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> can limit themselves to obvious humor

I don't want April fools pranks, but if you do insist on it, then an obvious fooling is somewhat oxymoronic and misunderstanding the point of it. If it's obvious then nobody will be fooled.

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I actually agree. I don’t want to be pranked/fooled by companies I rely on — in my opinion, companies who don’t understand that are the only ones who fall flat on their faces on April 1st and need to apologize for a PR disaster on April 2nd [0][1][2][3][4][5][and on and on...].

Big brands who want to participate should really think of it as April Dumb Tangential Jokes Day, perhaps!

[0] https://blog.google/products/gmail/introducing-gmail-mic-dro...

[1] https://lineageos.org/An-April-Apology/

[2] http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-04-02-ea-apologises-f...

[3] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-01/elon-musk...

[4] http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/taco_liberty_bell

[5] http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/happy-endings-reboot...

Right, and then continuing the thought who wants a 'dumb' joke? That's no fun is it. So let's forget the whole thing.

I think we’re on the same page. Maybe it boils down to the need for jokes that can be easily ignored by people who want April 1st of next week to be an ordinary Monday. In that sense, I’m all for banishing corporate pranks that aren’t 100% non-obtrusive.

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