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This got me. Thought it was real, busted out laughing when I read the project leads name. It still didn't click.
by Akuehne 6mo ago
This got me.
Thought it was real, busted out laughing when I read the project leads name. It still didn't click.
- throw101010 6mo agoSmall clue here too, maybe more subtle: > explained school director, Rosalina Pfirsich, looking up from her storybook Pfirsich in German means Peach, as in Princess Peach :D
- hapidjus 6mo agoThere is also ”project leader Mario Idraulico”
- adrian_b 6mo agoAlso "project leader Mario Idraulico" (i.e. "hydraulic" in Italian) or "Safety coordinator Luigi Fratello" ("Brother Luigi").
- TeMPOraL 6mo agoAlso the schoolteacher Yoshi Kyouryuu which apparently is the dinosaur.
- dasyatidprime 6mo agoThe noun “idraulico” also means “plumber”.
- rmast 6mo agoThey’ve also got: > schoolteacher Yoshi Kyouryuu, mid-way through painting spots on eggs
- darth_aardvark 6mo agoYou somehow identified the last possible, most obscure clue. Mario, Luigi, Rosalina, and Yoshi show up before that.
- shevy-java 6mo agoFor me it was easier. While I forgot it was first april, the image was too outrageous. Looked like AI-generated slop. They may have had more success with another image. AI slop made us lazy.
- riffraff 6mo agoIMO a made up "artist conception" picture on an article like this would have been perfectly appropriate, we've seen worse (think of the whole NEOM thingy).
- riffraff 6mo agoah! got me too!
- shdudns 6mo agoMan I fell for it until I saw your post. In fact, I was just about to post what the man's name means in Italian. I was even going to point out how ironic it is that the mans first name and last name fit together so well. In my defense I only got as far as idraulico and missed the "Mamma mia, they're super!"
- newsclues 6mo agoI read the title and thought CERN + Mario Kart and am giggling.
- marricks 6mo agoSomeone was saying "can we just not with April fools" this year because everything is so grim and dire in the world... but I think this is such a perfect level we need. I could go for more whimsy like this.
- Pixelbrick 6mo agoI'd of said I had limited appetite for April fools gubbins this year too but this still made me smile :)
- moron4hire 6mo agoThis one was good. It was pretty low-stakes and not anything that would impact anyone. For a while there, companies like Google were announcing products that sounded like a good idea, but turned out were just them trolling everyone over things people had been requesting for a long time.
- marricks 6mo agoTheir heyday of good jokes was also when they hadn't produced any ads and seemed like an underdog. "Don't Be Evil" days. Vibe-wise they all feel closer to Raytheon and I sure as fuck wouldn't want to see an attempt at a whimsical joke from Raytheon.
- charltones 6mo agoAlso the hat and mustache of the kart driver.