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Coup in Arrakis Capitol Leaves Region in Flux

Posted by Soulskill on from the US-attempting-to-negotiate-another-cease-fire dept.

Rube_Goldberg_Mentat writes: The power struggles between rival houses Atreides and Harkonnen have come to a T. It was reported earlier today that a coup led by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen was staged in the capitol of Arrakis. The House Atreides, which had only recently taken command of the planet and of the spice trade, is reported to have no survivors, though this is yet to be confirmed.Naysayers fear a collapse of the spice economy as a result of the violence. A r presentative from House Harkonnen has shared with the press that though times ahead may be rocky, "the spice will still flow."

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  1. I, for one, by Overzeetop · · Score: 5, Insightful

    would prefer if we could just bring back OMG Ponies and call it a day.

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    1. Re:I, for one, by dwillden · · Score: 4, Insightful

      And I for one, welcome our new Lame Aprils Fools day joke overlords!

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    I have always enjoyed April fools on Slashdot. Many have complained but in past years at least some of the gags were plausible or at least clever, like the evil bit drafted up as an RFC etc.

    Today its basically bad fanfic, which does not really qualify as an April fool's prank. Its like watching a bunch of 3rd graders who think they have mastered stand up comedy tell fart jokes.

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    Assuming Slashdot sees its target audience as on average at least moderately intelligent, it would be nice to give us a way to opt in (or at least opt out) to the whole April Fools mess. Some of us come here to browse some hopefully interesting stuff. If the reaction of your online audience is mainly "oh [insert favoured deity here], not those 2-3 days on Slashdot again", maybe you are going about this the wrong way.

  4. Time for a poll by rossdee · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you could remove a day from the calendar, which would it be?

    April 1st

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    The 1st Tuesday in November on a leap year

    Your birthday

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