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Nobody has fun with Slashdot April Fools bullshit. April Fools is the lowest form of humor and Slashdot's take on it has consistently been the lowest form of *that* lowest form of humor, for . . . what . . . fourteen years, now? Do the comments on these idiotic failing attempts not make it clear that the majority of the Slashdot community simply writes the site off for the whole day?
And if YOU personally find this idiocy "fun", then you need to logout and go back to your Jeff Foxworthy tapes so you can laugh at his "redneck television on top of a broken television in the living room durr durr durr!" joke for the millionth time.
If you put some work into a practical joke and it is done well, that's awesome. Most people (especially slashdot) essentially say "pull my finger!" and make a fart noise and then say "that wasn't a real fart! that was my mouth making noise! HAHAHAH! APRIL FOOLS!". Really sad.