Friday, April 1, 2011

Why I Hate April 1st In the Digital Age

I have always hated April first. Half a day of cruel pranks that gives idiots free reign to make your life miserable until noon. Who ever made this us. Valentine's Day and Labor Day I understand. This stupid day I don't.

Things have even got worse in the age of the Internet. Every big institution has to post some faux news with the complete backing of special effects or doctored photos that make the story SEEM true. I have enough trouble wading through the crap of what is true and what is not on a daily basis as it is so I don't need to read deliberation phony rumors about things I care about.

Even the cats are not immune to this evil. "Happy April Fool's Day, Harley"




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20 comments:

M. D. Jackson said...

I agree. April 1st makes it really difficult to believe anything.

BTW, did you hear that New Line has held up production of Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT again? Seems that New Zealand Actor's Equity has a problem with the Goblins all being portrayed as the bad guys so they're adding some "good" goblin characters to be positive role models for other goblins.

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Great cat pictures.
Positive roll models for other goblins - that's good!

Stephanie V said...

Canada has cool! Yeah! April 1st jokes aren't as common outside the media. That is, us ordinary (?) folks don't bother with it as much.

Kal said...

I don't support this 'goblin lobby'. See. I believe nothing I hear today.

TS Hendrik said...

That poor tricked kitten.

Kal said...

Daisy and Harley crack me up. Their owner gets the best expressions out of them.

Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague Sikes said...

Love the cat photos. The look is truly horrified!

Monti
MaryMontagueSikes

Tyrean Martinson said...

Funny pic! However, I like some of the fools' videos - like the one with the flying penguins.

Laura M. Campbell said...

I think a good prank, within reason, is a good break from the mundane and depressing droll of daily life.

Who's your favorite Dr.? I love David Tennent! And I miss my Rose Tyler:(

Lynnette Labelle said...

Love the cat pics.

Lynnette Labelle
www.lynnettelabelle.com

nutschell said...

Never liked april fools. Thought it was a foolish day :) I love the cat pictures!

Dani said...

Cat lover and challenge fool here, too!

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J. D. Brown said...

Lol, your cat is adorable. Also, I love your header image. Did you make it?

Daisy said...

Hahaha! Thanks for sharing the prank I played on Harley. I trick him every year. One year I got him to wear a tutu!

Chelle said...

Um. The name of this blog alone sent me into Canadian pride induced shock.

D.I. Felipe González said...

We don't have April Fool's day in México. Ja.

Ricky Shambles said...

Yay kitties!

Sorry you feel that way - I love today. It feels like internets xmas. I've got a post at my place about it and Kotaku has a great video game-based roundup. My favs were Duke Nukem Forever flinging poo (real in-game fake from the devs) and the "new" Harry Potter series.

So much more to love the internets, though time consuming. I should take next year off.

The hangover comes tomorrow-on, with my daughter reiterating half the stuff I saw online because some kid saw something and told her. Like that new Harry Potter series that's coming out...

Kal said...

Didn't make the header - MD Jackson who's comment can be found at the top of this comment stream did. He's a genius.

Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan blogger said...

I feel the same mate. Great picture at your header by the way. How d'you make it?

Duncan In Kuantan

Julia Phillips Smith said...

More Canadian pride at such a gorgeous header! *applause* to MD Jackson.

At least my husband didn't propose to me on April Fool's Day...