I won't be around for a while (apologies for another joke)
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Ripper
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Steve wrote: timothy wrote: whether this is true or not, i hate april fools. like what it does to people on both sides of it.
Tim I agree completely It's all a bunch of unconstructive bullshit. There are very few contexts in which I think lying to people is okay, and a stupid holiday that celebrates it is not one of them. Perhaps these things might seem funny in retrospect, but I don't think its worth the irrevocable damage it can do to people's trust. For example, I lost quite a bit of trust and respect for everyone involved in the pregnancy bullshit over the past few days. Call me humorless or thin-skinned (I am neither), I don't care. My two cents. Stop that, it was logical and made sense damnit, this is April Fool's, that is not allowed, we have to play jokes on people, b/c the calendar said so.
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Ripper wrote: Steve wrote: timothy wrote: whether this is true or not, i hate april fools. like what it does to people on both sides of it.
Tim I agree completely It's all a bunch of unconstructive bullshit. There are very few contexts in which I think lying to people is okay, and a stupid holiday that celebrates it is not one of them. Perhaps these things might seem funny in retrospect, but I don't think its worth the irrevocable damage it can do to people's trust. For example, I lost quite a bit of trust and respect for everyone involved in the pregnancy bullshit over the past few days. Call me humorless or thin-skinned (I am neither), I don't care. My two cents. Stop that, it was logical and made sense damnit, this is April Fool's, that is not allowed, we have to play jokes on people, b/c the calendar said so. =D> =D> _________________Recent watched movies: American Hustle - B+ Inside Llewyn Davis - B Before Midnight - A 12 Years a Slave - A- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - A- My thoughts on box office
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Steve wrote: Call me humorless or thin-skinned (I am neither), I don't care. My two cents. Can we call you both?
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I just saw the "April Fool's" section of this Board, which I hadn't noticed before. (Today has been busy, I basically got online and posted my joke and checked up on it later). Sorry everyone; had I realized everyone and their brother was doing something like this I probably wouldn't have done so.
And I agree that an April Fool's joke that you can't figure out isn't fun. Mine had hints that it wasn't serious, and most everyone realized by the end that it was a joke. To me, that's fun -- everyone is part of it. Lying to someone and then carrying it on forever seems kind of sadistic to me. If you have fun by making other people unhappy, I worry about you. I prefer to have jokes and invite others to be a part of it.
Besides, anyone who posted before April 1st is cruel. Part of the fun of April Fool's Day is trying to guess whether it's a joke or not. Doing it on another day takes that away.
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timothy wrote: Steve wrote: timothy wrote: whether this is true or not, i hate april fools. like what it does to people on both sides of it.
Tim I agree completely It's all a bunch of unconstructive bullshit. There are very few contexts in which I think lying to people is okay, and a stupid holiday that celebrates it is not one of them. Perhaps these things might seem funny in retrospect, but I don't think its worth the irrevocable damage it can do to people's trust. For example, I lost quite a bit of trust and respect for everyone involved in the pregnancy bullshit over the past few days. Call me humorless or thin-skinned (I am neither), I don't care. My two cents. Damn it Timmy! Stop hitting on other guys RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! I'm not an animal, I have feelings! JERK! damn you, heartbreaker! stop giving me erections with your words. Tim _________________Setting most people on fire is wrong.Proud Founder of the "Community of Squee." 
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