Lie on the Internet day is annoying.
I like the occasional bit that's properly committed to... But just saying a lie about an unfunny topic has never been funny on April 1
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Relatively high effort bits that are just like silly art projects are funny, but all the "did you hear about bad thing? *giggling* bad thing has happened! *breaking down chortling* bad thing is... APRIL FOOL! *bursts out laughing*" bits are just tedious.
The occasional funny one isn't worth the deluge of low effort bullshit that every April Fools Day brings.
I like this Bluesky comment.
Honestly, because of all the misinformation we see spreading every single day of the year, April Fools has lost all meaning.
appropriated from twitter
“april fools” so im a fool because you betrayed my trust? im a fool for holding what you say with complete sincerity? i’m not the fool, you are
Social media becomes extra annoying for a day, encouraging me to touch grass.
It's fucking lame. Today is national "show how unfunny and cringe you are" day
Already blocked the fake news comm, love having another...
I love lying to people, but having a day when everyone is doing it badly kind of takes the fun out of it.
Corporations have ruined it.
Like everything
I'm very gullible so I'm not a huge fan
A Encyclopaedia Britannica post on Bluesky.
With all that's going on, the last thing you need is the encyclopedia trying to fool you so we just hope you have a nice day.
It's 4 hours old and it has 1.3K likes which I assume is a huge number for that account. I've never seen Encyclopaedia Britannica post before at Bluesky. The post was in a raw feed of the site sorted by popularity.
Aprils fools day sucks, its just gaslighting. Only westerners would come up with a holiday centered around psychological abuse.
more elaborate bits are good sometimes but i could do without most of them
They were only good when they were from my mom, she was a pro. She told me my brother's GF was pregnant once and I thought it was true for like half the day. I like when they are from friends and actually funny, but it's just rude to be baited by posts saying the king died or whatever.