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@Alivrah@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 years ago

It's actually wholesome that early internet most famous meme/ viral video is a song about "never giving someone up and never letting them down"

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It's actually wholesome that early internet most famous meme/ viral video is a song about "never giving someone up and never letting them down"

@Alivrah@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 years ago
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  • @hglman@lemmy.ml
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    126•2 years ago

    Rick roll is hardly early internet.

    Source, im old

    • LinkOpensChest.wav
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      47•2 years ago

      Yeah, but goatse isn’t very wholesome. Let the kid believe :P

      • @Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        10•2 years ago

        Goatse is the definition of some hole, tub girl on the other hand…

      • The Giant Korean
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        7•2 years ago

        No, but it is hole-some.

      • @Auli@lemmy.ca
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        4•2 years ago

        Star wars kid, daft punk hands, daft punk girls, ninja kid there are tons of earlier internet memes.

      • @Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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        You’re the man now dog?

        Dancing baby?

        Hell there were viral things before Google existed.

    • Zerlyna
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      12•2 years ago

      I second this comment. I am old too. 🤣

      • Pandantic [they/them]
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        6•2 years ago

        I think all your base is pretty wholesome :3

        I mean, TAKE OFF EVERY ZIG!! 🥰

        • @foggy@lemmy.world
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          3•2 years ago

          I put on my robe and wizard hat.

        • Altima NEO
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          2 years ago

          Even that one wasn’t that early. That was like 2000/2001 or something like that. I remember listening to the mp3 of the song on my drive to college.

    • @lowleveldata@programming.dev
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      Actually it was found that Rick roll was originally inspired by an old Internet video dated back to the late 70s. They did a research on that if you’re interested.

      • @PithyPolynym@lemmy.ca
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        Knew what “a research” was linking to, but I clicked it anyway.

      • @blindjezebel@lemm.ee
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        3•2 years ago

        I got an ad before the video, ffs. My day is ruined.

      • @PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksB
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        2•2 years ago

        Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

        Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

        I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.

        • Dandroid
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          4•2 years ago

          You spoiled the surprise

          • @9point6@lemmy.world
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            Hey, not everyone has the ID memorised… I’m not one of them, but still

      • monsterpiece42
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        Ope, link preview coming in clutch.

    • @foggy@lemmy.world
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      Why, when I saw my first decapitation video I was merely a boy!

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