Woohoo! We have a waxing crescent moon (17% full), and it’s April 9th (4/9), 1749 is the original founding date of Penn, so that must mean it’s April Fool’s at the DP!

No pranks from me today. I swore them off after watching this.

Anyway, believe it or not, the best part of the DP’s joke issue isn’t the HILARIOUS articles that give even The Onion a run for its money. No, it’s the clueless comments that people post in response to them.

As you may know, a very small minority of commenters are stupid and belligerent. Never is this made so apparent as in the DP’s annual joke issue, which came out today.

Take this gem from a concerned Whartonite regarding a quote from Executive Editor David Lei:

Wow. “How am I going to fill my resume and get a job at Goldman Sachs…my only other source of income is some crappy newspaper job…”

I’m in Wharton, and I’m still embarassed by this guy’s comments. Hope his “creppy newspaper job” wasn’t at the DP, or he might be out of that, too.

Perhaps he should be more concerned about making sure that his clients’ accounts are secure.

Satisfyingly riddled with spelling errors, but disappointingly un-vitriolic.

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