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You're describing a different thing. In this context trolling = a practical joke. One of the things that makes life rich and worth living.

Yes there's also a kind of troll who is basically just an internet asshole.




Fair enough. Maybe trolling is a value laden term with negative connotations that don’t apply here.

What’s the thrill of the practical joke?

To share my POV, I never really found the banana peel or the pie in the face amusing. Guy fell down. She got hit in face. Seems bad. I wouldn’t enjoy receiving it.

This joke seems 99% invisible. Like most likely overwhelming likely, no one sees it. In some rare cases they find it and take some action. Maybe look for the money. Maybe email you.

If they look for it without contacting you, you never know.

Are we playing for the tiny corner case where they contact you?

Or the pleasure of telling people we did this funny thing?




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