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Millions Dead/Dying in Recent Mass-Rick-Rolling by YouTube.

uk.youtube.com — Click on any "Featured Videos". When will the insanity stop?

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  • AussieFox, on 04/01/2008, -105/+27It's the end of the world as we know it

    It's the end of the world as we know it

    And I feel fiiiiiine!
    • jkleinfeld, on 04/01/2008, -3/+16LOL April Fools ftw!
    • quiznos, on 04/01/2008, -7/+35Know what I think? I think this is part of Rick Astley's plan to brainwash the world with this video then conquer it while its inhabitants constantly rickroll each other, a weak point. Once this happens, he will use the Earth's resources to broadcast Never Gonna Give You Up into space, rickrolling distant galaxies until he becomes a welcome household (universal?) name. He will conquer the Milky Way and other galaxies, then become the next Xenu.
    • dubloe7, on 04/01/2008, -6/+19f*orget* this, I'm disconnecting my internet for the next 24 hours so i don't have to deal with this crap
      • moolaismyfriend, on 04/01/2008, -2/+12wow, I am so glad I am not you.
    • mem2, on 04/01/2008, -3/+47youtube wins best prank of arpil fools
      • HeDiggMe, on 04/01/2008, -2/+2the best part is that this is now the permanent digg url for uk youtube
    • rentmitchum, on 04/01/2008, -9/+1Oh yea, that was such a great song. I love how it just happened to play that part of it, the only part of the song anyone knows, on the radio on Independence Day. Don't you love how that worked? DONT YOU?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAAH HAAH HAH HAHAHA ***** FUNNY.
    • cawpin, on 04/01/2008, -3/+4Hey, AussieFox, that's the song my wife and I exited to after getting married.
  • lawngnomes4pres, on 04/01/2008, -6/+913this is absolutely awesome.
    • diulei, on 04/01/2008, -5/+133***** epic.
      • rentmitchum, on 04/01/2008, -2/+16Epic Astley, he shall be known as.
        • SubaruPowah, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1I've always known him as dancing fire-crotch.
    • imaxami, on 04/01/2008, -4/+57*opens jacket - points to heart* never gonna give! - never gonna give!

      *smiles coyly - wiggles shoulder - winks*

      JAZZ HANDS!!
      • Frnnkdlxx, on 04/01/2008, -17/+1THIS! IS! ASTLYEYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • MikeKnoop, on 04/01/2008, -3/+77It's worth noting this is also in effect on YouTubes main (US) site:
      http://www.youtube.com/
      • specialK16, on 04/01/2008, -0/+5Yeah well, it's April 1st already.
      • brettmurf, on 04/01/2008, -1/+7I think he was making the point of the main RickRoll video uuiu being blocked in the US, unless it was all part of the April Fool's joke?
      • sovietninja, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3Not working on jp.youtube.com in Japan.
    • KMartSheriff, on 04/01/2008, -4/+6This almost makes up for the killing of uuiU.
      • dynelol, on 04/01/2008, -2/+16uuiU....killer tofu
      • blahtastic, on 04/01/2008, -1/+26uuiU is back since this came up, actually.
      • recruz, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3i think they did that on purpose- they took it down to cause a stir- and then april fools rolls around, and everyone gets rick roll'd! talk about a masterplan! evil geniuses at work!
    • Guroom, on 04/01/2008, -1/+54greatest April fools ever
    • xerigen, on 04/01/2008, -1/+9Knowing my friends, April Fools will probably cause me to be Rick Rolled 100 times. No links are safe!
      • dynelol, on 04/01/2008, -1/+26They know the game and they're gonna play it.
    • Frnnkdlxx, on 04/01/2008, -9/+3EXECUTIONS FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED!
      • lamiaconfitor, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3these people should be exalted as heroes!!!
    • mundus, on 05/15/2008, -3/+37Google is April's Fool's GOD!!!
    • mrwright613, on 04/01/2008, -1/+31remember where you are right now, this is going down in history
      • rentmitchum, on 04/01/2008, -1/+24I'm at my computer.
      • tektalk, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1There will be many memes that will spring forth from this great day of mass-rickrolling.
    • Elliuotatar, on 04/01/2008, -1/+17I went to youtube thinking this was just a prank post and discovered it was real. REVERSE APRIL FOOLS!
    • Scatropolis, on 04/01/2008, -1/+18If you like that you'll probably like this link that's completely relevant.
      http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI
    • blahtastic, on 04/01/2008, -1/+5Possibly related to this occurrence- uuiU has returned to the US!!!
      • BossKey, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1It's the Second Coming of Rick Astley!
    • Brainmodder, on 04/01/2008, -1/+33So that's why they removed the rickroll video. It all makes sense now.

