Ah, yes, April Fools' Day, a day on which pranks and jocular hoaxes are pulled... I just can't play along this year, there's just too much foolishness and duplicity at a time when intelligence and candor is needed more than ever. What good is a day for japery when truth has pretty much gone on an extended vacation? We live in grotesque times, times in which great suffering is taking place in our very communities, yet whackjobs insist that it's all a sham. Sure, there are jokes, but they are appalling and horrific.
There's room for a certain grim humor these days, it's one of the few things that allows us to cope. With a whole lot of snarky people being stuck at home with little to do, it's a banner time for gallows humor:
So, now that every day is a 'fools' day', I'm not going to single out this one particular day.
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