There’s no weirder day to have Internet access than on April Fools’ Day.
Is that headline real? No way, are cheese milkshakes a thing? No. OMG, Frank Ocean’s new album was leaked? No. Argh. The Supreme Court ruled that 15-year-olds aren’t allowed to stay home alone? What?
Oh, that’s not real either.
What is real (and in the case of Hamburger Helper, spectacular) are the lengths some companies went for a punchline.
Here’s a shortlist of seven gags that were actually funny.
Self-deprecating punchline: We're not a health foods company
Punchline: Corn rhymes with porn
Self-deprecating punchline: We're not super serious about computer-mediated reality. (They are)
Self-deprecating punchline: Archivists can be funny, too.
Punchline: We have all your money and attention.
Punchline: No punchline, this is surprisingly good.
Punchline: Donald Trump.
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