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FYI this being part of "April Cools" series heavily implies it's not a real tech issue but a riff on the "We can only send an email within 500 km" / "Can't prin

by I-M-S 3y ago

FYI this being part of "April Cools" series heavily implies it's not a real tech issue but a riff on the "We can only send an email within 500 km" / "Can't print on Tuesdays" kind of articles.

ghayes 3y ago
> Happy April 1st! This post is part of April Cools Club: an April 1st effort to publish genuine essays on unexpected topics. Please enjoy this true story, and rest assured that the tech content will be back soon! The post’s disclaimer (and April Cool’s site itself) both imply that the goal is to touch on novel topics and should be genuine content of the author. That said, this story could clearly be apocryphal.
hwayne 3y ago
Hi! I helped review this story, and also am one of the organizers of April Cools. Two things: 1. u/obi1kenobi told me it was a real thing that happened to him 2. The point of April Cools is that the things aren't jokes. They're real essays written with care, just outside of the author's usual writing topics. Some of the other ones we got this year are about hydroponics, current events in Sumo wrestling, parenting, and decaf coffee.
- pvg 3y ago
  the organizers of April Cools. The org name April Tools was right there!
  - festive-minsky 3y ago
    Sorry, but why would 'April Tools' be better?
    - pvg 3y ago
      I'm not following, better than what?
      - fydorm 3y ago
        Why would the replacement name you suggested be better than the actual name?
        pvg 3y ago
        Oh, I see. It wasn't a suggestion for a replacement, hence 'org' in there since they were talking about 'organizers'. They could have called themselves the April Tools. Just a dumb joke/unmissable opportunity to call some perfectly nice-seeming internet strangers a bunch of tools.
- TwoNineFive 3y ago
  Like the guy said, you can't be taken seriously. That's the problem with being a April fool. You are just a funny entertaining guy. Not a source of information.

by I-M-S 3y ago

FYI this being part of "April Cools" series heavily implies it's not a real tech issue but a riff on the "We can only send an email within 500 km" / "Can't print on Tuesdays" kind of articles.

ghayes 3y ago

> Happy April 1st! This post is part of April Cools Club: an April 1st effort to publish genuine essays on unexpected topics. Please enjoy this true story, and rest assured that the tech content will be back soon! The post’s disclaimer (and April Cool’s site itself) both imply that the goal is to touch on novel topics and should be genuine content of the author. That said, this story could clearly be apocryphal.

hwayne 3y ago

Hi! I helped review this story, and also am one of the organizers of April Cools. Two things: 1. u/obi1kenobi told me it was a real thing that happened to him 2. The point of April Cools is that the things aren't jokes. They're real essays written with care, just outside of the author's usual writing topics. Some of the other ones we got this year are about hydroponics, current events in Sumo wrestling, parenting, and decaf coffee.

pvg 3y ago
the organizers of April Cools. The org name April Tools was right there!
- festive-minsky 3y ago
  Sorry, but why would 'April Tools' be better?
  - pvg 3y ago
    I'm not following, better than what?
    - fydorm 3y ago
      Why would the replacement name you suggested be better than the actual name?
      - pvg 3y ago
        Oh, I see. It wasn't a suggestion for a replacement, hence 'org' in there since they were talking about 'organizers'. They could have called themselves the April Tools. Just a dumb joke/unmissable opportunity to call some perfectly nice-seeming internet strangers a bunch of tools.
TwoNineFive 3y ago
Like the guy said, you can't be taken seriously. That's the problem with being a April fool. You are just a funny entertaining guy. Not a source of information.