April Daze

[P-Sleazy]

What interesting thigns have you found today that just cracked you up?

My fav.

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

EDIT: Nope...new favorite. Fox news. GOP budget expected to kill kids.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/01/obama-official-gop-budget-kill-70000-kids/

[Nikose Tyris]

TJ and Amal put up a splash page that left me giggling and snorting.

http://tjandamal.com

edit: this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNm8ZCJ7Fx8&feature=featured

[Kim]

NationStates tells you your account is hacked. I fell for it, I'll admit.

[russianreversal]

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html I hate 90% of the crap that happens usually at this time, but that video was fantastic.

Also, the 1911 Youtube feature actually works well with a surprising number of videos.

[Amake]

EDIT: Nope...new favorite. Fox news. GOP budget expected to kill kids.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/01/obama-official-gop-budget-kill-70000-kids/ Aren't april fool's jokes in the news supposed to be enough over the top that you can guess they're not for real? Without considering the source or looking for alternative ones at least?

[Professor Smarmiarty]

The problem with that fox news article is that is an argument the Democrats should be making.

[Specterbane]

I enjoyed this one (http://www.rpgamer.com/savingthrow/news/040111.html) at RPGamer.com.

[P-Sleazy]

I can't get the Youtube 1911 to work with most of the videos I've tried.

[Fifthfiend]

EDIT: Nope...new favorite. Fox news. GOP budget expected to kill kids.

Not a joke.

[Hatake Kakashi]

Thinkgeek hasn't shown much innovation this year. They still haven't topped their most awesome food idea, ever. (http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html)

[Loyal]

Aren't april fool's jokes in the news supposed to be enough over the top that you can guess they're not for real? Without considering the source or looking for alternative ones at least?

Yeah, this one hits a bit close to home.

I got one from Nature today. She was like, "Hey, it's spring now, time to break out the pleasant weather, yeah?" And then I looked outside, and she was like, "APRIL FOOLS. You get more snow!"

Good job, Nature.

[Arcanum]

Guild Wars 2 is looking to modernize things with their latest profession (http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/commando/)

[Fifthfiend]

I mean literally it is not a joke

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/04/01/usaid-gop-budget-would-kill-70000-kids-worldwide

The GOP's budget would cause the deaths of at least 70,000 children around the world who rely on American funding, according to the government agency in charge of foreign aid.

"I believe these are very conservative estimates," USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah told a House Appropriations subcommittee this week. [See a roundup of political cartoons on the federal budget and deficit.]

Of the 70,000 deaths, 30,000 would come from slashing malaria control programs, 24,000 from lack of immunizations and 16,000 from unsafe birthing practices.

The budget bill, H.R. 1, would cut 16% from President Obama's budget request for international aid.

Republicans and Democrats have been wrangling for months over a long-term budget that would fund the federal government through September. They must reach a compromise by April 8 in order to avoid a government shutdown.

The latest round of horse trading reportedly has Democrats conceding $33 billion in cuts—less than the $61 billion demanded by the Tea Party, but far more than the left initially wanted to allow.

House Speaker John Boehner—caught between the GOP's Tea Party wing and the necessity of getting Democrats to sign off on his plan, too—insists there's still no deal. [Check out a roundup of political cartoons on the Tea Party.]

Requests for comment from House Speaker John Boehner's spokesman were not immediately returned.

During a press conference on Thursday, Boehner said Democrats were "rooting for a government shutdown." He added that the GOP would fight for all the spending cuts they could.

During the hearing on foreign aid, Texas Republican Rep. Kay Granger said that while she understands the "value of many of these important programs, the funding request for next year is-is truly unrealistic in today's budget environment," according to Foreign Policy.

We simply cannot fund everything that has been funded in the past. And we certainly cannot continue to fund programs that are duplicative and wasteful," she added.

As reported by several news agencies, this Obama Administration official is in fact pointing out that the Republican party does in fact want to make a bunch of budget cuts that are going to kill many children.

No humor whatsoever; pretty much just horrifying.

[Krylo]

Poe's law. Inverse corollary.

[Gregness]

Is this thread ONLY for news stories, or can we post other pranks here as well?

Not this year, but a few years back the girl I was dating called me to tell me she was pregnant. The date didn't even occur to me, so I reacted calmly and started asking her what I thought we should do about it.

She let me go on like that for a few minutes before she clued me in. Then we called and pulled the same gag on my mom. She was NOT happy with me.

[Krylo]

Guild Wars 2 is looking to modernize things with their latest profession (http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/commando/)

This is fantastic, and my only complaint is that it's not real.

[Magic_Marker]

I want desperately for a World of Starcraft that releases an expansion that allows you to play in the Warcraft world and vis versa.

The real world would only be that place food comes from at that point.

[Fifthfiend]

The SteveCo crates in Minecraft were pretty good.

[Magic_Marker]

This is legitimately amazing. (http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2325614706)

Fixed a bug where Terran players were able to lose a game.

Bunker

No change.

lol

[russianreversal]

In addition to losses, wins are now also no longer shown. Instead, players will see Jim Raynor giving them a thumbs-up after every match regardless if they win or lose. Ahahahaha

[Arcanum]

This is fantastic, and my only complaint is that it's not real.

They actually added a quest in Guild Wars where you can play as a Commando. You go back in time to stop an Annihilator Golem (i.e. Terminator) from killing Gwen's mother, Sarah.

Their latest patch notes (http://guildwars.com/support/gameupdates/default.php) are filled with jokes as well.

[Magic_Marker]

@Russian, That's totally going to happen, and it will be awesome.

[Gregness]

This is legitimately amazing. (http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2325614706)


lol

Due to lack of appreciation by players, the Mothership has been surgically altered to be sleeker and more visually appealing, and has been renamed to the Cougarship. The Cougarship will automatically gravitate toward enemy units that have been in play for 18-21 minutes and attempt to bring them back to the nearest friendly base.


That one made me laugh harder actually.

[Magic_Marker]

My only regret is Day[J] isn't streaming today. I would love to see his reaction.

[Loyal]

Oh wow, I can't believe I forgot about Blizzard's April Fool stuff.. (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2325684862)

[bluestarultor]

Just logged into the freenode IRC and found this, among other things, in the login spiel.

http://i51.tinypic.com/jjpybn.png

[Hatake Kakashi]

Looks like the folks at SNAFU haven't forgotten what day it is. (http://www.snafu-comics.com/ppg/?comic_id=231)

[The Wandering God]

I hope you guys checked out http://www.accursedfarms.com/ (Home of Freeman's Mind and Civil Protection creator Ross Scott) for his videos.

I really enjoyed Diary of a Zombie (But then, I love me some zombies.)