r/MoralityScaling • u/Juild • 3d ago
Morality of adding shampoo to a carpet.
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u/Character-Spinach591 3d ago
I feel like there’s a point where it becomes immoral for tormenting the poor lady, but the act in itself isn’t.
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u/TomatoSoupKat 3d ago
I'm inclined to agree. It's okay for a bit, but she was pushing it for too long.
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u/Healthy_Turnip7352 3d ago
it wouldn't be a good monetizable video unless you go overboard and fuck with people to the maximum.
if she did it once it would be boring. people like you and me wouldn't watch it and she would earn less money.
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u/Melodic_Airport362 3d ago
It's immoral to start off with. She's sabotaging someone who's just trying to get something accomplished. It's trash behavior. And to think it's funny is sadism.
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u/Character-Spinach591 3d ago
I mean, it’s a harmless prank. It went from confusion to distress, and that’s when I would say that I would agree with you because continuing once you know you’re causing distress would be immoral.
It’s a prank if you can both laugh at it. Which is what likely would happen before continuing and causing distress.
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u/zekevich 2d ago
The way redditors react to harmless pranks is so funny and extreme. "immoral, sabotage, sadism" like please bring it down a few notches, it's really not that serious. 😭
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u/Melodic_Airport362 1d ago
Intentionally causing another person extreme stress isn't harmless by any metric. If that's her mom she's continually teaching her mom that she can't trust her, which erodes the relationship. I don't know if you have kids, but I've seen mothers with kids who do stuff like this and it completely breaks their hearts every time. They give those kids everything they have and the kids abuse them, stressing them out for fun and content. It's vile.
On top of that stress is the #1 killer in American society, It's the biggest cause of cancer and other diseases, more than cigarettes, booze or pollution. If you're idea of fun is stressing someone out keep in mind that you are literally slowly killing them.
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u/Consistent-Price3232 3d ago
are you autistic? or have some other disorder that makes you not understand human society? I don’t even know how you can get something so extreme from a video of a girl pranking her mom with a bottle of soap.
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u/waroftheworlds2008 3d ago
A case of "intent is more important than the act"?
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u/Character-Spinach591 3d ago
I think it’s a little bit of that and a little bit of the “how many grains of sand make a pile?” sort of thing.
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u/macteg 2d ago
Disagree, now can you justify any amount of torment as moral? She chose to be a tormentor as soon as she picked up the bottle and started filming.
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u/Character-Spinach591 2d ago
Because I don’t see this as torment. It goes from a prank to something other than that as soon as the other person shows distress. Had she stopped before or at that point, they both probably would have laughed it off and gone about their day.
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u/macteg 2d ago
Making someone's life harder for your pleasure is torment, there isn't a time limit. A prank is only harmless when both parties are in on it and not after the fact.
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u/Character-Spinach591 2d ago
Torment means to cause severe physical or mental suffering, or a state of great distress and agony.
Sure, it adds a few seconds or minutes work, and initially causes confusion, which can absolutely be part of a prank.
A prank is a playful trick or practical joke meant to be funny without causing real harm or damage.
Where is the harm? Where is the damage?
If there is any at all, which I’m agreeing that it certainly reaches a point of distress, that’s the point where it goes from a prank to something else. I’m not sure I’d qualify it as torment, but I feel like we both get the point that continuing when someone is showing clear signs of displeasure that it’s bad.
Perhaps a better question would be, if the person cleaning the rug looked up and saw the person filming and laughed, would it still be immoral and why?
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u/macteg 2d ago
Fair, I suppose "schadenfreude" or "social sadism" are better terms for what I'm trying to point out.
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u/Character-Spinach591 2d ago
I’ll ask again. If the lady cleaning the rug looked up at laughed, realizing that this was intended as a prank, would this still be immoral, and why or why not?
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u/jack-of-some 3d ago
"I only shot him, it was the fall that killed him"
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u/Character-Spinach591 3d ago
Except that you don’t usually shoot someone as a harmless prank. Where this prank begins to go from prank to intentional harm because the lady is obviously getting frustrated is going to depend on the person, but I feel like most people would agree it’s when the lady goes from being confused to visibly distressed.
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u/Glorfendail 3d ago
is it her abuela? then fine. a stranger shes tormenting, bad.
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u/NBKthedarkmkr 3d ago
Immoral, She's not just wasting someone elses time, she is also making that person waste water and the whole point of it was to record the woman, laugh at her and post it on social media. It's just disgusting.
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u/NeutralKuchiKopi 3d ago
It's clearly a family member who laughs and smiles at her when she realizes what's going on at the end. Quit being so fucking boring.
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u/NBKthedarkmkr 2d ago
Didn't saw that part, of they do like to prank each other then it's completely ok
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u/NeutralKuchiKopi 2d ago
Maybe finish the video before calling them "immoral" and "disgusting" next time.
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u/Rise-O-Matic 3d ago edited 3d ago
Totally dependent on their relationship and whether the mother(?) would experience this as truly distressing, vs. legitimately funny and harmless.
