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Originally Posted by DanaC
It's the difference between a practical joke and bullying.
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The difference could also be in the set-up. It could, potentially, be funny to impulsively trip a co-worker as they walk by (with no pre-meditation); but if, instead, you had spent hours building a booby trap, only to film it knocking down a random passerby, then E (effort) would be greater then P (punchline) causing C (comedic index) to be negative. Also, in this case, the greater part of the joke is the creator of the set-up, not the victim; IE the creator becomes the subject. I should add that the very senselessness of the act could counter-intuitively have a positive,
absurdist quality.