I assume all of you have now been at least brought up to speed if not crying in ag
ony. This is a craze that is slowly taking over the nation. I discovered this a month back and have not gotten enough, constantly getting my friends and making them wish they had never clicked on that link. Though I just recently found out about this, this video's success will be celebrating it's one year anniversary this May. It even has a website dedicated to the phenomenon. Its humble beginnings were with wise asses trying to get into the Punk'd game by preying on unexpected people looking for a movie trailer or game clip. Based on duckrolling, where people would ask for a link to a picture and get a duck on wheel, Rickrolling has now become a mainstream success, much in part due to the pseudo holiday of April Fool's Day.As most of the world knows, April 1st is known as April Fool's Day, or some variation in other parts of the world, where one person will play a prank on another to try and get them to believe it. There has always been some great pranks on this day, but I think YouTube has set the bar in video pranking. Upon visiting the
website on the 1st and clicking on any of the featured videos, you were brought to this wonderful video. Though the video says it has 1.6 million views, the real number could actually be 20 times higher, as YouTube disabled their views counter. Other similar attempts were made be popular sites, but in my eyes, none beat that of YouTube's amazing prank.So whenever you get a link to something, think twice, or else you may be seduced by Rick Astley's voice once again.
For more pranking videos here and here.
(Both may be offensive to some)
Photo credits to:
http://personales.ya.com/thellouman/duckroll.jpg
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/cherrycodes/msbg/rickroll_chart.jpg
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