Rickrolling!

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honeycolombia 23 posts Thursday, 16. October 2008 04:36PM

Have you ever been Rick-roll'd?
What's this? It's a kind of joke which has become popular in the Internet these last months. While you're clicking on different links which are supposed to be helpful for your on-line search, you come across Rick Astley's video Never Gonna Give You Up.
It comes to be annoying because 1) you were really concentrated on your search, and 2) the video starts playing, 'making noise' in places such as Internet Cafés, libraries, etc. However, some people enjoy being Rick-roll'd.
I wonder why they chose that song, anyway... According to an American survey, more than 18 million people have been rick-roll'd, even in live TV broadcast.

It's happened to me twice, has it happened to you?

A Wikipedia article with more information about Rickrolling.

How to Rick-roll somebody.

Useful information for not being Rick-roll'd.

Do you know any other tendency similar to this? I've read there have been many!!

Over and out!

wordsurfing 29 posts Thursday, 16. October 2008 05:38PM

Honey ,

Did you just Rickroll me ?!?
That was brilliant.

Thanks - glad to be a member of the club !

Over & IN

Will

twentytwo 5 posts Tuesday, 09. December 2008 06:45AM

I never heard about "rickroll" and I guess I never been rick-rolled (or I didn't realize it). But after I read your article and attachments (the links), it improved not only my vocabulary but also my social knowledge, and I feel that I join this forum is not bad at all since I can learn more about English, and get some word surfing. Thanks!!

honeycolombia 23 posts Tuesday, 09. December 2008 02:10PM

Hi, Twentytwo!

I hope you've never been rickrolled!

It's fantastic to have you here and learn from you, as well. Keep on posting!

* Have you ever been a victim of any other kind of web prank?

twentytwo 5 posts Tuesday, 09. December 2008 04:57PM

I guess no, and hope never. But I ever got a lot of bulk-mail in my email; so many that made me change my email address. ><" Is this kind of web prank?

honeycolombia 23 posts Wednesday, 10. December 2008 11:59PM

I guess you haven't, thank heaven!!

Junk or bulk mail (also known as SPAM) isn't a prank; however, it IS a way of cybercrime! It's made me change twice my E-Mail address, too. That's bad, too bad!! :-(

A warm hug for you!! :-)

* The attached file is a BBC podcast about cybercrime. My students thought it was a joke...

FILE: 6 Minute English - Cybercrime.mp3