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I'm sure this will come as a surprise but capitalism is bad (i.redd.it)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

One of my favourite things about the rick roll is how much Rick Astley embraces it, rather than being salty that his song got memed. He seems like a great guy.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He did an AMA on Reddit, and someone successfully rick rolled him. It was glorious, and he took it in stride.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

please provide a link to that, I need to see it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/haucpf/ive_found_a_few_funny_memories_during_lockdown/fv505w1?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=Damnthatsinteresting&utm_term=1&utm_content=t1_joj5th6

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I'd imagine monetization of the video with tens of millions of views doesn't hurt.

[–] zarkanian 2 points 1 year ago

Why wouldn't he embrace it? It put him back into the spotlight after 20 years!