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Nope. I know, I am boring, but I don't like pranks.
I also feel like they bring distrust to people. The more pranks someone does, the less you'll trust them and believe them.
But hey, it's also possible I just haven't witnessed any normal pranks, but just "pranks".
Honestly not a rare opinion. People appear to be 50/50 on this.
Imo it relies on an existing dynamic between people for pranking to really work well, such that the "victim" is generally aware that a prank is on the table, and they know that it's not malicious, along with the prankster knowing the general limits of their target.
90% of the time what you describe is just what the pranksters tell themselves while the victim silently suffers because they are too timid or insecure to confront the prankster.