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Bonus #163 - Robby Rackleff and Megan Koester [PATREON PREVIEW]

7 min
Jan 15, 20265 months ago
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Summary

This bonus episode features a caller seeking advice on pranks to play on their PhD advisor who refused to provide a recommendation letter. The hosts discuss various prank ideas ranging from harmless to potentially illegal, ultimately advising the caller to secure the letter first before attempting any retaliation.

Insights
  • Strategic timing is critical when planning retaliation—secure all necessary outcomes before executing any plans to avoid unintended consequences
  • The hosts distinguish between harmless pranks and potentially illegal actions, acknowledging ethical boundaries while entertaining darker humor
  • Personal research and intelligence gathering (via private investigators) was suggested as a more effective alternative to random pranks for serious grievances
  • The conversation reveals how power imbalances in academic relationships can create lasting resentment and desire for revenge among students
Trends
Growing discussion of accountability for authority figures in academic settingsShift from in-person pranks to digital/online harassment methods due to surveillance concernsUse of online platforms (Facebook Marketplace, email signups) for coordinated harassmentCatfishing and social engineering as modern prank/revenge tactics
Topics
PhD advisor misconductAcademic power dynamicsRevenge and retaliation planningPrank warfare tacticsLetter of recommendation leverageOnline harassment methodsCatfishing strategiesPrivate investigationWorkplace ethics violationsDigital surveillance concerns
People
Stavi
Co-host of the podcast engaging in the discussion about prank ideas and revenge tactics
Elvis
Co-host of the podcast participating in the conversation about pranks and retaliation
Quotes
"Do not fumble on the one yard line. Don't start doing a touchdown dance before you've scored. So definitely before you do any of this, make sure you have this guy is completely out of your life."
HostEarly in discussion
"If he's a real piece of shit, is it worth your time? And I know you don't have money right now, whatever you just got. But is it worth your time just hiring a private investigator?"
HostMid-discussion
"I think you want to destroy this fucking guys life."
HostMid-discussion
Full Transcript
Hi, Elvis. Hi, Stavi. Hello, esteemed guest. Long time, first time caller. Nice. I had huge tits and a big ass. Nice. Oh, yeah. A hot girlfriend. And we love coming. I'm listening. Hold on. But that is nothing to my question. I just finished my PhD like a month ago. Yeah. And my advisor is a dog shit horrible person. Okay. And I still need his rec letter for jobs that happen after this. But I do want to try to make his life considerably worse. Okay. Of course, by accident and outside. You know, general legality. I think what we're talking about here is a prank war. Yeah. Have been thinking about signing him up for free mortgage quotes, because I have his email, his phone number, address, personal name, all the things he gave me when I worked in his lab. But I'm trying to figure out what else I can do. Three mortgage quotes, a fake. Sure, these are classics. I'm gonna tell you everyone's pivoted to Facebook Marketplace. If you have any ideas, please let me know. Okay. Yeah. Prank war. Prank war. For context, he has wronged me so significantly that if I didn't need an income that's reliant on his referral letter, I would hit him with my car. Interesting. Okay, wow. Oh, man, so many good, so many good pranks to do with this. Scientology. Scientology. Seven day Adventists. I would say first and foremost, just before we start the prank war, make sure this letter, oh, then make sure you secure the back first, secure the back. Do not fumble on the one yard line. Don't start doing a touchdown dance before you've scored. So definitely before you do any of this, make sure you have this guy is completely out of your life. And I would say, by the way, give it a buffer. You're that job. Give it six months where you're like, you're in there. So there's no way for him to prevent the one behind. Yeah, yeah, yeah, go watch the Count of Monte Cristo. That's some good shit right there. He got back on those motherfuckers. Like crazy. You know, does he have a kid? Could you possibly call Child Protective Services? There's fine line between prank war. What's going on? I mean, I don't know what's going on. Well, I would say, OK, here, if he's a real piece of shit, is it worth your time? And I know you don't have money right now, whatever you just got. But is it worth your time just hiring a private investigator? Because if he's a piece of shit, who won't do then he's probably doing pieces of pieces. He's doing some shitty. Could you just could you just expose him for the shit he's doing? Shittily? I mean, cheating on his wife would be a huge bonanza here, right? Like that will be awesome. Like if I really hated someone, I might kick the tires on a PI. Right. Just to be like general surveillance, any dirt. Can you do like a back? I mean, if he if he wronged you this much is sending is getting a couple pizzas ordered to his house really going to fucking be funny. No, you know what I mean? No, I think you want to destroy this fucking guys life. So I like, you know, steakouts, classic steak out stuff, you know, do the research, though, do the research, do the research. You got to do the research. Absolutely. Otherwise just generally what could you do to him? I don't you know, stuff would you know, could you could you get could you like put some I've always liked it when you know, you trick someone into putting nair on their head and they you know, they're bald now, you know, that could be good. I had some friends send their neighbors who they didn't like mini toasts on a regular basis. Mini toasts. They were just constantly getting mini toasts that they never ordered in the mail. I think they were mini toasts. Like you know, like the little it's like croutons but like cheese parties. This is I mean, obviously we're dealing with something that needs a little bit of a heavier heavier. Yeah, could you catfish him somehow? Okay, catfishing is classic. I'm saying like all of the classic like in person things you can't really do anymore because we live in a fucking surveillance. Right, right, right. Catfishing is nice though. Yeah. That is a classic one. But I think I would if I would really take some time or stuff. Not really do what prank war stuff different. What like George Clooney? Yeah, like class. Yeah, there's classic camp pranks put some bullion cubes into showers. You know, put some saran wrap over the toilet so he shits on it. The toilet or pisses all over the place. But that's really classic stuff. We want to really destroy this man. Right. And how about this? How about this catfish his wife? Okay, make his wife cheat on him somehow. See if his wife will start chatting with like some hot guy or whatever. You know, that's fun. Or do you have a sexy guy that could try and fuck his wife that's even better. Yeah. The worst prank I ever did was I had a friend who had a was really into the PC game Morrowind. So one night I broke into his house and basically like did a save state that were like as soon as you open the game, you would die immediately. And then I erased all of his other say, oh, that's brutal. That actually playing it all summer. Dude, that's actually die. If you find your PhD person has like some like MMO character, they're true leveling up. And this is what Yes. Yeah, that's why you need a PI. You need to know what he's into secret obsessions. You know what I mean? Oh, that's crazy. As a gamer, that's one of the most fucked up things you could do. Yeah, I don't know why I did that. Do you feel remorse? Yeah. Yeah, I actually his he's actually in dance freak also. Oh, wow. He's your boyfriend. The secret boyfriend. Who's the secret boyfriend? There's like a picture on in her. Oh, okay. Okay. Nice. Actually, like what he looked like when I did that. There's a lot of guilt that like, right, some other time, you get your baptize. Yeah, dance freak might be your baptism from the guilt. You put them in the movie. It's all over it, you know,