One of my coworkers told everyone to have a great 3 day weekend. I wasn't aware of a 3 day weekend so when I checked the calendar, Monday was April 1st. I thought it was actually a very good prank because I almost believed it. Turned out it really was a 3 day weekend because of Cesar Chavez day so technically, we did get the day off on April Fools.
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2024
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A high-profile incident where a takoyaki restaurant in the Philippines started a challenge on Facebook where participants had to ink the restaurant's logo on the forehead. The guy was compensated with ₱100,000 ($1773). That incident alludes Personal Injury Court episode where a contestant won $100,000 after he was jokingly inked with station's call sign on his forehead.
Its not a holiday soooo
You know the wrong people. Most i get are clever and planned. Or they don't do it at all. My wife's selling hand dyedB yarn & this April's new quality was "Silky Mint" - and guess what: people bought it. 500m floss to knit what? A dentists coat???
When my daughter was about 5 years old, we made an entire dessert dinner for April fools. We made mashed potatoes and scooped them onto the plate like ice cream, and a gravy that looked like chocolate syrup. We made meatloaf in the shape of candy bars, and there was some kind of vegetable thing to but I forget what it was.
It was awesome. When her mom feigned surprise, she let out those deep belly laughs that little kids do.
I'm sure some of you toxic, horrible people don't have fun on April fools, but the rest of us are crushing it.
I always enjoy april fools jokes!
Sometimes it'll take a minute for me to catch on, but I always enjoy realizing that something is an April Fools joke
There is places where it's an actual holiday?
Who cares for April Fools besides toddlers and YouTubers anyway?
I do. It's a fun day. People be grumpy on this thread.
Idk I love it and that seems to be the unpopular opinion. But then again there are plenty of posts for it. I'm surprised so many are upset about a single day, lol. Like read a book, lol. Let's have a day of random nonsense on the internet 😜
It's an unpopular opinion in this community, it seems. April's Fools is a fun event, and a lot of people like it, including you and me.
To me, having to pretend that the comodification of romance is remotely romantic is far more stupid. However, I'd say April fools is definitely second place for most dumb.
This is a popular opinion. I think you posted to the wrong topic. See yourself out. I hate it, too.
Blame the king who wanted January 1st to be New Year's instead of April 1st. Were it not for him we'd still be using the far more logical start date of April 1st and there wouldn't be any pranks to make fun of people who think that the beginning of spring is a better start to the year than the dead middle of winter.
That's very north-hemispheric-centric of you.
Curse you Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome! 😤😤😤
Serious question, why is April far more logical?
Yeah I don't know about "logical", I'd say it's arbitrary either way. I think in Asia the calendar traditionally aligned that way, since spring is "beginnings", but it seems every bit as logical to put the new year around the winter solstice.
I guess because that's around the beginning of spring? New year, new growth?
A good and proper prank leaves both Parties happy and satisfied with the prank. Otherwise it's basically just harassment.
Secondly, it should only be done on willing people, usually this limits you to people you know, and know would be accepting of such interaction.
Prank culture has gotten sour and uncouth at this point so I can agree many people (for lack of a better phrase) "do it wrong". But really it is fun and can be a great form of bonding when done correctly as well as even potentially a way to show how well you know someone by personalizing it in a really fun way.
Years ago I had roomies and we had a figurine that randomly appeared about the apartment. if you saw it or found it you'd move it to a funny spot to prank the other roommates. It'd show up in pantries, the shower, on top of doors, outside your window, holding random stuff, etc. It was great, everyone enjoyed it and left everyone with good memories. That's IMO, a good prank.
This is a good documentary on the problem with April Fool's Day
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Nice prank!
The app I use gives it away in the thumbnail of the link.
Yeah I’ve seen that documentary a couple of times also. It’s still a good watch though if you interested in the history.
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