Cat Does Not Appreciate Being Rick Rolled
This cat responds in the only way one can when presented with Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up."
What To Do If You Become an Internet Meme
A girl who posted pics of her "epic boobs" and inadvertently became an Internet meme lost a lawsuit against the outlet that made her a star. It raises the question: If you become an internet meme, what should you do?
No costume? No problem
Some readers have told us our Halloween masks were a little too frightening. If you're still scrambling to pull together a costume, here are four options that are more treat than trick. Best of all, you'll be able to get what you need from your own closet.
MTV Music too little, too late — except for one thing
Click to view Imagine a website where you can view every music video known to man. Yes, that's what MTV.com should have been 10 years ago. Now that MTVmusic.com exists, what is it good for? Oh yes: A whole new way to rickroll your friends.
Barack Obama rickrolls John McCain and the Republican National Convention
With its joke-killing April Fool's prank, YouTube took all the fun out of rickrolling forever. But someone has successfully revived the gag, where you trick someone into clicking on a link to Rick Astley's '80s one-hit wonder, "Never Gonna Give You Up." YouTube users Hugh Atkin and Alastair Corrigall edited together…
Barack Roll Becomes McCain's Worst Nightmare
The man who brought us Barack Roll is back with a hilarious treat. So John McCain gave his big Republican nomination acceptance speech in front of a giant video screen. What could possibly go wrong with that? See it after the jump.
Rickroll the vote!
Sean Tevis: he's from the Internet, but he's only running for representative of a small part of it — District 15 in Olathe, Kansas. Why limit his donors to just the people he'll represent, when really, this election is all about Open Government and Transparency? "It's Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an…
The Olds' guide to 4chan, the world's most obscene trendspotting site
Both Time and the Wall Street Journal have run articles in the past 24 hours about 4chan, the dirty little secret site that spawns many a Web fad — LOLcats and rickrolling among them. But you don't want to start surfing 4chan yourself. It's full of sophomoric poor-taste-on-purpose posts like the above image.…
Vince McMahon Gets Rickrolled
This is why they script the damn things. The chairman of WWE tried to call someone during a wrestling match to award them 200 grand. But got a reverse ringtone: Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up," the official symbol of rejection and the worst prank in the world. [Kayfabe; clip below]
Cisco never going to give you up, never going to let you down
I've always suspected vast swaths of Cisco, the boringly profitable networking giant, were stuck in the '90s. An exchange forwarded from an internal mailing list confirms it. First of all: forwarded from an internal mailing list. Haven't these people heard of wikis? Second of all: They're complaining about files…
'80s pop star plans to Rickroll England in eight arena gigs
Yes, Rick Astley, the reclusive British pop star responsible for "Never Gonna Give You Up," has himself been Rickrolled. But it's all been within the last six months, he told the Los Angeles Times. In fact, Astley didn't know about Rickrolling — the act of labeling a link to a YouTube video of his one hit song as…
