April Fools Day On The Internet - Eddache

[@ToonamiT0M]

My favorite April Fools prank was from [adult swim] in 2012. They began the night like previous years, beginning to play The Room. Then, about 30 seconds in they revealed TOM from Toonami and proceeded to play an entire night of classic Toonami anime and shows. When the word got out that Toonami was on, the viewership jumped from tens of thousands to millions. Seeing this response, Cartoon Network went on to actually bring Toonami back to air.

[@ArtemisAYO]

r/usernamechecksout

[@commanderdemonno9819]

@@ArtemisAYO bro can i go one comment section without seeing the guy who uses r/ every single time they see a post that mildly correlates with a subreddit??

[@MorePower8679]

I also like the one where the prank was that there was no prank this year. I would say the Rick & Morty Season 3 drop, but that went over shows I actually wanted to see, so…

[@Periwinkleaccount]

@@commanderdemonno9819 thing is, that’s not mildly correlating, it was entirely correlating.

[@itsame43]

I preferred adult swims 2017 joke for Rick and Morty

[@the_godbodor7026]

That one news prank about Americans not reading enough, once you know the context, is actually such a good prank and I love it. It acts as a classic April Fools prank while also providing some insight on how internet headlines are really the only thing that matter since no one reads the articles themselves.

[@renaigh]

Paywalls might also have an impact on someone's aversion to reading articles.

[@CaptainWackier]

I know what you mean. It's actually pretty sad ngl. :(

[@SilverEye91]

@@renaigh That doesn't excuse not even clicking on the article though.

[@Purpledlime]

Pink Liligant

[@jerryborjon]

The best part is that it keeps generating comments and arguments even if the commenter knows it’s a prank. The title is objectively false as more people read now more than ever before, so it’s practically guaranteed to get outrage from people correcting the misinformation

[@RasterVox]

April fools trailers are always the ones that hurt the most, cause they are usually really well made

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Agreed.

[@emskistay]

Whenever it’s April 1st I take everything I see online with a massive grain of salt

[@Maker0824]

I never look at the date. if I watch 5 April fools videos and none of them mention it’s April fools, I often don’t get it. Once I stopped watching a youtube channel for multiple years because I didn’t get it was an April fools thing

[@WohaoG]

I always forget

[@johnplays7600]

At this point, it isn't even a grain of salt anymore, it's the entire shaker

[@complexrolls]

I just do that always.

[@loogi_is_die]

Comically sized grain of salt

[@BurntL]

When I was about 10 years old, I found a news article about how the skeletal remains of a dragon had been discovered in a cave in England and, as child obsessed with dragons, I was so damn excited about it. I told anyone I could until I told an adult who had also seen the article and they told me it was an April Fools joke and I was SO crushed. I had seen it in the middle of May.

[@SuperRat420]

What did you learn?

[@BurntL]

@@SuperRat420 To always check the date of news sources and be more sceptical about things that sound too good to be true!

[@FragglevisionReturns]

This reminds me, during our most recent trip to Florida (in late April 2019), when waiting for our flight my mom came across an article about a Disney theme park being made in Canada. It turned out it was an April Fools prank.

[@lukey666lukey]

@@BurntL there you go learned a valuble life lesson that most people never do

[@griefingg0lem685]

This is why I like the Rick Roll. It's harmless, you get to listen to a good song, and everyone knows the punchline. Yeah, it's annoying, but it doesn't hurt anyone in any way.

[@JOmR20]

It's annoying in a good way

[@lynntaylor9681]

I like the song so I don't find it annoying at all. The year it was introduced I was looking for links that had Rick Roll.

[@Xaiquyn]

That's what I'm doing this and probably most years

[@Spooky_Magooky]

Totally, when I get got especially by a good rick roll I wasn't expecting sure I go "Aaah fuckin' god dammit" but I also have a big dumb smile on my face at the same time.

[@Periwinkleaccount]

Having your time wasted and being annoyed isn’t exactly harmless, even if not that bad.

[@TheMultiGamerOfficial]

You wanna do an April Fools joke, just record a video of your son tumbling around on the floor. A Rik-Roll.

