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Rick Astley Points Gun Asking About Those Accounts Now

This meme features the face of Rick Astley, the British singer famous for the 'Rickroll' internet prank, edited into an image where he is holding a handgun pointed directly at the viewer. Bold, white text with a black outline is placed at the top reading 'THOSE ACCOUNTS' and at the bottom reading 'NOW'. The meme acts as a humorous, playfully threatening response to the question of what happened to specific unnamed accounts, implying the person being addressed must provide an answer immediately.
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Overview

This meme features the face of Rick Astley, the British singer famous for the 'Rickroll' internet prank, edited into an image where he is holding a handgun pointed directly at the viewer. Bold, white text with a black outline is placed at the top reading 'THOSE ACCOUNTS' and at the bottom reading 'NOW'. The meme acts as a humorous, playfully threatening response to the question of what happened to specific unnamed accounts, implying the person being addressed must provide an answer immediately.

Origin notes

This image was shared as part of an RSS feed from 9Gag, accompanying a user post that asked 'Guys what happened to "those accounts"?'. It is an edited derivative of the popular Rick Astley gun-pointing meme template, combined with text to respond to the user's question.

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