Residents in the city of Dallas, Texas, were "Rick-rolled" by a massive QR code that showed up in the sky created of 300 drones on April Fools' Day.
Anyone who looked at the QR code with their smartphones and clicked the link that showed up would be taken to a video of Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up" that is notorious for its use in pranks.
Preston Ward, the chief pilot of Sky Elements Drone Shows, said that the company had organized the technological prank
"Brian and Lito, who manage our design and animation team, always knock it out of the park with show design. This particular show took a few hours for the team to put together since it was just one animation," Ward said according to KTBC-TV.
Ward, who is also general counsel for the company, said that they needed to receive pre-approval from the local FAA offices for the controlled airspace above Love Field.
The idea for the city-wide prank came after a successful marketing drone show using a QR code in Austin for the South by Southwest film festival.
Ward said his social media manager suggested the idea and then he was inspired by his 8-year-old niece.
"I wasn’t totally convinced right away that was the direction to go until my 8-year-old niece Rick Rolled me a few days later," Ward explained. "That’s when I knew we had to push the idea further."
Ward said the company is planning to do something even greater for the next April Fools' Day. They do shows for private events but they also have drone shows scheduled for professional baseball games.
The video from Sky Elements Drone Shows on YouTube garnered more than 50k views at the time of publishing.
Epic April Fools Prank - Drone QR Code - Epic Rick Roll | Dallas Texaswww.youtube.com
Outspoken liberal Rob Reiner posted a tweet on Friday declaring that the time is overdue to recognize the "success of Joe Biden's Presidency."
"It’s long past time that we acknowledge the sure handed, effective, grace under fire, success of Joe Biden’s Presidency," Reiner declared.
It\u2019s long past time that we acknowledge the sure handed, effective, grace under fire, success of Joe Biden\u2019s Presidency.— Rob Reiner (@Rob Reiner) 1648826582
Many Americans would likely beg to differ, as they suffer under the heavy financial strain of sky high gas prices and soaring inflation.
As of Friday, the AAA national average for a gallon of regular gas was $4.215. High gas prices hurt drivers directly when they fill up their vehicles, but fuel prices can also drive up the cost of transporting goods, which can in turn drive up the prices consumers are charged for various products.
President Biden has long been underwater in various job approval polls. If high Inflation, high gas prices, and President Biden's unpopularity persist, Democrats could get walloped during the midterm elections later this year.
While Reiner posted the tweet on April Fools' Day, given his openly leftward leanings, the tweet was not meant to be a joke.
"The irony of this dude tweeting this on 4/1," someone tweeted in response to Reiner's post.
"Say you're out of touch without saying you're out of touch," someone else tweeted.
"You have to be smoking Hunter Biden levels of crack to believe this," Blaze Media's Steve Deace tweeted.
"Classic April Fool!" Monica Crowley tweeted.
"I stand corrected: April Fool's Day jokes CAN be funny," Christian Toto tweeted.
"Maybe you really are a comedian. The only people that think Joe has done a good job are those that are isolated from the impact of his destructive policies. This includes leftist Hollywood hacks who have no idea of the impact that high inflation has on America," someone else tweeted.
Maybe you really are a comedian. The only people that think Joe has done a good job are those that are isolated from the impact of his destructive policies. This includes leftist Hollywood hacks who have no idea of the impact that high inflation has on America.https://twitter.com/robreiner/status/1509914242656313348\u00a0\u2026— Gregg Barker (@Gregg Barker) 1648837806
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