[@rudeskalamander]

Who's rik

[@effbar2400]

​@@rudeskalamander his son

[@rudeskalamander]

@@effbar2400 mysticle has a son??

[@kanedaku]

Stalker. You should hunt children on the D L. And not comment on a video of the targeted child's father.🙄New much?

[@CJFS00s]

Or Have Rik Mayall roll on the floor.

[@Chris-ok4zo]

To me, April Fools pranks are like smacking a friend in the face with a cream pie. Maybe they'll laugh, maybe they'll get mad and maybe they'll get a strong allergic reaction because of an ingredient in the pie.

[@Robb3636]

Or maybe they'll break their friends nose!

[@TordBot69]

or they'll have a pie prepared for when you do it to pie you back

[@WyzardMan]

Or maybe they'll go blind

[@ulischmidt03]

you know what I like, I like the April Fools jokes that are like a tradition, in the same format from year to year, like Minecraft’s April Fools updates. I like those, because it adds some goofy thing and sometimes even adds interesting concepts, such as new blocks like a power brick or stained glass, or whole new ways to play, like you can only carry one block at a time or slightly reimagined Minecraft as a 90s fps

[@drewrobinson5562]

Video game patch notes are some of my favorite reads for April fools

[@pumpkinpartysystem]

I hate Minecraft's April Fools jokes *because* they're so good. Minecraft's updates always have so little content given that it's literally the biggest video game in the world. They take so long, they're so lackluster, and then there's this random update that's just a joke that usually has twice the content of an actual update and it just makes every other update feel even more like a joke than the April Fools updates ever did. In isolation, the April Fools updates are fantastic and I wish I could love them, but in context of the other stuff we get, they just feel like a middle finger to the players.

[@btf_flotsam478]

​@starfaesystem7179 It feels less like Mojang insulting Minecraft's players and more like them reinventing the wheel to show it's a bad idea.

[@Professional-Gamer]

I like the end message. Too many people fall for stuff on the internet. I grew up with adults sarcastically saying “it’s on the internet so it must be true” and now the same people genuinely fall for that kind of stuff.

[@BenRK90]

I'm mildly sad Homestar Runner only got a brief mention. Their April Fools cartoons and site pranks were always a yearly treat back in the mid 2000s.

[@henrynelson9301]

Nowadays their April Fools pranks are actually releasing a new cartoon lol

[@MandrakeHorse]

"Homestar, everybody knows the Internet already ruined April Fools' Day. On February 7, 2008, ironically enough."

[@ozharms]

It’s crazy that their big return to making cartoons was an April Fools joke.

[@Magicghost23]

The Internet has made us all the fool.

[@StupidEdits]

deep

[@sijam2m59]

Yes

[@cravonomire9971]

You right

[@SomeIceGuy]

“Now we’re all the fools.” -Some guy idk

[@Junesaidhi]

R/I’m14andthisisdeep

[@spongebobfan78]

The kinds of April Fools that I like are when game companies actually release something as a playable joke. For example with Sega, which were 8-bit Bayonetta, Big's Big Fishing Adventure 3: Trial, and recently, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog.

[@thegrandatm1844]

Or minecrafts April fools

[@cinfdef]

Hearing an old timey British voice say “goofy ahh” is glorious

[@EdnaK728]

I thought it was stupid and unfunny

[@vo2920]

​@@EdnaK728boo womp

[@EdnaK728]

@@vo2920 what the heck am I meant to take from that?

[@zaiden2becausejustzaidenisused]

old timey?

[@glowkirby]

I like how it’s possible that someone could say “I hate the minions because they made me lose my job” and it’s completely true

[@DropsOfMars]

The best April fools pranks are always the ones where you get something nice in the end. Homestar Runner having their classic April fools cartoons, adult swim doing toonami, it's playing with your expectations in a way that is delightful and surprising. It's the best when you think you're going to get something disappointing then you're giving something cool or fun instead. Making you look like an idiot is rude, completely uncalled for, but using the day to create something strange and beautiful or to make someone happy-- that's much more worth it for everyone.

