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What was everyone's work joke today? (lemmy.world)

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Today I announced on the company wide Slack channel that, effectively immediately, we were rolling back to Windows XP. There were cheers! and then a lot of disappointment when I said it was just April fools Lmao

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Kinda sounds like you have your own definition of what constitutes an "April Fools joke" and your are assigning negative connotations to it. I don't think that's an objective fact.

"April Fools is not [fun for everyone]" is an opinion more than a fact. I don't think anyone disagrees with your underlying premise that mean spirited "jokes" don't belong in the workplace, but rather your assertion that it's a prerequisite for April Fools jokes to be mean spirited.

Also, if we are going to bring the level of scrutiny to all jokes that you are bringing... I don't think it is even possible to design a "joke" that would pass your test.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

You're right, but I'd use the word 'trick' over the word joke. There is no trick that would pass my scrutiny to be okay at work, that's why I replied the way I did.

Jokes like one liners or what stand up comedians do are usually more acceptable in my eyes. I have yet to see a joke used for April fools. If you have an example please share and I might do it next year.

In the end, I really don't care, if the joke/trick lands and no one was upset then take the win. You know your environment and are making it a better place.