Unpopular Opinion

It's... not a holiday? It's just a thing people did and sometimes still do.

You sound bitter. Sorry someone tried to have fun around you.

If I have to work, I don’t consider it a holiday.

It was great before all the companies started getting in on it, when it was just people pranking each other. I feel like at some point within the past 10-20 years, most “hip” companies come out with their own version of an April Fool’s day press release that are always so goddamn stale and expected now. They’ve just sucked all the fun out of what should be a spontaneous holiday between individuals, because you know those releases probably took weeks to craft and went through X levels of management to get approved.

I absolutely loathe this day. Most of it is just dumb, silly and annoying. Especially when this dumb shit gets forced on you by companies whose marketing teams think they’re clever.

I also used to work at a radio/TV station where we covered pranks during april fools. That was a real eye-opener: there are waaaaay too many idiots out there who fall for jokes and take things at face value. Basically, they’re a cruel way to mess with vulnerable, gullible people.

Now, if someone wants to make a joke at their own expense, go for it. But don’t do it at the expense of others.

For me, the thing i find most annoying about april fools are the days afterwards. I don't know if a piece of recently uploaded media is actually real or satire until I check the date its uploaded.

Upvoted because I disagree. (That's how it works here, right?)

Nobody fooled me IRL and it's been a fun day on the internet.

Its twice as irritating as an Australian because if you dont wait till the day is over to share things you just get bombarded by Americans telling you it isnt April 1st yet because they dont understand time zones.

It’s not a holiday.

... i should downwote you or not

It’s not a real holiday.

Christmas and Easter are more foolish.

I actually enjoy it. Being a dad gives me a different perspective, I guess.

Eh. It’s 1 day a year. Yeah kinda stupid but it’s not like it’s every week or something.

Anyway, have your upvote.

There is places where it's an actual holiday?

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.

Most "pranks" are just a) terribly unfunny, b) actually bullying by another name, or c) both.

If we could just keep the rare good ones I'd be all for it, but alas!

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.

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100 Percent in agreement. Always hated the day, but now that it's the anniversary of my mom's brain cancer diagnosis I cannot stand the stupid jokes and shit eating grins.

You must not watch The Lockpicking Lawyer.

Lol try saying that on someone's April 1st post. You'll get a lot of angry people because you think it's annoying and you're just "ruining their fun". It's been a fun morning lmfao

I hate it when a news site or otherwise serious site does it

I did a spongebob thing and poured myself 400 glasses of lemonade with little umbrellas for breakfast. April Fools on me, I'm not even thirsty!! AH HA HA HA HA oh man, I'm going away with the nice men in white coats now.....

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.

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???

April Fools day was fun for me when I was younger and the internet really didn't exist. But today as an adult and dealing with the onslaught of responsibility and mis/disinformation from the internet has made me cynical of this day. Could be that I'm becoming jaded.

At least in Colorado it's a day for being a hooligan on the ski slopes which I think is way more fun for everybody.