[@PhantomDusclops92]

The kind of april fool prank I can't stand is when some website or social network page or whatever claims that they're either closing down or shifting to a completely different thing. It's the exact same every year, it's kinda boring and sometimes you actually prefer the new fake argumentation than the old one.

[@NadirEatsRocks]

One of my favorite Discord servers "pranked" everyone last year by announcing that they would be transitioning to a Fortnite fan server because the owner had "just fallen in love with the game and wanted to share their passion with everyone" and I was genuinely depressed about it until someone mentioned it was a prank. Those kinds of April Fools are just cruel imo

[@pokuu7]

similar thing happened in a server in im. the mods "deleted" a beloved channel, and archived a bunch of channels for no reason and made a church rp (for some reason???). also one of the mods said that if youre having a mental breakdown (a bunch of people didnt take any of these pranks very well) you should "go outside and cope"​ , and after that whole thing they added a REAL RULE that is named "touch grass" and an ai generated-ass apology, shit was wild @@NadirEatsRocks

[@SpellboundWolf]

Deviant Art switching up everyone's avatars was a lot of fun. Circles of friends could look around and see who was turned into what for the whole day. The Twilight Teams avatars is what I loved most. Some users, including myself, saved lots of those gifs for later. I remember there was even a Team Lady Gaga floating around in some places. A LOT of work was put into that Twilight prank. :3

[@IcyDiamond]

I think April Fools videos can be funny if they’re actually creative like Schaffrillas’ are, his Arcane review probably being one of his best April Fools videos if not the best

[@WSendam]

Damn you are everywhere

[@lennonleavy]

​@John Wick 🅥 but you yourself are a bot?

[@themasterbee]

No way I was just watching schaffrillas

[@sunbleachedangel]

And I fucking hated it haha

[@rami8354]

Omg i never knew It was suposed to be an aprils fools video i thought It was just a silly joke video 💀

[@someguy7777]

i think the best april fools prank is when something gets turned on its head instead of being a cheap trick. best example of that was the club penguin april fools parties where the entire island became this bizzare wonderland during those parties

[@logannottheonefrommarvel9917]

My favorite April Fool's joke was when Eddache gaslit me into thinking Home Alone was originally supposed to end with Kevin successfully killing Harry and Marv and ended up selling his story to become rich and famous, while his awful family was shunned for being so irresponsible and negligent. Good one mate, I'll get ya next time.

[@JadaKaiser]

Shoutout to KZbinrs whose April Fool's Day videos are just out of the norm for their channel and something they still super care about. Unlike "I am Quitting?" video number 453 clouding my sub feed

[@christopheralthouse6378]

One KZbinr I follow (Harbo Holmes) this year did a jokey “Doctor Who SUCKS!” video for this year’s April Fools as a joke riffing on reactionary videos…had me laughing the whole way through as each reactionary comment about each incarnation and era got more and more ridiculous and extreme so much that, by the end, he’s arguing for the show to have never even started AT ALL as it blatantly rips off some obscure book no one’s ever heard of…🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@theonlysamman3889]

My favorite one is GD Colon. He makes videos about Geometry Dash and posts on April Fools yearly. But, his April fools videos always have way more effort put into them than the average "apology or quitting video" and have a punchline that is pretty unique and entertaining. One of the best KZbinrs when it comes to April fools pranks imo.

[@SirRoderickThunderbottom]

it sucks dealing with internet april fools when you're living in an early timezone before everyone else in the world. you'll get one or two jokes here or there, then when April 2nd arrives everyone else in the world has caught up and you're left sifting through piles of Jokes mixed in with actual news and information which is exhausting, and really dulls the fun creative pranks

[@hadron2]

I find April Fool's Day a bit tiresome, but I'm always impressed by the amount of work they put into the April Fool's versions of Minecraft.

[@backwardsface3046]

Can’t wait to see what they do tomorrow!

[@SuperRat420]

Always a video game dork that hates fun

[@Bugaboo8]

The launcher's on fire!

