Big Brother resigns in disgrace
Allegations of voyeurism and sadism have forced the Party leader from office
It’s that time of the year again, when pranksters celebrate human gullibility by broadcasting some spurious item of news. The ritual, annoying to many and funny only to a few, is one of the rare traditions which inspires creativity, and as such, it seems a shame to skip it.
On the whole, though, it’s hard to improve on the running gag the media has been flogging for the past two years. Has there ever been a finer Fool than “two weeks to flatten the curve”? Big Pharma absolutely killed it with last year’s “safe and effective” routine, with bonus points for launching early and keeping a straight face all year long.
Yet, extravagant as these outlandish antics have been, one wonders if the holiday has wandered too far afield. Is it really a joke if it just goes on, and on, and there’s never a hearty laugh? As a year-round spectacle, what might once have been droll has descended into the macabre.
Sure, at first it might have been a hoot to get all the sheep to cluck like chickens and sing happy birthday while washing their brains. Convincing them all to wear muzzles was certainly a clever gag. Offering donuts to be an experimental lab rat was quite the side-splitter.
Public health officials have provided nonstop entertainment, but after a while, it tends to wear thin. It raises the age-old philosophical question: is it really funny to just keep lying all the time? Isn’t there supposed to be a reveal, some sort of signal that undoes the tension?
This year, they’ve doubled down on the ridiculousness, and are going with the “never-ending boosters” gimmick. Last year, of course, the joke was “lasting, durable, robust”, but this one plays like a never-ending stream of handkerchiefs pulled from a lapel pocket ad nauseum.
I’m afraid that the clowns at the CDC and FDA are carrying the joke rather too far. While we can all agree that it’s one hell of a zinger they’ve pulled on us, it’s starting to feel more mean than funny.
By the way, did you hear the one about the doctors who protested censorship?
No? Me neither.
April Fool's Day - just another day in the COVID cavalcade of clown cars.
I'd tell another covid joke but 99.78% of you wouldn't get it.