April fool's prank: where do we draw the line?

2nd April 2022.

It's now news that a lot of human beings overstep their limits with thinking how that could jeopardise others as well as themselves in the long run. People cn go a tad too much in this thing we call jokes. People make these so called jokes while bearing in mind the supposedly "funny" aspects of the joke without considering the "unfunny" aspect of the joke and when they hurt people with such jokes, they say "that wasn't my intention" and try to guilt trip you into thinking that you just take to yourself too seriously. They have not the reasoning faculty to be able to discern what's funny and what is not.

The April fool's prank is a tradition that has stuck around for a long time and the origin of it is still unknown to me. Although it can be fun, I think some people still overdo it.

Imagine someone's mother being sick and has been in the hospital for over a month and from the look of things, she won't be put of hospital anytime because she's suffering from a really serious condition. Her child who can't afford to remain with he in the hospital because of work visits her often to know how her health is faring. All of a sudden while he's away he receives a call from his friend saying that he went to visit his sick mother and was informed that she's dead. To top it up, he was even sobbing over the phone. The son was distraught and cried his eyes out before setting to the hospital to retrieve his mother's body only to be called when he halfway to the hospital by that same friend telling him that it was an April fool's prank! I don't know ow that makes any sense to any reasonable human being. I don't know how any human being with conscience would do such a thing. This is someone's mother we are talking about here, the most important person in his world and of all things in this world that's what you wanna joke with?

Another one that I happened is when a dude called his friend who was outside at the time telling him that he just came to his house and saw his wife cheating with another man. This is someone whom was trusted by his friend so without a second thought the husband believed him instantly. He furiously drove back home, stormed into his house only to see his wife doing the dishes in the kitchen. He started asking her questions she knows nothing about and they almost had a serious quarrel. Just tune the friend called, saying that it was an April fool's prank! This dude didn't consider the possibility of destroying someone's marriage. Apart from that the wife might start feeling that her husband doesn't trust her enough for him to believe that she would ever cheat on him. This can result into a decrease in trust or even love. What about the friend? Does he think that the husband will ever take him seriously again? There's nothing as painful and regretful as losing someone's trust.. to me.

When will people learn that not everything is meant to be joked at? When will people learn that not everything deserves a laugh? Even if something isn't really offensive as long as it hurts someone, why don't you just stay away from doing it if it isn't necessary? If you think the person is easily offended leave him alone unless it is the truth and he has to hear it.

I have never really liked this April fools prank of a thing even when I was a kid. I don't really see any fun in it and view it as something childish even when it is employed in trivial things. It irks me to see adults engage in it. That's just me I guess.

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Yours Layly,

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