LOL - we have a self-proclaimed April Fool who is not so happy about being made a fool of ^_^
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Mark Williamson <[email protected]> wrote: > Not only that, but I didn't find it funny at all. Absolutely devoid of > humor. Distorting truth does not automatically make it humorous. I > believed it at first, actually, until I realized what today is. I feel > that this was completely pointless and a waste of my time. > > Mark > > 2009/4/1 Marcus Buck <[email protected]>: > > Aryeh Gregor hett schreven: > >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Marcus Buck <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Harsh critic, isn't it? There are two interpretations possible now: a) > >>> All those critics are dicks. b) You did something that is indeed > critizable. > >>> > >> > >> "All those critics" being you and . . . who else, again? > >> > >> Part of being on an international list is having to deal with other > >> cultural groups' customs, such as April Fools' Day. > >> > > Ziko cross-posted his "joke" on several lists and on the wiki and got > > critic on several of them. If you want names: Marcela, Janneman, > > Phantom, Southpark for example. Look at the list: > > "culture-imperialistic, spamming garbage, confusing the newbies, making > > jokes about real dangers, making jokes about disabled people, and > > unwitty". The only thing, that I accused him of (at least I used the > > word, alhough not explicitly in his direction) was cultural imperialism. > > > > Fools' days are actually an ethnographic category. There are several > > time periods in different cultures at which making fun of others is > > common. Most of the Western world has April 1 as fools' day, the > > Spanish-speaking world, as Pedro mentioned, knows December 28, somebody > > mentioned the Yiddish Purim torah, Denmark knows the Majkat on April 30 > > and May 1 and there are several other occasions in other cultures. Would > > you like to be fooled on all of them? > > > > Marcus Buck > > User:Slomox > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
