These High School Senior Pranks Make Us Wonder About Gen Z
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High school senior pranks are a time-honored tradition for high schoolers about to move on to college and beyond. Most of them are good, harmless fun, but teenagers don’t always know where the line falls between “hilarious” and “could completely ruin half the student body’s lives.”
Let these true tales from Reddit be a lesson to future, well-meaning pranksters: If a joke could get you charged with a felony, maybe don’t do it.
Not a Safety Hazard at All
The possibility of students contracting diseases from collecting decomposing animals off the road is totally NBD. It would be even funnier if a dead deer fell out of the ceiling onto an unsuspecting teacher in the middle of class. Haha. Grits teeth. So. Funny. Seriously, it’s fine.
Dealing with silly shenanigans like this is why teachers should get paid the big bucks.
Causing City-Wide Panic? Hilarious
This was too tame, IMO. Why fake a kidnapping when you could stage a murder?
Go big or go home.
This Senior Prank Was Technically Harmless — Technically
What if someone had a paralyzing fear of crickets?
There would have been a school-wide stampede, with hallways paved with squished insects.
This One, Not So Much
Putting baby oil or anything else slippery on school property is an instant red flag.
Slapstick comedy makes falling look funny, but it’s a lot less funny when it’s not staged.