North Korea Launches Nuclear Attack

[akies]

I will never understand how on April 1st suddenly telling lies becomes the definition of humour.

And every year I always forget the date, 3 times I fell for such "jokes" this time.

[Whiteball]

It wasn't funny because I don't see how that could be a joke. There is no definition of 'joke' that I know matches anything about the title or anything to do with the subject of the title.
A hoax it maybe, but a joke it was and is not. Not because it wasn't funny, but because the definition doesn't fit in any plausible way.


As for my personal opinion on the 'rights' or 'wrongs' of it all, you shouldn't try and hoax this sort of thing either.

[Harlequin]

I do have an objection though, it's just not funny. Which feeds into my wider objection generally about April Fool's Day, it's like a license unfunny idiots to post unfunny stuff.
It'd be great to have a day dedicated to lols replete with top jokes we can all enjoy. April the 1st isn't that day. It's the exact fucking opposite.

But I do think it is pretty bad form to edit posts just because you think someone's a bit of a dick and their joke sucks. It's alienating to more than just the victim of the edit.

Indeed. There are many reasons that forum moderators are given the power to edit users' posts. Not liking the April 1st tradition is not, IMO, one of them. It strikes me more as being an abuse of that power, especially if the user is not informed of the alteration nor given a reason for it.

And, yes, April 1st has always been more about hoaxes than 'jokes'. I used the wrong word earlier.

[tufty]

And, yes, April 1st has always been more about hoaxes than 'jokes'. I used the wrong word earlier.

The thing is, though, that the hoax should be /funny/, or at least absurd. This was neither.

(o)(o) - do you have the faintest idea the amount of terror the idea of an (even limited) nuclear attack can instil in people? My childhood was lived through a part of the 60s/70s era, slap dab in the middle of east anglia / the US eastern aircraft carier, and had the joy of not knowing, when I went to bed, if I would be waking up in the morning. Of knowing that, if you were lucky enough to hear the siren sound, you would have four minutes to accept that you were dead. Years where the entire concept of the future went 4 minutes and no fucking further. I still have nightmares. Real screamers. I doubt I'm alone in that.

It wasn't funny, it wasn't even a troll. It was cuntery, pure and simple.

[Harlequin]

And, yes, April 1st has always been more about hoaxes than 'jokes'. I used the wrong word earlier.

The thing is, though, that the hoax should be /funny/, or at least absurd. This was neither.

Neither are most such 'April Fools pranks', IMO.

… My childhood was lived through a part of the 60s/70s era, slap dab in the middle of east anglia / the US eastern aircraft carier, and had the joy of not knowing, when I went to bed, if I would be waking up in the morning. Of knowing that, if you were lucky enough to hear the siren sound, you would have four minutes to accept that you were dead. Years where the entire concept of the future went 4 minutes and no fucking further. I still have nightmares. Real screamers. I doubt I'm alone in that.

I lived through the same period (albeit mostly in London and Essex) and experienced similar fears, although I suspect that (o)(o) is younger than us. The nightmares for me and I would think the vast majority of us, however, faded away decades ago.

It wasn't funny, it wasn't even a troll. It was cuntery, pure and simple.

It did not strike me as such in the slightest. Perhaps cuntery is in the mind of the beholder.

[tufty]

And, yes, April 1st has always been more about hoaxes than 'jokes'. I used the wrong word earlier.

The thing is, though, that the hoax should be /funny/, or at least absurd. This was neither.

Neither are most such 'April Fools pranks', IMO.

Most aren't funny, that's for sure. The internet has turned April 1 into "international stupid day". However, most of the stuff out there is, at least , discernible from reality. See "google nose" (not funny) "guardian goggles" (funny in places for self-deprecation) "lambda-the-ultimate migrating to facebook" (mildly funny), etc. Compare and contrast with (o)(o)s attempt, which is neither funny nor unlikely given the current climate. My reaction on seeing the title was "That's it, we're fucked".

I do not believe there are subjects that should be taboo as far as humour is concerned. Death, sex, religion, race, all fair game on way or another (although not "Bernard Manning" style). But the objective word is "humour", and there was none here. Most of those "defending" appear to be acting based on Gravy's actions (and / or past history with said cun^H^H^Hmoderator), not on the post itself. I don't see many people saying "no, but it was hilarious", after all

[gumboot]

I have similar issues with Jokey Smurf.

[Mqark]

It really does look like it's all starting to kick off now, the north preventing access to southern workers in the shared venture in Kaesong, and US moving missiles to Guam.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22021832

[Orava]

It is strangely ~1983 feeling though, like coming back from school and listening to the news to see if we are all going to be blown to bits. Not that I go to school anymore, except to transport children to/from it.

Next thing they revamp Lady Thatcher and install her as the prime minister (and re-launch Manic Miner).

[Cloudane]

Really is actually hotting up huh. Joke title is becoming a pretty real and imminent threat.
If they do try anything though I expect it'll be quite short lived. The US isn't really a country to be trifled with. They can thank their lucky stars that Bush isn't still in charge or North Korea would already be a smoking crater by now.

[axel000]

Even a failed rocket launch at this point would likely result in hostilities; a very dangerous game is being played.

[AlbertKatraz]

so.......... what exactly are they miffed about?

Or do they just want to 'do a Hitler' or something?

[The Caffeine Kid]

It is strangely ~1983 feeling though, like coming back from school and listening to the news to see if we are all going to be blown to bits. Not that I go to school anymore, except to transport children to/from it.

Next thing they revamp Lady Thatcher and install her as the prime minister (and re-launch Manic Miner).

I used to dream about nuclear war almost every night in the early 80s. Only my ZX Spectrum kept me (semi-)sane.

We really don't want to go back to those days.

[Istar]

How about a nice game of chess?

[gribbles]

so.......... what exactly are they miffed about?

Or do they just want to 'do a Hitler' or something?

Depends on who you listen to & believe.

Last thing I read on it was this....

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-danger ... ct/5329307

Not an aspect I'd come across before today. Not saying its gospel. Just another bit of (dis)information