It's discussed in detail on @ThisAmerLife https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/286/mind-games …
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Replying to @BrentonPoke @tesseraconteur
it turned into a back and forth between IE and TAL
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the IE guy pointing out being on TAL is just as performative as what they do
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and that the victims of their pranks all seemed happy at the time
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Replying to @arthur_affect @tesseraconteur
Yeah, I thought the guy was a bit of a douche in that interview.
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Replying to @BrentonPoke @tesseraconteur
I do feel like that if you live in NYC "Oh this is some performance thing" isn't that far fetched
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anyway that's the paradox where the TV shows gravitate to crueler more negative pranks
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bc when you reveal it's a prank the dominant emotion is relief and that's actually an up note
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that makes them more likely to sign the release
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when they find out they aren't going to die or go to prison or whatever
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