Cross posting this to the ATMB thread too.
Some backstory…
On Facebook, for the last four years I’ve done this. Every April 1st, I do the whole “Okay, confession time. I’m really a girl. I’ve been a girl all this time” prank. Mostly because it’s extremely amusing to see some people always believe it, despite having seen many of my photos, talked with people who know me in real life, or who have even actually met me.
I even did in in 2013, but can’t find the FB post for it right now.
Anyway, it got to the point where I became sort of “known” for this joke and even had many people messaging me before the first asking me if I’m going to do it again this year. Some years I’ve considered not doing it and said this, but it always seemed to get a lot of “No, you must do it! It’s practically tradition now!” type replies.
Even this year, I did a callback to that old prank now, by changing my FB photo to one of me in drag (yes, that’s really me).
So, if you’re friends with me on FB (or been friends with me on there for awhile), this prank should come as no surprise to you. For those of you who aren’t, however, you can see that this prank is nothing new in terms of me doing it. So whether you think it’s funny and liked it or think it’s stupid, immature, and unfunny, I don’t really care or mind too much. It’s your right to think of it how you want. I fully admit it’s not the best prank in the world and can definitely be seen as not funny at all, although some replies in this thread have shown that there are people out there who do find it amusing.
So once again (for the second and last time), I’m sorry for offending, pissing off, or betraying anyone with it. That really wasn’t my intent. I sincerely apologize if you found it in bad taste or are upset. The joke wasn’t meant to take advantage of a trust type situation, or make fun of transgender people, or act like my account/the board was hacked, or any other thing that it’s been accused of being today other than just an amusing (and lame) prank.
As for posting the replies, I still don’t see the harm in it as long as they are all unattributed, but again, YMMV.