April Fool 2012

[Darren Dirt]

possibly a prank?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/01/keith-olbermann-s-angry-e-mail-trail-traces-breakup-with-current-tv.html

I mean really, how difficult can it be for Keith Olbermann to not piss off his bosses? (looks legit, though)



...related...
http://www.mediaite.com/online/msnbc-shells-out-big-bucks-to-congratulate-rachel-maddow-in-full-page-ny-times-ad/





however, this is a for sure HILARIOUS AFD joke:
http://adblockforchrome.blogspot.ca/2012/03/inturdusing-catblock.html   (wheee! dancing kittehs! http://chromeadblock.com/catblock/credits.html )

Go visit an ad-heavy webpage right now! (only gonna be live for a few days, apparently)

e.g. http://www.drugs.com/sfx/anacin-side-effects.html turns into...



(hover over a cat-blocked image and you see this: )

[Tom]

I think CatBlock is a huge improvement on a lot of pages.

[Darren Dirt]

I think CatBlock is a huge improvement on a lot of pages.

Hell yeah, tbh I didn't even notice the "ads" until my mouse accidentally hovered over one of them, then it took me a second to even realize what the text was saying! Luckily there was a "Learn More" link so I could pass the sillies on to you the consumer!

[Darren Dirt]

Day is ending, so now the 'best of 2012' lists are showing up...

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/01/april-fools-day-roundup-the-big-toys-the-small-toys-and-the-c/



http://mashable.com/2012/04/01/google-april-fools/



http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2012.html


http://www.slashgear.com/april-fools-in-the-tech-world-2012-round-up-01221002/

[Darren Dirt]

Go visit an ad-heavy webpage right now! (only gonna be live for a few days, apparently)

http://boxofficemojo.com/ is also a really good one -- virtually every page has 2+ catads.
...and based on spending around 10 minutes on that site, I for one would happily choose to enable it as a permanent setting, it makes web browsing just... cuter!



Ditto for http://www.imdb.com/ -- plenty of larger, fur-filled ads!

[Tom]

Facebook is a good place as well. Might as well call it CatBook now. (not like it wasn't before...)

[Darren Dirt]

possibly a prank?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/01/keith-olbermann-s-angry-e-mail-trail-traces-breakup-with-current-tv.html

I mean really, how difficult can it be for Keith Olbermann to not piss off his bosses? (looks legit, though)

btw if anybody cares about these things, Keith O firing = def not a prank, true and some pretty juicy details... lawsuit gun firing in 3... 2... 1...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/keith-olbermann-out-current-eliot-spitzer_n_1392513.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/keith-olbermann-fired-current-war_n_1393799.html

Good night, and good luck!

[Darren Dirt]

Some are saying the Jeff Daniels character in Aaron Sorkin's new HBO tv series = a caricature of Olbermann:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/the-newsroom-hbo_n_1396230.html

[Darren Dirt]

Some are saying the Jeff Daniels character in Aaron Sorkin's new HBO tv series = a caricature of Olbermann:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/the-newsroom-hbo_n_1396230.html

Weird that I mentioned the Sorkin series in THIS thread of all places.

But whatever. Some guys would create a new thread. BUT I'M NOT THAT GUY. (and you know it) "Sorkinisms"

[Darren Dirt]

HEY did we NOT do one for 2013?

Cuz it's 2015 already, and I could not remember if there was a reason we stopped after 2012 or something?

Anyway...

Spoiler

http://mashable.com/2014/04/01/clippy-is-back/

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etc...

[Thorin]

it's 2015 already

Err, it's still 2014, no?

[Darren Dirt]

it's 2015 already

Err, it's still 2014, no?

Also hey did you hear about Stephen Colbert -- Seriously. (?) [Fry]Not Sure If April Fools Or Just Bad Timing With A Racist Gaffe[/Fry]

https://twitter.com/suey_park/statuses/449333467369570304
http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/cancel-colbert-twitter-controversy-press-reaction-analysis/

https://news.google.com/news?q=Ching-Chong+Ding-Dong+Foundation+for+Sensitivity+to+Orientals

Who's attacking him now?
"Who would have thought a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever cause misunderstanding"

(by the way, it wasn't even an original tweet, it was an out-of-context quote -- and in context was obviously mocking racism, using an 8 year old one-time bit Stephen did as its core reference for long-running fans ; and Stephen responded on Monday perfectly )

[Darren Dirt]

Just finished watching Monday's ep of The Colbert Report.

Stephen "nailed it" for sure. Complete with 2 un-censored F-bombs.
http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/full-episodes/u4jfik/march-31--2014---biz-stone


Best summed up in one of the comments:

Spoiler

A lot of tools brought for damage control: 1. Asians, including celebrity ones 2. A clear explanation 3. The God of Twitter 4. Character counterattack. Well done, hope it's enough.

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(also, simple, rational CONTEXT helps too.) long live #KingColbert

[Lazybones]

apparently if you where watching stuff via plex today there was a good chance you got rick rolled.

[Tom]

apparently if you where watching stuff via plex today there was a good chance you got rick rolled.

Most evil april fools prank ever.