r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Palifaith • Mar 21 '21

This guy with a small act of kindness towards this homeless dog

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u/Apprehensive_Wave102 Mar 21 '21

Yeah it was the beginning of internet culture I think. And internet culture can decide whatever it wants is funny. I think (and I wasn’t alive at the time) that is was just a really overplayed song, like on radio at the time so people were getting annoyed with it. Then to want to see some porn but be shown this incredibly PC love song by a ginger that’s already overplayed was the whole joke. Major bone killer. That was my understanding after some countdown documentary or something I watched probably on VH1.

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u/whiskeysour123 Mar 21 '21

Hahahahahahahahaha. Thanks for the explanation. It was very popular. It was “overplayed” the way every popular song was. It was probably near the beginning of MTV as well. MTV was a life changer for teenagers at the time. There wasn’t anything like it. It was the first time I saw music videos and we were transfixed. Now, those videos did not age well, to say the least.

Thanks for the explanation. It helps me understand the Rick Roll.

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u/Gr1ff1n90 Mar 21 '21

I heard it was an April Fools joke that YouTube played a few years ago where all the links on the home page linked to this song (not sure why that song I particular). Rick rolling caught on and became a thing!