Not since I was 7 years old.EDIT: took several tweets for any indication that this wasn't a real thing. Has anyone in history actually enjoyed this April 1st nonsense?
Back before April 1st transformed from "Mean Prank Day" to "Internet Disinformation As A Joke Day" it was always the case that the humor was mostly for the person pulling the prank, not the person who was fooled.EDIT: took several tweets for any indication that this wasn't a real thing. Has anyone in history actually enjoyed this April 1st nonsense?
It's probably more entertaining in the timeline where teh stoopid isn't already the default reason for most everything that happens in the world.EDIT: took several tweets for any indication that this wasn't a real thing. Has anyone in history actually enjoyed this April 1st nonsense?
Some people are entertained by tripping people to make them eat dirt, too. I guess it’s a good day for being reminded that people suck.I'm really glad we had the discussion on here earlier about "April Fish" so I got the "Avril Poisson" reference that Stross was making.
Back before April 1st transformed from "Mean Prank Day" to "Internet Disinformation As A Joke Day" it was always the case that the humor was mostly for the person pulling the prank, not the person who was fooled.
I would assume that means that the folks putting up the Disinformation As A Joke bits are amused by them and enjoy the day.
Maybe. I don’t remember ever enjoying them as a kid either, though.It's probably more entertaining in the timeline where teh stoopid isn't already the default reason for most everything that happens in the world.
The only time it gets really annoying is when the videos show up on your feed a couple of days later, after you've forgotten all about it.EDIT: took several tweets for any indication that this wasn't a real thing. Has anyone in history actually enjoyed this April 1st nonsense?