Lying to someone then laughing when they believe you isn't a joke, it's just being mean.
Anyway, before you push that April Fool's post live, some questions to consider:
- Is it a joke?
- Is it a funny joke?
- Is it a funny joke that punches up instead of down?
- Is the joke still funny going into year six of a global pandemic and during the staggeringly cruel rise of global fascism?
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