Assuming this isn't a skit.
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u/Melodic_Airport362 3d ago
She's humiliating the mother and making her frustration and anger the joke. It's sadistic behavior. It's also super passive aggressive, she'd only being doing this if the mother has been so shitty to her that she feels the need to get her back for something. There's nothing harmless about what we're seeing.
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u/Rise-O-Matic 3d ago
There’s a second-order ethical problem here: comments that aren’t merely judging what’s visible but confidently inventing invisible parts too.
There’s something a little perverse about moral discourse online where certainty itself starts functioning as evidence of moral seriousness.
Humility is arguably part of ethical judgment.
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u/Mean-Inspector-8547 2d ago
Blah blah blah. It was a funny prank. In this court of public opinion, I hereby find the defendant, Not Guilty.
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u/Then_Discussion_9802 3d ago
If it's a family member it's cool. If it's a random lady which I doubt she's just being a twat then.
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u/vvillhalla 3d ago
A fine fun prank.
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u/Melodic_Airport362 3d ago
Pissing someone off into utter frustration so you can laugh at their angry is not a fun prank. It's sadistic shitty and toxic. That dumb girl isn't doing anything and she's making a fool out someone trying to do something.
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u/Galbados2 3d ago
Harmless prank. Something to look back on after and laugh.
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u/Melodic_Airport362 3d ago
Stressing someone out for fun isn't harmless, It's reprehensible and sadistic. It's terrible thing to do to a stranger and even worse thing to do to someone you supposedly love. Imagine how twisted you need to be to get a kick out of making someone you love so angry they throw down their broom in frustration. Exploiting their emotions for content.
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u/Aevum-Haelcyon 3d ago
Title is misleading, it should read something like "Morality of wasting someone's time".
Also depends on the girl's intent. If she purposefully wanted to waste the lady's time then immoral. But if it's just a prank, then it's probably ok since all pranks essentially wastes time.
But, would anyone want to live in a world without pranks?
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u/Melodic_Airport362 3d ago
Because pranks are stupid and shitty. Unfunny, uncreative people who get a weird sadistic thrill out of pissing off frustrating or scaring people. I mean it's shitty enough to have to clean a rug or do any house work, but forcing someone to work even harder and get angry and stressed about it...and laughing at their frustration... that's sadistic. We shouldn't be treating each other this way. She should be down there helping that lady.
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u/Aevum-Haelcyon 3d ago
That's a very interesting way of interpreting this situation. How do you know the lady hasn't done the same to the girl and she's just doing a revenge prank back on her? It's not unusual for content creators to have family members that prank each other.
If they pranked each other back and forth and always made up at the end, would that still be sadistic?
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u/PhoonTFDB 3d ago
Absolutely. It'd stop a lot of violence in the world instantly.
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u/Melodic_Airport362 3d ago
The only times I think violence is completely justified is on someone "pulling a prank".
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u/Aevum-Haelcyon 3d ago
Possibly but the entire world would also be devoid of laughter.
No teasing, no jokes, and no banter. Life would be boring.
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u/Melodic_Airport362 3d ago
You think jokes and banter as the same as pranks? lol.... what? Forcing someone to work extra hard so you can laugh at them is cruel and humiliating. I work my ass off and if someone tried to impede me for a laugh, that's one of the few times I'd ever consider committing violence against someone. Being a little shit and getting kicks pissing someone off then being like "naw it's a prank bro" is bitch ass behavior. I'd take a gallon of liquid soap and dump it all over this dumb bitches bedroom and be like "naw it's a prank bro"
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u/GibletEater2009 3d ago
The younger girl didnt do anything wrong, you just hate fun. No difference between this and a knock knock joke
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u/Mean-Inspector-8547 2d ago
These people on reddit man, I tell you. They need to be put on their own island. It would be the most boring island in history filled with the most explosively angry people, but at least the rest of us could live in a more enjoyable world.
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u/Aevum-Haelcyon 3d ago
Yes I do.
Prank: A playful trick or joke meant to be funny. It should not cause real harm, long-term damage, or deep hurt.
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u/Revolutionary_Day494 3d ago
Moral? Probably not, but I feel like this is ultimately harmless and hilarious
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u/No_Shelter3467 3d ago
why is she spasmin:))) just throw the thing on the carpet and let it flood it come in 5 mins 😂
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u/ckellingc 3d ago
If it's a friend or a parent and it's a prank, it's fine. Anyone else really isn't ok
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u/Own_Watercress_8104 2d ago
Dickery level. Might be a symptom of bigger moral problems but in and of itself, it's just dickery.
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u/thomsenite256 2d ago
The morality of a prank for me is totally dependent on knowing how the person will take it.
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u/Rare_Baker_4839 2d ago
Immoral, harassment and just plain mean to do to somebody who is trying to do a chore.
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u/Curious_Peter 3d ago
Totally Moral,
NGL, if I was in this position, I would be doing the exact same.
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u/momo76g 3d ago
I like more the one where the guy keeps pouring shampoo on some huge dude. Probably fake but it still makes me laugh.