Not an April fools joke.

Cause they're dumb. "Ha! Gotcha!" also equals, in quite a few cases, "Hah! I embarrassed you/hurt your feelings/made you feel stupid!" It's better to be nice. Practical jokes are, for the most part, just mean. Can you think of one that's not? I spose Gile's elevator things aren't mean, but those aren't really practical jokes. Seriously, think about it. How many times have you pulled a practical joke that didn't hurt somebody's feelings? [or at least had a very dangerous potential to]

I'm not speaking out because somebody did something stupid to me. I'm speaking from the other side. The side where I have hurt people's feelings for a laugh or 7. Yes, haha, it can be funny, but at who's expense? Sometimes we just suck. I hate people alotta times. Just people in general. They don't understand that other people have feelings too, and that other people aren't just there for our enjoyment. [unless you're talking about clowns or entertainers...I guess they are just there for our entertainment] But think about it people. People are fragile. It's just how we are. We might not show you what's goin on in our heads, but there's somethin there, believe me. I know I'm probably speaking after most of your April fools jokes have happened, but if you did pull one, go think about it.

For once the title didn't lie. I'm not pulling an April fools joke because if I did, somebody'd be either hurt or mad...otherwise it'd be so stupid, it'd be worthless. I coulda been like "Due of the lack of interest, as of today, 17martians will stop posting." and then allay'all'd be like "hey! don't stop, we listen!" and it'd be stupid, cause I wouldn't really be stopping cause I love talkin at you guys. I'm not stopping. I won't for a good long time unless I get a really really good reason or a decent cash bribe or something. And even then, I'll explain myself way too well, so there'll be no room for argument. I think Bekah likes posting here too. Oh, speaking of the fact that Bekah posts here, I was thinkin about pulling an Effin-style idea and putting a picture of either me or Bekah at the beginning of every post next to the title just to make sure you knew who it was who was writing. Good idea? If I eventually try to do it, I'm sure it'll be with alot of help from Dan. Anyway, I'm done talkin atcha.

posted by dave @ 7:43 PM