Poll: I'm sick of April Fools

[FPLOON]

Real-Life "April Fools": Fuck that shit!
Internet "April Fools": Uh... Doesn't that happen more than just on a single day of every year, anyway?

Regardless, I tend to use this day as a way to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth to people... Now, if you excuse me, I need to prepare myself for the latest episode of Glee...

 

[WarpZone]

Desert Gunner: Best game ever, now half off on Steam.

*everybody buys it*

APRIL FOOLS!

 

[lacktheknack]

Today, my radio station announced a really unpopular sales tax from the provincial government, despite the fact that we're months away from an election.

So. Many. People. Fell for it and called in in a fit of rage.

And it was hilarious. So no, I think I can handle more April Fools Day. We often complain that life is dull, why would we kneecap it into dullness because the attempts can be a bit annoying?

 

[MHR]

It's just jokes. OP sounds like he was the butt of too many.

Suckering and laughing at the suckered is what makes April Fools great. Don't hate.

The Onion news is 1000% better when you hear about the people who fall for their fake stories.

 

[Denamic]

It's one day of fucking around per year. How jaded can you be?

 

[Roxor]

One day man, one day, then it's all over.

It's one day of fucking around per year. How jaded can you be?

April Fool's isn't just ONE day. It's TWO. The crap doesn't end until about 20 hours into the 2nd of April for me, all thanks to the fact I'm in GMT+10, so I not only have to deal with the garbage from Australian sites, but also from the bloody Yanks who are 15-19 hours behind me.

I've gotten to the point where I actively ignore the news for 2 days because April Fools is so annoying. With the decaying standard of journalism which is hard to trust at the best of times, believing anything posted on April 1st in their respective timezones is fraught with danger.

THIS! So much, this! Exactly the problem I have. It's hard enough to find news as it is. April Fool's Day just compounds the problem.

Fining the media for publishing anything which can be proven wrong using the information available at the time of publication would simultaneously improve the quality of news and wipe out the April Fool's pranks.

 

[Denamic]

One day man, one day, then it's all over.

It's one day of fucking around per year. How jaded can you be?

April Fool's isn't just ONE day. It's TWO. The crap doesn't end until about 20 hours into the 2nd of April for me, all thanks to the fact I'm in GMT+10, so I not only have to deal with the garbage from Australian sites, but also from the bloody Yanks who are 15-19 hours behind me.

MY GOD! The horror. You should seek compensation for the damages this causes you.

 

[Roxor]

One day man, one day, then it's all over.

It's one day of fucking around per year. How jaded can you be?

April Fool's isn't just ONE day. It's TWO. The crap doesn't end until about 20 hours into the 2nd of April for me, all thanks to the fact I'm in GMT+10, so I not only have to deal with the garbage from Australian sites, but also from the bloody Yanks who are 15-19 hours behind me.

MY GOD! The horror. You should seek compensation for the damages this causes you.

What damages? It's annoying as hell, but damaging? I think that's going a bit far.

 

[The White Hunter]

But how else would we know how well the spaghetti crop has done this year?

 

[sXeth]

Today, my radio station announced a really unpopular sales tax from the provincial government, despite the fact that we're months away from an election.

So. Many. People. Fell for it and called in in a fit of rage.

And it was hilarious. So no, I think I can handle more April Fools Day. We often complain that life is dull, why would we kneecap it into dullness because the attempts can be a bit annoying?

The radio station (more then one actually) here does that sort of thing every day. Which is kind of the problem. Trolling, rumor mongering, and click-bait has become the norm in media, April Fools piled on top of that just becomes an oversaturation.

 

[Euryalus]

But how else would we know how well the spaghetti crop has done this year?

By instituting Troll Tuesdays in its place?

OT: I like April Fool's day a lot. Its just a fun day to pull pranks on people. If the prank is dickish then people are going to call you out regardless. It's not like the day has ever been used an a workable excuse.

Plus a lot of the articles are fun to read.

I remember awhile back that Taco Bell put one out saying they bought the Liberty Bell and renamed it the Taco Liberty Bell to help reduce the nation's debt. It was rather awesome.

 

[IllumInaTIma]

I like when people and websites use April 1st to come up with something bizzare, something that they wouldn't do on usual date. Like Game Grumps making three episodes of "Meow Grumps". IT was bizzare and kinda hilarious. Or how Russian Steam Page started to translate everything in old-Russian manner. It's original and fun. But what I do hate is lazy jokes. Like fan-page of Nostalgia Critic said that "He quits". Wow. So original.

 

[lacktheknack]

Today, my radio station announced a really unpopular sales tax from the provincial government, despite the fact that we're months away from an election.

