april fool-ish

April 1, 2008 under April Fools

When it comes to pop culture, I’m admittedly not an avid follower. I could care less about the lives of Hollywood personalities or pop music divas and giants. However, when it comes to Web culture and Internet memes, I eat it up. Being April Fool’s Day, announcements of phony products and odd couple corporate mergers have become commonplace. I used to enjoy this day, but this year, I’m left feeling somewhat jaded. None of these jokes are all that entertaining, since it’s all been done before.

I think the failure of fake written announcements common today could be likened to the an old-time radio program trying to lure our attention away from our TVs, iPods and computers. While it involves a fair amount of creativity, the written word has a hard time “selling” the hoax. For example, on this blog o’ mine, I could’ve easily posted something touting that I’m giving up the software game, throwing my Computer Science degree away (or at the very least, putting it into storage) to go back to university to finish off my Pharmacy degree like my parents wanted me to. I would cite the fact that none of my family members understand what I do for a living, but everybody has some inkling as to what the people in white lab coats behind the counter at pharmacies do, as my primary reason for doing so. And if you believe that, I’ve got a copy of Duke Nukem Forever to sell you.

Here are a few examples of this year’s hoaxes that bored me:

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Hardy-har-har.

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Truth be told, there were a couple that I did like:

Were there any other good finds today?

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