Am the only person who thinks we should not do April Fools anymore? It’s funny when you’re 8 and in school. It’s just become a day of annoying corporate bullshit as an adult.
But the voltswagen thing was way too early. Jokes and serious news are mixed on sites like HN. This shit with deliveroo is unthinkable. And all this in a environment where fake news isn't just rampant, it's been weaponized.
Yeah, count me out. It's gone too far. Companies really need to quit it. At least, we could hope that HN could keep this crap off the front page
Makes me thing about the april fools on LinuxFR[1]
[1] - https://linuxfr.org/news/mise-en-place-du-port-du-masque-ave...
TL;DR: Since the government authorized facial recognition on security cameras and the mask prevents that, they voted a law to have a QRCode on your mask to enable "facial" recognition
Obvious fake news, but funny read anyway.
IKEA sent an email about Hund Couture. They made a little video with dogs dressed in clothes made of IKEA bags. Amusing. Hurts no one.
Sending someone a fake bill that looks real isn’t really funny. I’m not even sure what that is.
The worst part of April Fools' isn't the spirit, it's the deception and inauthenticity.
I remember one creator on YouTube this year who put it as: "yes, today is April 1st, but what I did is real, not a lie, and it took actual effort to achieve."