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Re: April Fools posts
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Thu, 5 Apr 2001 17:04:16 GMT
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Xcalabur wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, Ian Warfield writes:
> > Note that the web page posting form stipulates the condition "... I
> > also swear that I am not submitting any false, fraudulent, incomplete, or
> > deceptive information."
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> > Doesn't this effectively rule out April Fools jokes? Are all the April
> > Fools pranksters now perjurers?
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> > --Ian
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> I happen to like the April Fool's jokes. Dunno why, maybe it's the
> questioning of whether this is real or fake, or just the hopefulness that
> Lego has finally made some truly, utterly amazing stuff (like Ben's prank
> from last year.) I mean, I don't think there should be "pranks" except on
> April 1st. Before or after that kind of defeats the purpose. But, I must
> say that I'm for them 100%, as long as they don't hurt anybody and aren't
> illegal. None that I've seen here are either of those. IMO, they're just
> something for fun and amusement. Why someone doesn't see them that way, I
> don't know, and I won't judge. But to me, April 1st without the pranks is
> like Thanksgiving without the football. :-)
The trouble for me is that the pranks aren't limited to the 1st. Ben's
prank last year wasn't a one day deal. The result for me, is as Scott
said, for some period of time near the 1st (personally for me, I'm
beginning to feel like I should be skeptical all of March), I'm
unwilling to put much stock in anything. Note even that my post about
the Creator sets was questioned (and rightfully so). Should I have even
bothered posting it. How many people aren't responding to it because
they are in skeptic mode right now?
When I was a kid, April Fools was something which happened April 1, and
a few minutes after my dad or whoever pulled on over on us, someone
would realize what was wrong and crack up, or the person pulling the
prank would lose their composure, and we would all have a laugh and life
would move on. I don't think I heard anyone laughing at Ben's prank (and
even less so at Mark's prank this year). Is a joke funny if no one
laughs? Is a joke funny if a few people laugh and a bunch more people
get pissed?
I'm all for humor, but I have to say very few of the pranks have I
laughed at. I did laugh a little at Todd's, but honestly, even that
mostly fell flat on me. Perhaps my sense of humor is just really
impaired by the rest of my life (and this week especially there is some
seriously bad dope going down which I can't talk about here, and which I
desperately wish was an April fools joke, but I'm 99.99% certain it
isn't), I don't know. All I can say is that this year I am far less
enthused about Lugnet than I was last year. As a community, we will
decide what Lugnet is. If people like me are a minority, or at least
don't have the loudest voice, the community may lose some of us. It will
be up to the community as a whole to decide what the atmosphere is here,
and it is up to each individual to decide if that atmosphere is what
they want.
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) Indeed. I think they are harmful to everyone, especially the "jokes" that seem to be coming earlier and earlier, just for the shock value, or how many people can they fool. It is upsetting. We don't even ave people admitting the jokes anymore, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I think you're not seeing both sides...because I think that most of the replies to a prank post are from people who either fell for the prank or got angry about it. The people who understood the joke won't usually reply because they don't want (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| NOTE: This post contains no attempt at humor whatsoever. Any humor discovered herein is purely coincidental. (...) Here are some people who enjoyed the joke: (URL) all of the ranting and raving that followed, I was sorry to see Todd add a disclaimer (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I happen to like the April Fool's jokes. Dunno why, maybe it's the questioning of whether this is real or fake, or just the hopefulness that Lego has finally made some truly, utterly amazing stuff (like Ben's prank from last year.) I mean, I (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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