14 DAY TRIAL // Students' creative ways of messing with school papers are always hilarious and they easily manage to go viral and inspire other daredevils to do the same. Even if in some cases unamused teachers may not enjoy the prank as much as the Internet does, the trend of rickrolling exams keeps on advancing.
Sairam Gudiseva decided to have his own take on the rickrolling phenomenon by inserting Rick Astley's “Never Gonna Give You Up” song lyrics in his quantum physics essay. He managed to get each word of the song lined up with the margin of the text of his assignment on the influence of scientist Niels Bohr on quantum theory, notes the Independent.
In order to show off his pranking skills, the student posted a picture of his essay, with the song lyrics highlighted, on Twitter. Viewers were amazed by the fact that he not only succeeded in writing the physics essay but he managed to perfectly start each text line with words from the song, in perfect order, of course.
Sairam honored the famous 1987 song by reviving the old Internet meme of Rickrolling, which kind of died off lately. Initially, the prank concerning Astley's song provided a person with a hint, usually in the shape of a hyperlink, that lead to the music video.
The link had to be masked or hidden in plain sight in order to make it harder to determine its final destination. People who figure out the prank and discover Rick Astley's song are said to be “rickrolled,” and not just pranked.
A few years ago, the trend was so popular that it lead to public disturbances and humorously managed to put Astley in the spotlight again. The artist was not at all bothered by the themed-prank, but instead stated he actually found it funny and entertaining.
The meme is believed to be inspired by another similar prank called “duckrolling,” where victims followed several links that finally lead to a picture of a duck on wheels. Extreme pranksters took the hoax from a beginner's level to incredibly complicated, maze-like riddles in order to do the ultimate “duckrolling.”