Time 100: Moot, by Rick Astley (Not Online Poll)

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7 points·frisco··10 comments

Rick Astley is so much cooler than Chuck Norris, it's not even funny.

Usually you can find some humor in chuck norris jokes the first time you hear them I never liked the rickrolling phase of the internet.

I'm not speaking of the jokes. I'm speaking of the difference in the way they used their renewed fame. Norris used it for evil, Astley for lulz. Astley is much cooler than Norris.

References:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjYv2YW6azE

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=525...

Chuck Norris is a tool.

No kidding. I read that second link and the man thinks that jokes about him are literal statements.

Yeah, that's why he puts scare quotes around "facts" and calls them "harmless fun".

And proceeded to pick at various quotes involving evolution, tears and a few other topics to push religion onto people.

In comparison, Astley discussed how ridiculous fashion was back then.

Well, at least he has guts to give credit where credit is due... (although a bit late)

I don't know if it's new or not, but having the icons write about each other is definitely very cool. Bill Gates on Jeff Bezos, Gordon Brown on Barack Obama, even Rick Astley on moot -- it's different and really interesting.

I find it impressive after Time totally drops the ball on being able to protect their web voting app, that they are still in touch enough to have Astley write about moot.

I enjoyed the article but I more enjoyed the notion of someone at Time having the 'last laugh'.

Well... moot is influential enough to win the Time 100 poll... It isn't as if political or social influence is always above board either.

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