What do we do about people who don't get the joke?
april fool poisson d'avril · 2 comments · 450 words · read ~4,260 times.
If you've been online for any length of time, you'll have come across this phenomenon. A story is shared which is obviously humorous. Inevitably, some people treat it seriously. I remember being a child and reading the satirical magazine "Private Eye" - I was young and couldn't easily differentiate between the news reporting and the humour. That lead to nothing more than internal embarrassment when I suddenly realised my mistake. Today's audiences have it slightly easier. While you may…
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