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+ | {{incomplete|Created by a Rickroller that feels old- Seems close to complete.}} | ||
− | + | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ This comic] is a return to the recurring theme of [[:Category:Rickrolling|Rickrolling]], which was big around 2008-2009 (also in xkcd terms). | |
− | + | In the comic, [[Cueball]] tells [[Megan]] that April 2018 (the month of this comics release) is the 10th anniversary of the peak of {{w|rickrolling}}, and she is surprised that it has been so long. She then remembers that they met each other during this meme, and tells him happy anniversary. After a beat panel Cueball concludes that ''We've known each other for so long''. | |
− | The first reference to | + | "[https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?t=59 We've known each other for so long]", is the first line of the second verse of the song "{{w|Never Gonna Give You Up}}" the hit song by {{w|Rick Astley}} on which rickrolling is based. The first reference to this was in [[351: Trolling]] from 2007, where Astley himself was Rickrolled by [[Black Hat]]. Black Hat then later uses Astley to show his girlfriend [[Danish]] how Rick-Rolls in [[524: Party]], a New Year party from the end of 2008. |
− | The title text refers to another ''old'' xkcd meme of giving snippets of information to the reader [[:Category:Comics to make one feel old|that make them feel old]]. Although comics such as [[218: Nintendo Surgeon]] in 2007 refer to facts that could make you feel old, the first comic directly build around factoids to make one feel old in xkcd was [[891: Movie Ages]] in April 2011. This was 7 years before the time of publishing. The {{w|United States presidential election, 2004|Bush Kerry election}} was in November 2004, 6½ years before that comic, making the title text statement that the beginning of this meme is closer to that election that today. This is the way most of these make you feel old comics | + | Rickrolling had first started in 2007, but reached a peak in about April 2008 when, as an April fool's day prank, {{w|Youtube}} linked all its featured videos to ''Never Gonna Give You Up'', and the {{w|New York Mets}} were Rickrolled by a public vote to choose a song for the 8th innings sing-song. This coincided with a sharp [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rickroll peak in searches] for "Rick Astley" and related terms. |
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+ | The title text refers to another ''old'' xkcd meme of giving snippets of information to the reader [[:Category:Comics to make one feel old|that make them feel old]]. Although comics such as [[218: Nintendo Surgeon]] in 2007 refer to facts that could make you feel old, the first comic directly build around factoids to make one feel old in xkcd was [[891: Movie Ages]] in April 2011. This was 7 years before the time of publishing. The {{w|United States presidential election, 2004|Bush Kerry election}} was in November 2004, 6½ years before that comic, making the title text statement that the beginning of this meme is closer to that election that today. This is the way most of these make you feel old comics is build. | ||
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+ | Interestingly enough the previous time rikcrolling was referenced in xkcd (after more than a 3 years break) was [[1757: November 2016]] another comic centered around making people feel old. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: This month marks ten years since the peak of the Rickrolling phenomenon. | :Cueball: This month marks ten years since the peak of the Rickrolling phenomenon. | ||
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:Megan: Seriously? | :Megan: Seriously? | ||
:Megan: Wow. Happy anniversary, I guess. | :Megan: Wow. Happy anniversary, I guess. | ||
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:Cueball: We've known each other for so long. | :Cueball: We've known each other for so long. | ||
:Megan: We really have. | :Megan: We really have. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Rickrolling]] | [[Category:Rickrolling]] | ||
[[Category:Comics to make one feel old]] | [[Category:Comics to make one feel old]] | ||
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