April Fools Day is the dumbest holiday in existence

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April Fools Day is the dumbest holiday in existence - Lemmy.World

The only person laughing is usually the person who made the joke and it’s generally just irritating to everyone else who just wants to get on with their day. I might feel differently if we like, got the day off work for April Fools Day I guess

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.

Nah man, keep in mind what people have considered jokes in the past x years. The “its only a prank” crowd in the past years have been absolutely atrocious. In fact they have not been jokes or pranks at all.

They have been things to totally humiliate the people. I have a feeling this is the kind of joke or prank that happened.

Even if its not the case, its totally possible the joke caused multiple people to laugh AT OP instead of WITH everyone.

A good prank gets the prankee to laugh along with everyone. For instance sending a singing telegram to someone would cause slight embarrassment, but would still be entertaining for everyone involved as long as they don’t work at a funeral home or something like that.

The dumbest ones are when they mess with someone’s car by covering it with something or filling it with something like plastic balls or whatever. That’s just mean and not creative.

Sending a singing telegram to someone who wouldn’t be okay with that kind of thing is still a bad prank.