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Comment by thelean12 | Hacker News Reader

Because there's no useful news. Anything and everything could be fake. Even stuff that you'd think wouldn't be fake, like Voltswagon, you apparently can't trust.

And it's not even one day. It's several days before and after. It's frustrating in a world of lies and misinformation that I don't even have the most trustworthy sources telling the truth anymore, even for a few days.

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That's the point of April Fool's though... Anything and everything could always be fake. It's a holiday dedicated to reminding people that they have to use their critical thinking and maintain a healthy skepticism (now more than ever, in a world of deep interconnectedness and far more disintermediation in the tools of communication than in previous technological eras).

> It's a holiday dedicated to reminding people that they have to use their critical thinking and maintain a healthy skepticism

What? You just made that up. It's a holiday dedicated to pranking people and trying to have a laugh. There's no deep meaning behind it.

> Anything and everything could be fake.

i did a double take while listening to the nature podcast on april 1st talking about rabbits -- with a genetic mutation that impacts their hind legs -- that walk about on their front paws only by doing handstands -- wondering "is this a complete-bullshit bad-taste easter-themed april fools joke - or is this a real thing". it that case it seems like it is a real thing.

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