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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on April 05, 2004, 04:48:32 am

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: Sandwich on April 05, 2004, 04:48:32 am

http://www.webstandards.org/buzz/archive/2004_04.html#a000315

And check out the virus threat reported a couple of posts above that one! :lol:

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: Setekh on April 05, 2004, 05:32:17 am

:lol:

Red vs Blue had a pretty good April Fools. :D

www.redvsblue.com

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 05, 2004, 05:52:59 am

:lol:

Downloading the RvB video now...

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: Setekh on April 05, 2004, 06:00:20 am

:D

I actually thougth the RvB video would be a fake video, and that they wouldn't actually produce a video just for April Fools.

I was wrong. ;)

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 05, 2004, 06:20:53 am

Hmm, it was alright. I haven't seen RvB for awhile, so I didn't get a lot of it...

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: Ryx on April 05, 2004, 11:12:29 am

:lol:  (@ W3C bit, btw)

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: Martinus on April 05, 2004, 02:30:51 pm

[color=66ff00]Of all the april fools I've seen thus far not one kicked as much arse as HLP's. :D

It was fun on a whole other level. :nod:
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Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: ZylonBane on April 05, 2004, 02:48:17 pm

Forum filters have to be pretty near the lamest April Fool's gag possible. Their sheer repetitiveness and predictability suck out any semblance of humor or surprise. It's like having someone follow you around all day loudly telling the same joke over and over.

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: Martinus on April 05, 2004, 03:07:14 pm

[color=66ff00]...and everyone who took part had a great time. :p
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Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: ZylonBane on April 05, 2004, 03:14:14 pm

Some people are very easily entertained.

Actually, the filtering here was nothing compared to the train wreck over at fark.com, where every single post was run through a randomly-selected filter-- redneck, sissy B!FF, etc. These were heavy-duty filters too, that hardly left a single word untouched. Pretty much a textbook example of running a joke into the ground.

I guess some people just can't grasp that this sort of thing is infinitely more effective if it's only applied randomly, and rarely. Takes a lot longer for people to figure out that way.

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: aldo_14 on April 05, 2004, 03:24:23 pm

Quote

Originally posted by ZylonBane
Some people are very easily entertained.
 

Yes.  It makes life much, much, much more enjoyable.

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: ZylonBane on April 05, 2004, 05:34:01 pm

Ignorance is bliss, indeed.

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: aldo_14 on April 05, 2004, 05:40:48 pm

Eh?


:p

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: Setekh on April 06, 2004, 05:39:19 am

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Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]...and everyone who took part had a great time. :p
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:nod:

ZB, lighten up. If people can have some harmless fun, why not?

Title: WebStandards April Fools
Post by: ZylonBane on April 06, 2004, 10:55:43 am

Nein to harmless fun! I strive for superior uber-fun!