Post #1936272

2026-04-01 14:37 UTC

There is nothing in the headline that is joke adjacent; it falls flat as a joke and therefore isn’t a good April Fools joke. The Onion get this correct, that a joke has to have some context to be funny. This ain’t it.

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@snooggums@piefed.world 2026-04-01 14:42

The joke is obvious for anyone who knows the situation with AMD and Intel for the last few decades. AMD buying Intel would be a monopoly issue, and AMD has survived as the smaller company keeping Intel from being a monopoly. This is as obviously a joke as saying that the New England Patriots will be changing their name to the New England Redcoats. Sure, you need to know who the Patriots and Redcoats are to get the joke, but if you know literally anything about football and US history the joke is obvious. Or a hockey team choosing to change to focus on ice dancing. Or a Thai restaurant choosing to forgo spices. All of those require a small bit of context to be funny. All humor requires context to be funny. Just because you didn't understand the context doesn't make it funny.

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