Today I announced on the company wide Slack channel that, effectively immediately, we were rolling back to Windows XP. There were cheers! and then a lot of disappointment when I said it was just April fools Lmao

  • skankhunt42@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    In my mind, there’s a big difference between a quick one liner or a silly dad joke than an April fools “joke”.

    April fools you try and trick someone into something. Like telling someone their socks are untied. It’s rude to the person who you’re trying to trick and they don’t feel good after. If someone believed you’re rolling back to XP only to be told “haha, JK” it’s almost rude… And these are the “nice” ones. Flipping a website upside down or filling an office with balloons… What?

    Jokes should be fun for everyone. April fools is not.

    • TheDannysaur@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Kinda sounds like you have your own definition of what constitutes an “April Fools joke” and your are assigning negative connotations to it. I don’t think that’s an objective fact.

      “April Fools is not [fun for everyone]” is an opinion more than a fact. I don’t think anyone disagrees with your underlying premise that mean spirited “jokes” don’t belong in the workplace, but rather your assertion that it’s a prerequisite for April Fools jokes to be mean spirited.

      Also, if we are going to bring the level of scrutiny to all jokes that you are bringing… I don’t think it is even possible to design a “joke” that would pass your test.