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Backlash against April Fools
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I admit it - I like April Fools Day. It's funny, and I love seeing how companies try to put a little humor in everyone's day.
This year I've seen a serious backlash about 4/1 on Twitter. So many people take things way too seriously and don't want a laugh. Oh, you'll pray to your invisible deity and get the day off for it, but laughing? OUT OF THE QUESTION!
I don't get it. First off, social media has allowed everyone who's offended by silly things like the color green to gather everyone else who's offended by the color green a platform for anti-green rants. This quickly turns into people splitting off because some people like kelly green and some people thing that nothing is more pure than Pantone 362.
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Clinically Insane
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Amazon.com has done their page as it was in 1999 - and for some strange reason its blurry.
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Professional Poster
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Originally Posted by mattyb 
Amazon.com has done their page as it was in 1999 - and for some strange reason its blurry.
it's just an image, not a redesign. and if you remember, one of the "old" things on the internet was improper image resolution on websites, making everything look like that. think tripod sites and the like. only thing it is missing is blinking GIFs and scrolling text (but can't do that with a simple static image).
i like it!
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Its terrible to work here today.
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Games Meister  Join Date: Aug 2009
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Originally Posted by starman
I admit it - I like April Fools Day. It's funny, and I love seeing how companies try to put a little humor in everyone's day.
This year I've seen a serious backlash about 4/1 on Twitter. So many people take things way too seriously and don't want a laugh. Oh, you'll pray to your invisible deity and get the day off for it, but laughing? OUT OF THE QUESTION!
I don't get it. First off, social media has allowed everyone who's offended by silly things like the color green to gather everyone else who's offended by the color green a platform for anti-green rants. This quickly turns into people splitting off because some people like kelly green and some people thing that nothing is more pure than Pantone 362.
It's been happening for years (the backlash) and its because most of the time, it isn't funny. Not a surprise, corporations aren't known for having a sense of humor. Couple that with the last few years a few places have jumped the gun (March 31st) because people pick-up on the bullshit easily.
There's one site than never fails to deliver – ThinkGeek. I saw this year is no exception.
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Originally Posted by mattyb
Amazon.com has done their page as it was in 1999 - and for some strange reason its blurry.
Loads much faster!
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"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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What Dakar said.
The question isn't whether I want a laugh, it's are they being given.
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Reddit's a nightmare today (I mean, far more than usual), but they actually came up with a good meta joke.
They put up a button which counts down from 60 until a user presses it.
When it gets to zero, something will happen.
Nobody knows what, because users keep pressing it.
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Moderator  Join Date: Jun 2000
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
There's one site than never fails to deliver – ThinkGeek. I saw this year is no exception.
Damn it! I really wanted the Voltron Kitty Condo.
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Slick shoes?! Are you crazy?!
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Last edited by andi*pandi; Apr 1, 2015 at 04:33 PM.
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Addicted to MacNN
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
It's been happening for years (the backlash) and its because most of the time, it isn't funny. Not a surprise, corporations aren't known for having a sense of humor. Couple that with the last few years a few places have jumped the gun (March 31st) because people pick-up on the bullshit easily.
There's one site than never fails to deliver – ThinkGeek. I saw this year is no exception.
Audi pulled a good one for Japan by putting rice cookers in the A8: Media, automakers offer gags galore as April Fool's catches on in Japan | The Japan Times
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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000
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