The only person laughing is usually the person who made the joke and it’s generally just irritating to everyone else who just wants to get on with their day. I might feel differently if we like, got the day off work for April Fools Day I guess

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    Most “pranks” are just a) terribly unfunny, b) actually bullying by another name, or c) both.

    If we could just keep the rare good ones I’d be all for it, but alas!

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    8 months ago

    It’s… not a holiday? It’s just a thing people did and sometimes still do.

    You sound bitter. Sorry someone tried to have fun around you.

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      Nah man, keep in mind what people have considered jokes in the past x years. The “its only a prank” crowd in the past years have been absolutely atrocious. In fact they have not been jokes or pranks at all.

      They have been things to totally humiliate the people. I have a feeling this is the kind of joke or prank that happened.

      Even if its not the case, its totally possible the joke caused multiple people to laugh AT OP instead of WITH everyone.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah, all comedy is bad because I heard some bad jokes lately. Better trash the whole idea of jokes. Same energy.

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          I disagree.

          If a prank goes out of its way to humiliate a person it’s not a joke. If that same person gets pranked every year in a way that is not fun for them they have a right to say I’m not a fan of this shit. They have a right to dislike it without a person responding “wow you’re no fun.”

          This is unpopular opinions, and y’all getting on OP about how they are no fun because they don’t like “pranks” being pulled on them.

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              Read the original post again and try harder. YOU are defending bad pranks by making your comparison.

              What the post is describing ARE bad pranks. If everyone is irritated and no one is laughing other than the person doing the prank, IS a bad prank. Reading the post about bad pranks and jumping all the way to “Better trash the while idea of jokes. Same energy” seems to show how much you are missing and your apathy.

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                Nope. Your reading comprehension skills really suck. I’m not having this fight with you. You’re reading comprehension skills are so bad you’re not even arguing with me. I didn’t say ANY of those things. That’s all you.

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    Lol try saying that on someone’s April 1st post. You’ll get a lot of angry people because you think it’s annoying and you’re just “ruining their fun”. It’s been a fun morning lmfao