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In a word, yes. April Fools' Day is hell.
The only good thing about April Fools' Day is that it generates conversation about where the apostrophe should go in the phrase (after the s, is the common consensus, though it's a matter that has proponents on both sides). Still, even that becomes a tired and irksome debate topic after, say, one sip of coffee in the morning. Here is why April Fools' Day is really, really terrible though:
It's not a real holiday. And it's creepy and manipulative. Take a look around at the typical April Fools' accoutrement. Weird clowns and jesters; monkeys making gruesome faces; horrible cartoons; people leering as you sit on a Whoopie cushion and then run to the bathroom in tears. Why must everyone be so mean? Why must everyone look like a jester? If you like clowns, maybe April Fools' is the holiday for you, and that's the other thing—April Fools' Day is not a real holiday, and you should not be a person who likes clowns. It's just a day in which everyone agrees to be foolish, not a day in which we celebrate birthdays, or give each other presents, or feel good about anything. It's a day in which we are, well, sort of rude and "gotcha!" and even a little bit nasty. Is there any kind, loving, generous April Fools' Day joke? No, because an April Fools' Day joke is based on making someone else look stupid for believing that what you said was the truth. This is, if you think about it, a conceit good for no one.