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This is NOT! A rickroll

3,348 Snowdog  2.7 years ago

Rickrolling, alternatively Rick-rolling or Rickroll, is a prank and an Internet meme involving an unexpected appearance of the music video for the 1987 song "Never Gonna Give You Up," performed by the English singer Rick Astley. The meme is a type of bait and switch using a disguised hyperlink that leads to the music video. When victims click on a seemingly unrelated link, the site with the music video loads instead of what was expected, and in doing so they are said to have been "Rickrolled". The meme has also extended to using the song's lyrics in unexpected places.

The meme grew out of a similar bait-and-switch trick called "duckrolling" that was popular on the 4chan website in 2006. The video bait-and-switch trick grew popular on 4chan by the 2007 April Fools' Day, and spread to other Internet sites later that year. The meme gained mainstream attention in 2008 through several publicized events, particularly when YouTube used it on its 2008 April Fools' Day event.

Initially, Astley, who had only recently returned to performing after a 10-year hiatus, was hesitant about using his newfound popularity from the meme to further his career, but accepted the fame when he Rickrolled the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with a surprise performance of the song. Since then, Astley has seen his performance career revitalized by the meme's popularity. Astley himself has also been Rickrolled several times.

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    23.9k JuanNotAnAlt

    @CC1010 yeah I see monke

    2.6 years ago
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    3,611 Dathcha

    Nah your humor is just crap @JuanNotAnAlt

    2.6 years ago
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    Shitttttttt

    2.6 years ago
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    49.9k BeastHunter

    @Tookan That’s because it’s from Questions about Why to rickroll 9 people.

    2.6 years ago
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    9,320 Tookan

    @CC1010
    Nah man, it got all the Q's, W's and 9

    +2 2.6 years ago
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    41.8k Ren

    @BeastHunter Good luck with that rickroll buddy

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    49.9k BeastHunter
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    41.8k Ren

    @BeastHunter I've memorized that link. Cry about it.

    +5 2.6 years ago
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    23.9k JuanNotAnAlt

    Bruh, Rick roll is crap by now.
    Change my mind.

    2.6 years ago
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    3,611 Dathcha

    Yeah the link is similar to a rick roll, but thats just a coincidence @Tookan

    +3 2.6 years ago
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    49.9k BeastHunter

    @Tookan Please delete that comment before everyone finds out that I’m the Rickroll master. Wait, that’s not what I meant.

    2.6 years ago
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    9,320 Tookan

    @BeastHunter
    "dQw" in a YT link = no clic

    +3 2.6 years ago
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    49.9k BeastHunter

    @CC1010 Yeah, there are lots of interesting facts on this subject.

    +2 2.7 years ago
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    3,611 Dathcha

    Very interesting, i suggest everyone read that. I was expecting that link to be a rick roll lol, surprisingly its not @BeastHunter

    +3 2.7 years ago
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    49.9k BeastHunter
    +2 2.7 years ago