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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Jimmy Traina 1. One of the worst days of the year to be on the internet and social media is April 1. Uncreative and unoriginal people try to get you with lame April Fool’s pranks that are never funny, and it’s just painful. Athletes are especially bad at this, tweeting that they’ve retired or been traded. It’s brutal. This year, April 1 falls on a Saturday, so the antics won’t be as prevalent, but there is an added twist. Elon Musk has decided that the day to take away everyone’s blue check mark to signal a verified Twitter account will be April Fool’s Day. An individual can get a blue chec…