The Oscars According To You...

OK, so we all know that the Oscars are like totally lame and stuff, but who/what would you LIKE to see win one this year?

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on December 4, 2008 at 12:12pm: Hey, I know that song!

OK - I don't get it. Sure the song is bad, but it's not bad in a funny way. What's the joke here? I looked up "Rickrolled" on Wikipedia (and also the phrase "interweb meme") and I get the idea that it's funny to trick people into looking at the video, but I'm lost as to what's so amusing about it in itself. Is it the fact that he looks like a combination of Clay Aiken and David Bowie?

For my money, this song is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay funnier...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Alan-Not So Nice Not So Helpful on December 4, 2008 at 1:04pm: What's the joke here? I looked up "Rickrolled" on Wikipedia (and also the phrase "interweb meme") and I get the idea that it's funny to trick people into looking at the video, but I'm lost as to what's so amusing about it in itself.

Imagine wanting to see the latest trailer to Star Wars VII: Revenge of Harry Potter. You go online asking where you can see it. Somebody provides a link and you hurriedly click on it to see the trailer and voila... you have Rick Astley singing instead. That's hilarious... well maybe not to you since you're the one who got 'rolled but it's funny.

For my money, this song is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay funnier...

Okay, so you either tried your own version of Rickrolling or you didn't realize that's the same song by the same guy that we've been talking about. Let's hope for your sake it's the first one. :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on December 4, 2008 at 1:10pm: You just got Rick-Rolled, bitch!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Alan-Not So Nice Not So Helpful on December 4, 2008 at 1:15pm: Umm okay. Good. For someone as clueless as you, that's not a bad first try. :-)

Permalink Reply by Alan-Not So Nice Not So Helpful on December 4, 2008 at 1:23pm: Is it the fact that he looks like a combination of Clay Aiken and David Bowie?

You forgot to add your avatar to the mix and you've got it to a tee. ;-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on December 4, 2008 at 1:47pm: Is it the fact that he looks like a combination of Clay Aiken and David Bowie?
Actually, this guy looks more like a cross between Clay Aiken and David Bowie!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by spiderpig on December 4, 2008 at 1:56pm: That's nothing .... check this guy out.

Dead horse?

Permalink Reply by Alan-Not So Nice Not So Helpful on December 4, 2008 at 2:01pm: Okay. Here's another one of my good deed for the day. Just in case people don't know by now, if you're using Firefox and perhaps on IE too (I wouldn't know, I hardly use it), if you hover your mouse at the link, at the bottom left of Firefox, it tells you where the link is going to.

So... if you're going to try to Rickroll someone especially one who is educating Rick Sinatra over there, then you might want to mask that URL or look for a different video than the one supplied earlier. :-)

For more ways to avoid getting Rickrolled, go here.

Permalink Reply by spiderpig on December 4, 2008 at 2:05pm: Wait ... I didn't realize we were educating on rickrolling. I thought we were were beating a dumb joke into the ground. My bad, Alan.

P.S. Your link still says youtube when I hover over it.

Permalink Reply by Alan-Not So Nice Not So Helpful on December 4, 2008 at 2:10pm: I didn't realize we were educating on rickrolling. I thought we were were beating a dumb joke into the ground.

Is there a rule that says we can't do both? ;-)

Permalink Reply by spiderpig on December 4, 2008 at 2:18pm: Dude, seriously. Anything is better than another bitchfest on why "new" stuff isn't on IW. Argh!