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    How care you call unicorns slanderous.
    – Servy
    Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 19:47
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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 19:50
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    You can't downvote my answer! Try now!
    – Ibrahim
    Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:27
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    According to my calendar, it's March 31. Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:32
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    @JonEricson well that does rather depend on where you are in the world. It's been April 1st in Australia for quite a while now.
    – ChrisF Mod
    Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:34
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    @ChrisF: I have it on good authority that the Philippines also has some sort of calendar bug. It's downright unAmerican, I tell you. Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 20:39
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    SE runs on UTC. You're about three hours too early.
    – user102937
    Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 21:16
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    @RobertHarvey This question does seek input and discussion about a salient topic in our community. Why are you closing it and other relevant questions?
    – Pollyanna
    Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 21:21
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    @Robert The April Fools "unicoins" prank activates based on local time, not server time.
    – animuson StaffMod
    Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 21:33
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    ****. I actually went "WTF WTF" for about a minute, before remembering it's already April 1st.
    – dbrank0
    Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:24
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    HOLY CRAP, this is so awesome! increased rep from 5000 to 50,000! I've been chiseling rocks all morning!
    – Raffian
    Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 6:38
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    Unicoins actually works, I sign up yesterday at meta.stackoverflow and now I have +400 reputation 7 bronze and 1 silver badge :D.
    – Saqib
    Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 7:07
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    Not being a Fool, I don't observe April Fool's day.
    – Vector
    Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 7:24
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    The name "unicoin" is absolutely inspired. My congratulations to whoever came up with it. Commented Apr 1, 2014 at 15:59
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    Somebody stole my Unicoins!
    – RickyA
    Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 11:37