fall in line with their outbursts

[@obviouslyoblivious242]

I'm a cashier at a grocery store and on my shift two of these types of guys came through my line. They were doing that childish giddy laughing and razzing each other up, and were taken aback that indeed reusable bags exist and they aren't free (I'm in Ontario where we only have reusable for a couple years now) and made a whole show of it all. Luckily they weren't filming, but they seemed a few years older than myself and I was so confused that people like that ACTUALLY existed in real life. They had no self awareness whatsoever, it was like they weren't even tuned into the same reality as everyone else. It was such a strange experience.

[@AspireToInspireLIU]

It’s like they weren’t drones and wanted to be happy.. it’s crazy… smh lol

[@witheringlunatic]

Same bro (also from Ontario). There were these groups of boys who were screaming (literally yelling randomly) in the store and then they seemed okay coming to my till but then screamed on the way out. Like, why. There’s no need. I wish people faced the consequences of their actions because not many do. And it just makes them do it again and again.

[@Overused_Toothbrush]

I’m just patiently waiting for someone to finally do a prank that goes so far that the genre collapses. Prank content is horrible, and the only way that it will end is if something big happens. Edit: to all those in my replies saying that it wont change until the algorithm stops recommending it, I agree. Someone is going to go too far, a lawsuits going to happen, and then KZbin is going to stop pushing pranksters. There’s no other way for this type of content to go away, unless KZbin nukes itself for some reason.

[@dimsufferer9951]

People have died filming “prank videos”, they’re never going to stop

[@ashikjaman1940]

They're not gonna stop until algorithms stop pushing them

[@rd_k11]

The only way I can see pranks dying is if KZbin makes the algorithm favor content that doesn't revolve around harassing people, and since this makes KZbin money that probably won't happen unless a prankster kills multiple people imo

[@victordeluca7360]

@@rd_k11 Can't wait for "Brought an AK to my school as a prank. YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT"

[@adubz54]

​@rd_k11 yep there are people who actually create art, and do intelligent things but nooo youtube supports these idiots but won't support small creators who actually create decent content

[@bottledfart]

Just when I thought the worst genre of content couldn’t get any worse

[@jake9107]

theres always lower

[@NoahNotNilla]

I know I can’t believe Jarvis could get any lower with his vids /j

[@WilliamBrowning]

At this point it's just a race to the bottom. Pranks. Family vloggers exploiting children. Psychics making false allegations. Everything is just the worst getting worse.

[@archeryfinn1658]

@@Sean-tg8zw get better heroes, kid. Like someone who does good for others without expecting anything in return. You know someone with traits that are worth admiring. Someone who doesn't ruin people's day for views. It's sad that you think he's a hero.

[@evanshlom1]

Fun at parties

[@ladylera9870]

I work in a library, and weve had so many teens, especially boys, who act like this and then either start screaming or crying when we throw them out for the shit they do.

[@ittybittynautilus2468]

Jarvis you are being too generous. It is objectively bad that they are invading people's privacy and posting videos of random people without their consent to mock them. It doesn't matter if their rudeness is a persona for the videos, the negative impacts on others are the same.

[@AnnDVine]

i would like to know how these boys have avoided a punch to the face for so long

[@FrNSICs]

not sure how much good that would do. not only would they get more content from that, but you know for sure they would jump to an assault lawsuit like vultures

[@Professor_Brie]

Maybe they haven’t avoided one, but were too embarrassed to put that in a video

[@Moony1568]

They probably have been but don’t post those moments.

[@LeBatteur]

@@FrNSICs Don’t underestimate the power of getting decked in the teeth. Some people have never experienced consequences and believe that they never will. And some people can only be broken out of that bubble by catching hands for acting like a menace.

[@AnnDVine]

i don't think it would do any good, i just don't know how someone can go around pissing people off and not run across someone who completely loses their cool in response. nobody they've pranked was having a bad mental health day? they haven't run across fellow teens happy to throw hands for the fun of it? it just feels like it ought to be a statistical certainty!

[@bottledfart]

That cop has to be a hired actor

[@absentmindedjwc]

A hired actor that is impersonating a police officer. Only a matter of time before they do shit like that and someone catches some serious charges.

