You Have Been Rick Rolled!
Gotcha. You clicked, and now there's a suspiciously cheerful song stuck in your head. Welcome to the friendliest ambush on the internet — a clean, ad-free rickroll you can spring on anyone you like.
▶ Watch the video How to rickroll someone →Here's the pitch: a rickroll should be a laugh, not an obstacle course of ads, pop-ups and cookie banners. So we built the clean version. One link — rickroll.uk/watch — that loads instantly, fills the screen, and doesn't try to sell your victim anything on the way in. Send it far and wide, and read on for the best ways to deploy it.
From the blog
How to Rickroll Someone (Nicely)
The whole point of this site. Here's the classic move, plus a few more inventive ways to spring a clean, ad-free rickroll on the people you love.
Where Rickrolling Came From: A Short, Slightly Silly History
How a duck on wheels, a message board full of bored people, and a cheerful 1987 pop song combined into the internet's most beloved prank.
Why Some Jokes Take Over the Internet (and Most Don't)
The internet makes a million jokes a day and forgets almost all of them. Here's what actually separates a viral meme from a dud.
What Actually Happens When You Press Play
Pressing play feels instant, but there's a tidy little relay race going on behind the scenes. Here's the plain-English version.
MP4, WebM, HEVC: Why One Video Plays Everywhere and Another Doesn't
Ever had a video play fine on your phone but show a black screen in a browser? The culprit is almost always the codec. Here's the no-jargon guide.
Running Your Own Tiny Video Server (It's Easier Than You Think)
You don't need a giant platform to put a video online. Here's what a small, self-hosted video server actually has to get right.
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