      By the end of the day, every person on the face of the Earth will be Rickrolled. The Prophecy will be fulfilled!
    • S1ngular1ty1, on 04/01/2008, -1/+8You win this time..........youtube.
    • JesusHatesYou, on 04/01/2008, -1/+0This site lists the pages in Wikipedia which are receiving the most edits per unique editor over various periods of time.
      1-25 for Last 3 Hours
      1.April 1, 2008

      2.Ima Hogg

      3.The WiLD Morning Show

      4.Rick Astley
      5.Whom Gods Destroy (Star T…
      6.Google's hoaxes
      7.Plantations of Ireland
      8.Deaths in 2008
      9.Didier Drogba
      10.April 1

      Let's make Rick Astley the most searched person on Yahoo! and Google today. :)
      • futuregray, on 04/01/2008, -1/+4Ima Hogg (July 10, 1882 – August 19, 1975), known as "The First Lady of Texas",[1] was an American philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th century.[2] Hogg was an avid art collector, and owned works by Picasso, Klee, and Matisse, among others. Hogg donated hundreds of pieces of artwork to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts and served on a committee to plan the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. An enthusiastic collector of early American antiques, she also served on a committee tasked with locating historical furniture for the White House.

        This... is randomness.

        Randomness? This is Digg!
        *kicks random digger into well.*
    • staffell, on 04/01/2008, -1/+14Anyone else noticed this:

      http://isohunt.com/

      ?
    • dman24752, on 04/01/2008, -0/+4Youtube has rick-rolled a nation,
      • Icelightning, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3No. Youtube has rickrolled the INTERNET.
    • mateusap, on 04/01/2008, -0/+6i loved it.
      and the funny thing is. i always listen the whole song.
    • lotar732, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2Am I the only one waiting for Rick Astley to crash the Super Bowl Halftime show?
  • RooDoG, on 04/01/2008, -4/+355Its like this now on the US site... GOLDEN!
  • darlingt, on 04/01/2008, -7/+259We're no strangers to love.
  • Protoss, on 04/01/2008, -6/+26Oh wait....there it goes.
    • luke16, on 04/01/2008, -10/+2Were no strangers to love
      You know the rules and so do i
      A full commitments what Im thinking of
      You wouldnt get this from any other guy

      I just wanna tell you how Im feeling
      Gotta make you understand

      Never gonna give you up
      Never gonna let you down
      Never gonna run around and desert you
      Never gonna make you cry
      Never gonna say goodbye
      Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

      Weve know each other for so long
      Your hearts been aching
      But youre too shy to say it
      Inside we both know whats been going on
      We know the game and were gonna play it

      And if you ask me how Im feeling
      Dont tell me youre too blind to see
      Give you up. give you up
      Give you up, give you up
      Never gonna give
      Never gonna give, give you up
      Never gonna give
      Never gonna give, five you up

