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Ask HN: What are the best April Fools of 2014?

7 points by Brian_Curliss 12y ago

wehadfun 12y ago
Usually come to HN to check out the good April Fools but some April Scroges took them all out.
ArtDev 12y ago
I haven't been able to find any more than a couple and they were lame. Did everyone lose their sense of humor? What happened?
kanche 12y ago
Most famous April fool jokes are the Google ones obviously http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/01/best-of-april-fools-2014-roundup-list/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/01/best-of-april-fools-2014-ro... http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2014/04/01/the-best-tech-april-fools-day-jokes-of-2014/ http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2014/04/01/the-best-tech-ap... http://www.ign.com/wikis/april-fools-day-game-pranks/2014_April_Fools'_Day_Gaming_Pranks http://www.ign.com/wikis/april-fools-day-game-pranks/2014_Ap... http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/01/april-fools-jokes-2014-best-web http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/01/april-fools-jok... bonus! https://www.kayak.com/bathrooms/ https://www.kayak.com/bathrooms/ (spoiler: there is a game!)
laurenstill 12y ago
Personally, I was a fan of Eisen forsaking open access. http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1580 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1580
bhousel 12y ago
I usually hate April Fools jokes, but this openstreetmap one made me smile: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dcloud http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dcloud
ArtDev 12y ago
Cheezburger Cat Shirt-and-Pajamas Collection http://www.betabrand.com/cheezburger-clothes-for-cats-collection.html http://www.betabrand.com/cheezburger-clothes-for-cats-collec...
daenz 12y ago
Threadless launched a new cross-device mobile app for ordering shirts http://blog.threadless.com/post/81409106711/give-us-a-ring-you-wont-be-disappointed-we http://blog.threadless.com/post/81409106711/give-us-a-ring-y...
P4u1 12y ago
I have a good one, open issue to migrate Apache Subversion project over to the git repo: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-7524 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-7524

7 points by Brian_Curliss 12y ago

Usually come to HN to check out the good April Fools but some April Scroges took them all out.

I haven't been able to find any more than a couple and they were lame. Did everyone lose their sense of humor? What happened?

kanche 12y ago

Most famous April fool jokes are the Google ones obviously http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/01/best-of-april-fools-2014-roundup-list/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/01/best-of-april-fools-2014-ro... http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2014/04/01/the-best-tech-april-fools-day-jokes-of-2014/ http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2014/04/01/the-best-tech-ap... http://www.ign.com/wikis/april-fools-day-game-pranks/2014_April_Fools'_Day_Gaming_Pranks http://www.ign.com/wikis/april-fools-day-game-pranks/2014_Ap... http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/01/april-fools-jokes-2014-best-web http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/01/april-fools-jok... bonus! https://www.kayak.com/bathrooms/ https://www.kayak.com/bathrooms/ (spoiler: there is a game!)

laurenstill 12y ago

Personally, I was a fan of Eisen forsaking open access. http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1580 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1580

bhousel 12y ago

I usually hate April Fools jokes, but this openstreetmap one made me smile: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dcloud http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dcloud

ArtDev 12y ago

Cheezburger Cat Shirt-and-Pajamas Collection http://www.betabrand.com/cheezburger-clothes-for-cats-collection.html http://www.betabrand.com/cheezburger-clothes-for-cats-collec...

daenz 12y ago

Threadless launched a new cross-device mobile app for ordering shirts http://blog.threadless.com/post/81409106711/give-us-a-ring-you-wont-be-disappointed-we http://blog.threadless.com/post/81409106711/give-us-a-ring-y...

P4u1 12y ago

I have a good one, open issue to migrate Apache Subversion project over to the git repo: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-7524 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-7524