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Comments on: This week in awesomeness: 20 years ago, we all got Rickrolled

This week in 1988, Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Twenty years later, it's become a ubiquitous Internet prank.

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nwmt
by gregmar March 14, 2008 8:31 AM PDT
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go read
by sanenazok March 14, 2008 12:58 PM PDT
geez after reading this report on useless e-mails I got one piece of advice: rather than accumulating knowledge about 80's pop, go read a book or learn some geography. Knowing some capitals of the world is nice and much better than knowing what capital letters in a post signify.
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RickRolled
by GracePiper March 14, 2008 4:41 PM PDT
I was RickRolled hard via Twitter and it was not pleasant. But, I'm never gonna (CNET) give you up, never gonna say goodbye..... etc...

Grace
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not so cheesy
by tlbear March 14, 2008 5:11 PM PDT
Personally I dont think the song is bad at all. It has a nice beat, you can dance to it,and it sure beats the devil out of anything i have heard comming out of the music industry in many a moon.
jmho
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RickRoll Your Coworkers
by frobie March 14, 2008 5:13 PM PDT
For those who share their iTunes library at work, might I suggest dropping the song into your library to RickRoll your unsuspecting coworkers.
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