#april fools

[dailymanners]

With April Fool's day approaching, here are some basic prank guidelines if you want to be sure your prank isn't going too far and actually being a jerk instead of being funny:

First and foremost, definitely avoid anything that could result in bodily harm to the prankee and/or yourself.

Anything that causes severe emotional distress, like faking what would be a traumatic event if it was real. "___ died, April fool's no they didn't" or "I am divorcing you or breaking up with you, April fool's no I'm not." are cruel and going too far. If it could make them cry it's going too far.

Speaking of causing severe emotional distress, triggering phobias isn't funny. What's the difference between jumping around a corner and shouting "boo!" at your friend (who you know well enough that they'd be okay with this) vs. shoving a real live spider in the face of your arachnophobic friend while they cry and plead with you to get it away from them? With hopping around a corner and shouting "boo!" there is a second of their startle reflex being triggered, but then after a brief second of experiencing a startle reflex they quickly realize there's not actually anything to be afraid of, it's just their pal jumping and saying "boo!". With a spider in their face, that is something ongoing that is bringing them distress and alarm, if they have aracnophobia there is no "aha okay so there really is no danger" no, even if they logically know that a house spider can't actually hurt them their brain is still flooding them with "danger!! danger!!" signals and seriously distressing them, which isn't funny, and just makes you cruel and sadistic.

And speaking of "startle reflex" jokes and pranks, such as jumping out from around a corner and shouting "boo!", be careful with who you do this to. Not only do some people involuntarily hit people who startle them (so you could get yourself hurt from this), but not everyone finds these funny and in good taste. Especially if someone might have a heart condition or certain types of trauma. Sometimes close friends and family members are okay with doing these kinds of pranks to each other, but a lot of people don't like them and find them to be rude or even cruel. It would certainly be rude to do this to a stranger for the reasons listed above (potential heart conditions and/or PTSD)

Do not disrupt people trying to do their job and/or tamper with their ability to do their job. Do not call emergency services and try to prank emergency services, this could actually cost lives. Do not be mean to service workers and/or create messes and other unnecessary extra work for them. That is rude. They already have to deal with constant verbal abuse from customers all day every day and are not being paid enough to deal with that + you throwing a drink at them through the drive through window that they have to clean up now. I'm not going to say that pranking someone on the clock is always wrong/rude 100% of the time, I think there is some nuance here, especially between co-workers who are aware of each other's workload and what would be too disruptive. But you should never create extra unnecessary work for someone (such as cleaning up a mess you made) and you should never disrupt or tamper with their ability to carry out their job. And most of all, never be mean in your "pranking".

In general, a good rule of thumb for a good prank is that both the prankster and the prankee should be laughing and amused after the prank is completed and revealed. If the prank ends in only the prankster laughing and feeling amused while the prankee is upset / distressed / angry after the fact, I would personally categorize this more as bullying than pranking.

Please feel free to add on if anyone can thank of other guidelines for April Fool's pranks.

[d3spairisart]

THEY'RE ALL HERE!!!!!

THE WHOLE FAM!!!!

[quibbs126]

Assortment of April Fools sprite pictures I took

I had things to say on them each, but now I’m too lazy for it. But most made me laugh

Also canon baby Matcha design and better look at the young GCK Cookies I guess?

[xurkitreeking]

SHE HAS A BODY PILLOW??????

i wonder which one of the devs cats this is

more shroomie shenanigans! (+ doodle)

[mellowtin]

* spoilers for some of the shroomie transformations

Some April fools drawings because there all to silly for me to not draw them

[darkbobble12]

This event changed me

[deebrisbyfish]

So, after writing down an idea late at night that was hard to make sense of in the morning, I thought it would be funny to just draw the idea EXACTLY as I had written it in the night with my eyes half closed. It's a VERY goofy idea, but I had fun with it. And yes, we do have forks in the kitchen that I DO NOT like using. They are just uncomfortable to use and I will swap them out. lol

[aurelion-solar]

Glizzy Naafiri Splash Art Concepts by Horace Hsu

[zendroid13]

Sooo…I really like the shroomie update…glad it’s back-

[nukedchutoo]

basically the April fools event

sorry for the hiatus i went insane but i WILL be posting more regularly

im also planning on starting a youtube channel the first vid will be about cookie run heheh

[4ever-chenford]

The Rookie 7x12 Sneak Peek: Nolan has a new rookie!

Sneak Peek 7x12 - April Fools

[st4rr11]

Silly doodles for the update:3

[quibbs126]

I was greedy and wanted more, so Part 2 I guess

I guess we now know what Sherbet in Romance Kingdom would be like

Also I don’t know what Stardust’s thing is referencing, but he looks good in that outfit, someone draw him in it

Also wait, is that Mystic Flour’s pre-Beast form?

[sasha-sunset]

I can't with this stupid april fools update 😭

[dorianvalentino]

What is with this damn April fools update I swear😭

(Not official this is my OC. Art under the cut)

[excellentshynightmare]

I do not think I need to explain anything else

( If this somehow was not their Intention I don't know what they were doing )