{"id":624712,"date":"2023-04-02T09:49:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T14:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/02\/april-fools-day-2023-the-best-and-cringiest-pranks\/"},"modified":"2023-04-02T09:49:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T14:49:30","slug":"april-fools-day-2023-the-best-and-cringiest-pranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/02\/april-fools-day-2023-the-best-and-cringiest-pranks\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fools\u2019 Day 2023: the best and cringiest pranks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As Chaim Gartenberg explained in 2021<\/a>, there are only really four options for brands on April Fools\u2019 Day:<\/p>\n

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  1. Don\u2019t do an April Fools\u2019 joke.<\/strong> Put the time and energy into doing something productive that will materially benefit the world (or, less idealistically, your business) instead. Or just don\u2019t do anything. Abstaining entirely would still be a net positive over the drain of resources and mental energy.<\/li>\n
  2. Do an April Fools\u2019 \u201cjoke\u201d but actually follow through on your stunt.<\/strong> This is arguably not a prank, since you\u2019ve actually created a video game skin or a real product that people can buy \u2014 but it doesn\u2019t really hurt anyone.<\/li>\n
  3. Do an April Fools\u2019 joke but be extremely clear from the start that this is a dumb joke and you have no intention of doing the thing that you are \u201chumorously\u201d pretending to do. <\/strong>Does this defeat the purpose of doing an April Fools\u2019 joke because you\u2019re not \u201cfooling\u201d anyone anymore? Absolutely. (Please see my first two points.)<\/li>\n
  4. Lie to your customers, successfully tricking them into believing you are making some product, rebranding, or service you are not.<\/strong> By doing so, you will almost certainly annoy everyone once your deceit is made plain for the extremely small gain of pointless PR. The aphorism goes that there is no such thing as bad publicity; the seemingly endless line of companies willing to make fools out of themselves has proven this false time and time again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    So, after a quieter couple of April Fools\u2019 years<\/a> during the pandemic (with the notable exception of VW\u2019s incredibly ill-conceived Voltswagen stunt<\/a>), many corporate behemoths have decided to make another attempt at convincing us they\u2019re really funny. How\u2019s that working out so far?<\/p>\n

    Sega chose option two and killed Sonic the Hedgehog<\/a>. Games like Overwatch 2<\/em> and Call of Duty: Warzone<\/em><\/a> leaned into option three, while Tesla\u2019s Cybertruck \u201ccrash test\u201d<\/a> landed somewhere in between. But on the plus side, at least we haven\u2019t seen many of them trying out AI-generated jokes (yet).<\/p>\n

    If you see anything that particularly sticks out for good, bad, or just unusual reasons, send it to us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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