In some cases, it involves relatively harmless alterations to giant signs in Los Angeles or Sasha Baron Cohen’s costumed bravado, but situations can obviously go way too far too quickly where pranks are concerned, and hopefully Timothy Wilks’ death can serve as a reminder that scaring strangers is not the best way to produce new videos.
As more and more young people get invested in making a name for themselves on YouTube, TikTok and other web-based platforms, there’s a growing need to make content even more extreme and different in order to set oneself apart from the rest.