Well, tomorrow shall be interesting. Tomorrow is one of the weirdest "holidays" invented: April Fool's Day. While some argue that April 1st is not a holiday at all, I completely disagree. Although April Fool's Day is not my favorite holiday, I love the fact that it makes people laugh. Furthermore, it brings people together...most of the time...
This video is an example of a light-hearted April Fool's Day prank. If you haven't watched it yet, do it now because I do not want to spoil the cognitive shift for you.
Did you watch it? Good. What makes this video funny is how gullible the anchorwoman is. She believes her co-host when he tells her that iPads and iPhones are now able to emit tastes and smells to stimulate one's senses.
Although she questions the validity of this new application, she ends up licking the iPad, which, in turn makes us laugh. We laugh because it is absurd and because of the Superiority Theory; it's funny because it's not us. I think this coincides with the viewer's idea that if he/she was the anchorwoman, they would have the sense to not fall for the trick.
At first, I thought that there would be no way that someone could pull that one over me. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized I would totally fall for it. What can I say? I'm gullible.
All in all, I like this April Fool's Day prank because it is funny and harmless (as long as the iPad didn't have a ton of bacteria on it...). Tomorrow will be a day of trickery and deceitfulness, but it will also be a day of smiles and laughter. And who can complain about that?
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