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keepthetips t1_jebmnv9 wrote

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Independent_Tone8605 t1_jebmwc8 wrote

I loathe April Fool’s Day. My anxiety and PTSD is through the roof today in dread.

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skucera t1_jebokq5 wrote

ULPT: Add "you" -> "y'all" in your significant other's phone's autocorrect.

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josh35767 t1_jebvnym wrote

To be fair, people who need to be told this will pull mean pranks and say “It’s just a prank bro!” And expect them to think it’s funny too

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space-glitter t1_jec190n wrote

As someone who has a birthday on April fools it’s very not funny to pretend you forgot my bday as a “joke”. Just don’t bother texting me.

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Left-Star2240 t1_jeca98a wrote

I worked with an optometrist whose family celebrated April Fool’s like a holiday.

One year they took the contents of one kid’s backpack and bubble wrapped them. Another kid they took the music mechanism from a greeting card and installed in their text book. The third they put one of those fake severed legs they sell at Halloween and made it look like it was sticking out of his trunk.

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astroember t1_jecalpp wrote

The people that need to hear this the most are not the people who will listen to this

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Cinema_King t1_jecbbee wrote

And if your “prank” is just a lie it’s not funny

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Empire2k5 t1_jecf0fx wrote

No, all you gotta do it just say "it's just a prank bro" afterwards and everything is ok.

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kittenpoptart t1_jecfukq wrote

I remember one time my then bf told me he got his ex gf pregnant while we were dating. So funny haha.

Then months later I told him I fucked his dad to scare his hiccups away.

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punkwalrus t1_jecg2y2 wrote

Replying to Independent_Tone8605 (#2,500,340)

It's gotten so bad, we had a discussion today about it at work. Our boss told us to "be careful, and be kind." I mean, it's a Saturday, but he cared for us anyway and said that we needed to be wary because there are some pretty mean people out there.

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Modsda3 t1_jechm1j wrote

Good way to win a trip to HR, so keep it out of the workplace as well

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OldNavyBoy t1_jecj2zw wrote

I appreciate this tip after I messed up last year. Last year, on April 1st I decided to do a prank on my wife at night. I thought this was a good idea bc everyone is on high alert in the morning/day.

Anyways, I texted my buddy to pretend he was a rando chick texting me dirty things. I changed his name on my phone to Karla. (initially I was going with Karl and was gonna have my buddy send dick pix and all this other sh like I was a gay but decided against it last min) We were laying in bed watchin tv and i timed it up by textin my buddy to start sending me dirty text. As soon as I texted him that, I put my locked phone upright on the bed visible in front of my wife and got up to go to bathroom and brush my teeth. I was just looking at the mirror brushing/waiting and sure enough here she comes and starts asking me who the FUCK Karla is (she is shaking and red) I looked at her like a deer in the headlight and yelled APRIL FOOLS!!! Dumbass move……Welp, thanks for the life tip!

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Ling0 t1_jecljw0 wrote

Replying to josh35767 (#2,502,474)

I know I crashed your car into your house and burnt it down, but I sure did get you that I was texting and driving! You think I would really do that?? This phone isn't even real. You shoulda seen your face!

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Creekwaller t1_jecmv11 wrote

I think the key phrases is “Confuse, don’t abuse”

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ArchemedesRex t1_jecsuy2 wrote

Years ago, I color printed a bunch of $20 bills, but just the left half of the front of the bill, so when you picked it up off the floor and unfolded it, it was 3/4 blank paper.

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Flare4123 t1_jecv54r wrote

Replying to LaneMcD (#2,508,102)

I think depending on the family, the kid probably knew EXACTLY who's idea it was the moment they saw the severed leg sticking out of their car's trunk.

And it'd be kind of hilarious hearing the story afterwards of them having to explain to a police officer that it was a family member's prank and that it's just a fake leg, not a real one.

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majorjoe23 t1_jecv70k wrote

Also, keep in mind that the internet will be lying to you on Saturday. Prepare yourself now.

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maiden_burma t1_jecvxl1 wrote

Replying to SteezinMcBreezin (#2,511,214)

here are some harmless tech ones

https://geekprank.com/ if someone leaves a computer unattended, go to this website and press f11 and close the welcome window. It will look like their pc is running windows xp. If they try to mess with it, it will do a few things and then revert to normal. There are a bunch of fun other ones there also

https://fakeupdate.net/win10ue/ again, if they leave the pc unattended, go to this website and press f11. Will look like their computer forced an update

https://pranx.com/crack/ makes the screen look broken. press f11

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TheRealGreenArrow420 t1_jecx85u wrote

with all the recent headlines, I'm just going to honestly believe everything I read on April 1st

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DoubleFelix t1_jed17n6 wrote

Love a LPT about a day of the year before that day of the year. Good work, OP.

