Open Thread - 12-20-24 - You've Been Rick Rolled
Rick Roll:
To send someone a link to 80s pop star Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" video, making them believe that they're gonna see something completely different. The meme originated in 4chan's /v/ (videogame) board, when the official "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" trailer was coming out on the game's website but couldn't be watched due to heavy traffic. Playing a prank on everyone who was reading, an anonymous 4chaner said that the trailer was on YouTube and posted a link to Astley's song. Since then, the Rick Roll has been made countless times, not only on 4chan but on the whole of the Internet.
Over the years there's been many forms of Rick Rolling on the internet, some fairly innocent like the example above and some downright nasty, which I refuse to entertain. I think the first and only time I was Rick Rolled was by the nasty variant. Believe me, you don't want to know, but some of you may already know, unfortunately. It took one time for me to learn my lesson. After that first disgusting example, I set the links to resolve in my browser's status bar when I mouse hover over the address and I haven't been Rick Rolled since.
Rick Rolling has become somewhat passé in modern terms, unless, of course, you're the US Government. There are a few examples of Governmental Rick Rolling below the fold.
Governmental Rick Rolling
(Don't forget to click the links)
Mother Nature Rick Rolling
One more for the nature lovers. Here's a cute and harmless California Ground Squirrel happily eating a nut, which is not uncommon since this ground squirrel is a plant eater. This little bugger's name is Rick, and he's about to roll you.
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Good morning Free Rangers...
Somebody done
rick rolledhoodooed the Hoodoo Man.Got any examples of a rick roll?
Got any memes you want to drop?
Got any loose threads you want to unravel?
This is the place to do it.
Slippery links
Some are just plain dumb.
I do listen to the Rick and Roll show on KZRJ
http://gulchradio.com/playlist-test/
Squirrels gone carnivores. Watched too many Burger King commercials?
question everything
Yep...
the rick roll phenomenon over the years has been pretty dumb, but then again, it emanated from 4chan so there's that, although 4chan can be quite malicious as well.
Speaking of malicious, all a rick roll is is an URL redirect, and folks should be very suspicious of any URL they don't recognize. Especially URLs that have been shortened, they can put you in a world of hurt, so please use your browser to mouse hover over any link address before clicking it.
I'll have to check out the Rick and Roll Show.
The carnivorous ground squirrel thing is very curious. Maybe a zombie ground squirrel virus? Hah!
When it comes to politics
It feels like I've been Rick Rolled my entire life.
I'm with you on that Snode...
we have been politically rick rolled our whole lives, exactly my point.
And the leader of the incoming administration is a master at it.
The current rick roll is already obvious with the budget voting (CR-Continuing Resolution). There'll be total obstruction in congress so it will be stalemate for four more years, and actually that's probably a good thing.
Same as it ever was.
Does the monied class suffer
.
when the government shuts down?
Probably not. We will. That's how it works.
question everything
We'll be...
rick rolled, again.
oh, they do
The mega yacht gets delayed a week, the third or fourth mansion won't be ready for Muffies or Biffs birthday, mistress #2 got covid, you know, tragedies.
What a timely
post. I had already decided to fire my neurologist via email- but now, I have to add a link to my message, or maybe have the link be the whole of it...
Bravo!
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Glad I could help...
you rick roll your neurologist.
Good morning Johnny, et. al. I do recall the original
rickroll phenomena, but was never a victim, nor enough of a pop music fan to know who the hell Rick Astley was when I saw rickrolling explained. I had to go find the subject video on you tube just to satisfy my curiosity. I also recall the notorious other one, though I was never caught, and it spawned a whole universe of take-offs involving openly posted manipulation and juxtapositions of innocent everyday objects like cups of coffee bring used as humor elements.
Examples? In reality, this is a variant of one of the oldest cons around, in very common use all over the map throughout our whole lives, they just changed the name. The real "meme" is called "Bait and switch" and is the basis for most marketing and politics.
Memes I'd like to drop involve artwok beyond my currentskill - the Democrat jackass, looking at the viewer, with the face of either a: Joe mcCarthy or b: The Big Brother picture from the book.
Had a talk with the customer service dept of a public-private agency this am and wound up on hold for a bit. Their "you're on hold" music was an orchestral piece with a melody line reminisent of "Send Lawyers Guns and Money", which was pretty hilarious. I think a lot of our agencies should get the rights to the original and use it in that fashion.
That said, now I have to hear the original.
Ahh Yeah, the eternal verities
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I think I know...
of the cup of coffee that you reference. Kudos for not being rick rolled into viewing it.
"Bait and switch" it is, or just plain trickery, but with the advent of the internet and hyperlinks it added a whole new perspective to the tomfoolery.
"Lawyers, guns and money" - if I recall correctly Warren Zevon's dad was CIA, so maybe he sang from experience or hushed whisperings.
The epitome of that musak would be if it was played when calling the Sheriff's office. Yikes!
The Internet runs on "South Park" genetic theory
Anything can crossbreed with anything else.
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
That's hilarious...
I hadn't seen it before. Thanks!
Don't know about Rick Roll,
but the swarm of drones freak-out sounds like a 4Chan thing. Or Amazon just testing out its fleet of new delivery drones. Or USG prepping for the wholesale handover of the USG to Amazon and JPM/Chase before Musk gets it all.
Do you think...
maybe some of the heads of our intel agencies are from 4chan? That would explain some things, no?
Yes, it would --
plenty of batshit crazies in various USG intel operations.
RE "nasty variant"
I don't suppose it bore any resemblance to these (OTOH I think this predated Rick)?:
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
Oh no...
you got it, I just had a flashback! It was eye "opening" and I never want to see it again.
BTW, those are some funny memes if the viewer is familiar with the subject.