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I feel each year like the odd one out for not hating April Fools. Don't get me wrong, the personal stuff often sucks. And harmful, hurtful pranks are never my thing. And "lol engagement/eloping/pregnancy" gets old fast. Plus if anyone has real big news it's reasonable to not believe them and that can suck. I'm not saying there aren't people who Do It Wrong and get all "omg learn to take a joke" when people get very reasonably upset.

But honestly? There's also the really fun parts of April Fools and I actually find myself looking forward to it every year. Google always has something great, ThinkGeek fake products (that I usually want to be real) and Netflix got in on the fun too. I love that. I love the good-natured silliness and the elaborately done obviously fake stuff and jokes.

I dunno, does this come down to me being optimistic at heart? Much like when I remain optimistic in other parts of life, I feel like my more negative friends get all uppity about it and hold themselves over me. Like they think they're more mature and worldly and smarter than I am just because I happen to look on the bright side and manage to, I don't know, enjoy shit even when not all of it is sunshine and rainbows. I'm realistic. I know not everyone plays April Fools for fun, they do it to be assholes. But maybe I've lucked out as far as avoiding the bad shit, or I just know to kind of gloss over it and focus instead on the better stuff.

I don't know. Half my Facebook feed is people being all "ugh I despise this day, I look down on people who enjoy it" and I find that irritating. But hey, whatever makes people feel superior. :P