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 <m...@marcusbuck.org>: > Aryeh Gregor hett schreven: >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Marcus Buck <m...@marcusbuck.org> 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 > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l