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It's one freaking day of the year. If you insist on being a total curmudgeon, can't you just skip the internet for a day? Come back tomorrow. If you miss one re

It's one freaking day of the year. If you insist on being a total curmudgeon, can't you just skip the internet for a day? Come back tomorrow. If you miss one real article, the world will not come to a screeching halt.

AlexC04 16y ago
"Hipster" is the word that came to my mind. "Too cool for the internet" Oh well. I like them.
DavidBishop 16y ago
I guess it's something to complain about. It might be best for some to remember: Hacker News is not work. Reading is a supplement to work. If the Jokes bug you, maybe you can take the day off and get something done. Furthermore, if it was work, if you can't take 1 day away from it to have a little fun, you are going to going to beat the rest of us into a pine box. Life isn't about what you get - it's about enjoying what you get.
- JonnieCache 16y ago
  Life isn't about what you get - it's about enjoying what you get. This is a superb axiom to live by.
  - pathik 16y ago
    It's also very unambitious. Life's also about working to get what you want, then enjoying what you wanted so much, then realizing that you wanted something more, and then working harder to get that as well.
    - JonnieCache 16y ago
      True. But if during that process you are always by default happy with what you have at any given moment, then you can't lose.
      - pathik 16y ago
        If you are always happy with what you have, then, by definition, you don't want anything else. As much as I would love to be happy, the way I see it, if you are always happy, you have already lost. Unless, of course, you have already made your billions.
        JonnieCache 16y ago
        I'm happy now. I imagine I'd be more happy if I had more stuff/cash, for some definition of happy. Therefore it's good now and it only gets better. The problem starts when you decide that you don't have enough, and this makes you unhappy. Then you pursue the stuff thinking it'll make you happy. Starting from that viewpoint, I don't think it ever will.
    - jarek 16y ago
      I want what I have.
    - phernandez 16y ago
      I wish I could down vote this.
cletus 16y ago
It would be bearable if more than 0.1% of the submissions weren't inane rubbish. I always like those years when April 1 falls on a weekend. And, to paraphrase Homer, what's the chances of April 1 being on a Saturday? Must be 1 in 1000.
- rdl 16y ago
  You're complaining that the submissions are 10x better on 1 April than on every other day? :) (/classic vs. /new is such a shock)
brk 16y ago
There is nothing wrong with submitting really well played April Fools stories (IMO). But we don't need to see EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM posted here, just like we don't expect to see EVERY SINGLE startup news blog story posted here. Curate things a little bit, don't just post-flood and expect it all to be sorted out with votes.
InclinedPlane 16y ago
It'd be fine if a: the number of april fools jokes weren't that large and b: most of the jokes were actually funny. Instead what we get is a joke where every amateur lamester abuses their powers and makes the internet much less useful for a day without actually generating anything humorous. A few folks know how to do April 1st jokes well (google, thinkgeek, etc.) but most folks don't seem to know how to keep the humor at the right level.
jbanko 16y ago
First of all, "not using the internet for a day" is not really an option for many people. It's like telling someone that doesn't like traffic to "just not drive". I think the frustration arises from the fact that these stories are becoming unescapable. They're popping up on every news source, and every Twitter stream. It's almost impossible not to see them popping up everywhere. See it once, fine. See it again? And again? And again? It starts to get annoying. HN happens to be one channel where venting these frustrations is relatively easy.

AlexC04 16y ago

"Hipster" is the word that came to my mind. "Too cool for the internet" Oh well. I like them.

DavidBishop 16y ago

I guess it's something to complain about. It might be best for some to remember: Hacker News is not work. Reading is a supplement to work. If the Jokes bug you, maybe you can take the day off and get something done. Furthermore, if it was work, if you can't take 1 day away from it to have a little fun, you are going to going to beat the rest of us into a pine box. Life isn't about what you get - it's about enjoying what you get.

JonnieCache 16y ago
Life isn't about what you get - it's about enjoying what you get. This is a superb axiom to live by.
- pathik 16y ago
  It's also very unambitious. Life's also about working to get what you want, then enjoying what you wanted so much, then realizing that you wanted something more, and then working harder to get that as well.
  - JonnieCache 16y ago
    True. But if during that process you are always by default happy with what you have at any given moment, then you can't lose.
    - pathik 16y ago
      If you are always happy with what you have, then, by definition, you don't want anything else. As much as I would love to be happy, the way I see it, if you are always happy, you have already lost. Unless, of course, you have already made your billions.
      - JonnieCache 16y ago
        I'm happy now. I imagine I'd be more happy if I had more stuff/cash, for some definition of happy. Therefore it's good now and it only gets better. The problem starts when you decide that you don't have enough, and this makes you unhappy. Then you pursue the stuff thinking it'll make you happy. Starting from that viewpoint, I don't think it ever will.
  - jarek 16y ago
    I want what I have.
  - phernandez 16y ago
    I wish I could down vote this.

cletus 16y ago

It would be bearable if more than 0.1% of the submissions weren't inane rubbish. I always like those years when April 1 falls on a weekend. And, to paraphrase Homer, what's the chances of April 1 being on a Saturday? Must be 1 in 1000.

rdl 16y ago
You're complaining that the submissions are 10x better on 1 April than on every other day? :) (/classic vs. /new is such a shock)

brk 16y ago

There is nothing wrong with submitting really well played April Fools stories (IMO). But we don't need to see EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM posted here, just like we don't expect to see EVERY SINGLE startup news blog story posted here. Curate things a little bit, don't just post-flood and expect it all to be sorted out with votes.

InclinedPlane 16y ago

It'd be fine if a: the number of april fools jokes weren't that large and b: most of the jokes were actually funny. Instead what we get is a joke where every amateur lamester abuses their powers and makes the internet much less useful for a day without actually generating anything humorous. A few folks know how to do April 1st jokes well (google, thinkgeek, etc.) but most folks don't seem to know how to keep the humor at the right level.

jbanko 16y ago

First of all, "not using the internet for a day" is not really an option for many people. It's like telling someone that doesn't like traffic to "just not drive". I think the frustration arises from the fact that these stories are becoming unescapable. They're popping up on every news source, and every Twitter stream. It's almost impossible not to see them popping up everywhere. See it once, fine. See it again? And again? And again? It starts to get annoying. HN happens to be one channel where venting these frustrations is relatively easy.