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

  • 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.