[@nick.100]

If not he should hopefully find himself unemployed soon

[@McFwoupson]

@absentmindedjwc you should look up Jeremy dewitte. He's a serial police impersonator who runs one of those businesses that drives funerals in a line. Him and all his dudes wore body cams so there is such a deep rabbit hole of content of this dude acting like a lunatic and pretending to be a cop. It's wild.

[@atherisGAY]

I can see a future in juvie for these pranksters... cops really don't like impersonation of a police officer 😂 or wait maybe they are already adults?

[@kelseyhorton8514]

​@@absentmindedjwc he may be an actual cop. He's young, probably doesn't make much, and money.

[@elliottmcgwin7889]

As a 19 year old girl,,, if a man came up and started recording me under any circumstance i would be terrified tbh

[@AlexFredriksson]

I was recently in a library and a KZbin prankster was going around making every person lift their laptop and stuff off the desk so he could vacuum their desks, under their feet and their laptops and he was being super loud in a library where everyone was studying and he eventually got kicked out after saying “that dude is following me and filming me he’s not with me”. I can tell you having experienced being KZbin pranked first hand it is somehow possible that the second hand shame, embarrassment, and cringe is tenfold to what it even feels like in videos. And it was a full gown man too 😭

[@Elliot226]

Your reaction is normal. They're awful teenagers and young adults with no sense of empathy or understanding of the world around them. I'm glad I don't live in an area where content creation is a big thing because this is one of my worst fears is to run into a group of kids like that who just would not leave me alone or take no for an answer

[@jesuusch]

If I were the people being filmed, I would play Disney songs on my phone so they could have no chance of posting the video without getting demonitized or copy right striked.

[@Elliot226]

@@jesuusch Ooooh that's a brilliant idea!

[@imrizzkhalifa]

@@jesuuschthey would just cut it out 💀💀

[@KikiKagePro]

As somebody who is avoiding a stalker, I hate the prospect that somebody can just record me for clout on the Internet. Had some people approach me a few months ago claiming they were giving me a free iPhone. It probably was a prank, idk, but when I saw them recording me I was absolutely terrified . I rejected the offer so I can only hope they didn't post it somewhere on the Internet.

[@Dkgow]

Your case is one of the extreme cases as to why people shouldn't be recorded without consent and I hope you are safe. Witness protection, stalkers, on the run, avoiding a partner, avoiding work. All of these things, are reasons people don't want to be recorded, and yet, some people don't give a damn to let people be.

[@artsyscrub3226]

@@Dkgow Yeah and straight up being on the internet with your face in public view is terrifying, can you imagine in your pjs quickly grabbing milk for breakfast the next morning and some teenager with a million followers harasses you and then you suddenly become a meme online? And you can't not see it. People see you and only think about the meme when it was late at night and you just wanted milk? It's embarrassing

[@TylaStark]

I would love to see how he feels to have a group of people run up and bother and film him when he's having a bad and low energy day and doesn't wanna be bothered. Shit is so annoying.

[@spooky_the_vixen]

I'm 17, seeing these people completely disrespect everyone around them and act like there is no such thing as authority to follow and somehow get away with it leaves a bad taste in my mouth (also the idea of a person recording me without my permission heavily upsets me as a nd person-)

[@torrinowens4376]

As someone with social phobia and unresolved trauma around cameras, people like this do not make it any easier to leave my house

[@user-xv1cs9mm9d]

Same but unless you're in like California i think the chance of running into someone is low. If they were around, just don't give any reaction so their content isnt usable

[@Chellariat]

@@user-xv1cs9mm9dany big city rly, NY has a few "influencers"

[@waffleaffle231]

​@@user-xv1cs9mm9d as a person who has been to California many times, luckily I've never encountered anyone like this. I also never go to LA so that might play a part in it

[@meifennellysieu7510]

As someone who was filmed by classmates and made fun of pretty relentlessly while I was in school, I'm also just not a big fan of being photographed or filmed. On an additional note, I hope you're doing okay.

[@uniquenewyork3325]

If you're outside of cities that are influencer focused you won't experience this most likely

[@whatsmoothbeast5177]

"I'm not saying these people are bad people" i am. i am saying these people are bad people.

[@kittystew]

i am a manager at a grocery store and teenagers come in all the time acting like this (and stealing too) and i hate it so much. they are a abusive and cruel. what did us retail workers do to deserve this kinda shit at work, lmao.

