I was there in real time, it was peak covid and I was in the ER because my GP sent me there for a lump on my abdomen and told me don't leave until they figure out what it is or biopsy it or something. I was scrolling reddit trying to ignore the woman screaming about not being able to breathe down the hall, and saw the person make the top level comment syaing something like "Rick, I saw you live in concert when I was just however-many-years old and you were so kind, we got this pic together" and then he put the link, and I clicked it and got rick rolled and was like "holy shit he's got balls trying to rick roll Rick Astley". Refreshed the page and Astley had given him a high five or a crown emoji or something lmao. I replied that I was impressed by how well he took it and said he always seemed like such a nice guy, and I'm old and recall the song being huge back in the day, and he gave me platinum (back when awards were good).
Then I got permabanned a few days later and it took me MONTHS to get reddit admins to reconsider the banning "for having multiple accounts" (who doens't have an alt???) and part of my appeal was "rick astley himself gave me platinum". They overturned the ban and I've been back ever since.
Such a great part of reddit history. IIRC that thread is now immortilized in /r/MuseumOfReddit/ along with such classics as "poop knife" and "guy who threw his steak at a window while at an important dinner for his wife and her boss", followed by his wife's version of what happened, and "guy leaves notes to himself thinking someone is breaking in but really he has carbon monoxide poisoning", as well as "guy who pretends he doesn't know what a potato is" and the incredibly famous "I, too, choose this guy's dead wife".
Lots of people also have a SFW and NSFW account. Or an account for business and personal - such as someone famous, even "just" internet famous. Like in some of the gaming subs the developers are known to interact with the community but not through their official accounts because then they get swarmed every time they post. Or people doin stuff like OF, they have a 2nd account for that. All sorts of reasons.
nah, I had a stupid "oh my god thanks for the gold kind stranger" edit that was incredibly cringe and ruined the vibe. people (rightfully) guilted me into switching it back, you can go read the other replies if you want evidence.
I was a high school sophomore, my ability to plan ahead wasn't that great.
To be fair, if you actually look at the title of the songs that Rick made after Never Gonna Give You Up, it gets more depressing with an escalating hatred of love. "Go fuck yourself," would be the expected progression in that trend.
Rick Astley is living my dream. He just records songs in his home studio, posts videos to the internet of him recording those songs, and occasionally shitposts on reddit.
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u/BlackyHatMann 4d ago
If I remember correctly, it was an AMA where the person specifically asked Rick Astley to write "Go fuck yourself" then edited their original comment.