Youtube Pulls Original "Rickroll" Video 97
@VentureBeat writes "Youtube pulled the original 'Rickroll' video Wednesday night. Don't worry, after a lot of email about the loss of such an important piece of cultural history, Youtube put it back up, saying that they're never gonna say goodbye to the video that's had over 30 million views."
Amazing How Long It's Gone On (Score:5, Interesting)
Tommy Wiseau's The Room [youtube.com] was shown on Adult Swim as an April Fool's day joke and if you think Rick Astley is cheesy you should check out the acting in this film [youtube.com]. Be very careful and prepare yourself if you plan on watching the Rifftrax of it [youtube.com]. I was in very serious physical pain from laughing so hard.
"Oh, hai Slashdot!"
Re:Amazing How Long It's Gone On (Score:3, Interesting)
What I find so interesting about this is that, in the world of web sites where a "prank" is usually going to redirect you to some kind of screaming monster or a gaping anus, the rickroll is remarkably unonfensive.
It's like one day 4chan said "Oh, sure, we can scar you, give you nightmares, make children cry. But our *best* idea is to send you a music video. Because, at heart, we're pretty decent folk."
You know, as a meta-prank, that's actually pretty scary. Like the Devil doing something nice for you, for reasons you can't understand...
I dont get this rickroll thing (Score:4, Interesting)
maybe because i was a teenager when this song came out, and the song was a chart topper. maybe it was compliant with music tastes of that time. i cant just understand what is so hilarious or odd about this video, and what the point of 'rickrolling' is.
Re:Too much bandwidth?? (Score:3, Interesting)
Well, we know that:
Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5489134.ece [timesonline.co.uk]
I'd hate to know how much CO2 was used for Rickroll.