I have never interpreted this as making fun of Rick Astley, just a stupid joke to trick people into watching something. I totally agree, he is very talented.
The meme has been a huge benefit to him as well, his popularity skyrocketed with a generation that wasn’t around when he was first popular and led to tons of listens and sales of his music, heck they even had him play at the Macy’s day parade!
As I recall, I read an interview with him, and he didn’t quite understand the meme, but he was thrilled it had blown up his popularity again and introduced so many new people to his music.
Even if that was the original intention, it turned out to be a great benefit to him personally, so if that’s what it was supposed to be, then I guess the jokes on them 😀
Kira pushed a four shift rotation to Sisko while he was delirious with a massive head injury. Later he suggested the idea as well and Kira was so happy he wasn’t dead/ agreed that she just took joy in agreeing with his “suggestion”
That was a clear callback to jellico in my opinion.
Jokes aside, I do find using my phone for casual meme browsing much more comfortable, so it’s just waiting for everything to catch up and work properly.
A word used when you agree with something; or when you want to recognize someone for being themselves, i.e. courageous and unique or not caring what others think. Especially common in online political slang.
The opposite of cringe, some times the opposite of biased.
I love this song (startrek.website)
Every time I'm trying to decide what new show I should check out (i.imgur.com)
Especially this meme (startrek.website)
The origin of starfleet combat training. (startrek.website)
Damnit Jim, I'm an archeologist not a doctor (lemmy.world)
Is anyone using awk?
Studying and awk came up....
Competency on a four shift rotation. (startrek.website)
Lemmy, why are you wrong?
Someone else did this, but they were wrong: they mostly dissembled and half agreed....
It's the holidays, time to impress the family. (startrek.website)
As if he hadn't heard that one before. (startrek.website)
This episode contains: sex, fear (startrek.website)
You'll hack yer limb off kid! (startrek.website)
It's cannon. (startrek.website)
Testing Data (files.catbox.moe)
Direct link: files.catbox.moe/g5mqa4.mp4
He had the keys too. (startrek.website)
Interspecies dating isn't without its challenges. (startrek.website)
Sokath, his eyes uncovered! (startrek.website)
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Get this shit out of here (startrek.website)
This is a PSA (startrek.website)
Wild man Picard at it again (startrek.website)
That time Kirk ate a Romulan Edible and told the Guardian of Forever to send him back to the 1968 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (lemmy.world)