Someone suggested not pulling any April Fool's pranks this year and I think we all need to get on board with that.

[staceycornelius@zeroes.ca]

@DarkMatterZine The one prank I really enjoy has been going on for years, on the CBC Radio show As It Happens.

They always have one fake story on April 1. Their writers are fantastic, so it's extra fun trying to figure out which one is the prank story.

One year it was the announcement of a $3 coin. Some listeners fell for it. There were irate emails.

I dislike mean-spirited pranks, but the patchwork footy field is pretty fun.

[landelare@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@StaceyCornelius My blog has a very tame, traditional prank that I do every year. Not going to stop now because of some old men's whims, not even indirectly.

[tubemeister@mstdn.social]

@StaceyCornelius
April Fools is trust nothing on the internet day.
Every day is trust nothing on the internet day…

[luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@StaceyCornelius There's no April Fool's stranger than everyday's news. Real and fake, of course.
Maybe someone should inform me when we're *out* of an April Fool's.

[assimilateborg@kind.social]

@StaceyCornelius @quoidian a german satirical paper has the tradition to only produce real news stories on 1st of April. And it's so amazingly good.

[drewtowler@mas.to]

@StaceyCornelius April Fool's has been ongoing for the last couple of years.

[staceycornelius@zeroes.ca]

@assimilateborg Oh that's brilliant.

[staceycornelius@zeroes.ca]

@murodegrizeco That's really good.

[staceycornelius@zeroes.ca]

@landelare The great thing about those is it's a treat for your readers and they look forward to it! A great way to approach it imho

[courtcan@mastodon.social]

@StaceyCornelius Count me in. I'm not a fan of pranks anyway, and never pull them. There's something in pranks that is meant to elevate the prankster at the expense of the victim's sense of safety and well-being. Anytime I've been on the receiving end of a prank, I've gotten the distinct message that the prankster wanted me to feel small.

[tantramar@zeroes.ca]

@StaceyCornelius April Fool’s Day online hasn’t been fun for close to 30 years.

[staceycornelius@zeroes.ca]

@khleedril It’s coming fast

[darkmatterzine@mastodon.social]

@StaceyCornelius yes, me too. I like the fun ones though.

[staceycornelius@zeroes.ca]

@tantramar I wouldn’t mind being Rickrolled tbh

[aburka@hachyderm.io]

@StaceyCornelius I was thinking about writing a long post on my company's slack about how everyone knows I've been the holdout AI critic but I've finally seen the light and I'm drinking jet fuel etc etc April fools

[thedonsielass@mas.to]

@StaceyCornelius Allowable pranks are exclusively:

- Sending a photo of the dog in the driver's seat and pranking them that Fido took your keys for a roadtrip

- Pretending a cardboard box is haunted but actually there's a cat inside

- olden style food that looks like a different food but is still delicious

- heading to work/school/etc but you turn a different way en route. when they say 'hey, this is the wrong way' you reveal you're all got the day off for something delightful instead

[thedonsielass@mas.to]

@StaceyCornelius Replacing April Fool's Day with April Delights Day

[vonskinnback@mastodon.social]

@StaceyCornelius maybe this is the point to redefine the definition of April fools, maybe April 1st should be the one day of the year everyone acts normal and doesn't act like a complete lunatic, just for one day of the year...

[dgold@goblin.technology]

@StaceyCornelius but but... Okay.

(Puts away nuclear detonator)
(Makes sheepish phone calls to allies in D.C.)

[madalex@fosstodon.org]

@StaceyCornelius My traditional way of celebrating April 1st is to wait until the 2nd until I consume news again.