Happy (?) April Fools

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People being upset is hilarious

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Yeah I think all of these were good in concept but taken too far in execution

Title Fairy free reign? Entertaining and relevant. Insisting it were true to the point where Chevre and zoraster were making big posts about it? Not as funny.
Silly rule changes and mod anarchy where random people are banned then other mods are banned and name colours are changed as a result? Hilarious to me, as I didn't see the Reckoner drama-y thread until it was all over. If I had been following the Reckoner thread along the way, I'd have found it less amusing as that seemed too harsh.

someone doesnt have a sense of humour holy shit

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someone who apparently only likes very simple humour that has no chance of ever ruffling feathers

(AKA, someone who isn't funny)

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people being upset about titles on an online forum is pretty hilarious

reck was in on it, and it was hilarious. Comedy is best when its unexpected and has the ability to make you see things differently.

Nothing came even remotely close to crossing a line and implying that it did is pretty fucking disgusting tbh

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i can't believe there's now real drama about how seriously to take fake drama.

isnt it gr8

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Really? Even the screenshot of the Facebook conversation where it looked like very personal arguments were being thrown between Reck and Pie?

yea, that was pretty hilarious.

Being offended doesn't mean you're right, etc.

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yours was the only one that talked about THE MERITS OF IT AS A JOKE

idgaf about anything else, no problem with you man

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Yeah I think all of these were good in concept but taken too far in execution
Not as funny.
If I had been following the Reckoner thread along the way, I'd have found it less amusing as that seemed too harsh.

hey accountant this is what someone mocking and being intolerant to other comedy styles looks like

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My bullies. The people who made me feel incredibly insecure and generally worthless and the feelings from that are still with me today.

These people are actual people with emotions, and you seem to have no respect for that.

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All I was saying was that adding rather personal drama to a situation when it's not clear who's in on it or not can be rather uncomfortable to watch and makes the silliness less funny

it was extremly absurd. it was pretty obvious who was in on the joke and who wasnt

not catching an obvious joke doesnt mean it wasnt funny

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Not "pretty obvious" to everyone, but I guess I should be sorry for being autistic and others should be sorry for not being as good at reading situations as you!! You're right, it's all our faults!

Fuck off with your lack of sympathy and consideration.

okay man i understand but that is irrelevant here

if someone makes a joke about like, 14th century french cuisine and I don't get it...that doesn't mean it wasn't funny.

There are lots of reasons someone may not understand something. Accommodating to make sure every single person from every single walk of life, in every emotion feels completely on board and understands 100% that its a prank...makes it not funny at all.

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t. It sort of became an uncanny valley of an April Fool's prank.

best part imo.

I knew it was awesome when it tricked me for a second.

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altho i do think maybe the facebook convo b/t me and pie was too serious and not farcical enough but i legit thought it being surrounded by the rest of the OTT bullshit would make it obv

It was obvious

If people missed it, reaction should be "wow I can't believe I didnt notice, haha!" Not discussing whether it was crossing a line because they missed it