• MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    23
    ·
    6 days ago

    Do you think in 20-30 years time, you can do the same with a 2010s song lyric, with the answer being Baby Shark? Or is Rick Astely just too famous/infamous to be replaced?

    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      18
      ·
      6 days ago

      I didn’t think any will work.

      Rickroll has been a thing for what 20 years? It’s not about just being catchy. It came about in a time when ‘going viral’ still meant something. Early Internet culture spread it everywhere. I remember an addon in WoW that was a full screen Rickroll. People everywhere in various forums were tricking folks. So many people have grown up with it.