[@OGimouse1]

He's asking for a handshake because handshakes are considered normal interactions. You turning down a handshake makes you look unreasonable in their eyes. But it also shows that you're okay with what happened like the whole thing was consensual, understood, and accepted--like accepting that this is the deal.

[@HeisenbergFam]

"your honor, my client pleads oopsie daisy as he said "just a prank bro", I believe he's innocent"

[@crow1247]

I fully believe if one of them went to court they would say "oopsie daisy" or "it's just a prank !!!"

[@basementdwellercosplay]

As a retail worker, i hate this people way more than Karens

[@kyliestockholm8290]

As an ex retail worker, you have my deepest sympathies. This is awful to even see let alone endure.

[@shawnalynn5198]

I'm so glad I got out of retail before social media became a big thing. I feel for you :(

[@basementdwellercosplay]

@@kyliestockholm8290 yeah, thankfully it has only happened twice but I had to ask some guys to leave and my manager had to walk them out cause they didn't listen to me, who is very quiet normally. Other time it got so bad my manager yelled at them cause they weren't listening otherwise and walked them out, she apologized to other customers nearby and they completely understood

[@sagejennings4342]

One of the things I hate the most is how people tried (and succeeded, unfortunately) to rebrand harassment as pranks, insults as "roasts", manipulation as "I'm so toxic :P ;D" and basically anything to be able to admit what they did without having to apologize for it. edit: Oh and also the video game comment reminded me of "NPCs". That could potentially be a cute way to talk yourself out of like social anxiety but instead turned into giving yourself an out from empathy by telling yourself other people just...aren't real.

[@Zero_Moon_]

one of my biggest pet peeves is when people (like braylen) try to gaslight others into thinking they’re not doing something as they’re doing it right in front of you

[@heathers432]

I will say what you can’t: In our society certain people have certain privileges and they don’t face the same backlash as other people of a darker hue.

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

I will say what you can’t: RACISM

[@loinbeast3702]

But there’s multiple prank channels of people with “darker hues”

[@karmahoudini9241]

Most of which are fake pranks being done on their own friends and family and click bait. How many of those channels feature Black and brown people antagonizing armed REAL cops like these kids did? None.

[@yukii8818]

@@laluneroiJidion 7 million subs

[@mushroomfiesta]

@@yukii8818you named exactly one when these white boys are a dime a dozen 😂

[@amberb7881]

This is why children shouldn't be allowed on tiktok and social media in general. If the rules of 13+ for most platforms were really enforced, I would imagine at least half of this dude's subscribers would vanish.

[@vibrantgleam]

I wouldn't even be on here until 2020.

[@EricaDLucas]

​​@@vibrantgleamI promise you wouldn't have missed much

[@aliencafe]

Honestly, I think 18 should be the minimum age requirement for being on social media. These kids are absolutely destroying their brains.

[@ellawhitney9907]

Hugging a random cop has to be THE whitest thing you can do

[@nathanmitchell5787]

My only hope is that one day, when these kids are like 30, they look back and feel all the shame that everyone else feels for them

[@sj0223]

Dude it is TERRIFYING that everyone who's younger (I'm not even fucking old, I'm 27) thinks it's okay to film people and annoy them and then get them FIRED or made fun of or doxxed online when they flip out for invading their privacy. I worked at an adult store and I was pregnant. I got in trouble when people stole and I didn't get info or I didn't get a tag number, etc. These kids (like 16-20, they pushed past me despite not showing id) were stealing and the cops were taking forever. I started freaking out because they were just blatantly doing it. I tried to stop them by grabbing the products they had in their hands (like expensive stuff) and they knocked me down. They ended up posting the vids on FB and someone sent it to me. I had it taken down after I saved it (but first 100s of thousands saw it and made fun of me and body shamed me while I was 8m pregnant) and I reposted it with the store camera footage of them pushing down a pregnant woman. Like don't fuck with me you little twerp. You're not going to get famous. You're going to get a sentence. And I wasn't planning on pressing charges until they tried to humiliate me for doing my job of barely getting by before I had my baby.

[@LeavesofLilac]

That's terrible, I'm so sorry you went through that!

[@allegorx58]

You risked the health of your baby to stop someone stealing dildos? Are you for real?

