Internet Incident Notice

You Have Just Been Rickrolled

Don’t panic. You are experiencing a common but emotionally confusing internet event involving a surprise exposure to an ’80s music video.

Status: Contained

Category: Harmless Prank

Embarrassment Risk: Elevated

At the Rickroll Safety & Awareness Institute (RSI), we exist to help people like you who clicked a link you probably shouldn’t have, trusted a coworker named “totally_safe_link”, or scanned a mysterious QR code in a bathroom stall.

Take a deep breath. Then choose one of the following evidence-based recovery options:

I Need Help Understanding This → Train Me So This Never Happens Again

Next recommended steps

If you are still hearing the chorus in your head, you may be in the acute phase of Rickroll exposure. This is normal. Symptoms usually resolve once you stop clicking suspicious links from your friends.

• Read our Frequently Asked Embarrassing Questions (FAEQ) • File an official Rickroll Incident Report • Enroll in Rickroll Preparedness Training

Exposure Summary Rickroll Event · Level 2

Time to Realize

0–5 seconds

Self-reported Regret

Moderate

Likelihood of Repeat

Surprisingly High

*Data based on millions of adults who “definitely won’t fall for it again” and then immediately do.

RSI is funded by absolutely no one and is maintained purely by the collective poor choices of internet users everywhere.

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