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"Rickrolling" - do you think it is something people should know what it is? (Do you know what it is?)
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moondust wrote
at 5:40 PM, Sunday June 5, 2011 EDT
I was having an online conversation with a friend who told me about the wedding of another friend of his.
At one point he said: "Oh yes - and the groom Rick-rolled everyone at the end of the service". I was like: "???" He was surprised that I didn't know what it was and gave me the link to the "Rickrolling" wiki page. I read it and was like: "wtf"??? It still didn't make much sense to me... Now I wonder if it's a bit of general internet knowledge everybody should be aware of or if it's more like something cultural (i.e.: Rickrolling as a part of the Angloamerican Internet world)... Could someone please give me some input on "Rickrolling"? |
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deadcode wrote
at 2:16 PM, Monday June 6, 2011 EDT Btw; moondust; you might not get rickrolling because it is probably an American based phenomenon. Often things on this level are not translated well across cultures.
As an American; I can't imagine another video taking the place of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up". I mean cmon; look at the video; how could anyone produce something any more cheesy/creepy/funny/scary/annoying/catchy all in one. But like I said before; it might just be an American thing. |
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deadcode wrote
at 2:21 PM, Monday June 6, 2011 EDT I mean just look at the wikipedia page for Rickrolling.
There are literally 100s of high profile rickrolling examples; MTV Awards, Macy's Parade, Grand Theft Auto Launch, iPhone jailbreaks, etc. It is obviously a phenomenon of the magnitude requiring a proper name. I mean look at Pokemon cards. I could be like "OMG I don't get it; 'it should just be called playing cards, imo'; why 'Pokemon'; 'I don't get it!'" And you would get the same reaction from everyone here. It's because it is a specific instance that has gained a lot of popularity. |
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superxchloe wrote
at 2:21 PM, Monday June 6, 2011 EDT well the Russians do have trololololo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUlw4NT08Ds |
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deadcode wrote
at 2:26 PM, Monday June 6, 2011 EDT Btw; another point...
Think of how it is used in practice. Part of the joke is that people know what it is. If someone rickrolls you; you know that it was a prank; because rickrolling is well known. Figure this example: Deadcode: Check out this link [url] moodust: OMG you rick rolled me! I'm soooo going to get you back! Now let's take this example; where we use your less known 'videorolling': moondust: Check out this link [url] Deadcode: Eh... kinda creepy dude. moondust: Haha I got you! Deadcode: please don't send me weird stuff like that again; I'm at work... Deadcode: in fact; don't send me anything ever! [This user has blocked your account." |
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deadcode wrote
at 2:27 PM, Monday June 6, 2011 EDT That video is seriously scary, Chloe.
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superxchloe wrote
at 2:28 PM, Monday June 6, 2011 EDT Actually I found a page about the origins of rickrolling: http://bit.ly/lIKYUm
apparently it started on the /v/ boards of 4chan because everyone was freaking out about the release of GTA 4 and /v/ crashed, so someone gave out the link, and tada, rickrolling is born. |
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superxchloe wrote
at 2:29 PM, Monday June 6, 2011 EDT oh! and in 2008 for April fool's day, Youtube made every video on their frontpage link to the video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
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moondust wrote
at 3:47 PM, Tuesday June 7, 2011 EDT Well, at least this whole crap helped me understanding this episode of Charlie the Unicorn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FXMYsMvs1A |
