Rick Astley Is Fascinated By The Internet
Rick Astley recalls the Five Stages Of Rickroll Grief in honor of moot, creator of the site that got the whole phenomenon, er, rolling around the Internet, making the Time 100: “I suppose at first I was a little embarrassed by it. I always liken it to when people look through their photo albums or home videos from 20 years ago and think, Gosh, did I really wear that? The difference is, thankfully on the one hand and perhaps a bit scarily on the other, mine are out there for the public to see whenever they want. I find some Rickrolls really funny. Have you seen the one with President Barack Obama? Someone has cut up his speeches and put them together so that he sings ‘Never Gonna Give You Up.’ It’s totally amazing. I find it bonkers, by the way!” The original Rickroll video, by the way? 20 million views and counting. I wish someone would figure out a way to incorporate his later works into the joke, but maybe the Internet needs to first fall in on itself for that to happen. [Time; HT Rachel Sklar]