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palehorse864 t1_jed17rg wrote

I'm sad, my coworker friend and best target is completely out of the office on April 1st. :(

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hum_dum t1_jed26v4 wrote

Replying to SteezinMcBreezin (#2,511,214)

Another tech one I’m planning on using: My girlfriend has custom icons for the apps on her iPhone, all powered through the Shortcuts app. By going in and changing the contents of each shortcut, you can make it so that clicking on “Maps” opens up the phone, clicking on “Phone” opens Safari, whatever.

Still trying to decide if I’m going to set each app randomly or use some sort of pattern, though. Maybe set each one to the app next to it, so it looks like the screen needs to be calibrated?

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Suspicious-Standard t1_jed2gs4 wrote

Many years ago I quietly put a raisin in my husband's toothpaste tube and waited with the camera when he went to brush his teeth.

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SuperCrappyFuntime t1_jed5dca wrote

Also, making people who are struggling financially think they won the lottery with a fake lotto ticket is not funny.

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huskeya4 t1_jed6o0c wrote

Replying to Left-Star2240 (#2,505,900)

I went hard on my mom one year in high school. I drew a tiny spider in marker on the toilet paper. I flipped two cups of water upside down on the counter (so the water stayed in them). I searched all of her shoes so they were the left on the right and the right on the left so when she put them on, they’d be on the wrong foot. I taped a sign to the trunk saying to honk at her. I can’t even remember all of them anymore but it ended up being like 13 pranks. The only thing I didn’t mess with was the coffee. And I made sure none of my pranks would actually make her late for work. I did wake up early that day to her scream in the bathroom but I just kind of laughed and went back to bed. Apparently she took one look at the counter with the cups and was like “she’s cleaning that up”. She said she’s did spend her entire first cup of coffee trying to figure out how I got them on the counter without spilling them before she decided she wasn’t awake enough for that shit. Then she couldn’t figure out why everyone was honking at her going into work until she checked the car when she arrived. We got a good laugh out of it when she got home and she made me demonstrate how to flip the glasses and clean them up without spilling using a plastic table mat.

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neuroid99 t1_jed813i wrote

If the target of your prank doesn't find it funnier than you do, you are an asshole.

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FullyRisenPhoenix t1_jedckl2 wrote

I hate that stupid day. Too many people make it about bullying and being mean. I’ve forbidden all “pranks” at my business after a guy played an awfully abhorrent prank on one of my employees. I mean……it was terrible!!

He was the only one laughing until I fired him.

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aybbyisok t1_jeddal1 wrote

Ah, shit internet is unusable again for a day.

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DaveTwentyThree t1_jedf5dg wrote

Probably same person who tried to say no pranks after 12:00pm. LOSERS

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benmajin11 t1_jedfpop wrote

Replying to ValifriggOdinsson (#2,500,514)

I had a gf do this to me. She knew I never wanted kids. She waited until I just woke up and was still foggy, then she hit me with it. I took it well, said it's her body if that's what she wants to do, that's what we'd do. Obviously not thrilled about it. She admired me for taking it so well, then proceeded to go on "Well I think we should probably have another after, so they have a brother or sister." Again, I said yeah, that makes sense. She kept going until saying she wanted 5, at which point I figured something was fishy. She got me good. Then I got her back by putting a bar of lavender soap in her hot chocolate from dunkins, and it sat for hours in the fridge.

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NoVaFlipFlops t1_jedh03p wrote

Replying to astroember (#2,505,988)

I myself was once a person who did not understand this. It did take hearing the explanations and linking those to my own experiences to get it. Growing up with narcissistic parents teaches you narcissistic behavior and maladaptive core beliefs, and so believe it or not, being a narcissistic 20something is traveling a difficult road -- it takes many villagers and bumpy lessons to navigate to better lands.

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NoVaFlipFlops t1_jedhokq wrote

Replying to Independent_Tone8605 (#2,500,340)

PTSD person here. If you don't already have "tools" you can use to help feel in control, "the 5-4-3-2-1 exercise" will calm you down quickly. You can also go for a walk for around 10 minutes in the sun within a couple of hours first thing in the morning -- in addition to telling your melatonin clock exactly when to start its countdown, it proves to your limbic system that you are completely safe as there is no perceivable danger impeding you from an outdoor stroll.

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foodude84 t1_jedikpd wrote

Everyone including the person being pranked should be laughing at the end.

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duckforceone t1_jedl49p wrote

i always do something that reads like an onion article...

the longer you read it, there more you realize it has to be a jok.

