# Sneaky Fake Birthday Pranks Stuart Edge Manipulates People by Pretending It's His Birthday By | Published 2013-06-04 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/birthday-prank References: [youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxRDgavLdQE) Prankster Stuart Edge has come up with a hilarious way to get strangers to do favors for you with his new [birthday prank](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scratch-reveal). He and two of his friends approached students around a university campus and asked them for ridiculous favors, explaining that it was their [birthday so they felt](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/birthday-management) it was okay to ask. Over the course of a day, the trio received numerous back massages, piggy-back rides, kisses and even got some strangers to finish their homework for them. The only favor denied them was a date with an engaged woman. The woman was with her boyfriend when one of the Stuart Edge crew asked her to go on a [birthday dinner date](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kfc-thailands-birthday-ad) with him, and the boyfriend was none too pleased. Other than that, it seems like you can get away with murder if you just convince people it's your special day. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.8/10 - Popularity: 9% | Activity: 36% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Humor](https://www.trendhunter.com/humor) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Interactive Pranks:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating interactive pranks that engage and involve strangers. - **Manipulative Requests:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing strategies to manipulate people into fulfilling requests by capitalizing on emotions like sympathy and guilt. - **Social Experimentation:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Conducting social experiments to study human behavior and reactions to different scenarios. ### Who This Affects Most - **Entertainment:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporating novel prank ideas to enhance entertainment experiences. - **Marketing and Advertising:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Utilizing creative pranks as a marketing tool to engage and captivate audiences. - **Psychology and Human Behavior:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Applying findings from social experiments to advance understanding of human behavior and decision-making. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Unknown Birthday Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/birthday-campaign.md) - [Personalized Video Cards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/video-cards.md) - [Random Date Generators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/birthdaygeneratororg.md) - [Special Birthday Promotions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/birthday-promotion.md) - [Reverse Black Friday Sales](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cards-against-humanity-pays-you.md) - [Playful Thanksgiving Foods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lie-pie.md) - [Digital Personality Tool Quizes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/find-your-doodle.md) - [Interactive Prank Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scratch-reveal.md) - [Birthday Planning Guides](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/birthday-planning-guide.md)