Thinking about it, I rarely find jokes involving deception or playing tricks on someone funny.
I think there are two types of April Fool's jokes. There are the ones that set out deliberately to deceive - which, I agree with you, are somewhat pointless - and there are the ones that are obviously fake, but take the opportunity to make a point. I put the LJ ones in that box; nobody in their right mind could have thought that the change to 'stalking/stalked by' was serious, but it made a point. It's not the admin's fault that LJ is full of people not in their right mind.
(Similarly, this is still making me giggle. Particularly the M John Harrison and China Mieville quotes.)
Oh, and your package arrived today. Thanks! It took me a while to work out why the CD wasn't playing in my stereo, though... :)
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Date: April 1st, 2004 10:55 am (UTC)From:I think there are two types of April Fool's jokes. There are the ones that set out deliberately to deceive - which, I agree with you, are somewhat pointless - and there are the ones that are obviously fake, but take the opportunity to make a point. I put the LJ ones in that box; nobody in their right mind could have thought that the change to 'stalking/stalked by' was serious, but it made a point. It's not the admin's fault that LJ is full of people not in their right mind.
(Similarly, this is still making me giggle. Particularly the M John Harrison and China Mieville quotes.)
Oh, and your package arrived today. Thanks! It took me a while to work out why the CD wasn't playing in my stereo, though... :)