Happy April! If you don’t already know, today is April Fool’s Day, which means a lot of people are going to try to prank their friends and hope they don’t remember it’s April Fool’s Day. As a child, I did a couple of pranks, but now as an adult, I don’t really do it to anyone because I don’t have anyone to prank except for maybe my parents, and who pranks their parents? Pranks can be fun, and I have no issues with them, but sometimes people take things too far, and your joke is not funny but harmful. It is not hard to fool me because sometimes I trust people too much or forget it’s April Fools Day, and if you were to prank me, I would be a good sport about it, provided your joke was silly and didn’t cause me or anyone else any harm. There are a lot of jokes you can play on your friends that we can laugh about later, but there are some types of jokes that should never be done. What April Fools jokes should you not do? In this post, I am going to talk about April Fool’s jokes that you should never do.
I’m pregnant- I would have a very hard time convincing people in my life that I was expecting a child because my family knows I am not in a relationship and can’t afford to do something like adoption. If I could convince people that I was pregnant, I don’t think I would because it gets people excited and leads to disappointment, which, in my opinion, is a little mean. I personally do not think you should lie about being pregnant because you don’t know how people are going to react, and when you actually are pregnant, no one is going to believe you. You will not harm anyone by lying about pregnancy, but it can be risky because you are playing with your friend’s emotions, and sometimes, people get really mad when you do that. Don’t lie about being pregnant, and if you are pregnant, I wouldn’t tell people on April Fools because people might not believe you. Some people can’t get pregnant and will be very upset with you when you lie about pregnancy because they wish they could have children.
Anything that causes injury- Jokes should be something that are funny that you can laugh about later, but the moment you physically injure someone, it’s not a joke and is cruel because your joke should not put someone in the hospital. You will never see me pull out a chair from under someone, causing them to fall, as a joke, because you can cause someone to get a concussion that could lead to lawsuits. Pranks that get people injured might be funny at first, but is it really worth a few minutes of laughter if it causes you to get sued? Pranks that get people injured can be very risky because you never know how someone is going to react to their injuries and if they will press charges. Pranks should not get you arrested, and if they do, you have taken it way too far, and it’s not a joke. Jokes that injure someone are not funny, and anyone who hurts their friends and laughs about it should be ashamed of themselves.
Jokes that cause a flare- When you live with chronic pain or chronic illness it is very difficult to eliminate flares completely because sometimes we are doing everything right, and pain worsens out of nowhere for reasons we cannot explain. People with chronic pain and chronic illness are always trying to avoid flares, and there is nothing worse than when someone pranks you knowing that it will flare your symptoms. You will never see me doing pranks such as adding a laxative to someone’s drink when they aren’t looking because although you may think it’s funny to see someone run to the bathroom every hour it’s not funny for people with bowel issues that have more intense pain. Your joke should not cause people with chronic illness and chronic pain an increase in pain levels and the moment it does it’s not a joke and is just mean. We spend so much time trying to avoid flares and will not find it funny when you knowingly cause one because your five minutes of laughter can cause me weeks of pain and is not very kind to do to someone.
Pretending to be disabled- I don’t have to pretend to be disabled because I do have a physical disability, but if I weren’t disabled, I wouldn’t pretend to get injured and have a permanent disability because these jokes are not funny and make fun of the challenges of a disability. You will never see me try to convince my friends I am mentally ill because these types of jokes make fun of people who struggle with mental illness, and you are contributing to stigma and becoming part of the problem when you mock a disability. Jokes should not make fun of a disability, and I personally find it hurtful when people make fun of medical conditions because you have no idea what people affected by them go through. Don’t pretend to be disabled as an April Fool’s joke because there is nothing funny about the challenges of a disability. I will never understand people who pretend to break a leg as a joke because people get concerned and don’t find it funny.
Pretending to have a seizure- I have been seizure-free for about three years and no longer need to be on medication to treat them. If I wanted to, I could fake a seizure because the types of seizures I have had are easy to fake, but you’ll never see me fake one. Seizures are scary, and even though you can fake one, that doesn’t mean you should because it worries a lot of people, and you should never put your loved ones through that unnecessarily. I am not currently taking medication to treat seizures, but if I were to start having seizures again, I would need to be on medication and would never fake for that reason because I don’t want to be on medication I don’t need. You should never fake a seizure to get a good laugh because people will not think that it is funny and will probably be mad at you for putting them through a lot of unnecessary stress. Seizures are serious and should not be something that is faked because if you do have one, no one is going to believe you if you have a history of faking them.
April Fools jokes can be fun and something to laugh about years later, but it is so important to think about your prank before doing it because jokes that cause harm are not funny. There is nothing wrong with taking a donut box to work and filling it with vegetables because no one is going to be harmed by that type of joke. Please have fun with your pranks but also be safe and think about the well-being of others because your joke should be harmless. If your prank causes severe trauma and ruins relationships, it’s not a good joke, and you should pick something else. There are a lot of silly April Fools’ jokes you can do, but injuring someone or pretending to have a permanent disability is not one of them. I love a good joke, but it has to be something that is actually funny, and you need to know when to draw the line. Do you participate in April Fools, and if so, what kind of jokes will you be doing? If you liked this post, please leave a comment below and share it with your friends.
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