I am not a youngster. My corporeal form has circled the Sun 70+ times. Depending on when exactly during those rotations you approached me, there is a solidly high probability that you could well have found me being somewhat less than serious.
Yea, I like to joke around. Practical jokes, funny memes, satire, or whatever else I thought someone would laugh at are all things you might have to suffer through interacting with me. This year though, this year is different. Well, technically this month is different. I might even suggest that it is just today that is different. I mean, I said "today" but really, I should say "this date".
Today is 4/1, April the first. the 91st day of the year. Today is April Fools Day. Traditionally, this is a day for practical jokes, outrageous lies and in general a good natured exploration into the gullibility of humans.
I have been on both sides of the April Fools silliness. There have been years when I was working enough that I did not notice the date and as a result, fell prey to those paying more attention. Other years, I was the asshole enjoying the mild discomfort of those trying to give their sense of humor a break.
Today was different though. For the first April Fools in my memory, I neither saw nor proposed one single date related effort at humor. Like others on social media, I saw some posts suggesting that what the misadministration is doing is more outrageous than anything I might come up with. Still, I am not possessed of sufficient ego to believe that the nation would follow my humor lead so, I was prepared to observe and ideally, enjoy the efforts of others. That didn't happen.
Regardless of what you actually think of Felon47 and crew of incompetents, that he has reduced the level of humor in the nation (probably world). We are more polarized and more bitter than at any point in my memory. We have the biggest April Fool ever.
It ain't funny.
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