[@tempesttossed6029]

Did you press charges against them?

[@elizabethb4168]

I'm so sorry that happened to you, but also, it is not even remotely accurate to say that EVERYONE younger than you thinks that shit is okay

[@Dkgow]

The fact that there is a story of "prank gone wrong" ending in the pranksters unalive, and people still do this without "fear" of consequence.

[@jesuusch]

Pro tip for anyone who runs into these type of people: play Disney songs really loud on your phone so they can’t post the video because otherwise they’ll get demonitized or copyright striked

[@lenochod6]

this is clever

[@Arials]

this is SO insane, I was just up in Cleveland when Baylen's "show" was going on and my parents and I had no idea who the guy was. The way children were acting about him was shocking dude, they were feral

[@wolfwoods_]

im 23, theres no way these people one year younger than me can behave so insanely immaturely, its unbelievable. the privilege these guys think they have is ridiculous.

[@tsundor1]

unfortunately it's not the privilege they think they have, because they do actually have it

[@WannabeBallerina]

This guy has a real edge to him that I find quite unnerving, the speed with which he started raising his voice and yelling at the cops reeks of someone who has never faced a consequence in his life, someone who is used to having a posse of 8 guys with him whenever anyone dares to stand up to him or (shock, horror) just doesn't want to be part of some dumb video when they're trying to do their job or buy groceries.

[@fairesmashysmash]

Everyone’s like “I can’t tell if this is a fake cop” but this is just the youtuber version of the fake Tumblr story where someone was freaking out so loudly about Homestuck updating that their neighbors called the cops and then the cop was also a Homestuck fan and the cop also started freaking out and the cop’s partner had to bring them a shock blanket.

[@Echoingsunflowers981]

Omg i remember those 😂

[@genericname2747]

I remember...

[@milky_nyan]

i love pranks when they’re done right and they MAKE the person’s day, not RUIN the person’s day.

[@surfait]

the handshake thing is a dominance tactic. someone needs to take a swing on this kid, like he is being coddled by every single person he encounters

[@TindraSan]

god just hearing them being all obnoxious and loud on the street makes me anxious bc it triggers memories of my middle school days when the "pranks" the guys in my year pulled consisted of just "mock flirting" aka verbal sexual harassment towards me while being barely able to hold in their laughter, completely losing it the moment I didn't recognize the latest slang for some sex position I wasn't familiar with at the time bc I was literally 14 and so were they

[@TindraSan]

@@Hunter18286 That's not what I said at all, dude. I was just sharing my feelings around an involuntary association my brain makes due to past mildly traumatic experiences, or "talking to someone about it" as you put it. And yet you're literally shaming me for something I can't hope to control without the help of proper therapy, please calm down.

[@TindraSan]

@@Hunter18286 also it's funny you react like this to a comment to a video about a guy actually harassing ppl on the street rather than simply "having fun". I have all the reason to be concerned when there are guys like that out there getting away with their bullshit just bc they're thin rich white boys

[@mae7532]

The fact that I got the exact same psychological warfare from guys is... telling.

[@purplecat4977]

I know people who teach middle school, and the stories they tell me about the 7th and 8th graders sound exactly like this guy. The voices they do when they're imitating the kids are the same voices. This guy is emotionally 12. But like... an immature 12 year old. ETA: Why in the name of all that is holy have these people not been arrested, like repeatedly?

[@dimsufferer9951]

They’re white teenager boys, worst they’ll get is a slap on the wrist

[@SlipyB]

thats because he started making videos when he got kicked out of highschool and barely changed

[@emersyn444]

estimated time of arrival?

[@dimsufferer9951]

@@emersyn444 edited to add

[@purplecat4977]

@@emersyn444 Edited to add.

[@yubyubcommander]

People like this scare me. I work with kids and they constantly are talking to me about pranksters like this and it's SO hard to get them to understand how bad this behavior is because from their perspective, they're seeing someone who is being a complete awful person in public, harassing strangers, and they're making money and "living the dream."

