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Post by brandy327 on Jul 12, 2014 1:55:54 GMT
...when you look up the history of being rickrolled.  Answer from Wiki: The first known instance of a rickroll occurred in May 2007 on /v/, 4chan's video game board, where a link to the Rick Astley video was claimed to be a mirror of the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV (which was unavailable due to heavy traffic). The joke was confined to 4chan for a very brief period.[5] By May 2008,[6] the practice had spread beyond 4chan and became an Internet phenomenon,[7] eventually attracting coverage in the mainstream media.[8] An April 2008 poll by SurveyUSA estimated that at least 18 million American adults had been rickrolled.[9] In September 2009, Wired magazine published a guide to modern hoaxes which listed rickrolling as one of the better known beginner-level hoaxes, alongside the fake e-mail chain letter.[10] The term has been extended to simple hidden use of the song's lyrics.[11] |
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Post by lucyg on Jul 12, 2014 1:58:44 GMT
what??  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 1:59:34 GMT
I could swear that I got Rickrolled before 2007 (we lived in a different state then, and I thought I remembered being in the other house the first time that happened to me) Getting old is a terrible thing  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 2:14:02 GMT
secret confession: I always had kind of a crush on Rick Astley. That's a Brit I'd definitely hit! .jpg)  I think he's aging well!  |
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 12, 2014 2:17:29 GMT
I was thinking that it's a slow Friday night when you realize that you are essentially your grandparents, watching specials on CNN and documentaries on PBS. And now I really feel like my grandparents...I haven't a clue what being rickrolled is. |
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Post by kristalina on Jul 12, 2014 2:19:34 GMT
what the what?
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Post by scrapsuzy on Jul 12, 2014 2:20:15 GMT
I had no idea what being rickrolled is, and I didn't think I knew who Rick Astley is. But I recognize the lyrics to that song, so 1 out of 3?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 2:20:23 GMT
haha:  Last one, I promise! |
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Post by dulcemama on Jul 12, 2014 2:20:46 GMT
Dammit!! Now my brain is rickrolling me!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 2:21:20 GMT
I cannot believe so many Peas were never Rickrolled!
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Post by kristalina on Jul 12, 2014 2:25:17 GMT
I read that whole thing and I still don't know what it is. What does that mean - his video was said to be a mirror of the trailer for GTA 1V?
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Post by brandy327 on Jul 12, 2014 2:27:51 GMT
I thought EVERYONE knew what being rickrolled was!! We were just listening to/watching videos with our kids via Chromecast and youtube. We do this frequently...we call it educating our children on music. LOL And we do rounds where everyone picks a song/video. The kids always pick newer music (all different genres)...but dh and I try to pick older stuff that the kids probably wouldn't recognize. DH and I are very big into music so we really like them to know all kinds. Anyway, dh and I were discussing Sam Smith (I'm a little obsessed) and I mentioned that he's like a combination of Michael Buble and Rick Astley. My dd is like "Rick WHO?" So naturally we played Never Gonna Give You Up. She was NOT impressed. LOLOL
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 2:28:16 GMT
OMG, look at this Amazon reviewClick the link, and you'll be Rickrolled! Well, crap. My link didn't work. Kristalina, it was when you were surfing along, clicked a link for something (anything) and the link actually went to this video: Obviously, I am Rickroll impaired. It took you to a link of the Never Gonna Give You Up video instead of what you thought you were going to see.  |
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Post by brandy327 on Jul 12, 2014 2:33:04 GMT
Yeah it started (at least according to Wiki) in 2007 when a message board of gamers went to visit a link for a first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV, it was actually the video for Astley's song Never Gonna Give You Up. Now people do it to be funny...like hey, check out my blog link and they'd put a hyperlink up but it would lead them to the video of Astley vs the blog.
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Post by kristalina on Jul 12, 2014 2:35:24 GMT
OOOOOOOOOOOOh. So it's a fake link and always takes you to Astley's video? haha I had no idea.
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Post by brandy327 on Jul 12, 2014 2:37:04 GMT
Yes!!! Stupid but occasionally gets me.  |
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Post by stephofalltrades on Jul 12, 2014 2:37:55 GMT
I looked it up a few years ago when I was taking some IT classes. When you spend a lot of time researching web design and cyber law, you manager to get Rick Rolled a lot. I'd be willing to bet that other than maybe a few of my gamer geek cousins no one I know IRL has a clue what it is.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 2:38:05 GMT
OOOOOOOOOOOOh. So it's a fake link and always takes you to Astley's video? haha I had no idea. Yes! that's it. I think I fixed my links. Obviously, I could never be a hacker-I can't even manage a proper Rickroll |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 2:40:59 GMT
I'm seriously intrigued-I need to check Spotify!
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Post by newlywoods03 on Jul 12, 2014 2:44:57 GMT
Um.. Never heard that term and I have no clue who the dude is LOL!
I must live a very sheltered life  |
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Post by kristalina on Jul 12, 2014 2:46:01 GMT
Haha, I totally know that song too! But didn't know the name. Well. I feel like I did learn something new today YEA!  |
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Post by sisterbdsq on Jul 12, 2014 2:50:50 GMT
I can't quote on my tablet, as my text ends up inside the damn quote. I hate this. Anyway, I can't believe so many peas have no idea who Rick is our what being rickrolled is either!
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 12, 2014 2:53:37 GMT
I could swear we were Rick Rolling at the Pod before that.
Is there a term for Hoff randomly being inserted into threads and other things?
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Post by chlerbie on Jul 12, 2014 2:53:53 GMT
I sell vintage clippings and I've sold a couple of Rick Astley--and both times the people were buying them to send to someone else--to Rickroll them through the mail.  |
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Post by dualmaestra on Jul 12, 2014 2:54:40 GMT
First time i ever "hear" of this word. Can't say I know what it means yet...
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Post by brandy327 on Jul 12, 2014 2:59:53 GMT
ilovecookies - He sings on the song Latch by Disclosure. And right now I'm a little (ok a lot) obsessed with his remake of Whitney's song How Will I Know. Check it out!! Sam Smith - How Will I Know |
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Post by brandy327 on Jul 12, 2014 3:00:28 GMT
chlerbie - OMG, that's SOOOO funny!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 3:06:24 GMT
ilovecookies - He sings on the song Latch by Disclosure. And right now I'm a little (ok a lot) obsessed with his remake of Whitney's song How Will I Know. Check it out!! Sam Smith - How Will I KnowOoh, thank you! I love his voice  |
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Post by brandy327 on Jul 12, 2014 3:08:20 GMT
Me too! I've listened to everything he has on Spotify tonight...at least once, maybe twice. |
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 12, 2014 3:09:45 GMT
I looked it up a few years ago when I was taking some IT classes. When you spend a lot of time researching web design and cyber law, you manager to get Rick Rolled a lot. I'd be willing to bet that other than maybe a few of my gamer geek cousins no one I know IRL has a clue what it is. I've been in IT for a zillion years, I've done a lot of research on web design, and I've never heard this term or had it happen to me before. I feel so ... naive? left behind? left out? stupid? |
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