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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: gpw11 on Tuesday, April 01, 2008, 08:02:16 PM
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Seriously, what the fuck? Why is this still e-popular with retards? It's like those fucking nerds that run any half-decent joke into the ground and then just nerd sigh when you point out that while it was really funny when Brian the Dog put on a banana suit in order to cheer Peter the human up in some weird pop culture reference, it's not funny when you just yell "Peanut butter jelly time!". It's like that except Rickrolling was never funny. The first time it was just like "that's strange".
The thing is that it doesn't really even piss people off, so I don't get what the point is. I guess I can't speak for everyone, but as far as I'm concerned there is pretty much zero emotional reaction on my end. "Oh, really? Wow, I thought this would die by now" kind of sums it up every time that music starts up.
But I think the really scary thing about this is that the people doing this can't all be retards in the classical sense. I imagine my insurance agent rickrolling on the copany dime, some doctor that's inevitably going to be pulling some foreign material out of my body at some point forwarding some shitty link in an email to all his college buddies, and the tax agent who doesn't understand that by definition having an employer means I'm not self employed trying to "trick people" into watching a cheesy music video (Actually, maybe not the tax agent, because according to his supervisor that mother fucker is blind, which explains pretty much every goddamn thing about that little issue). Then these people punch out, go home and pretend they're normal human beings while they drive like fucking retards, have dinner with their families whilest discussing their day and falling asleep in front of High School Musical 2 (remember I said they weren't retarded in the classical sense).
The worst part about it is that it's completely pointless. It's not clever, it's not funny, infuriating, or even mildly annoying. There are no bragging rights involved in it; "Dude, I totally tricked like 15 people today by telling them to click on a link I said was one thing, but it took them to something totally different. Those idiots weren't prepared for my superior intellect at all." It's the passive aggressive equivalent of me fucking with people's cars so that instead of turning on when you turned the key it would blow up.
I think the next time I see someone in person I think might be one of these idiots I'll give them a taste of their own medicine. I'll fake for the high five and then totally punch them in the gut. Then, while they're on the ground trying to get the air back into their lungs I'll lean down and explain that it's awesomely devious because I totally tricked them into thinking they were getting one thing, when in reality they were getting something undesirable.
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gpw - I have created a video response to your post and uploaded it to YouTube. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7kE1Vte2iM) Please watch at least until 2:15, that's where I really hit my stride (IMHO).
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Did you mistake me for gpw or did you just sense my asking for a montage of Hitler synced with this glorious song?
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It said, "Ghandi and WaC are viewing this thread," so I somehow thought of your name instead of gpw's.
Also I hate both of you. (Ghandi more.)
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hahhaha! OMG, I totally see what you did there. You're an inventive little guy aren't you? Yes you are! Yes you are!
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Then watch this instead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xQ-ns5whw), you joyless cretin.
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What the hell is rickrolled?
Also I blame the internet for killing Portal and Lost in Translation
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It said, "Ghandi and WaC are viewing this thread," so I somehow thought of your name instead of gpw's.
Also I hate both of you. (Ghandi more.)
You edited your post, now mine doesn't make sense. Bastard.
Also, back on the original topic: I think it's cute when gpw gets all worked up over something like this. You just want to pat him on the head and tell him that it will be all right.
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Oh, Rick Astley? That's Rickrolled? Mr One-hit Wonder. There's a page somewhere with his video and neverending popup boxes that go along with the song. Click to close one, and the next line pops up. I got snared by it once. Fortunately, it's harmless, just extremely annoying.
Edit: In case anyone ever clicks on this thread again:
Mario Paint gets Rickrolled (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZr3JWYdy8&feature=related)
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Muppets get rickrolled. LAWLZ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KANI2dpXLw&eurl=http://www.ufck.org/forums/showthread.php?t=230217)
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Beaker, wahaha! Who spends time synching up unrelated muppet movements to some song? And why? The cred can't possibly make up for the effort. I don't know, maybe it does.
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This was aired on the BBC a few days ago. (http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=33205)
Evidently there is a shortage of actual news from the last three years.
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Also I blame the internet for killing Portal and Lost in Translation
What do you mean?
I think I get what you mean about Portal as far as the companion cube and cake and whatnot, but what about Lost In Translation?
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Someone figured out what Scarlett Johansson was saying to Bill Murray at the end of the movie. If forget what it was but it was pretty dumb. But the point is that you weren't really supposed to know. That's what made the scene good to begin with.
