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The only person laughing is usually the person who made the joke and it's generally just irritating to everyone else who just wants to get on with their day. I might feel differently if we like, got the day off work for April Fools Day I guess

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It is like the shitty version of The Purge. "Go out and fuck with people only for today, but nothing too fucky."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol ok I'll bite. Tell me how this doesn't qualify as a holiday?

Dis gonna be good 🤣😂🤣😂

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holiday

Do you not normally work on April 1st if it doesn't fall on a weekend or Easter Monday?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was my whole point, I could just ignore all the horrible "jokes" if I didn't have to work that day but I generally always do

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you called it a holiday?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Holiday in the US means "A thing we celebrate" not "a break from the ceaseless grind of capitalism".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who cares for April Fools besides toddlers and YouTubers anyway?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I do. It's a fun day. People be grumpy on this thread.

[–] Drewelite 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 😜

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm Dutch, I had the day off today.

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