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article texthappy April fool's btw

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[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 26 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

no, fuck you. if people are like "I like the super mario movie!" and another person is like "actually it's terrible fanservice slop", that's when this comic is appropriate. But in this case, people are upset because april fools is full of bullshit lies and people rightly don't like being lied to just because it's a silly day.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 24 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

people are upset because april fools is full of bullshit lies

Unlike every other day where the Internet is the bastion of truth and reality.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (4 children)

At least then the lies have reason. It's fucked up reason, but it's reason.

April fools day is FUCKING LYING FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE TO FUCK WITH PEOPLE AND LIE FOR THE SAKE OF IT.

And notebly shit like this actually can cause real problems. Iv seen April fools jokes cause thousands in lost dollars because of stock swings due to this bull shit for example

People ACTUALLY get hurt over this crap too. It's REALLY fucking annoying.

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

If you find yourself falling for these kinds of jokes then you may need to reconsider how you evaluate news.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

People get hurt on Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas too.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 7 hours ago

I have no sympathy for day traders

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Have people always had his opinion? I swear I've never seen pushback for April Fools joke articles in the past. Hell, they were anticipated because of fun ones like Blizzard.

[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I hear this comment in Moe Szyslak's voice.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Back in the Slashdot days, where they let this shit run wild, I hated this day every year.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

ZOMG PONIES11!!11

I miss those days. When people don’t have as big of a stick up their ass about one day a year of fun.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

Reddit had a couple of good ones. Reddit mold and the original Place was funny

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 hours ago

No, fuck you!

Like someone else said, I’m glad lying on the internet is only limited to one day… wait…..

Dumbass.