Sadly, they'll never top Google Paper. (ROFL WOT? OMGWTF!) posted by Dr-Baa at 2:13 PM on March 31, 2008
Dang ol' Aussies ruining Google's joke for us USians. posted by Burhanistan at 2:13 PM on March 31, 2008
No, no, they didn't ruin the joke! We're seeing tomorrow's Google because it can see into the future! posted by misha at 2:34 PM on March 31, 2008 [2 favorites]
That's totally like...four years! posted by stenseng at 2:49 PM on March 31, 2008
Ugh. Internet Jackass Day
Very true. It wouldn't be so bad if they stopped circulating on April 2. But people don't delete the fake stories from their archives, and you know that "Microsoft buying Ubuntu" story (or whoever it is this year) won't die until well into May. posted by Gary at 2:52 PM on March 31, 2008
hurf durf grump grump posted by dmd at 3:01 PM on March 31, 2008
Google stole my idea posted by sswiller at 3:05 PM on March 31, 2008
For many years, I would call my mother on April 1st, and say "Hey mom, I'm in jail". And every year she'd go "God damn it, really?"
And then I'd say 'no', and she'd get all mad and laugh with me.
This won't be funny if I get arrested tomorrow. Seriously. posted by quin at 3:11 PM on March 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
So, does MeFi do anything for April Fools' Day? posted by flatluigi at 3:15 PM on March 31, 2008
Mefi has never done, and will never do, anything to recognize April Fools' Day. If you won't take my word for it, just ask our new CEO and managing partner, Jeff Bezos. posted by cortex at 3:20 PM on March 31, 2008 [5 favorites]
(More on mefi's historical rejection of 4/1 here.) posted by cortex at 3:24 PM on March 31, 2008
“This is old news. I read about this announcement yesterday on Google.” posted by Poolio at 3:30 PM on March 31, 2008
April 1 -- the only day of the year that paranoid conspiracy theorists are completely justified... posted by Alexandra Kitty at 3:32 PM on March 31, 2008
The gDay technology – developed in the company's Sydney engineering centre – uses machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques from a system called MATE, or Machine Automated Temporal Extrapolation.
gDay MATE. I love Australia. posted by phatkitten at 3:49 PM on March 31, 2008
I still maintain that the best internet April Fools Day joke ever happened in 2004:
I call for April 1st to be declared "Earth Day." The Internet will be down for 24 hours and only start up again when all the tomfoolery is over and we can get back to the serious business of looking at pictures of kittens. posted by SPrintF at 4:20 PM on March 31, 2008
Google stole my idea
To be fair, that's your fault for putting it on your blog tomorrow. posted by GeckoDundee at 4:26 PM on March 31, 2008
Not only is April 1 my oldest brother's wedding anniversary (still married after 30+ years, joke's on him, huh?), it is also the day we used to put salt in the sugar bowl.
You know, before the internet. posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 5:05 PM on March 31, 2008
So, I came in to work this morning and found that some fucker had laboriously gone around to everyone's desks and turned all the monitors around. 40 or so desks, two monitors on most of them. What kind of person can spend that long doing something that stupid and annoying without stopping to question it, and why are we hiring them? posted by plant at 5:28 PM on March 31, 2008
The monitors themselves are actually staging a civil protest against being forced to display bad Digg hoaxes all day. posted by cortex at 5:35 PM on March 31, 2008
We're through the stupid-glass here people! posted by blue_beetle at 5:41 PM on March 31, 2008
Right, so I've got Dinosaur Comics redirecting to (or hosting?) xkcd, xkcd redirecting to Questionable Content, and the latter redirecting to Dinosaur Comics.
THE JOKE'S ON YOU, DICKHEADS! IT'S PAST MIDDAY!
(according to time-honoured tradition, i am now entitled to fill your pillows with kangaroo dung, and you have to sleep on them!) posted by UbuRoivas at 10:41 PM on March 31, 2008
"This feature allows people to manipulate and mislead people with falsified time data. Time is a sacred truth that should never be tampered with."
Michael L., Epistemology Professor posted by tehloki at 5:14 AM on April 1, 2008
My favorite Google April Fool's joke was Gmail Paper. It was very well thought out, and it fooled me just long enough to get the feeling of being taken in, rather than the immediate "this is a joke" reaction. I guess because I know a lot of people who insist on printing out their email, it seems like a plausible market. I like how they handle attachments. posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 5:15 AM on April 1, 2008
This Strobist post got me this morning. The target audience is a little smaller than most of these, but I feel like it's the best April Fool's joke I've seen in years. posted by (parenthetic me) at 6:56 AM on April 1, 2008
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Sadly, they'll never top Google Paper. (ROFL WOT? OMGWTF!)
posted by Dr-Baa at 2:13 PM on March 31, 2008