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Rickroll everybody! Rickroll everything! rickroll.it!
posted by ardgedee (25 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
So, it's tinyurl, but named after the only thing tinyurl actually gets used for?
posted by flatluigi at 8:07 PM on April 4, 2008 [2 favorites]


I prefer to think of it as a way to share URLs with people when you don't actually want them to look.
posted by ardgedee at 8:09 PM on April 4, 2008


I give up.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 8:17 PM on April 4, 2008 [2 favorites]


I have a little context for this, actually -- it's based on a throwaway Twitter post by Daring Fireball's John Gruber.
posted by danb at 8:18 PM on April 4, 2008


the autodidact learns from itself.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 8:28 PM on April 4, 2008 [1 favorite]


the only thing tinyurl actually gets used for

Not quite

an ex-boss of mine had us use tinyurl as a means of circumventing a tight-ass dba. I quote, "varchar(100) over my dead body!".

"It's permanent. Like forever. They say so on their site!"
posted by kickback at 8:33 PM on April 4, 2008 [1 favorite]


http://rickroll.it/5ffec8
posted by BeerFilter at 8:36 PM on April 4, 2008


http://rickroll.it/2caf21
posted by Ted Maul at 8:42 PM on April 4, 2008


Meta
posted by not_on_display at 8:53 PM on April 4, 2008 [1 favorite]


Self-link.
posted by brain_drain at 8:57 PM on April 4, 2008 [1 favorite]


http://rickroll.it/9c0c97

http://rickroll.it/526782

I get it now.
posted by Brian B. at 9:02 PM on April 4, 2008


fuck
posted by Frasermoo at 9:13 PM on April 4, 2008


Someone set us up the bomb ROFLSTOMP!

THE HOFFLOL

roflcopter

Bel Biv DeVoe

check it out Bonsai_Kitten

too bad your ass got saaaaaaaaaaaaaacked

Where's the beef?

bert is evil omg

Jordan Catalano

but yeah, rickroll is like totally funny.
posted by The Jesse Helms at 9:14 PM on April 4, 2008 [1 favorite]


k. why?
posted by sir_rubixalot at 9:22 PM on April 4, 2008


MAKE IT STOP. GET IT OFF MY LAWN.
posted by ninjew at 9:25 PM on April 4, 2008




I have that video playing in so many windows now.
posted by [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] at 9:33 PM on April 4, 2008




OMG! gnifti has invented the RICK ROLL REVERSE! GENIUS!!!
posted by wendell at 10:17 PM on April 4, 2008




Matt needs all the help he can get.

posted by LiveLurker at 10:21 PM on April 4, 2008


Someone set us up the bomb ROFLSTOMP!

[. . .]

check it out Bonsai_Kitten

[. . .]

bert is evil omg

[. . .]

but yeah, rickroll is like totally funny.


The Jesse Helms? THE JESSE HELMS??!!?

I KISS YOU !!!!!
posted by gompa at 10:38 PM on April 4, 2008


Rick who?
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:52 AM on April 5, 2008


Why Jordan Catalano?
posted by Roman Graves at 4:40 AM on April 5, 2008


*salutes gnifti*
posted by Tehanu at 12:25 PM on April 5, 2008


I just want an mp3 of it. I'd bluetooth it to my friend's mobile when they ask for other songs.
posted by jeffburdges at 5:41 AM on April 6, 2008


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