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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, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Mark & All, (...) Well, Mark, I am not whining, I think it is a serious issue, and if someone dares not like it, it just turns into whining, huh? Name calling is not called for, and I don't appreciate it. April 1st starts April 1st, not a week (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm not trying to take the fun out of it for everyone else, I'm just pointing out that the community as a whole, by virtue of each individuals decisions, make a determination of what kind of place this is. If the community decides that jokes (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Au contraire!! I think that subtle addition of hints make the joke even better - if people miss the hint, more fool them!!! ROSCO (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Subtle hints are good. Todd's disclaimer wasn't subtle. It basically said "This is an April Fool's joke" only, not in so many words. ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) <emphasis> (...) </emphasis> (...) Serious Guy??? Now that's funny. Coinicidence? I think not. :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, it was stuck near the bottom of a big long ginormous post, which meant there was a fair chance people would hit the reply button before seeing it. There's more than 1 kind of subtlety. 8?) ROSCO (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Bu... er... well... For the purposes of that post, I was being serious. Yeah, that's it. :^D ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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