Never Gonna Give You Up. For the uninformed among us, rickrolling is an internet prank where unsuspecting victims are served up Astley’s 1987 hit single instead of the link they were expecting. The 88 million views on Youtube video are testament to the meme’s enduring popularity. Want to buy booze from Liquorland when you’re underage? You ll be spending your day playing I Spy games instead, after being redirected to Scholastic s games page.
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Sorry, did you want beer? How about Peppa Pig’s greatest hits instead? A fair few breweries seem to have adopted the old adage “if you’re going to act like a child, I’ll treat you like one”.
Android’s Smart Reply can prevent you from being rick-rolled
December 29, 2020
It’s an understatement to say that we had a lot of problems and issues this 2020. But among all the concerns we have, there’s probably one that’s way, way, way down on your list but still a concern nonetheless: how to avoid being rick-rolled. Okay, that’s probably not even on your list but we all have to admit it’s annoying as heck when we still fall for the stupid trick of opening a link that leads to this innocuous video from the 80s. But apparently, Android has an easter egg trick to help you avoid this.
Student accidentally sends email to 20,000 undergrads at the University of Sheffield
‘I felt awfully embarrassed at first’
3 months ago
A politics student accidentally emailed 20,000 undergrads at the University of Sheffield, creating a chain of hundreds of emails.
Daniela Cebotari wanted to find out who her personal tutor was and tried to email uni support – but she was met with a shitposting thread, shameless Instagram promotions and a full transcript of the Bee Movie from countless students who were wrongly emailed.
Just four minutes after the fateful email, Daniela said she had 100 students emailing her and had to ask them to stop.
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