So. Many. People. Fell for it and called in in a fit of rage.

And it was hilarious. So no, I think I can handle more April Fools Day. We often complain that life is dull, why would we kneecap it into dullness because the attempts can be a bit annoying?

The radio station (more then one actually) here does that sort of thing every day. Which is kind of the problem. Trolling, rumor mongering, and click-bait has become the norm in media, April Fools piled on top of that just becomes an oversaturation.

Christ, what? They tell lies daily on purpose?

Why does anyone still listen to them for anything other than music?

 

[Nimcha]

I am pretty much sick of it too, and how every website feels compelled to come up with something ridiculous and unfunny.

But it's only one day in the year, I can live with that.

 

[Stu35]

Now, once a year we get people posting shit on the internet and it's impossible to find proper news.

Actually it's quite easy. It just involves a little reading comprehension and fact checking.

In many ways, I feel EVERY DAY should be april fools day - it actually forces people to think about what they're reading instead of simply regurgitating shit. Honestly, I think I get LESS shit regurgitated on my facebook wall by my idiot "friends" on April Fools day.

Now, if the internet was normally a wonderland of accurate, fact-checked information, a free area for people to exchange ideas and concepts... Instead of... y'know, the internet. I might agree with you.

Today, my radio station announced a really unpopular sales tax from the provincial government, despite the fact that we're months away from an election.

So. Many. People. Fell for it and called in in a fit of rage.

And it was hilarious. So no, I think I can handle more April Fools Day. We often complain that life is dull, why would we kneecap it into dullness because the attempts can be a bit annoying?

In Britain they had a story about Scotland planning to start driving on the right (including a very expensive plan to get all the roadsigns sorted and build special spiral lanes at the border with England). Same deal with angry people calling in the local radio station in fits of rage - It was fucking hilarious.

 

[Grimh]

Well it's a refreshing variation from the rest of the year where general internet comedy usually equals regurgitating memes ad naseum.

Which is something everyone should stop doing because I, personally, hate it.

 

[The White Hunter]

But how else would we know how well the spaghetti crop has done this year?

By instituting Troll Tuesdays in its place?

OT: I like April Fool's day a lot. Its just a fun day to pull pranks on people. If the prank is dickish then people are going to call you out regardless. It's not like the day has ever been used an a workable excuse.

Plus a lot of the articles are fun to read.

I remember awhile back that Taco Bell put one out saying they bought the Liberty Bell and renamed it the Taco Liberty Bell to help reduce the nation's debt. It was rather awesome.

I'm quite sure you missed the joke:

 

[Techno Squidgy]

Yeah, sorry but a lot today happened that was actually very cool. Maybe not really lies but they have that "We know that you like what we have been doing so far so we are just going to do something completely different" like this:

Ahh man, that was so fun. I'm just gutted I missed out on last years MLP event, as much as I dislike MLP, all the videos I've seen of it are hilarious.
The 8-bit world of tanks map is great as well.

World of War Planes had UFOs, but sadly the game is simply too terrible for me to consider playing.

One day man, one day, then it's all over.

It's one day of fucking around per year. How jaded can you be?

April Fool's isn't just ONE day. It's TWO. The crap doesn't end until about 20 hours into the 2nd of April for me, all thanks to the fact I'm in GMT+10, so I not only have to deal with the garbage from Australian sites, but also from the bloody Yanks who are 15-19 hours behind me.

MY GOD! The horror. You should seek compensation for the damages this causes you.

What damages? It's annoying as hell, but damaging? I think that's going a bit far.

Now, I'm not sure, but I think he might be taking the piss out of you.

 

[Aramis Night]

I hate April fool's day with every fiber of my being. My hope is to go to hell where I will proceed to track down the bastard responsible, as their is no way such a person would not be in hell, and torture them eternally with the kinds of acts that will make demons weep for him. I'm agnostic but I don't care and will gladly accept hell for just this opportunity. When the heat death of the universe happens it will be because I will have expended the last amount of energy left in the universe to return suffering to this individual.

 

[FoolKiller]

You mean Titanfall didn't add Optimus Prime?! D:

My friend fell for this. He showed me the ad (not the whole trailer) and I told him it was a clever april fools day prank. He laughed. Unfortunately, joking aside, it could never happen. Titanfall is made by Respawn (aka all the good exiled members of Infinity Ward) and the Transformer game licenses are controlled by Activision (owners of whats left of Infinity Ward). It's sad, because it would be pretty awesome.

What Titanfall should do is get the license for the mechs from Pacific Rim. Now that would be quite epic.