This got me. Thought it was real, busted out laughing when I read the project leads name. It still didn't click.

throw101010 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Small clue here too, maybe more subtle:

> explained school director, Rosalina Pfirsich, looking up from her storybook

Pfirsich in German means Peach, as in Princess Peach :D

	▲	adrian_b 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Also "project leader Mario Idraulico" (i.e. "hydraulic" in Italian) or "Safety coordinator Luigi Fratello" ("Brother Luigi").
	▲	hapidjus 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		There is also ”project leader Mario Idraulico”

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marricks 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Someone was saying "can we just not with April fools" this year because everything is so grim and dire in the world... but I think this is such a perfect level we need. I could go for more whimsy like this.

	▲	Pixelbrick 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I'd of said I had limited appetite for April fools gubbins this year too but this still made me smile :)

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charltones an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Also the hat and mustache of the kart driver.

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shdudns 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Man I fell for it until I saw your post. In fact, I was just about to post what the man's name means in Italian.

I was even going to point out how ironic it is that the mans first name and last name fit together so well.

In my defense I only got as far as idraulico and missed the "Mamma mia, they're super!"

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newsclues 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I read the title and thought CERN + Mario Kart and am giggling.

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riffraff 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

ah! got me too!

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shevy-java 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

For me it was easier. While I forgot it was first april, the image was too outrageous. Looked like AI-generated slop.

They may have had more success with another image. AI slop made us lazy.

	▲	riffraff 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		IMO a made up "artist conception" picture on an article like this would have been perfectly appropriate, we've seen worse (think of the whole NEOM thingy).