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maxmouze t1_jedovvy wrote

On April Fools' Day, I ask out my crush. If they say "no," I say "April Fools!" If they say, "Sure," I'm going to get myself married by the end of the year!

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Imthewienerdog t1_jedshc8 wrote

Hey you kids out there i got some fun ones.

Late at night like 2am go into your kitchen and move everything into the wrong spots and upside down. Plates go where bowls go, bowls go where the cups go cups move to where ever else you got. If your parents are like 50+ they will absolutely lose their mind.

Salt for the surger

Some hot sauce on the toothbrush

1 small item or coin in each shoe

Turn the tv on mute it then turn the volume up alot (not to much don't blow up the speakers)

Get a large lid or surface fill it with water and put right infront of there bedroom door.

This was my favorite day as a kid and my parents always regretted forgetting :)

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ggabitron t1_jedtu7h wrote

Replying to palehorse864 (#2,513,361)

Leave a funny surprise in their work area with a note! I once rearranged a friend’s desk slightly (just switched around the locations of the office supplies/decorations and such) and taped their chair to the ground so it wouldn’t roll when they tried to pull it out. Stuff like that :)

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Maxwe4 t1_jedvaxy wrote

After about the age of 12 you stop really caring about pranking people on April 1st.

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cutiefey t1_jee05dh wrote

The first year my husband and I moved into our home, April Fools was Easter Sunday. We have no children so all the Easter eggs were hidden for him to find. It took a while for him to see the one I shoved into the peanut butter jar.

This year everything gets googly eyes. EVERYTHING

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RedeemedJoshua t1_jee15ih wrote

Agree. I also have learned to just kind of ignore certain people on the 1st... Never really saw the appeal of trying to lie to and trick people for amusement. Just comes off as petty

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KCBandWagon t1_jee33o7 wrote

Not a LPT. Just complaining about practical jokes you don’t like.

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HaikuBotStalksMe t1_jee4r8a wrote

Replying to Guttermouth11111 (#2,518,536)

That's on you tbh. You needed to say that you're aware of the fact that it's April Fools, but that it's true and then follow up the next day with another post. Or even better, just wait a day so that they don't think it's the long con.

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HaikuBotStalksMe t1_jee59e2 wrote

Replying to ArchemedesRex (#2,510,998)

I'd say it's funny if you leave it like in a wallet or some other place where someone reasonably can't expect to keep it. Like, what I'm trying to say is that it should be done in such a way that if someone sees it, they should be like "oh, I can find the owner" or "this belongs to that person, I should let him know it's within easy stealing range".

That way, only bad people get disappointed when they realize they got scammed. It would be very fucked up for someone to be walking by and they see it like in the grass or like on the bathroom floor and they're like "oh! I can pay off my gas bill for free! Huh... Oh..."

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updogg18 t1_jee5t41 wrote

It's the second valentine's day. Confess your feelings, people!

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KickFriedasCoffin t1_jee6304 wrote

Replying to Modsda3 (#2,507,849)

I've done a few successful April fool's gags at work but you have to be careful.

Last year I parted my hair on the other side and played dumb when coworkers asked why I looked different. Only 2 figured it out until I finally "revealed" it to the office gossip and it spread around the office around the end of the day. If it doesn't require clean up or interrupt the day in general, you're probably good.

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FullyRisenPhoenix t1_jee6uyd wrote

Replying to Vrangsinnn (#2,517,934)

He put strawberry jam on one of the girl’s seat. When she sat in it and later stood up, he pointed at her with this ridiculously juvenile giggle and shouted out to the entire building, staff AND customers, that “Oh look, Jennifer just got her period!!”

It was dreadful! She burst into tears and every other employee (all women) were livid. Fired him on the spot.

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KickFriedasCoffin t1_jee6zkk wrote

Replying to NoVaFlipFlops (#2,517,532)

I had a similar experience in my 20s, then one day the thought of "the people telling you these things care about you and wouldn't make this up to hurt you" popped into my mind and it was a huge turning point.

"Consider the source" has a negative connotation usually, but really works both ways.

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Professional-Cap420 t1_jeeclqv wrote

Replying to ValifriggOdinsson (#2,500,514)

There was a girl in my Spanish class in hs that did that to her mom. She thought it was hilarious. Then she actually got pregnant later on purpose in some kind of attempt to keep her boyfriend from going to jail (idk either man, she was p dumb) and nobody believed her for a really long time.

Her mom got custody of the baby, so happy ending ig.

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omgangiepants t1_jeedme5 wrote

A good prank results in momentary confusion and/or mild inconvenience. Lying about pregnancies and deaths, damaging property, fucking with people's food, etc is just harassment and abuse. I have zero tolerance for this shit after losing a friend to suicide the night before April Fool's and not knowing for hours if it was true or a "prank."

