Rick Roll is the art of fooling someone into opening a video of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up". Generally, you should post a link in a forum that looks relevant to the topic being discussed. If you've been fooled like this, you know what it's like! Read the steps below, so if you find yourself talking to someone who is bothering you, you can use this trick.
Steps
Step 1. Find a website with rick roll video
You can find many of them on YouTube or other music sites. Choose what you want.
Step 2. Cut or copy the music video link and paste it into the TinyURL service
Some let you choose the URL. So if you have a choice, try to make it relevant to the topic of the conversation.
Step 3. Post the link in the forum / chat and stating that it is something important
Step 4. Enjoy the reactions of people taking the rick roll
Advice
- Do you want to rick roll again? Use TinyURL to hide the link you just sent him.
- Remember to use TinyURL if you want to shorten the link of the music video and use a message like this: "Remember to check the cost of eBay purchases, I shortened the link because it was truly long: tinyurl.com/62atnu ".
- The Rick Roll works in forums, IRC, chat, instant messaging, email, and more.
- Don't force people to open the link or you might make them suspicious. Of course, answer people who have questions about the link.
- Be careful, people could take revenge by letting you fall into the same trap.
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Warnings
- People may not trust you anymore.
- You may anger some users so use the Rick Roll at your own risk.
- The reactions may be different if you do this trick to someone who loves Rick Astley.
- Rick Roll for many people is now an old joke.