      I just wanna tell you how Im feeling
      Gotta make you understand

  • Brownye, on 04/01/2008, -4/+165I just got Rick Rolled.
    • specialK16, on 04/01/2008, -2/+19Yes, but it was abso-*****-lutely awesome!
    • Lososaurus, on 04/01/2008, -10/+1http://www.smouch.net/lol/
    • JesusHatesYou, on 04/01/2008, -1/+0This is the smiley face of the digital age. No one over 50 is going to know what the hell is going on. My Youtube broke! There's this skinny white guy doing Milli Vanilli lipsyncing. :) He's not lipsyncing? That's just tooo weird!!!
    • stackered, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2http://www.isohunt.com - WTF RICK IS TAKING OVER
    • doronster195, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2My whole school just got RickRolled over the PA system. Twice!
  • Chaoticx, on 04/01/2008, -3/+241See, this is the reason I want to be one of the admins of a site visited by millions of people. This is perfect.
    • gothicform, on 04/01/2008, -5/+11Yes :) Well one of my websites (200,000 visitors a day) is in the process of Rickrolling as many people as are guillible to click on the link. Should be interesting to see how many thousands fall for it. Only 86 people in the first five minutes... damn.
    • Useight, on 04/01/2008, -3/+1I am one of the admins of a site visited by millions of people: Wikipedia.
      • darlingt, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Yes, but Wikipedia has almost 1500 admins on the English language Wikipedia alone. And Wikipedia didn't Rickroll anyone today, although I loved the front page.
  • blizzok, on 04/01/2008, -8/+159WE'RE NO STRANGERS TO LOVE
    YOU KNOW THE RULES AND SO DO I
    • skippyoh, on 04/01/2008, -2/+35A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
      You wouldn't get this from any other guy
    • betajippity, on 04/01/2008, -1/+29I just want to tell you how i'm feeling
      Gotta make you understand
    • dpvu, on 04/01/2008, -1/+29Never gonna give you up
      Never gonna let you down
    • betajippity, on 04/01/2008, -2/+25Never gonna run and desert you
      Never gonna make you cry
    • bat-21, on 04/01/2008, -2/+23Never gonna say goodbye
      Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
    • TannerPwnz, on 04/01/2008, -19/+4Never gonna run around and desert you.
    • 1randomguyO8, on 04/01/2008, -25/+3BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS OF STEELLL!
    • Wisgary, on 04/01/2008, -1/+11We've known each other, for so long
    • Jeffler, on 04/01/2008, -1/+8Your hearts been aching but, your to shy to say it (ay it)
    • mcool119, on 04/01/2008, -1/+8Inside we both know what's been... goin on
    • SwitchXFactor, on 04/01/2008, -1/+4We know the game, and we're done playing.
  • th2edrrfs, on 04/01/2008, -71/+5When I click the link, it just takes me to the front page of Youtube.

    Is that because I have adblock plus installed? (bracing for the wave of thumbs-down)
  • Wrathernaut, on 04/01/2008, -38/+4Internet Fools Day used to be good, but the endless joke links and fake stories are worse than holding conversations with my family on Thanksgiving.
  • PwncakesFTW, on 04/01/2008, -31/+3Rick Rolling is officially popular now...but I am considering whether or not to start the long line of comments quoting the song...oh what the hey.

    Never gonna give you up
    • XBSHX, on 04/01/2008, -0/+5too late, it has already been done twice before you.
  • clesch, on 04/01/2008, -3/+203"From: YTRickRollsYou"

    best prank ever.
  • HawkeyeMatt, on 04/01/2008, -5/+125I kind of feel like YouTube gave us up...
  • Jokermx, on 04/01/2008, -17/+2I see nothing related to Rick Roll. Ooooh wait a minute, you fooled me. Nice one.
    This is for you: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
    • B3000, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2Way to go Captain Obvious.
      • WyldeJ, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1I know, right?

        I like didn't even see that one coming.
  • ryananger, on 04/01/2008, -15/+0OMG HOW DID THEY MANAGE THAT?
  • Toloran, on 04/01/2008, -8/+69100% Awesome and win. Works on youtube.com as well and not just the uk one.
    • slaizer, on 04/01/2008, -6/+1That's because www.youtube.com redirects to uk.youtube.com.
    • SSUK, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1All languages and regions but Japanese, Korean and Chinese versions of YouTube have the RickRoll featured category.
    • jcasaurus, on 04/01/2008, -6/+1"Win" is not an adjective. Shut the ***** up.
  • kaytrio, on 04/01/2008, -18/+1Anyone have an explanation...?
  • doublsh0t, on 04/01/2008, -3/+52i thought youtube was my friend :-(
    • KMartSheriff, on 04/01/2008, -1/+14It gave you up.
    • iruel, on 04/01/2008, -1/+47you need a friend like Rick Astley. He would never give you up
  • DeadlyCouncil, on 04/01/2008, -1/+272I've never been happier to have been rick roll'd as I am right now.
    • SuperWinner, on 04/01/2008, -0/+6If someone doesn't stop this, that ***** song is gonna get back on the radio!
  • merchantofsoul, on 04/01/2008, -5/+4This is just cruel.
  • phatvolvo, on 04/01/2008, -1/+9Oh man, they got me good.
    • HigherLogic, on 04/01/2008, -1/+29YouTube just Rick Rolled hundreds of thousands (millions?!) of people. Incredible. Quite possibly one of the best Internet April Fool's Day pranks to date :)
      • specialK16, on 04/01/2008, -2/+12And quite possibly one of the biggest rick rolls to date!
        • BeavisMcSleavis, on 04/01/2008, -1/+11Possibly? This is THE ultimate internet prank ever!
          Good work YouTube!
          And yes Google got me too. Damn them!
  • Tony611, on 04/01/2008, -1/+278wow major props to youtube for this
    • pugs909, on 04/01/2008, -2/+32I hope google/youtube threw some money at Mr. Astley for this april fools joke. He deserves some cash flow for all this awesomeness. Especially since he was so cool about being meme'd in the interview he did.
      • dreicher, on 04/01/2008, -3/+11They just immortalized the guy...and they should pay him, too?
        • Ravatar, on 04/01/2008, -0/+5Yea I mean, his career is definitely still going places. What with all those residuals and royalties. Oh wait.
      • lys3rgic, on 04/01/2008, -1/+13They did. Look at the profile: http://youtube.com/user/YTRickRollsYou . There's a link to buy the album in the left table under the avatar, and also check out the subscriber is rickastleyTV, which also links to ways to purchase his music online. I suspect this is why youtube disabled uuiU this past week.
        • pugs909, on 04/01/2008, -1/+12thanks. good to hear.

