Comments on: April Fools’ Fallout: The Hoya Posts Joke Edition Online, Says It’s Really, Really Sorry

By: lolz

lolz — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:13:41 +0000

That's really tame; the Hatchet over at GWU has edgier April's Fool articles. And the Hatchet really, really sucks.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:55:16 +0000

What? People got mad over that? Those are pretty tame jokes. Get a grip, Georgetowners.

By: Reid

Reid — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:27:04 +0000

Normally I'd support the newspaper against the PC-brigade. But in this case, the articles just aren't very funny. Not because they're offensive, but because they're just not very clever. You can find equally offensive stuff in just about any Onion, but it's actually funny. Hell, most blog comment sections are equally offensive yet funnier. Obviously the staff of the Hoya tried to do something they're not very good at. It's a good lesson for people: offensive humor has a crazy-high difficulty level; it's not something you can just pick up one day a year.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:59:58 +0000

Awesome response on the part of the Hoya.