[@ukaszwalczak1154]

@@SuperRat420 POV someone has a different opinion than you:

[@SuperRat420]

@@ukaszwalczak1154 no fun allowed

[@15oClock]

"How are you supposed to do parody when everything is already ridiculous?" That's Poe's Law.

[@TCHorwood-xq7mw]

"Shredded cabbage and a creamy dressing" That's Cole's law.

[@ED-gw9rg]

Goddamn it, that got me, take my like and g i t​@@TCHorwood-xq7mw

[@DavidJamesHenry]

I'm autistic and I love April Fool's because it'd so easy to look at the date and switch my brain from expecting the truth to expecting a prank. It gives me a day where I can be in on the joke. I also love when April Fool's is used as an excuse to just be weird and different, like with r/place. In general, if people participate with good nature, it's really fun.

[@MyNameIsNotSteve]

my reason for hating April fools is that being Australian means its April 2nd for me when seemingly most of the internet starts to do it, like it still has the chance to be good i just dont like the ones when they trick people

[@charlesjoseph9842]

when an april fool's joke is good, it's great, but when it's bad, it spirals out of control hella fast

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

True

[@BugsyFoga]

Honestly Its more shocking when a KZbinr makes a legit video for April fools day rather than prank .

[@MysticMindAnalysis]

I love when April Fools day is an excuse to be weird and silly, but obviously fake. Last year's April Fools Day on youtube had some of my favourite pranks, with Dom Nobel doing an imaginary (and hilarious) Lost in Adaptation of the Room, with clever inside jokes to those who know about the production. Then Linkara posted a 100% serious Analogue Horror film called Winter of '83, catching everybody completely off guard! Plus the World of Warcraft April Fools patch notes are always hilarious. I think the phrase "Confuse, don't abuse" sums up the holiday nicely. Be silly, be weird, be funny, but don't do anything that can cause real-world harm.

[@AriaAsacura]

i dont mind april fool jokes that are incredibly harmless or overt- like just messing about without tricking or misleading people. themed accounts changing their names to literal meanings or entirely different themes. the collab works for just some goofs are also great. but yeah theres definitely something in people should actually read things and think criticaly

[@koolaid33]

Interestingly, Sega made an entirely brand new Sonic game just for April Fool's this year. It's a visual novel type game for free on Steam right now called "The Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog". It's actually decently long & very well made, ironically being one of the best Sonic spin-offs in the last decade I'd say.

[@obnoxiousonyx]

11:13 Volkswagen OF AMERICA was founded in 1955, which is what the article claims

[@michaireneuszjakubowski5289]

13:31 Using Stańczyk to illustrate the problems caused by incessant light-heartedness hit deep. PS: For those not in the know, Stańczyk was a court jester, and this painting of him depicts him mourning the decisive defeats his country suffered as the court indulges in pleasures, uncaring of the gravity of situation.

[@GooberGuy_]

You know it’s a good day when Eddache uploads

[@GooberGuy_]

@JohnWickOfficiall I’ve been called an NPC before but, damn

[@GooberGuy_]

@JohnWickOfficiall good roast 👍

[@BadWolfBlueForReal]

@John Wick 🅥 thanks john wick very cool

[@squarohedron0664]

I hope everyone here realises that this "John wick" person IS a bot

[@GooberGuy_]

@@squarohedron0664 oh damn

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

April Fools day is both my favorite, and least favorite day on KZbin. Least favorite because most of the videos in my subscriptions aren't worth watching because lol itsajoke. But then you get those special channels that take the day an opportunity to do something out of left field, but in a familiar way. Like FalseSwipeGaming talking about the "competitive history" of various joke Pokémon like Delibird, or Big Yellow, a channel mainly about competitive fighting games, deciding to talk about Insaniquarium because he likes the game.

[@CyberDrewan]

I remember the False Swipe Gaming episode on Ledian being especially good because the B-roll footage in the background was a constant stream of Ledian on-shotting Legendary Pokémon in the background, which was pretty much impossible without tons of setup. Essentially, every single one of those 5-15 second clips probably required at around 5 minutes of setup, if not longer. With as many as they stuffed into that video, that adds up real quickly. Not to mention they probably had to EV train certain Pokémon ahead of time to make sure that even the boosted hits KO’d.