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The most hilarious thing about this thread is arguing the logic of an internet meme.
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What do you mean?
I think I get what you mean about Portal as far as the companion cube and cake and whatnot, but what about Lost In Translation?
I liked the movie, but the internet fanboys hyped it into something it wasn't. Same with Portal, which was a nice quirky little game, but the internet went overboard.
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I agree about Portal. It was a good, unique, concise game. Nothing less, nothing really more.
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Also, back on the original topic: I think it's cute when gpw gets all worked up over something like this. You just want to pat him on the head and tell him that it will be all right.
That's the thing, it doesn't even make me angry. It's just kind of sad.
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You think this is sad? Think what the internet will be like in 30 or 40 years when all of the kids that use it now grow up. The internet is young, my friend. Youtube has ushered in a new age of stupidity. You are just witnessing the beginning of it.
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(http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8408/ricklolledjg5.jpg)
Just so we're clear
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Haha, that's pretty good.
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Shea Stadium gets Rickrolled. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=N8ErbVOfvqw)
Apparently the Mets were letting people vote online for a video to be shown during the 7th inning. Word gets around, and tons of people vote for Rick.
As much as I hate the Rickroll, I really, really hate the Mets. The fact that all of their fans were subjected to this gives me great pleasure.
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Meme not entirely played out. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN75im_us4k)
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I guess anything is possible anymore in mixing and editing. The quality of that blend is hard to believe.
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The songs have the same tempo and similar keys. I'm sure they have other similarities as well. That's why they blend almost perfectly.
If you still find this weird, try listening to Paper Planes by MIA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g). Then listen to Straight To Hell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwm1v1R-qM). Or if you refuse to listen to MIA (I don't blame you), try comparing any two good Joe Strummer songs, and I promise they'll have way too much in common.
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Shea Stadium gets Rickrolled. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=N8ErbVOfvqw)
Apparently the Mets were letting people vote online for a video to be shown during the 7th inning. Word gets around, and tons of people vote for Rick.
As much as I hate the Rickroll, I really, really hate the Mets. The fact that all of their fans were subjected to this gives me great pleasure.
I have managed to avoid most of those "rickrolls", so I am not burnt out over that song... but I don't think the music is that bad.
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Damn, that's not a bad editing job at all. I'm impressed.
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If you still find this weird, try listening to Paper Planes by MIA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g). Then listen to Straight To Hell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwm1v1R-qM). Or if you refuse to listen to MIA (I don't blame you), try comparing any two good Joe Strummer songs, and I promise they'll have way too much in common.
Of course they're similar, Paper Planes samples Straight to Hell. I'm not an MIA fan but you can't really give them shit for ripping off The Clash. They've never tried to hide the fact it's Straight to Hell and openly give credit to The Clash in the liner notes. Plus it's pretty obvious.
The Nirvana mash-up is awesome though.
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Of course they're similar, Paper Planes samples Straight to Hell. I'm not an MIA fan but you can't really give them shit for ripping off The Clash. They've never tried to hide the fact it's Straight to Hell and openly give credit to The Clash in the liner notes. Plus it's pretty obvious.
The introduction of a song determines the tempo, the key, the melody, the timing of the refrains, the overall mood of the song, and probably a lot of other things. Sampling a song would be one thing, but there's no way to sample your entire introduction without shamelessly ripping off the song you sample from.
Also, it doesn't help that the Clash is about a thousand intellectual levels above MIA.
Also also, it doesn't help that I hate MIA.
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Bonus hate: Straight To Hell is about the unemployment and subsequent abandonment of the British working class.
Paper Planes is about a girl who likes shooting people and stealing from them.
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and I'm with you on almost all of that. I'm just saying that MIA gave The Clash credit whereas your original post made it seem like they outright stole it.
The Clash is one of my favourite bands but Straight to Hell should really be two minutes shorter. It doesn't have enough variety or substance to warrant 5 and a half minutes.
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I never actually accused MIA of stealing, only of sucking. If you re-read my post, I was talking about how it is that some songs blend together so well.
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Wind, your such a dumbass.
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s/your/you're
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Please speak in complete sentences.
Jerk.
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Did a mod somehow feel compelled to delete one of my posts and not leave any sort of message or indication?
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What post was deleted?
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It was supposed to appear immediately before:
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I'll just wait to see if you can figure it out.
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is it a pony?
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Worthless and space-consuming double posts are generally deleted. Though to be fair, I just thought you'd posted the same thing twice.