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You mean the internet being actually lighthearted and fun (like it used to be) for 36 hours?
by RockRobotRock 4y ago
You mean the internet being actually lighthearted and fun (like it used to be) for 36 hours?
- scrollaway 4y agoYou sound like the kind of person who thinks saying "it's just a prank bro" makes a variety of awful behaviour ok. AF is a day with a mix of corpos trying So Hard To Be Cool (remember this shit? https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/1/11344044/google-gmail-mic-drop-button-april-fool https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/1/11344044/google-gmail-mic-...) and plainer-than-usual disinformation campaigns. The only redeeming thing about that day is I get to have an excuse to not be reachable for a day and can be disconnected for a while. Hopefully my loved ones don't end up in the hospital on bad timing.
- admax88qqq 4y agoGoogle used to have some great jokes though. TiSP was great. https://archive.google.com/tisp/index.html https://archive.google.com/tisp/index.html As with any prank or joke there is a skill and art to telling a good one. But I don't think we should let bad pranks outlaw humour in general.
- justusthane 4y agoThat’s full of subtle gold: > #6 Insert the TiSP installation CD and run the setup utility to install the Google Toolbar (required) and the rest of the TiSP software, which will automatically configure your computer's network settings. As well as some less subtle jokes as well :)
- KyeRussell 4y agoThere is nothing funny or lighthearted about modern-day Internet April Fools. It is too ingrained in ‘social media marketing’ culture at this point. What used to be ‘people having fun’ is now a temporal dumping ground for a bunch of unfunny forced jokes pumped out by soulless marketing teams as some sort of brand awareness exercise. Bring back Google TISP I say.
- LordN00b 4y agoBring back Slashdot, OMG Ponies!