[@ripple329]

I just imagine that every prankster and/or fan of this content is 12 year old boy from the suburbs named Bryson who hasn't developed empathy yet and may never learn to because his mom says stuff like "boys will be boys"

[@iniyama]

filming some stranger who's literally on camera saying they're not consenting to being recorded and putting that on youtube/tiktok would be enough for a lawsuit where i live edited to add: also stores are private property so managers/employees have the right to tell you to stop filming them or anything in stores as well as kick you out/ban you from going there again

[@mgerry7468]

In the U.S its generally always legal to film in public so long as your intent is to document. However, it is illegal to film someone with the intent to torment or harass, which is where these guys cross the line. It's the core issue with public pranks, and why show's like The Eric Andre Show blur everyone's faces unless they've signed a release. One person's prank could be another person's harassment.

[@Dkgow]

@@mgerry7468 So what you are saying is that they are preforming an illegal act, and recording it? Something that violates KZbin and Tictoks terms of service. Meaning they should not be promoted, rewarded, or even placed on these platforms.

[@epicboy330]

*Me patiently waiting for these prank KZbinrs to do something illegal enough to get arrested*

[@gianlucasevastamula8630]

Or get killed if he pisses off the wrong person

[@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme]

Any day now

[@mgerry7468]

I mean, they probably could have been charged with harassment for a couple of these, but someone would have to be willing to press charges. Pressing charges against these guys would almost certainly get you doxxed and harassed further, putting you and you whole family at risk. People know it's safer to let it go

[@user-ln7yl5mk7k]

"If you don't wanna be on camera, then leave" YOU'RE IN A PUBLIC SPACE.

[@lydia2791]

i used to really enjoy baylens vids and started to adopt the “i can do whatever i want, as long as i’m not physically hurting anyone, fck we ball” kinda mentality. but then met someone irl who was a baylen clone and i disowned said mentality.

[@icecranberry2148]

I don't like being filmed. Whenever a TV company came to my previous job, I just ran and hid myself. I totally understand where these people are coming from. Whenever I see a camera, my instinct is to just run away. And him to post it without their permission pisses me off even more. (He could have at least blurred their faces)

[@Grepe69]

You might wanna switch homes then my man, live on private land where nobody can record you, until then cry about being seen publically (in a public place)

[@smeeghead]

​@@Grepe69you're such an asshole. most normal humans that are just tryna live out their day to day lives do not wanna be bothered/have a camera shoved in their face. it is completely normal for this person to want to hide if cameras are present and their just trying to work.

[@FrNSICs]

@@Grepe69 being seen and recorded are completely different things, even legally speaking. places of employment, are also private not public

[@Grepe69]

@@FrNSICs if the public is allowed in it's a public place my man, you can record in public places all you want, the laws don't care about your feelings unfortunately

[@Grepe69]

The only difference between being seen on a camera and in public is the instead of being seen with eyes you're being seen from a screen, idk why that gets people so bootytickled,

[@brittaunfiltered4878]

Don't know why these people cannot conceive of a good harmless prank. I'm not a notorious prankster but I do engage in the occasional goof on April Fool's day. The last one I did was I changed my husband's ringtone to this silly children's song called "I Love My Kitty Cat," I then set his ringtone volume to full blast and set my picture on his phone to be the derpiest picture of our cat and called him on his cell at work the next day, his first response when he picked up was "it was you..." and I burst out laughing it was hilarious and harmless - apparently someone had called him before me and he did not know who put that song on his phone.

[@FrNSICs]

this is actually really endearing, thank you for pranking well

[@kelandryyemrot1387]

These guys don't have the braincells to think of anything fun like that

[@bersspon3256]

My god the "it was you..." is so good LMAO, he must've been so confused

[@pkcell]

I don't know how to put this more eloquently but he looks and acts exactly how I would expect a guy named Baylen to look and act.

[@klakatyklak6826]

technically they couldn't sue Walmart. they got it all on camera from the begging that they were going to do this. so, it's clearly not an accident.

[@sena4k4]

sadly, i wouldn't doubt them using the money for a decent lawyer and getting a slap on a wrist in that scenario

[@JoeyJo-JoJrShabadoo]

I seriously don't understand who these "prank" videos are meant for, like who actually sits down and watches these and finds them entertaining and funny?

[@jessj2530]

Children 🎉 Honestly, it's developmentally normal to find this entertaining before your late teens. Your sense of empathy is still developing and you can't quickly identify what's fake and what's not.

