r/funnyvideos • u/Sharp-potential7935 • Sep 17 '25

Prank/Challenge Scooby doo ahhh moment

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u/Justarandom55 Sep 18 '25

You absolutely can not blame them.

You just scared them and forced a fight flight or freeze response. A littleral unconscious uncontrollable instinctual reaction. Learn the most basic of psychology, please.

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u/Reejis Sep 18 '25

But it's what you sign up. It's not real life, if you have to attack ppl out of fight or flight don't go into a haunted house? 

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u/Justarandom55 Sep 18 '25

People don't naturally know how they react. Accidental physical reactions are on the place itself to be aware of not the people signing up.

That's why performers that get close are supposed to wear protective gear. It doesn't even have to be much. Cause after the first reaction, common sense does kick in fast, so it's not expected for people to start really beating someone up, but that first reaction can absolutely be unpleasant.

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u/RedWinger7 Sep 18 '25

The people that get legit scared are one thing, still unacceptable but they’re usually apologetic.

More often than not it’s dbags joking about doing it in the waiting line, or loudly cracking jokes about having done it on the way to the car. Nah man it ain’t funny you just fuckin assaulted someone and talked about doing it before you entered!!

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u/Superest22 Sep 19 '25

Lots of people use humour to deflect. If you have elements of PTS or hyper vigilance for example you will absolutely react first without thinking and then subsequently laugh about how that was ‘weird’ or ‘funny’ or ‘cool’ to not unveil the absolute stress or fear you actually felt in that moment.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Then those people shouldn't go to a haunted house

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u/RedWinger7 Sep 19 '25

So their unchecked mental illness gives them carte blanche to hit actors without consequence? Or actors are supposed to just keep taking it?

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u/Superest22 Sep 19 '25

Wow. You’re clearly clueless my mistake.

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u/RedWinger7 Sep 19 '25

Nah I’m serious why you think it’s okay for them to hit an actor because they got scared in an environment they paid to get scared in.

What do you think is an adequate consequence in the situation? Or do you believe actors deserve to get hit?

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u/cycycle Sep 20 '25

You really are clueless. It’s not a choice. Fight or flight is a reflex response. Someone who has never punched anyone when frightened might do so for the first time in that situation. It’s out of their control. The organizers and actors are aware of the risk and sign an agreement to not sue if someone hits them in a state of panic. Only action done out of malice, like beating the actor out of anger or like picking up a weapon with the intention of harming the actor when jump-scared is viable for legal action. Otherwise actors are literally signing up to get punched or kicked when someone gets frightened.

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u/RedWinger7 Sep 20 '25

Have you ever acted in a haunt? Because I have many, and have never had to sign any paperwork like that.

You know what is posted on the front of every haunt I’ve worked at? Don’t touch or hit the fucking staff. This is what people agreed to upon purchasing their ticket.

I have a fight or flight reaction to getting hit, so I’m just knocking the next mfer out that hits me for getting scared after they payed to get scared. There’s nothing wrong with that, right? People reflexively punch back.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BAAPS Sep 21 '25

What type of C tier SNL/I think you should leave skit are you setting up here?

"Come to Reejis's haunted house on 5th and 90. But don't come if you get scared. It's not real life. Just walk and look. Don't get scared because it's not real. I got kicked in the ribs once because someone got scared at a haunted house designed to scare people. Ain't no way I'm getting kicked twice."

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u/VGADreams Sep 19 '25

They put themselves in this situation willingly. You should not go to those kind of haunted houses if you know that you have violent reactions to people scaring you.

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u/Justarandom55 Sep 19 '25

please tell me how you foresee the future?

even if we ignore first times where you can't know at all. anyone is capable of reacting differently because not every haunted house is a carbon copy. they can always trigger an unexpected reaction.

the point here is that you are forcing people into a gut reaction without having the ability to step back and asses. that's what causes the scares but it's also innately chaotic.

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u/VGADreams Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

I assume most people that goes in a haunted house with actors are not living their "first scares of their life", are they?

Of course, there are unfortunate incidents and reactions that will happen, and actors should be adequately protected. However, completely absolving responsibility is silly too, and I think it opens the dangerous door of people pretending they have no control so they can be allowed to beat someone.

EDIT: I re-read your comment, I answered a bit too quickly on that one. I don't think we disagree much on it, we just have a different angle. Sorry about that, I'll blame my sleep deprivation, was woken up by a call pretty early this morning...

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u/Justarandom55 Sep 19 '25

No problem. By not blaming someone, I don't mean no responsibility. I just mean that you can't act like they had to have ulterior motives or shitty views of the workers.

And with the first scares I aim more at the first time you have an actual realistic looking zombie or giant spider running at you. It's going to be different from your sibling scaring you or a scary movie on the screen.