          they should also compensate his family for being rick rolled every day of their lives
    • dillibob, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1look at who owns youtube...
  • silentdragoon, on 04/01/2008, -5/+13posting in epic thread...

    wait
    • DarkDx, on 04/01/2008, -2/+13toasting in epic bread.
    • tuflus, on 04/01/2008, -2/+1wat
    • ZeroSumDivide, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Holy freaking crap, posting in a sticky!
    • snarkleclackers, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2Also, in other news, everyone should go see "Sticky" the 4chan assistant. Ask him for help trolling.
      DICK BUTT
  • Aloyarc, on 04/01/2008, -3/+77Happy April 1.
  • casual7y, on 04/01/2008, -2/+61My life is complete.
    • starblink, on 04/01/2008, -3/+1It can even get better you can now watch this video in higher quality! (click on the link below the video).
  • agilbe10, on 04/01/2008, -2/+48son of a bitch, got me 31 times... damn that rick astley
    • specialK16, on 04/01/2008, -3/+2Got me 31 to me as well..... on purpose.
  • jpole1, on 04/01/2008, -8/+0Never gonna let you down
  • aphexcoil, on 04/01/2008, -1/+362Youtube .... this is one of the best April Fool's jokes ever. Kudos to you guys. Subtle, but very impressive.

    Nice one guys :)
    • BeavisMcSleavis, on 04/01/2008, -2/+4Really, not so subtle!
      • 1randomguyO8, on 04/01/2008, -2/+0True. it's pretty obvious when you move the cursor over the links they all show the same URL.
        • diggrnumber1, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1they don't go to the same pages. each rickroll is different and has different comments.
  • Tddupre, on 04/01/2008, -3/+58good april fools joke Youtube 5/5
    • SuperWinner, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1it would have been better if they started out with the video you clicked, then merged it with the rick roll, but whatever I'm a little aspergers...
  • xdrawnout, on 04/01/2008, -3/+31best. april. fools. EVER
  • prettyha8, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3holy friggen crap!
  • GSXER, on 04/01/2008, -3/+31Why didn't they link to eBGIQ7ZuuiU?
    • LanceWindu, on 04/01/2008, -1/+50Isn't it obvious? They want to know how many people they Rick Roll. They started with a fresh view count of 0.
    • Kanidia, on 04/01/2008, -0/+13They also wanted to put an "Amazon buy now" below the video.
    • sharris203, on 04/01/2008, -0/+6and only Rick Astley videos are on the account, and they have a link to buy the music on the right side of the page. They have full control vs an anonymous uploader
    • jj9000, on 04/01/2008, -2/+6For the lulz mainly.
    • BambinosKrib, on 04/01/2008, -0/+5because the internets would implode!
    • tuflus, on 04/01/2008, -4/+0And I've heard eBGIQ7ZuuiU has been taken down. Yesterday I think... did it have anything to do with this?
    • darkism, on 04/01/2008, -1/+16You KNOW the ID by heart?
      • namman, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1no, yesterday there was a digg story about that video getting taken down. it was the top rick roll video on youtube. apparently youtube removing that had something to do with this april fools prank
  • nublet, on 04/01/2008, -2/+57i just got rick rolled by youtube.
  • one2gamble, on 04/01/2008, -1/+27good move youtube......good move
  • Shadic, on 04/01/2008, -2/+50YouTube never lets me down.
  • Toby44, on 04/01/2008, -1/+8 Never gonna run around and desert you
  • Mikey9oo, on 04/01/2008, -1/+12Wow. Youtube is awesome.
  • FoxFaction, on 04/01/2008, -4/+20Man, the advertisers are going to be ***** for a few days until they realize it had a positive effect on youtube over the long run.
  • ninjaX14, on 04/01/2008, -6/+20It is also happening in the U.S. site.

