# Idle Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512 "2015-04-01T16:36:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/61 "2015-04-01T18:23:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I took it sincerely and responded sincerely. Don’t contact me again, for any reason. > [@Honey](#): > > I also responded sincerely, and now feel like an idiot. :mad: > [@TroutMan](#): > > Ironically, in my sincere response I said something about “don’t sweat it, it’s not like you’ve been playing with people’s emotions by pretending to be something you’re not.” And now it turns out he was. > > No biggie, I’m not overly bothered by it. But the best pranks are those that cause people to laugh when they realize they got suckered, not feel like idiots. All these, but mostly **Chefguy**. My attitude to April Fools was already on record here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18252800&postcount=10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18252800&postcount=10) Color me pissed off. I will also not find it humorous if my sincere & sympathetic PM ends up re-posted but half-assed de-identified in some thread. It’s jerk moves like this that cause charitable folks like me to give up on humanity in general rather than specific humans specifically. Making trust into a vice takes work; quit working on it. I await a formal apology to all members here. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/62 "2015-04-01T18:33:36Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I thought I was your first doper girl crush. ☹ > > After JOSH that is. 😃 Well, of the ‘not real’ kind. You own my heart in other ways, sweetie. And don’t mention She Who Must Not be Named. I just had lunch. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/63 "2015-04-01T18:36:07Z")
she’s such a kidder. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/64 "2015-04-01T18:36:43Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I await a formal apology to all members here. Oh please. Lighten up, Frances. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/65 "2015-04-01T18:37:10Z")
Remember when you were in school, didn’t really have a group of friends, and one of the cool kids would pretend to like you, then say, “Ha! Loser!”? That was always good for some yuks. I’m not ticked off, since I figured it was probably a prank or a **Hal Briston** event. It’s just a lame April Fool’s joke. I’m sure no harm was intended. Still, stupid prank. As an aside, one of my Facebook friends has been posting some pretty good April Fools ads from Harbor Freight Tools, of all places. I especially liked the Hydraulic Nail Straightener. As far as April Fools jokes go (which is not very far), they’re pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/66 "2015-04-01T18:37:58Z")
I’m curious – given the general tenor of responses here, **Idle Thoughts** , how do you feel about your prank now? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/67 "2015-04-01T18:38:35Z")
This was a great prank. That some people seriously have a problem with it just makes it better. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/68 "2015-04-01T18:42:59Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > This was a great prank. That some people seriously have a problem with it just makes it better. This is a very curious way of viewing jokes, and I’m glad I didn’t know you back in junior high. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/69 "2015-04-01T18:43:47Z")
Damn, I thought I was special ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/70 "2015-04-01T18:44:20Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > This is a very curious way of viewing jokes, and I’m glad I didn’t know you back in junior high. I knew a lot of people like him in high school - they were the kids who enjoyed bullying others. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/71 "2015-04-01T18:44:33Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > Oh please. Lighten up, Frances. Yeah, no need to apologize to me. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/72 "2015-04-01T18:46:43Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > This was a great prank. That some people seriously have a problem with it just makes it better. I don’t have a problem with it at all; however I also fail to see how this could possibly qualify as a “great prank.” Seriously. What makes it so good? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/73 "2015-04-01T18:47:32Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > …I await a formal apology to all members here. :rolleyes: Speak for yourself. I don’t need an apology. I’ll take a fistbump though. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/74 "2015-04-01T18:48:30Z")
…this is very confusing. Can someone post the contents of the PM? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/75 "2015-04-01T18:50:58Z")
In lieu of an apology, I demand a naked picture of him/her. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/76 "2015-04-01T18:51:59Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > This is a very curious way of viewing jokes, and I’m glad I didn’t know you back in junior high. In jr high, he was girl ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/77 "2015-04-01T18:52:14Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > This is a very curious way of viewing jokes, and I’m glad I didn’t know you back in junior high. If anyone had _actually_ been wronged I’d have a problem with it. Instead everyone is just diving at the opportunity to be recreationally offended. > [@Enright3](#): > > I don’t have a problem with it at all; however I also fail to see how this could possibly qualify as a “great prank.” Seriously. What makes it so good? This thread, man. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/78 "2015-04-01T18:53:16Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …this is very confusing. > > Can someone post the contents of the PM. Here it is: I’ve been keeping a secret for awhile and I don’t really know who to tell…I saw you were online, though, and figured “What the hell?”. I know you and I don’t talk, really…but I’ve always liked most of your posts and just wanted to get it out to someone. It’s probably not even that big of a deal, but it will help my own conscience. I’m not a guy, I’m actually a female. Yeah… Nobody else knows this, I’ve never told anyone…and it was probably very stupid to hide the fact in the first place, but years ago, when I first registered, I just felt more comfortable letting people think I was a guy. Anyway, again, not sure why I’m telling you, but it’s weird. I feel that if at least one person knows, I don’t feel as guilty. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/79 "2015-04-01T18:53:43Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > In lieu of an apology, I demand a naked picture of him/her. Really, the only way to make it right is a sex change. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512/80 "2015-04-01T18:54:42Z")
Whoa! You, too? > [@D18](#): > > Here it is: > > I’ve been keeping a secret for awhile and I don’t really know who to tell…I saw you were online, though, and figured “What the hell?”. > I know you and I don’t talk, really…but I’ve always liked most of your posts and just wanted to get it out to someone. > > It’s probably not even that big of a deal, but it will help my own conscience. > I’m not a guy, I’m actually a female. > Yeah… > > Nobody else knows this, I’ve never told anyone…and it was probably very stupid to hide the fact in the first place, but years ago, when I first registered, I just felt more comfortable letting people think I was a guy. > > Anyway, again, not sure why I’m telling you, but it’s weird. I feel that if at least one person knows, I don’t feel as guilty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512.md?page=5)