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Every year some people complain about all the april fools jokes "cluttering" HN. Sheesh people, it's one day a year. It's fun. If you don't like fun, don't vis

Every year some people complain about all the april fools jokes "cluttering" HN. Sheesh people, it's one day a year. It's fun. If you don't like fun, don't visit HN for a day or two. Hell, it's the weekend. Go outside. Come back on Monday. You won't miss anything. And no one will miss you. Promise.

est 15y ago
Yeah let's celebrate Fourth of July on HN too, because it's also once per year.
- mehulkar 15y ago
  the 5th of July only happens once a year too!
  - windsurfer 15y ago
    Isn't that Erlang day?
demallien 15y ago
Plus, this year it's _Sunday_! I mean seriously, do we need to be super-productive every single day of the year? And for those that want to make a slippery slope argument, I'd just like to say that April's Fools holds a very special place in geek life - it's pretty much the only day of the year that being original and whacky actually gets us applause anther than condemnation. It's practically the Geek Nation national holiday, so let us have some fun!
three14 15y ago
This site actually works better than HN for this list, though.
- philjackson 15y ago
  Part of the fun is seeing the posts mixed in with serious news. Even more fun, for the subtle jokes, is when you're not sure if something is real or not.
marknutter 15y ago
But it's not fun. It's played out.
- courtewing 15y ago
  Perhaps the fact that such links trend well on aggregators like hacker news and reddit as well as micro-blogs like twitter is evidence to the contrary. You may not, but a lot of people still find it fun (myself included).
  - marknutter 15y ago
    The same could be said for the endless memes that infest reddit. Popular is not always good.
    - tripzilch 15y ago
      Are you being deliberately obtuse? Popular Reddit memes are "not always good"* because of their frequency and continuous presence. April Fools is once a year and [apparently] popular on HN, you can't seriously compare that to the sort of memes that "infest" Reddit. * to some. I don't mind them, personally. And they're easy enough to avoid--as soon as I log in and I get my personal programming/comp.sci/math/netsec related subreddits, my personal Reddit frontpage is about as good as HN, with the exception that one of the two does not constantly shit on the other at every possible opportunity (seriously, and you say April Fools is "played out").
zerostar07 15y ago
I agree with the sentiment, but this list helps so that you don't miss any good ones that may not make it to the frontpage

est 15y ago

Yeah let's celebrate Fourth of July on HN too, because it's also once per year.

mehulkar 15y ago
the 5th of July only happens once a year too!
- windsurfer 15y ago
  Isn't that Erlang day?

demallien 15y ago

Plus, this year it's _Sunday_! I mean seriously, do we need to be super-productive every single day of the year? And for those that want to make a slippery slope argument, I'd just like to say that April's Fools holds a very special place in geek life - it's pretty much the only day of the year that being original and whacky actually gets us applause anther than condemnation. It's practically the Geek Nation national holiday, so let us have some fun!

three14 15y ago

This site actually works better than HN for this list, though.

philjackson 15y ago
Part of the fun is seeing the posts mixed in with serious news. Even more fun, for the subtle jokes, is when you're not sure if something is real or not.

marknutter 15y ago

But it's not fun. It's played out.

courtewing 15y ago
Perhaps the fact that such links trend well on aggregators like hacker news and reddit as well as micro-blogs like twitter is evidence to the contrary. You may not, but a lot of people still find it fun (myself included).
- marknutter 15y ago
  The same could be said for the endless memes that infest reddit. Popular is not always good.
  - tripzilch 15y ago
    Are you being deliberately obtuse? Popular Reddit memes are "not always good"* because of their frequency and continuous presence. April Fools is once a year and [apparently] popular on HN, you can't seriously compare that to the sort of memes that "infest" Reddit. * to some. I don't mind them, personally. And they're easy enough to avoid--as soon as I log in and I get my personal programming/comp.sci/math/netsec related subreddits, my personal Reddit frontpage is about as good as HN, with the exception that one of the two does not constantly shit on the other at every possible opportunity (seriously, and you say April Fools is "played out").

zerostar07 15y ago

I agree with the sentiment, but this list helps so that you don't miss any good ones that may not make it to the frontpage