I know some people might think I am a grinch, but I really hate April Fools Day. What is even more annoying is that large businesses have started doing April Fools Pranks before April 1st, personally I think that’s called lying but each to their own. The reason I hate April Fools is because I read a lot of news site and get sent rumors on a regular basis. On & around April 1st sorting through what is real and what isn’t becomes a real chore, I do enjoy some of the pranks but a lot of them are just poorly executed.
I guess the reason I’m writing this is so that readers know they don’t have to worry about pranks on the site today and I’ll do my best to only post non april fools content (unless it’s marked as such). Hope everybody had a good March!
Hate, hate, hate April Fool’s Day. It should be abolished. It is the only day of the year that I make absolutely sure to stay off the internet.
Hey Doc,
You are no Grinch. Far from it, I think you’re actually more like Santa, with all of the free money making gifts you give us all.
Plus, nowadays the news is fake year-round, not just on April Fools.
#FAKENEWS
Every day is April Fool with tons of rumors.
Just don’t trust anyone.
Will, did you see the Amex Obsidian post on r/churning before it was taken down? Wonder what you think of it because I think that one was executed really well. Here’s the imgur link:
http://imgur.com/a/BKxMz
Haha, that one is great!
HA1–Gotcha, everyone–post was really written by Chuck!
(not really)
🙂
I call grinch. I love April Fools. I understand it might really suck for deal seakers, but its sometimes a good laugh. If you listen to podcasts, the motley fool always has an entertaining one for April 1st. I think it sucks that its on a weekend this year.
I don’t mind really good April Fools jokes, I think the Netflix one was pretty good. I just don’t really like them in general as most are poorly executed.
What was the Netflix joke?
Netflix Live
Netflix Live was excellent.
In 2009, the company I was working at fired two salespersons the day before. No joke. They didn’t come back the day after or even the week after so I knew they were really fired.
And about this site, all I can say is keep up the good work! I like this post indeed.
Why would you think they were fired as a joke? That would be incredibly cruel. I’m sure thousands of people are fired on a daily basis.
Plot twist:
You love April Fool and this your April Fools lie. :p
I agree.
spot on post, William. Problem these days is that every day has been April Fool’s — with so much fake news, faux news, and/or agenda driven news….. (and then we get the POTUS with a serious sleep disorder imbibing so much of the daily April fools feeds and then tweetering them as if they’re real intelligence.) it’s getting harder and harder to know what’s credible. Not funny anymore.