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Re:Chinese state media discourages April Fools' Day by BinaryIdiot on Friday April 01, 2016 @08:01AM (#11404197)
I was just thinking the same thing :). I don't mind jokes and pranks but the ones from today almost always feel forced and just trying way too hard.
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Re:Chinese state media discourages April Fools' Day by krylon on Friday April 01, 2016 @08:37AM (#11404317)
Ironically, perhaps, if this is a joke, it's a really good one insofar as it's really hard to tell if this is a joke or not (at least for me).
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Re:Chinese state media discourages April Fools' Day by xlm1717 on Friday April 01, 2016 @10:16AM (#11404894)
It just seems like endless fake product announcements which aren't really that funny.
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Re:Chinese state media discourages April Fools' Day by tracker1 on Friday April 01, 2016 @01:24PM (#11406660)
I believe ThinkGeek actually uses it as a test bed for product ideas... The Ton-Ton sleeping bag comes to mind...

Though, I do wish someone had made the arcade cabinet ipad holder thing... as a bluetooth game controller, with some classic arcade games, it could have been awesome.

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Re:Chinese state media discourages April Fools' Day by lallysingh on Friday April 01, 2016 @10:35AM (#11405038)
It's been commercialized in a "Hey we're cool" way.
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