r/rickastley • u/ElderberryOk8147 • 5d ago
My favorite paradox is the Rick Astley Paradox
For those of you who don't know it (you probably do): If you ask Rick Astley for a DVD of the movie Up, he can't give it to you, because he's never gonna give you up. But by not giving you the movie, he's letting you down. He can't run away, because he said he wouldn't run around or desert you. And by not giving you the movie, you might cry, when he promised he wouldn't make you cry. If he doesn't have the movie, he'd also be letting you down. He can't lie and say he doesn't have the movie, because he promised he wouldn't tell a lie to you. If he really doesn't have the movie? That would be letting you down.