Unpopular Opinion

If I have to work, I don’t consider it a holiday.

It's... not a holiday? It's just a thing people did and sometimes still do.

You sound bitter. Sorry someone tried to have fun around you.

It was great before all the companies started getting in on it, when it was just people pranking each other. I feel like at some point within the past 10-20 years, most “hip” companies come out with their own version of an April Fool’s day press release that are always so goddamn stale and expected now. They’ve just sucked all the fun out of what should be a spontaneous holiday between individuals, because you know those releases probably took weeks to craft and went through X levels of management to get approved.

For me, the thing i find most annoying about april fools are the days afterwards. I don't know if a piece of recently uploaded media is actually real or satire until I check the date its uploaded.

Its twice as irritating as an Australian because if you dont wait till the day is over to share things you just get bombarded by Americans telling you it isnt April 1st yet because they dont understand time zones.

Upvoted because I disagree. (That's how it works here, right?)

Nobody fooled me IRL and it's been a fun day on the internet.

I absolutely loathe this day. Most of it is just dumb, silly and annoying. Especially when this dumb shit gets forced on you by companies whose marketing teams think they’re clever.

I also used to work at a radio/TV station where we covered pranks during april fools. That was a real eye-opener: there are waaaaay too many idiots out there who fall for jokes and take things at face value. Basically, they’re a cruel way to mess with vulnerable, gullible people.

Now, if someone wants to make a joke at their own expense, go for it. But don’t do it at the expense of others.

... i should downwote you or not

There is places where it's an actual holiday?

A good and proper prank leaves both Parties happy and satisfied with the prank. Otherwise it's basically just harassment.

Secondly, it should only be done on willing people, usually this limits you to people you know, and know would be accepting of such interaction.

Prank culture has gotten sour and uncouth at this point so I can agree many people (for lack of a better phrase) "do it wrong". But really it is fun and can be a great form of bonding when done correctly as well as even potentially a way to show how well you know someone by personalizing it in a really fun way.

Years ago I had roomies and we had a figurine that randomly appeared about the apartment. if you saw it or found it you'd move it to a funny spot to prank the other roommates. It'd show up in pantries, the shower, on top of doors, outside your window, holding random stuff, etc. It was great, everyone enjoyed it and left everyone with good memories. That's IMO, a good prank.

I actually enjoy it. Being a dad gives me a different perspective, I guess.

Eh. It’s 1 day a year. Yeah kinda stupid but it’s not like it’s every week or something.

Anyway, have your upvote.

Blame the king who wanted January 1st to be New Year's instead of April 1st. Were it not for him we'd still be using the far more logical start date of April 1st and there wouldn't be any pranks to make fun of people who think that the beginning of spring is a better start to the year than the dead middle of winter.

You must not watch The Lockpicking Lawyer.

Most "pranks" are just a) terribly unfunny, b) actually bullying by another name, or c) both.

If we could just keep the rare good ones I'd be all for it, but alas!

100 Percent in agreement. Always hated the day, but now that it's the anniversary of my mom's brain cancer diagnosis I cannot stand the stupid jokes and shit eating grins.

I agree. Check out this website proving it.

This is a good documentary on the problem with April Fool's Day

I hate it when a news site or otherwise serious site does it

Hey those marketing execs don't get many chances to show how lol so random they can be. Let them have this one day

At least in Colorado it's a day for being a hooligan on the ski slopes which I think is way more fun for everybody.

It’s not a real holiday.

Christmas and Easter are more foolish.

To me, having to pretend that the comodification of romance is remotely romantic is far more stupid. However, I'd say April fools is definitely second place for most dumb.

April Fools day was fun for me when I was younger and the internet really didn't exist. But today as an adult and dealing with the onslaught of responsibility and mis/disinformation from the internet has made me cynical of this day. Could be that I'm becoming jaded.

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.