Hope you've ALREADY read XKCD, this one contains music and video

[oilygrrl]

Check out the new xkcd, it's pretty damn funny.
(A little irritating when you try and hit the 'back' arrow, but you'll get out of the 80's hell eventually.)
ETA: Clicking will result in an unpleasant 80's flashback that shouldn't last more than a few minutes.

Comments

[deusinnomen]

Lemme show my thanks.

*stab*

*stabstabstabstabstabstabstabstab*

[oilygrrl]

What? You're telling me you've never been rickrolled before?
Sorry, I just assumed you could close the tab without clicking through all those 'lyrics'.
Apparently not.
I probably found this so amusing as I'd never heard of rickrolling until I read xkcd a minute ago.

[deusinnomen]

*chuckle* No, never before. Congrats, you're my first time. ;) :P

And that's especially funny cause I'm normally REALLY good about checking the link before clicking it.

[autographedcat]

That was a highly annoying example of why I normally run with Javascript disabled.

[raven_ap_morgan]

Oh, my...

I remember when that guy first came out - we thought he bore a striking resemblance to Howdy Doody, but with a huge voice.

You have to admit that the abuse of JavaScript is a bit much, and it will scare off the JavaScript-superstitious, but the flashback in and of itself is cool...

Raven

[oilygrrl]

You're the third unwitting victim so I'll post a warning in the subject as well as the one I added later.
Yup, Howdy Doody is pretty apt. Until recently I had a Rick Astley cassette around, can't remember any other song from it though.
When I read the actual comic and then googled the explanation my first thought was 'Why Rick Astley?'
Anyone know?

[uofirob]

At first, I had javascript disabled... then I enabled it.

*Headdesk, headdesk headdesk*

That was one of the dumbest movements I've done.

I loved how the screen bounced around. Ugh.

Well played though... :P