Jokes and joking only work when people know each other and trust each other. Isn't it so uncomfortable to be in a U.S. economic war and think we can enjoy a joke together. This makes things difficult.
And then, the notion of "real fun" has been fading. McDonald's and various brand do these things for publicity and sales. Maybe luxury companies think distraction is a good strategy for the current situation. A Mercedes vertical car, a McDonald's "McGettigan's" opening the Ibn Battuta gate (in Dubai), and Sofitel announced a spa membership that comes with a yacht - that's in Dubai, too. I guess Dubai doesn't need to think much about the U.S. economic war.
The BBC asked if we are too suspicious now for a prank They reference the spaghetti from trees story that has been heralded for 68 years. Well, that is after the Second World War in 1957, when things were calmer than in the previous decade. They indicate that one year the Guardian ran a pull-out guide to a fictional Indian Ocean island. This doesn't seem so funny in 2025. We could easily wake yup with every ocean being renamed "America." or "Trump."
And then everything has changed - now with social media, all kinds of fake stories abound every day, making it April Fool's all the time - and not a fun one. "Silly you to believe that story!" Or "There really is a pedophile ring at a pizza shop in New York!"
Welcome to the thousands of instagram, youtube and facebook posts that google is displaying - 35 pages of them, with their concluding message:
"In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 328 already displayed. If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included."
I must have just scrolled through over 3,000 stories. And that's my April Fools 2025.
I found this picture taken in 2011 - it is a reflection in front of the Canadian Tire store. They didn't pave the parking lot very evenly, and it was quite the lake for a week or so.
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