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April Fools’ Day 2026: the best and cringiest pranks

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April Fools’ Day 2026: the best and cringiest pranks

As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you’re a company with any kind of social media, internet, or AI chatbot presence in 2026, you really, truly only have four options on April Fools’ Day: Don’t do an April Fools’ joke.