[@camwoodstock]

The funniest April Fools Day prank of the internet has to be Cookie Clicker. Not because of any particular comedic value, but because of how the in-game seasons mechanics work, there's now just an in-game season that pretty much solely exists to do... nothing at all. Because changing it to be beneficial like every other season is would defeat the purpose of it being a prank. It's also, evidently, a NIGHTMARE for translators and modders, because it also changes a significant part of the game text. In short: the joke is exponentially more and more on the player the more technical they get, from minmaxxing to modding.

[@azrael_hypo]

i didn't realise that the Business Day season was for April Fool's Day. i just assumed it was an American-only holiday like labour day. the Startrade heavenly upgrade apparently does make golden cookies drop 5% more often

[@pazamataz]

honestly I am autistic and I love aprils fools, and I think it is partially because I am so guillable. I have definitely had the same feeling where I got super excited about a new trailer or a thing happening... then it turned out I was tricked. But it reminds me to not take myself too seriously and then look back at whatever I fell for and see everything I missed. also googly eyes and comic sans is the peak of internet humour, I love it.

[@eggsnham.]

Some msy find it disorienting and of bad taste but I just love those "huh???" Moments when I open discord and an entire server is in chinese now and I have a fake ping or when I open a game and the menu sounds are replaced with "hehehe" or when I click in a video and end up confused by the fact it's an actual video and not an april fools upload

[@betafurret1503]

Fun fact: every year minecraft has done an April fools update, some examples include: adding ar headsets and other scifi stuff, making the villagers takeover the game, creating infinite dimensions, a parody of micro transactions back in 2010 (I believe it was 2010), and a parody of old shareware

[@TorosAndMakis53]

Good time to watch this!

[@caseyjohnston1504]

My favorite April Fools Joke was for the Yakuza series. They uploaded a video saying that their next game would be a turn based RPG as a joke, but it turns out that people were really down for that idea. So, in response, the entire god damn series transitioned into a turn based RPG.

[@scprivat9519]

"Volkswagen in America" was founded in 1955 Volkswagen itself... Oh boy... as a German, I plead the Fifth.

[@rubylikessonic2]

I honestly believe that if you make an april fools video, about a day or two after, you should clearly label it as april fools, because it's annoying finding stuff months later that ends up being april fools

[@DrBagPhD]

Man, Colin's Bear Animation is a blast from the past!

[@ImTheGuy]

Some of my favorite April fools day jokes are the ones were someone takes a completely ridiculous idea, and then just treats it as seriously as possible.

[@fictionfan0]

When I was in college, I was writing a fanfiction that was basically a parody of those classic "Mac/PC" commercials, but with Pokémon and Digimon. One April Fool's Day, when Pokémon Black/White 2 had yet to be released, I dedicated one chapter to revealing a "plot synopsis" of the new games; I made it incredibly dark and gritty in a way that no Pokémon game had or would ever be before immediately revealing the joke. Between the comedic nature of the overall fanfic, the over-the-top dark tone of my synopsis, and the release date, I figured no one would take it too seriously. I got two comments that day telling me they thought it was real.

[@ankoku37]

The autism part is real as fuck. I'm predictably bad at picking up social cues which includes understanding jokes, but more specifically it's that I don't understand something is a joke if it's in a context where I'm not expecting a joke. Like, if I'm hanging out with friends and someone does something to fuck with me, I know we're joking around and I'll get it immediately and it's fine. But if I'm at work and a customer tries to do some playful banter with me, well that's not part of The Script and so I don't know there's a joke being played and I take it seriously. It's not SO BAD on April Fools Day because as the "designated prank day" I try to assume everything is a lie on that day, but I'm also really bad at keeping track of what day it is and so if I haven't got around to looking at the calendar or if I've spaced out and forgotten the day, especially if the prank is particularly convincing like an announcement that's drastic but not out of form, then I'll probably believe it and it's really tiring to live like this.

