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am I the only one who has literally never thought Rick rolling was even slightly funny? It’s so bizarre to me every time it comes up and everyone reacts like it

am I the only one who has literally never thought Rick rolling was even slightly funny? It’s so bizarre to me every time it comes up and everyone reacts like it’s the funniest thing they’ve ever seen. Same with the image of whatever football guy with the T-shirt over his head or whatever. Edit: Imagine downvoting this LOL. Get a life

hgomersall 5y ago
I think the amusement value is less about the intrinsic humour in the linking to the video, and more about the cultural context.
- emerged 5y ago
  Yeah I don’t “get it” There are trillions of memes with cultural context that are actually funny, and aren’t replacing a supposed piece of content with nothingness.
  - sethammons 5y ago
    it is a meme for "made you look." "Made you look" is seldom "funny," but it _is_ a thing. Folks have fun with ever increasingly obscure ways for "made you look" in this context.
    - deathhand 5y ago
      And thank goodness we got away from the shock sites that were the original "made you look".
    - hgomersall 5y ago
      That's absolutely it. Insofar as it's funny, it is so because of the lengths taken to achieve the "made you look". It's the same reason why putting an Austin Seven on the roof of the Senate House in Cambridge* is funny, which is to say it isn't funny in any way you can explain, but is clearly hilarious for the pure whimsy. *https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-21604591 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-2160459...
      - Terry_Roll 5y ago
        Intellectual challenges where one would expect them to exist. "Mystery as Santa hats appear on college chapel statues" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-59386985 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-5938698...
gwbas1c 5y ago
Because when you see the "Rick roll" video you know it's a joke. If it's some other random video it'll take awhile to get the joke. That's why the joke is popular almost 15 years after it started.
- emerged 5y ago
  I’m glad people enjoy it but man when you don’t enjoy it, it’s just flat out annoying.

hgomersall 5y ago

I think the amusement value is less about the intrinsic humour in the linking to the video, and more about the cultural context.

emerged 5y ago
Yeah I don’t “get it” There are trillions of memes with cultural context that are actually funny, and aren’t replacing a supposed piece of content with nothingness.
- sethammons 5y ago
  it is a meme for "made you look." "Made you look" is seldom "funny," but it _is_ a thing. Folks have fun with ever increasingly obscure ways for "made you look" in this context.
  - deathhand 5y ago
    And thank goodness we got away from the shock sites that were the original "made you look".
  - hgomersall 5y ago
    That's absolutely it. Insofar as it's funny, it is so because of the lengths taken to achieve the "made you look". It's the same reason why putting an Austin Seven on the roof of the Senate House in Cambridge* is funny, which is to say it isn't funny in any way you can explain, but is clearly hilarious for the pure whimsy. *https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-21604591 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-2160459...
    - Terry_Roll 5y ago
      Intellectual challenges where one would expect them to exist. "Mystery as Santa hats appear on college chapel statues" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-59386985 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-5938698...

gwbas1c 5y ago

Because when you see the "Rick roll" video you know it's a joke. If it's some other random video it'll take awhile to get the joke. That's why the joke is popular almost 15 years after it started.

emerged 5y ago
I’m glad people enjoy it but man when you don’t enjoy it, it’s just flat out annoying.