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Things We Saw Today: ThinkGeek’s Outstanding April Fools’ Day Products

Happy April Fools’ Day! It’s the worst day of the year! I hope you’ve gotten through this day of “hilarious” corporate jokes without getting too annoyed.

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However, one company really crushed it today, capturing the spirit of the holiday without enraging or frightening anyone. ThinkGeek, the makers of some excellent nerd swag, have been promoting a bunch of hilarious fake products on their website and their social media. I 100% recommend that you click through to the actual product pages for a big laugh.

Aside from these, though, all corporate April Fools’ jokes should cease. I am the April Fools’ Scrooge, and thus do I decree.

  • Speaking of which, The Washington Post has a running list of today’s April Fools’ Day pranks so that you can keep track and avoid being fooled.
  • The ever-excellent Laurie Penny wrote about the struggles of being a woman “in public,” especially online, for Longreads.
  • Okay, fine. This post about the discovery of porg bones is one more April Fools’ prank I actually find funny.

  • Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds posted a wonderful bit of X-Men artwork on his Instagram. The Where’s Waldo? style piece features a bunch of X-Men characters, from Deadpool himself to Professor X to Magneto to Jubilee, and Reynolds challenged his followers to try and find all the references: “I like eggs three ways: scrambled, poached, or hidden.” Happy hunting, Mary Suevians! (via io9)

    I like eggs three ways: scrambled, poached or hidden.

    A post shared by Ryan Reynolds (@vancityreynolds) on

  • Looper recently shared this wonderful compilation video of the special effects from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). I always love seeing both the absurdity and the artistry involved in this sort of stuff, and the video did not disappoint. (via Nerdist)
  • Lena Waithe would like to make a biopic about Mary Tyler Moore. “I don’t think people are expecting that from a black lesbian from the south side of Chicago,” she said. “But, I read her autobiography more times than I can count.” I would definitely watch that. (via The Hollywood Reporter)

What’d you see out there in the wide world, readers?

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