April Fools' Day is annoying and I refuse to participate or acknowledge it (other than with this opinion ). I also generally don't enjoy pranks, hoaxes or practical jokes.
@pickle-chips, agreed! I see all of the pranks floating around social media (refried beans in an ice cream cone, or chocolate covered brussels sprouts as a "cake pop" to name a couple), and I'm like, "why?" Number one, that's a lot of effort, and number two, WHY would I want to make my kids cry? I just don't get it. Maybe when my kids are teenagers? But, I still don't really see myself doing it then! And...TW... DON'T get me started on people who use April Fools' as a day to do the pretend, "I'm pregnant!" posts. How many people have to say that they're triggering and insensitive before that trend finally dies?!?
@pickle-chips that's definitely a popular opinion with me! Pranks are so obnoxious in general, I don't understand how there's a huge YouTube culture around channels specifically dedicated to pranking. It's not fun to make people feel stressed out or experience something unpleasant!
@cyanope I've been really pleased to see more backlash against the pregnancy-related April Fools' Day stuff in recent years, at least among my social media circles. I was slightly panicked because an influencer I follow and really like posted that she's pregnant with twins today and I was like "No, don't let this be a horrible prank!" But thankfully she immediately followed it up by saying she would never joke about that, phew.
I don't usually partake in April fools but I froze a bowl of cereal for DD last night. She got a kick out of it and wanted to freeze her dad's beer now 🤣
@cyanope I've deleted a few people every single year for doing that. It's so insensitive... I just don't get it...
@the_most_happy same for the people I follow. Even in the days leading up to today people were posting/sharing other posts about how pregnancy wasn’t a joke, don’t be that person who posts a fake announcement, why it’s insensitive, etc.
My BFF announced her pregnancy several years ago on April fools. It was via text, not full blow fb. I knew she was actually pregnant, but our other friend didn’t know it wasn’t a joke for weeks. I think you definitely have to read the room
Re: UO Thursday 4/1
And...TW...
DON'T get me started on people who use April Fools' as a day to do the pretend, "I'm pregnant!" posts. How many people have to say that they're triggering and insensitive before that trend finally dies?!?
@cyanope I've been really pleased to see more backlash against the pregnancy-related April Fools' Day stuff in recent years, at least among my social media circles. I was slightly panicked because an influencer I follow and really like posted that she's pregnant with twins today and I was like "No, don't let this be a horrible prank!" But thankfully she immediately followed it up by saying she would never joke about that, phew.
@cyanope I've deleted a few people every single year for doing that. It's so insensitive... I just don't get it...