    Check it out:
    http://www.youtube.com/
    • mddawso, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2the hyper link is totally necessary.
  • kickcows, on 04/01/2008, -2/+13genius.
    absolute genius.
  • mrsammercer, on 04/01/2008, -2/+145It's pretty cool for a site as huge as youtube to pull something like this
    • dafragsta, on 04/01/2008, -8/+29Yeah, no *****. I bet Rick Astley is on the phone with his lawyers now. He knows the rules and so do they. A full litigation is what he's thinkin' of. He wouldn't get that from any other company.
      • studdenfadden, on 04/01/2008, -2/+11Music videos have no copyrights attached to them, that is why youtube is full of music videos. A music video is produced out of a song's advertising budget, labels actually want you to see the video as they believe it increases album sales. Music labels have rather bizarre views about copyright laws and the marketplace.
      • Crumbeast, on 04/01/2008, -1/+21Rick Astley thinks the whole Rick Roll thing is funny, he's been quoted as saying so in numerous interviews.
      • dynelol, on 04/01/2008, -1/+9I just wanna tell you how i'm feeling..gotta make you understand. Your comment was funny.
      • mulletmusketeer, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Seeing as the song is up to number 18 in 'Adult Contemporary Pop' on Amazon, and the fact that, as studdenfadden said its all legit, I don't think he's going to mind.
      • darlingt, on 04/02/2008, -2/+1Summing up the replies: failure, failure, success!, failure.
    • chilipeppers4u, on 04/01/2008, -1/+6Google does a April fools day joke every year. Remember gmail paper from last year? http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/
  • splinteredmind, on 04/01/2008, -1/+44well played sir, well played.
  • displaced1, on 04/01/2008, -16/+11I just got rick rolled over and over and over and over and over and over again.

    (Click on any of the featured videos on the front page to see what is happening.)
  • laultima23, on 04/01/2008, -8/+1April Fool's Day comes early to YouTube.
    • coldfusion1970, on 04/01/2008, -1/+8Not early. Its been April 1st for around 8 hours now.
    • GDOG5, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2This is the UK link. Surprisingly enough everyone doesn't run on the same time as you.
  • skateboard1, on 04/01/2008, -4/+1ooooo
  • mundus, on 05/15/2008, -3/+22Testing, testing... can I comment yet?
  • BlaenkDenum, on 04/01/2008, -13/+2This smells like 4chan
  • WiZZLa, on 04/01/2008, -9/+1They all link to http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI , nice.
    • jon02129, on 04/01/2008, -1/+6Lol, [punchline to joke here], nice.
  • salvadorwii, on 04/01/2008, -1/+247now we know why google bought youtube
    • frankyg11, on 04/01/2008, -1/+62to rick roll the internet?
      • alexanderhazard, on 04/01/2008, -2/+39yep.
        • iamnot, on 04/01/2008, -2/+5Larry - Muahahahaha!!! Our mission is accomplished!
          Sergey - Our childhood dream has been realized!
          Larry - That was soo cool!
          Sergey - Yeah!
          Larry - Yeah.
          Sergey - ok, so what do you wanna do now?
          Larry - um. Id'a know,
      • lamiaconfitor, on 04/01/2008, -1/+7what better reason to spend that much money? Also, there is a code in never gonna give you up that makes us all slaves for the Illuminati.
    • Anthonym1987, on 04/01/2008, -11/+2Your icon is Firefox? really. Its just a browser.
      • dinot, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2hahahaha... get a life.
      • zanvann, on 04/01/2008, -1/+11Your icon is Captain Jack Sparrow? Really. He's just a character.

        Shut the ***** up. ¬_¬
  • Jahabi, on 04/01/2008, -3/+11youtube just got everyone good
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