Sweet Catastrophe

I was watching a video on YouTube one night, and in the video responses, I saw a video entitled “Rick Rolled.”

It was obvious this video had nothing to do with the one I was currently watching, but I was intrigued nonetheless.

What I found was something part of an apparent internet fad I somehow missed out on. Were you guys familiar with this?

“Rick Rolling” is linking a person to a video of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The trick is disguising the link so that the person doesn’t know that’s where it leads. The ‘rules’ are that you must watch the video in its entirety.

The more interesting version is a website that plays the video. Upon entering the site, your window dances around the screen before settling. If you try to navigate away, you’re greeted with information boxes containing the lyrics line by line. Ctrl+Alt+Del is your best method to get out. You can see it here, but remember, I warned you!

There are also a ton of variations and edits around YouTube if you just search for a minute. Some of them are pretty hilarious.

So am I the only one behind here?