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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" (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[–] 147 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Rick roll is hardly early internet.

Source, im old

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  • [–] 55 points 3 years ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I second this comment. I am old too. 🤣

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I think all your base is pretty wholesome :3

    I mean, TAKE OFF EVERY ZIG!! 🥰

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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

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