A couple of days ago, "Never Gonna Give You Up" turned 20. I'm sure there were blogs about it.


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Yeah, so a few British journalists aren't too pleased that an 80's pop icon is now a huge joke.

Especially a 4chan joke.

Since you probably don't know (And probably know nothing about the parts of 4chan that aren't /b/), The Guardian caught wind of their tomfoolery with The Telegraph. The Anime board, /a/ submitted to them a version of the Union Jack with the logo from Gurren Lagann on it (The event now known as Union Flagann) and voting on it in unison. The flag was supposed to be a concept of a new flag for the U.K. after it annexes Wales, but that was quickly forgotten. When they found out a bunch of Touhou-playing japanophiles were responsible for this, they obviously weren't pleased.

If you're afraid to click Rick, the article goes on to talk about the Rickroll, the origins (the Duckroll), the "merits" of 4chan, the neo-Anonymous' campaign against Scientology, the effects of the Rickroll, and Rick Astley's career.

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GIVE YOU UP