April Fool's?

@harryhoody: dear god i hope so

I was wondering if the Consumerist would run an April Fool's joke.

:D

Bah-ha-ha. Very Funny Chad-Steelgate.

April Fools I hope.

you forgot to update the site name banners

Almost funny?

Still looks like it says "The Consumerist" to me. You guys need consistent and up-to-date branding. It's been at least 7 minutes.

Heres the press release on youtube

Uhm is this an april fools joke??

hmm, kinda fail.

This is a lame one. Woot's was better.

Why does every website feel the need to pull this same lame April Fool's joke?

The essence of a good April Fool's Joke is a) pulling it when someone least expects it, b) making it seem so plausible that any doubt the subject has is reasoned away, and c) thinking up a better name than Chad Steelgate.

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah...... ok.

@NefariousNewt: * - see thinkgeek.com for examples.

I admit it - I got sucked in for a second. But "The Conglomerist" was just too over the top. If it had been a bit more subtle this probably would have been the longest thread of the year, full of outraged readers screaming about Ben "selling out".

I give it a 6. Amusing, but seemed like a token effort

He He he....I'm so fooled!

My tummy turned upside down for about a nanosecond. And then I giggled.

Try again. I suggest claiming Walmart's gone the way of Bear Sterns.

Is that PREGNANT Chad?

It would have been funny for .5 seconds longer, had the name been changed to The Corporatist.

Chad Steelgate sounds like an awesome porn star name, I wish I would have thought of it!

Not to be antagonistic, but this April Fool's is sort of lame - or more to the point, the commenters who suggest they bought the joke are lame. However, I will take it beacuse it's only 10 a.m and I need something to read.

So anyway - it's been 15 minutes since the last post - what's the deal, CHAD? New to the Gawker Network?

Oh, go all out and change the logo!

@fluiddruid: Ohhhhhhhh....Now I Get It.

That seemed like a really odd description for something they were trying to SELL. I guess I'm getting a little slow in my old age.

Wow, that was lame.

I like Google's April Fool's joke: [www.google.com]

I don't see anything funny at Slashdot today though. :(

I lold irl...not.

Yeah, that was pretty week. GMail's was worthy of a chuckle, as is thinkgeek's.

I have noticed no other changes around the website, "Chad". You should have at least changed the logo. That would have fooled me for at least three seconds.

Rip off of "Stuff White People Like"'s AF joke....WEAK

Teh Googlez has two AF jokes

This one was funny, I thought. Apple Tattoo Rewards Program.
[www.wisebread.com]

It's a bit late. We should have seen this before 8 AM EST.

@omerhi: Yeah, Think Geek's I think is pretty funny.

Dear Consumerist, here's how to pull off a funny April Fool's joke: [www.thinkgeek.com]

Haha - This is like when Diary-X posted that they'd been bought by Sanrio and changed the look/theme to all Hello Kitty stuff. It was hysterical. Good job!

I love that his name is Steelgate. Totally gives it away. ;P

Enough with the April Fools already! Two sites trying to pull really bad April Fool's is more than enough!

@humphrmi: Funny that it was only $29.99. Funnier yet is the very last "feature" of the list items.

I pity the fool who falls for this foolin'.

I, for one, welcome our new corporate deities, as does Mr. T

Worst. April. Fools. Ever.

I'd rather be rick roll'd

SHENANIGANS!

Happy April Fools Day!

As long as you can that hack Ben Popken!!!! kkthx!

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Thanks,

Chad

@omerhi: The thinkgeek site is awesome today. I wonder how many people will actually try to order a USB pregnancy test? It took until "availability: pickle aisle" for me to see any clues that it *might* not be real.