Rickrolling was so 2007

Do you experience the  urge to Rickroll?

Are you concerned that bubblegum pop nuisance-linking isn’t really in keeping with the gloomy year that the economy collapsed like a piss-drizzled souffle, a deadly yet comedic disease swept the globe and last bastion of stable marital harmony Katie and Pete imploded in a black hole of PR backstabbing and envy-the-blind nightclub pap shots of cheesewire thongs?

Don’t worry: you’re not alone.

The last time things were this shit was the early 1990s, and Nirvana’s grunge par excellence ruled the charts. Welcome then, to Recession Rolling, which can be achieved via the simple expedient of replacing your old, inappropriately cheery Rickroll links with this updated version: Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up.

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