Obviously you may not have the ultimate say in what pranks are to be played at your company on the world, but perhaps you can push back on them and point out they might not be as well received as in years past.
Suggest HN: No April Fools this year
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#3Personally I feel I am desperate for some humour in the current climate. I'm going into my birthday tomorrow isolated and in a few days would greatly appreciate a chuckle. Go for it.
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#4Agree. Most are somewhere between tedious and boring. “Oh look, we changed our company name to [something amusing only to a pencil pusher]. Aren’t we funny. Buy our products.”
> some people might take levity badly given the current world situation
Disagree and fuck them. The last thing we need is doom and gloom [0]. Few situations ought to be handled with solemnity. Including funerals. We gain nothing and only make it worse. What we do need is levity. Some light-heartedness.
[0] Music genres of that name are encouraged though
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#5Hoist the jolly roger, and give me your best jokes ever this year.
PS: DEFCON is cancelled
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#6Maybe we are seeing "it's never going to not be soon, don't even think of it"
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#7Hard disagree. We need levity now more than ever as we stare into the abyss, and there has been a growing trend to be less whimsical and more serious in hackerdom/technology business in general over the last few decades (eg the MSFT blanket easter egg ban). Hoist the jolly roger, and give me your best jokes ever this year. PS: DEFCON is cancelled
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#8Organized, planned, workshopped humor on an industrial scale!! What Ho!
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#9Hard disagree. We need levity now more than ever as we stare into the abyss, and there has been a growing trend to be less whimsical and more serious in hackerdom/technology business in general over the last few decades (eg the MSFT blanket easter egg ban). Hoist the jolly roger, and give me your best jokes ever this year. PS: DEFCON is cancelled
Just avoid COVID-19 cure "jokes"