Ahh, got to love April fools day, folks. Today I’ve run across a few pranks on the internet, and experienced a few throughout the day. Here’s a few of my favorites.
All of the users on the art site, DeviantART, logged on to find their user icons replaced with an icon stating So i herd u liek mudkips?. Quite a few had troubles figuring out who they were talking to as everyone looked the same, so to say. I, personally, loved this. Because, yes, i liek mudkips.
Today, Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox of Smosh posted a video saying that they had been sued over 20 million by Pokemon. They claimed that Pokeman was still angry with the Pokemon Theme Song that had been taken down over a year ago. They claim to need money, and are selling quite a few items, such as socks, boxers, shirts, and even an old camera for thousands of dollars. This hasn’t technically been stated as a joke, but I believe it to be one.
EDIT://It has been announced that this was indeed a prank.
First of all, Nintendo would have sued them, not Pokemon, but that could have just been an error on their part. Secondly, the site doesn’t appear to be loading, perhaps the dynamic duo has something up their sleeves, such as a huge banner announcing APRIL FOOLS!. Who knows? I think it’s a prank, and a pretty dang good one, thanks for the laugh, guys.
There are quite a few other jokes out there, just surf around, see what you can find. You’ll be surprised at how many sites get into the spirit of things.
April 2, 2008 at 11:41 pm
QuestionableContent, xkcd, and Dinosaur Comics switched places. I was so confused, but it was so funny when I figured it out xD (They’re all 3 different webcomics if you didn’t know)