April Fools' Day On the Web
This is why we're always glad when April Fools' Day is over.
Just The Facts
- On April 1st, the people who run your favorite websites take the opportunity to "play pranks" on you by making their sites more difficult to use.
- The degree to which this is funny is inversely proportional to how many sites you've been "pranked by" so far that day.
- General behavior on the web on and around April Fools day is best summed up by the following equation:
April Fools' Day on the Web: A Summary
On April 1st, the people who run your favorite websites take the opportunity to "play pranks" on you by making their sites more difficult to use.
The degree to which this is funny is inversely proportional to how many sites you've been "pranked by" so far that day. If you only visit one website a day, April Fools' Day on the web can be a delightful experience.
"My word, why is my internet video upside down? I better go search this on AOL at once."
For those of us under the age of 50, after the first few sites, the experience is akin to waiting out a roadblock advertisement.
April Fools, we get it. Let's move it along assholes.
you could have done something funny with this...
Replyyou made an algebra joke. and a nonjoke about youtube...only youtube. me want see other examples of internet pranks...smh :(
...What the hell was that?!
Replyaaannnddd.... worst topic article i've ever read
ReplyIt's a testament to my math skills that I don't understand the joke algebra....
Reply Hide All See All 4 Repliesya really what the hell was b?
/b/ is 4Chan's /b/-board, a place affectionately known as "The a*****e of the Internet".
SJ commander is just joking, /b/ is actually the mathematical symbol for madness, or random. It can equal anything. Therefore the joke is hilarious.
SJ is correct.
On an unrelated note, my parents got married on April Fools' Day.
ReplyAPRIL FOOLS! You were an accident.
One of my friends' birthdays is on April Fools. Hence she is an April fool.
@TheletterQ:
ReplyDude, DMC actually deserves to get 11 out of 10!
dofus! moo moo noo moo moo
ReplyAnime-planet.com had a bunch of joke reviews. My personal favorite comment was "Go Nagai is quite possibly the Rembrandt or Mozart of our time, carefully crafting tales of wonder and delight as if it's his second nature." and that DMC got an 11 out of 10.
Replywhat about leap years?
ReplyThe formula would have the the exact same result either way.
ReplyNo.
XF/b/ = Decent human beings failing to act like /b/
/b/FX = /b/ failing to act like decent human beings.
It needs a negative on the second one - so it would be /b/FX => /b/ fail to act like decent human beings and X-F/b/ => Decent human beings do not fail to act like /b/
@Demmagog: Tell that to my friend. There's this girl, uh, she still believes as of April 3rd that he loves her.
ReplyApril Fools pranks can be great... but the key is balance. A good April Fools joke should:
Replya) make the target think/believe/do something foolish
b) reveal to the target their mistake, making them FEEL foolish
c) ACCOMPLISH ALL THIS IN A FEW SECONDS
It's that last one that counts... a good April Fools prank is over the moment it begins. It's the prank that makes you say "What the fu-- ooooooh, right" and then smack your forehead and laugh. If it disrupts your life beyond that moment, it's just a pain in the ass.
I think April Fools is meant to be an incredibly annoying day when everyone's an ass. For a while there everyone was being far too mild with their dickwad April Fool pranks. A return to a day when nothing can be believed and everything is annoying because everyone's an ass is a return to traditional values. Now get that young boy up my chimney lest I choke on soot.
Replyyo mama
ReplyThe comment below me was funnier than this article.
ReplyP.S. I didn't even laugh at the comment below me.
Was rather short, I must say. Cheerio, pip-pip and what have you.
ReplyYou need to put some more effort into these things...
Replythe escapist had a good prank, they made a fake comercial that was playing before theyr videos that was like a Monster truck thing but with Ponys, it was called Pony Jam
ReplyHey Fatman95, since we're all changing today, why don't you try to become a less a*****e version of your current self?
ReplyThe reason I don't like April first is similar to the reason I don't like Halloween or New Years, but instead of a bunch amateurs getting way to drunk you get a bunch of amateurs trying way to hard to be funny.
ReplyAt least on the amatuer drunk days you got a better than average shot at getting laid.