[@nitroanvilhead5229]

my guess is middle class white kids

[@arthurbrown4338]

Kids in middle school

[@amberb7881]

Children

[@foxooverlord]

to be honest, the only good "prank" creator who doesn't annoy people is vlog creations

[@maxbracegirdle9990]

Aint no police that wear blue jeans with black tops. Im pretty sure those are actors..

[@aeddiefarmer]

I came here to say that too, like surely real cops don't wear jeans 😂

[@memmermiller]

Watching Jarvis trying so hard not to say the word “privilege” with a modifier in front … 😬

[@Sky-iu8so]

I have actually met people like this in real life, i was in a mall with my friend and they just walked up to us and started pestering us, they were clearly recording us but kept repeating they weren’t and after they were done with us they went to the stores and bothered the clerks

[@Phlimbob]

If any pranker comes up to you in real life, I guess all you can do is play some copyright music and hope they abandon the bit

[@mayawaalkes3591]

💀💀💀

[@thatfuzzypotato1877]

Thats... actually a clever idea. Wouldn't have thought of that (I'm not being sarcastic)

[@carlamelid6163]

people like this are why I have anxiety going to the grocery store

[@Grepe69]

No, you have anxiety going into grocery stores because you are scared of public settings, could never be me

[@yoonisverse]

real

[@yoonisverse]

@@Grepe69why are they scared of public spaces in the first place..?

[@Grepe69]

@@yoonisverse weak minded, scared of opinions, scared of how someone else looks at them

[@ithoughtiwascishet1316]

@@Grepe69 why do you keep inserting yourself into conversations about stuff you clearly don't understand?

[@scrongyalert8731]

i have a severe panic disorder and i cant leave the house very far by myself because of it, the thought of being out and having someone "prank" me or have a camera pointed at me or have me end up in one or in the background of those kinds of videos makes me so genuinely scared and anxious, i really hope i never am at one of these places when prank youtubers are

[@francicavera1067]

Being young is not an excuse for being this disrespectful and childish. I'm younger than him and I know you should not be bothering and stalking people like that. He's so annoying omfg and the fact that he calls "karens" people who respectfully tell him to stop. Did he hit his head when he was a baby??? I hope someday someone breaks his camera lol.

[@trash_bender420]

It's crazy how positive the audience reaction is for this guy. I feel like he found the perfect balance between being a nuisance and kind of seeming like a nice guy at other times, to the point where older people watch these videos and they feel like they need to cheer him on to not seem like a Karen, or to be accepted by the youth. Honestly kind of genius, just in the dumbest and most annoying way

[@finetobeferal]

Just here to say that I love your handle 🦝✨🌱

[@banditnosey]

I feel like the older people who watch him must have also been huge assholes as a kid and now they’re like “that’s just part of being a kid!”

[@jayedgar1384]

He's doing some crazy balancing act of being a dickhead but pretending he's not a dickhead and somehow everyone was fooled

[@beastlavish5670]

A lot of his content will have messages like don't vape, don't do drugs, don't watch porn it's good messages in the middle of toxic prank content so he keeps on getting reccomend and people will still love him

[@lugi25]

​@@beastlavish5670true, his message of stay clean and don't mind what other say/think about you are good. He just take the don't care what others think of you, too far.

[@elizabethcarmichael670]

You're absolutely right, they treat people like pawns in a game no one asked to be a part of. They have no care or respect for anyone else's boundaries but lose their minds if they even think you crossed one of theirs.

[@handfulofworms]

10:37 I think its really telling how agitated he gets when being contradicted and that he may have actually crossed a line.. immediate disregard and outrage on his end Also yeah the handshake thing is definitely something used as a manipulation tactic

[@mycologyqueer]

I'm not sure if anyone has pointed it out yet, but the whole "these rely on people seeing you as being a good person and not a threat" thing is real. A KZbin prankster literally got shot in the stomach (he survived) in a mall late last year because he kept harassing a guy and following him without leaving him alone. The dude ended up being charged, I don't know what happened after that. But point being, these people antagonize people endlessly and just bank on them not wanting to do anything bad in return, and it's already had real world consequences. It's not fair for the other people, but it's also not safe for them. I can't think of any other word for it than actual stupidity, it's like they don't realize they can't predict other people's reactions.

[@mycologyqueer]

Also, I don't think either of them was in the right, I think firing guns in malls is also not okay, it just felt topical.