[@thomasawl]

Probably one of the funniest things that come out of april fools is games actually making an effort and changing into a jokey mess.

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

My best April Fools Day prank happened a few years ago when I was a student. I set up a fake Gmail account and convinced a few of my friends they’d signed up to a subscription service to receive “exclusive images” of TV host Dale Winton in their inbox every day, for £8.99 a month (the “price of his shopping list”). They ratted me out fairly quickly. How we laughed, until Winton sadly died two weeks later. The two events are unrelated. RIP you bouncy bonus legend ❤

[@heyheyitsjae2475]

While it was touched on in the video, my biggest problem with April Fools on the internet is that it is no longer condensed into just April 1st. The entire point of April Fools is that you aren't supposed to believe anything you're told on April 1st, and yet because of how algorithms work its not uncommon to be recommended the videos or articles days or months later, long after the joke's passed by. This year I only got one or two April Jokes articles in my recommended feed on the 1st, and yet every single one of them was a joke on the 3rd. Worse then that, I've often been recommended joke articles all the way in September or October. At that point it's no longer playing you for being naïve, it's just outright lying to you! And it's not like this is a problem that has to exist. Most of these websites have in-depth algorithms for detecting what content is in a piece of media and weather or not to recommend it for something. If KZbin can smack a demonetization for saying "fuck" in a video, there's nothing stopping these sites from adding an "April Fools" tag that is automatically applied to content posted on the 1st, and then just blocking content with that tag on other days of the year. Make it an opt in function for those who aren't posting jokes if you have to. It would save so much headache.

[@otakutsukonko]

Anytime you see something newsworthy on March 31st-April 2nd, you just need to switch out your glasses for Skepticles. Afterwards, if there hasn't been a correction, then and only then, can you take it seriously. Thanks for the video, I didn't know about probably 80% of these April Fools Pranks!

[@tadness121]

Honestly, there needs to be a browser extension for search engines, video hosts, news sites, etc. that marks any content posted on or around April Fools Day. (Ideally March 30th-April 2nd just to be on the safe side.) I don't mind it much on the holiday, but it's incredibly frustrating/annoying to stumble across it weeks or months later.

[@jude4581]

1:13 I hate how much that made me laugh

[@Santoryu90]

April Fool’s Day can be a day where you can’t really trust anything, but it can also be a good excuse for some people and companies to do something weird and ridiculous that will hopefully not cause any actual harm.

[@miracoanimation]

I have to share this little story that just happened right now involving the video. I was watching a late night marathon of your video essays in my studio/room, my dad came in to say good night. So I paused the video to say good night too, but I had the misfortune to pause at 18:27 Eddie, you have materfully pranked someone on the other side of the world without even trying, nor knowing. Mad respect for this video, already about a convenient topic.

[@thejman5683]

I fought in the Great War of r/place last year. I ended up uniting the TWEWY, Kid Icarus and Earthbound fandoms as one whole alliance. It was glorious

[@dylandreisbach1986]

I really like that NPR April Fools. It exposes so many people who were fooled.

[@fangoram29]

My mother's birthday is April 1st so I inherited her disdain for the "holiday"

[@LadyBernkastel92]

Oh hey it's Laura! She's great, good to see you two work together. Great video in general btw!

[@Whiteythereaper]

My favourite April Fools Day thing has to be Pokémon Showdown replacing all of the Pokemon spirtes with cursed stupidity, something that was so popular they made it a permanent option toggle

[@axellion9951]

Some fun stuff a community I’m in and some friends prepared for April Fools was turning out Brawl Modding server into a complete chess server, renaming the channels and adding new roles that changed everything to be something like chess, including stuff like our character chat being about how chess pieces interact, it was very fun!

[@LexVanguard2004]

Sega is launching a free Sonic murder mystery game for April Fools Day. Not even the day yet and they've won.

