Wired magazine did a really good overview on the origins of the rickroll - http://bit.ly/uTqzT
On Jan 5, 11:55 am, Michael Neale <[email protected]> wrote: > yes I was avoiding mentioning 4chan. A lot of good clean funny stuff > comes from 4chan, but really it is like a hazardous disease lab that > breeds horrible things in an effort to produce wonderful cures. Don't > go into the lab unless suitably prepared and trained. > > Also as mentioned by Casper, it was used as a protest by Anonymous, or > sometimes not even a protest, just good clean fun (eg Liverpool St > station in London, I even saw them setting up for it at a BART station > in SF on my first visit to SF (which made me immediately realise how > much I love that city (oh no, more nested brackets then lisp (someone > correct me if I don't close them all (thanks))))). > > On Jan 4, 9:01 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > and both duckrolling and its evolution to rickrolling comes from > > 4chan. Which you shouldn't go to if you value your sanity, not to > > mention the professional courtesy (such as e.g. being employed) of > > those who can see your computer screen. But it can be hilarious on > > occasion. > > > On Jan 4, 7:05 am, Michael Neale <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > In episode WhateverICan'tRemember, Joe explained rick rolling as > > > coming from goatse - whilst in some base sense that is true (tricking > > > people into looking at something else), really it came more from "duck > > > rolling" - tricking people into looking at a picture of a duck with > > > wheels on it (hence the "rolling" bit). > > > >http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Duckrollhttp://www.urbandictionary.c... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
