Comments on: Got Rickrolled: What’s Funny About Rickrolling?

By: WhyItsFunny

WhyItsFunny — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:09:40 +0000

It’s funny in the same way that you dupe people giving them false information (when it’s harmless). I once told my friend in high school that tomorrow you have to come in in school uniform (private school) but in reality it’s a dress down day. He comes into class in uniform and has the “wtf” expression on his face and it was hilarious. It’s the same with rickrolls. You tell a guy a site or link for an effective weight loss program and it shows the music video instead and you just observe the funny (or imagine the guy’s face) as they go “wtf…?”

By: thatnewguy

thatnewguy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:23:28 +0000

I just got RickRolled 5 minutes ago. It’s hard to explain, but I actually think it’s funny watching people follow a link they think goes to a place other than a Rick Astley music video!

By: pkchukiss

pkchukiss — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:28:00 +0000

Controversy gets the site more traffic. John Chow eventually got more RSS feed subscribers than he lost through that prank, so it was a successful prank that got him more visitors. Not too good for the visitors though, especially if you had to figure out how to get out of all those message boxes.

By: QuickOnlineTips

QuickOnlineTips — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:02:25 +0000

Though April fools day saw a high dose of Rickrolling, at least everyone got to know about what it was. That’s how a successful internet meme works.

By: B Carter

B Carter — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:23:51 +0000

Rickrolling has been going on for years, so I don’t think this year’s April Fools Day pranks are going to end it any time soon.

I ended up getting Rickrolled at JohnCow and thought it was funny until I couldn’t get out of it. It seems he did the same thing that Chow did and made it jump all over the place. The roll was funny, but I think that fact that people couldn’t get out of it really ticked some readers off.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:50:54 +0000

Rick Rolling was actually a fairly old meme that I had never heard of until about a month or two ago. When I first saw a rick roll I didn’t really get it until I read the info on the right side of the video (on YouTube) and figured it all out.

After learning what the heck a Rick Roll was I found it to be pretty darn funny, and apparently a lot of other people did as well, considering the amount of Rick Rolling that was going on April Fools day.

It’s a shame that it had to end so quickly, Rick Rolling probably could have had another healthy month or two of life but it got played out to quickly, April Fools ruined Rick Rolling.

By: Speedy

Speedy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:19:33 +0000

Well apparently, Rick Astley isn�t the only former singer celeb being rolled. MC Hammer has now fallen victim to the craze, as people are now getting �HammerRolled�.

A website located at http://HammerRolled.com explains this version of the good �ole Rick Roll.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:53:23 +0000

I was rick rolled yesterday and while it may be annoying, it was all in fun. I think that’s the problem today, people don’t know how to have fun anymore. It was just a joke.

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:19:45 +0000

ROFL! I thought I was the only one who just “didn’t get it.” I’m not sure why it’s so funny either. Maybe it isn’t funny and people are just pretending to get it because all the cool kids are doing it. :-)