[@RickyRatte]

My favourite April Fool's tradition is by a german KZbinr called LooksLikeLink. Every year, he "releases" new Merch. We had Action Figures, music albums (dude can't sing at all), NFTs, a video game and more. This year, he released his "first" ASMR video. I love how he does it, making those announcement funny to watch even years later

[@QuantumCharger]

Dan Fornace got hit hard with this with his game Rivals of Aether. Every major announcement has happened on April 1st, and it makes it difficult for them to do April Fools jokes.

[@LynnieBeep]

Congrats for being on Nebula! Time to go rewatch all your videos over there!

[@Tacom4ster]

There's this Dutch Sonic KZbinr I follow, Roger Van DerWeide, I look forward to his output on April's first

[@nwojdak]

11:14 Volkswagen of America was founded in 1955, regular old German Volkswagen was founded in 1937

[@anulu-momento]

It's been a year since this video came out and I finally remembered what made me feel like I heard of Laura's name before

[@TheDarkSatirist]

My favorite thing about April 1st is going on KZbin and scrolling through my sub feed to see what channels I follow that posted interesting and surprising content on that day

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Wokey Kong is one of the best things I’ve ever seen

[@genericname2747]

He's finally here, and about time too He's wokefied the Donkey Kong Crew W.K Wokey Kong

[@Haysey_Draws]

I wasn't expecting to see Laura pop up, what a pleasant surprise!

[@TheArceusftw]

A bit of a mundane one, but I think my favorite online April Fool's internet moments were either the Box dimension from Club Penguin, and when Bulbapedia became Slowpedia.

[@Khalukiwastaken]

Whenever April Fools Day comes around, I always stay off of the internet and play some offline singleplayer games instead. Also, about r/place, it is true that the event in 2017 was just a fun event, but the 2022 event unintentionally became a prank when Reddit decided to wipe the canvas in the last hour, getting rid of days of everyone's hard work (probably because they found out streamers like XQC were using their audience to be toxic by targeting smaller factions to draw over tons of art). A year later, and a lot of people are still angry at Reddit for that decision.

[@CaliPepper]

My favorite internet April fools joke was back in 2014 when Mojang, the developers of Minecraft, forced a resource pack into everyone's game that replaced all the game's sounds with a villager's voice that narrated everything, and all player skins were replaced with villagers. It was so funny going into servers that day and seeing everyone's reactions!

[@toastrave7820]

same

[@robertfifik908]

Props to Element Animation!

[@k1rkpad]

So insanely cosmic, I started this video thinking "gosh, I wish Eddache was on Nebula so I could skip these ads, he's perfect for the service". YES!!!

[@scootinand]

That thing about the fake Zelda Movie trailer really hits the nail on the head with the problem with the April Fools jokes. Adult Swim really knows how to do it

[@jbomb11]

Hey, you probably dont remember me but I went to comic-con on Sunday and saw you and just want to say thank you for making such good content (I had a staff and a green t-shirt)

[@Ramuh.]

This is a while later but I love the April fools jokes of "content where you wouldn't expect it" like a Nintendo KZbin channel talking about Playstation or a Football channel delving into ice hockey. Still providing content, and content that will still be good after April Fools Day. But still giving a small "what the heck" moment. It's like the comic swap, where you can appreciate it any time.

[@RukaIXR]

Laura Kate Dale told my favorite April fools prank about that lyric that Nintendo put in Smash Bros when Joker was added. Absolutely hilarious 😂

[@Ghostofthegallow]

I miss when April fool's was just harmless fun like hiding a charger or making somone think they had food on their shirt or something

[@mylesiswhite4122]

What I find annoying living in Australia where it’s less of a cultural phenomenon I see all these online April fools jokes on April 2nd, so if the prank is saying something close to reality I genuinely get confused/excited for the next 20 seconds until I realise it’s April fools in the rest of the world

[@btf_flotsam478]

We need to screw with the rest of the world by doing April Fool's when they're still in March.

[@Schmalfonzo]

11:13 if you read it properly it says "In 1955 Volkswagen *of America* was founded in 1955"

[@laslalal8451]

This year was a good April Fools for Adult Swim. It seemed like they were gonna air season 2 of Smiling Friends, only for them to air episodes from season 1 remade with puppets instead, only for them to air the first episode of season 2 immediately after.