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kadsprime t1_jeeex83 wrote

Replying to PoorOldBill (#2,525,404)

It's not confusing in the slightest once you really think about it. Simply put, to people like that, women are objects, not human beings deserving of basic dignity. He frankly didn't care if it was appropriate because he lives in a culture where misogyny is the standard and he's upholding it by shaming a woman for appearing to have a normal bodily function. He isn't the exception. He's the rule.

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SnowiiYT t1_jeefnfo wrote

Once I told my mom I broke one of her coffee mugs and then brought it to her with fake cracks drawn on with dry erase marker, was that too mean? I don't remember if she laughed or not

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dercavendar t1_jeema5w wrote

Also, Firefly is not coming back for a season 2, no product announced tomorrow is real, and generally be skeptical of anything you see on the internet that seems too good to be true (anytime, but especially April 1st).

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waterloograd t1_jeenv41 wrote

Any pranks that involve a mess need the cleanup to be led by the prankster, if not solely done by them.

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swordbearerb1 t1_jeevhe8 wrote

I swore an Oath with John Oliver

https://youtu.be/kXYXuXX48m8

The only April fool's joke I play is on my parents, and it's so harmless they tell it to our family friends to laugh about it.

Remember, spread laughter, not pain.

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indgosky t1_jeexhol wrote

There is always someone who won’t find a given joke funny. You ask for the impossible.

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huskeya4 t1_jeexobw wrote

Replying to HatchlingChibi (#2,528,556)

A sturdy piece of plastic. You cover the opening of the cup with it and flip the cup. Keep your hand under the plastic for support and the suction will keep the water inside. Then set the plastic right next to the edge of the counter and slide the cup off the plastic and onto the counter fairly quickly (the crack between the plastic and the counter can break the seal so move quick but don’t knock the cup over). Then wipe up the little bit of water trail that’s left behind. To pick the cup back up, just reverse the process.

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Snarleey t1_jef7gp5 wrote

Because there seems to be a consensus that pranksters who can’t distinguish between comedy and humiliation won’t understand OP’s differentiation, anyone want to suggest how they should be handled? Whats an appropriate reaction?

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camelzigzag t1_jefa345 wrote

This is not a LPT. But if you are looking for a good prank try a good old fashioned upper decker!!!

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emeraldrose484 t1_jefelt3 wrote

Could someone please let mother nature know this? It's going to be freezing, rainy, and dangerously windy here. I'm sure other parts of the US and world are going to be even worse. The whole March going "in like a lion out like a lamb" thing is out the window here...

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Shadesmctuba t1_jefowgu wrote

Remember: never promise something good and then take it away. Promise something bad and then take that away. Example: “you won the lottery! April fools!” is bad, “you’re being sued, April fools” is also bad, but nowhere near as bad as giving someone false hope for a moment then ripping it away from them.

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Justout133 t1_jefws4y wrote

Simple rule of thumb if a prank is good or appropriate... No prank should ever be harmful in any way. Inconvenient, maybe, but it's a thin line. If whatever you do or say causes someone anxiety or fear that they're losing something important to them, that's not a prank, just abusive behavior dressed up as comedy.

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AdultishRaktajino t1_jefxhpt wrote

Replying to fatwoul (#2,521,636)

Looking back, it was a communist parade. It takes two to tango though. I can’t undo it and wouldn’t if I could or my kids wouldn’t exist.

Maybe learn boundaries and identifying who’s shit is legitimately who’s like 20 years earlier.

“Life’s tragedy is we get old too soon and wise too late.”

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KevIntensity t1_jeg0sww wrote

I also like the general principle that a good prank requires more effort from the prankster than the mark.

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dleeman88 t1_jeg1b2l wrote

Replying to dercavendar (#2,528,737)

This one got me, one year a while ago I saw an ad for the Razer Eidelon(?). It was supposed to be a super cool drone that piped the footage directly onto contact lenses. I was so hyped, and then found out it was fake haha.

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RagingKohner t1_jegbh0t wrote

Everybody just has to watch the April Fools Spongebob episode

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button_fly t1_jegm0uw wrote

Replying to Guttermouth11111 (#2,518,536)

Also did this because I thought it would be hilarious to make a real announcement on April Fools. Had to physically produce the baby before people believed it and I think I still have friends who think I’m just really committed to the bit 8 years later.

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P-Soup t1_jegmycv wrote

My birthday is on April fools day, welcome to my life lol

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skunksmasher t1_jegojbq wrote

but piss disk and liquid ass pranks are ALWAYS funny

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MsAdventureQueen t1_jegxhme wrote

Pregnancy is not a joke, millions of families suffer every year.

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