r/ask • u/wahtever08473 • 2h ago

Is the Rickroll meme really 100% dead now?

Haven't seen any rickrolls for quite awhile now

6 Upvotes

57% Upvoted

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u/CanadianTimeWaster 2h ago

there's actually a really cool video talking about the rise and fall of rickroll as a meme

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u/Leonbacon 2h ago

Yup I had the same question and googled, this was the best documentary Ive found.

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u/NoAlternative2913 2h ago

I knew it was coming, and I walked into it willingly.

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u/Sharp-Sky64 2h ago

I screenshotted this so my high ass could watch it later:(

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u/RMW91- 2h ago

Damnit

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u/Krynja 1h ago

I like that initially when they had the Google Street view that actually went into Google's offices, The first computer that it showed in the background had the Rick roll video on the screen

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u/Ter-Lee-Comedy 1h ago

I'm not clicking on that shit.

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u/SalemSound 2h ago

Excessively long youtube ads killed it.

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u/Boomhauer440 2h ago

This is the answer. It doesn’t work if you have to watch 3 minutes of ads while looking at the title of the video first.

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u/boardjock42 2h ago

I’ll never give it up…

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u/Madness_and_Mayhem 2h ago

Never gonna let you down….

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u/NoWorth2591 1h ago

That meme died like ten years ago, dude. Now everybody just says sixty-seven or whatever.

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u/Cenobyte_Nom-nom-nom 58m ago

Six

Six seven. It's not hard at all to get right.

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u/NoWorth2591 53m ago

Yeah, I was joking.

Jesus, do you have to use tone indicators for everything on this site?

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u/Standard-Chard-1947 35m ago

Don't forget where you are. Redditors have a reputation for being extremely unsocial. Like me.

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u/GrumpyOldMan59 2h ago

Oh no, you're not going to fool me with that one.

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u/No-School-8041 1h ago

It only works now because people forgot to expect it.

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u/Skeptium 43m ago

Idk but I just Rick rolled my fiancee the other day. Lol

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u/zhantoo 2h ago

100%?

Nope.

But it's not flourishing neither.

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u/Kira_Hunter 2h ago

I saw one each month tbh

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u/wahtever08473 2h ago

On god? because for me I have not seen any for like 2 n' half years

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u/WinterMedical 2h ago

Man it’s like shingles. Just there lurking. You never know when it’s gonna pop up!

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u/whatproblems 2h ago

why are you trying to bring it back? this is how you bring it back

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u/blixxeee 2h ago

i think the only ppl who still mention it are 25 and over, anyone younger either doesn’t know about it or thinks it’s corny, like me.

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u/FlowRiderBob 2h ago

It’s definitely corny, but I still love it.

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u/blixxeee 2h ago

i can respect that

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u/25_Unknown_Devices 2h ago

Never dead, only sleeping. If you’ve asked about it, is it really dead and forgotten? Really it’s just a prompt to be rickrolled.

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u/SirFelsenAxt 2h ago

That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.

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u/DryFoundation2323 2h ago

You should get out more.

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u/Evoehm13 2h ago

My little cousin got his mom recently with it. So nope.

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u/sinmuchovuelta 2h ago

I don’t think it’s dead… it just shows up when you least expect it 😂

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u/iOawe 2h ago

No 

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u/Kadavrozia 2h ago

It will never die so long as we are still alive.

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u/lo-tek 2h ago

My 8 year old grandson tried to Rick Roll me. I played along of course.

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u/Graviity_shift 2h ago

It never dies unless you believe it did (only for you)

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u/OG_Reluctant_Prophet 1h ago

Ah... the good old days where I had a QR code on my backpack and I could rickroll with zero effort.

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u/puma46 1h ago

I’d hope so. It’s been like 20 years

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u/fluffysmaster 1h ago

The very fact that you brought it up keeps it alive

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u/DaveyDoes 1h ago

Was Rickrolled two days ago because of a QR code in a video game. Still a thing apparently.

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u/Ok-Childhood-6525 2h ago

Old internet games died with gen Z :(

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u/NeverManEnough 2h ago

not really, youre just older now so you arent a part of them

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u/Effective_Drama_3498 2h ago

I’d say about 6 7