[@moogamooga2100]

Eddache...? You're simply delightful. You somehow manage to be a balance of charming, funny, clever, AND (most rare of all in this day and age) somehow very REAL. Keep makin' stuff, ok? :) You're very good at this.

[@TheWungus]

Can’t for every KZbinr to talk about how they’re “quitting KZbin” or releasing a video everyone wanted except it’s not that video tomorrow!

[@sugarfrosted2005]

8:00 That war of the worlds panic story is a good story. Sadly it's just a story. There was no widespread panic. Drama was often featured on radio.

[@cramerfloro5936]

I remember when on the 1. of April 2021 the Webcomic "Swords" announced it was going to be adapted as a videogame, being "the world's first open world adventure MMO JRPG turn based dungeon crawler roguelike meelee dating simulator", with a crappily animated trailer and an absolutely stunning theme song. Cut to the 2nd of April 2022, when it was announced that, by popular demand, "Swords: Edge of Chaos" had entered developement!

[@weirdcakes304]

Back in 2012, some people managed to gain access to the roblox admin panels and caused chaos to the site. Since it was April Fools when it happened, most thought it was a joke until the site had to be shut down. It was kinda genius to do that on April 1st of all days because others would think it was just a prank. But now the date goes down in roblox history.

[@rosestar1324]

I hate April Fools Day on youtube cuz for the past few years, the youtubers I love watching and barely upload post joke videos. Without realizing the day, I've fallen for these pranks many times and the disappointment I get after realizing it's a joke hurts.

[@martinhodges572]

April fools on the internet is especially great for Australians and New Zealanders who are always one day in front of the rest of the world

[@thomasworthy8255]

I myself have autism and on April fools I genuinely believed an article that said Henry cavill was going to be in doctor who, had a good half an hour calming down and it was only up until watching this video that I went back to check and my mood kind of dampened.

[@Antonwalnuts]

14:19 my friend deadass said i was the most annoying person they knew and i started crying (i forgot the date due to the fact that one of my family members had told me that they were calling the police and i was still kinda shocked) april 1’st is what july 4’th in america is to dogs

[@ViewtifulMax]

I'm so happy to see your channel on Nebula! You have a new follower, sir!

[@That_Sasha_Bee]

I seen a video where they explained the reason they don’t like April fools is because they didn’t consent to be pranked. When you prank a friend you have an agreement that you’ll prank each other but on April fools anyone and everyone is willingly or not open to pranks. Which I thought was a good take. I go enjoy the silly one though like when KZbin allowed Darude Sandstorm to be played on all videos or Razer announcing something silly.

[@via3600]

I really don't like April fools day I've always felt like pranks are just an excuse to be mean to others, then shame them for being upset A lot of the internet pranks are either just straight up lying and getting your hopes up (as mentioned in the video) or jumpscares. As an autistic person, I am easily fooled AND really sensitive to jumpscares. It doesn't help that those videos stick around forever too.. The only April fools videos I do accept are when people just take it as an excuse to make a really in depth video about something they're passionate about, but wouldn't fit their usual style of videos. Those are fun

[@tafua_a]

I have mixed feelings about April's Fools. There are pranks that I like (like having content with a clickbait title that reveal the punchline only when clicked, like the Rick Roll or that thing about reading), but I hate the pranks that misinform or make you genuinely believe in things that will never be real.

[@adammyers7383]

Love the monkey island rep in this video! Ron announcing it on April Fools after his open hatred of it for a decade plus and then having to wait a WHOLE WEEKEND to know whether it was real or not will never be topped imo

[@identitysmiles]

My genuine love of never gonna give you up has made me such a rick roll fan it just makes me so happy

[@HOTD108_]

I remember getting a KZbin email notification for one of your uploads and I accidentally hit the mic drop button, and I haven't received a notification for any of your uploads since. I have to get my friend, who is also subscribed, to tell me when new uploads are up.

[@Tacom4ster]

I like how Strong Bad rather do old school irl pranks than general internet goofs