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<blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 1457656" data-attributes="member: 8439"><p>I will generously say that you missed my point. The question is not whether I can tell if something is a fake post or not. It doesn't matter. I didn't read the message in question, I'm responding to the whole idea of Liars Day - that its some how funny to make stuff up, even one day out of the year, or that I should take a source that does this seriously any other day of the year. Its like I had to explain to my Ex oh so many times "I <strong>get it</strong>, its just that I don't find it funny..." <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> </p><p></p><p>Its kinda interesting that some posters are trying to make this a humor issue - I've got a great sense of humor. I like comedies, I like funny books, I like a good joke, I crack up my coworkers all the time. Anyone who actually knows me in person could tell you that the assumptions that I'm wound up or rigid or any of that are so wrong as to be bizare. Its just that I don't think a lie is a good joke. I consider most liars day "pranks" to be a sign that the person doing it lacks a mature sense of humor, but thats personal taste. (for an actual april fools day gag, do something personal and amusing to a dear friend, or go for the sureal to make everyone do a doubletake. Do the website in funky colors, or run the whole thing through the sweedish chef translator. hey, talk like a priate day was funny. Liars day has boiled down to a lame tradition.)</p><p></p><p>Djeta - I'm not sure, but I think WotW might have been one of the first broadcast fictions done in that style (though based on a long tradition of journal format horror), leading to the confusion... In my expereince, news reports within movies or shows tend to have an ultra removed feel to them (like a camera aimed at another tv screen if you know what I mean) or a too close one, so even without seeing the news I can usualy tell just from 'feel'. But while such a thing probably wouldn't take anyone in today, I don't think that those who paniced at WotW were "fools" - the newness of the format led to mistakes both in the listeners and the directors.</p><p></p><p>Kahuna Burger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kahuna Burger, post: 1457656, member: 8439"] I will generously say that you missed my point. The question is not whether I can tell if something is a fake post or not. It doesn't matter. I didn't read the message in question, I'm responding to the whole idea of Liars Day - that its some how funny to make stuff up, even one day out of the year, or that I should take a source that does this seriously any other day of the year. Its like I had to explain to my Ex oh so many times "I [b]get it[/b], its just that I don't find it funny..." :eek: Its kinda interesting that some posters are trying to make this a humor issue - I've got a great sense of humor. I like comedies, I like funny books, I like a good joke, I crack up my coworkers all the time. Anyone who actually knows me in person could tell you that the assumptions that I'm wound up or rigid or any of that are so wrong as to be bizare. Its just that I don't think a lie is a good joke. I consider most liars day "pranks" to be a sign that the person doing it lacks a mature sense of humor, but thats personal taste. (for an actual april fools day gag, do something personal and amusing to a dear friend, or go for the sureal to make everyone do a doubletake. Do the website in funky colors, or run the whole thing through the sweedish chef translator. hey, talk like a priate day was funny. Liars day has boiled down to a lame tradition.) Djeta - I'm not sure, but I think WotW might have been one of the first broadcast fictions done in that style (though based on a long tradition of journal format horror), leading to the confusion... In my expereince, news reports within movies or shows tend to have an ultra removed feel to them (like a camera aimed at another tv screen if you know what I mean) or a too close one, so even without seeing the news I can usualy tell just from 'feel'. But while such a thing probably wouldn't take anyone in today, I don't think that those who paniced at WotW were "fools" - the newness of the format led to mistakes both in the listeners and the directors. Kahuna Burger [/QUOTE]
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