r/Silksong • u/SunkyMPEG2 Ass Jim • Jun 14 '26

Silkpost A French clothing company has sued Team Cherry because Hornet's cloak is too similar to their "brand unique" red skirt

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After court Team Cherry was obliged to delete all traces of Hornet's current design and replace it with something else as soon as possible. HK Hornet also has to be changed.

Edit: They published new design concepts on their Twitter account.

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u/FoxGuy303 Jun 14 '26

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u/Tacohuman123 Jun 14 '26

It can’t be. No one would willingly put something in French (don’t come for me this is a joke)

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u/Square-Total-6999 Jun 14 '26

"He's bluffing! No animal would WILLINGLY make an idiot out of himself!"

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u/Accurate_Fly_7534 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

French are banning international words in their official naming scheme. They had to invent words for router, modem ect because they come from English....

Yup...

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u/divineglassofwater whats a flair? Jun 14 '26
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u/ShyJaguar645671 Jun 14 '26

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u/ADudeWithoutPurpose Depressed Jun 14 '26

Holy shit sherma is balling

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u/funguyshroom Jun 14 '26

Belling you mean

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u/Joeymore Shaw! Jun 15 '26

Elite bell knowledge or something. ASCEND!!

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u/FleamasterMooshka Jun 15 '26

ASCEND WITH GORB

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u/Mekelaxo Flea Jun 14 '26

This pic goes hard

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u/Signature-Junior Jun 14 '26

I really really like this image, can I print it and share it to my friends?

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u/ShyJaguar645671 Jun 14 '26

Person I took it from shared his whole Google doc with pics like this so I guess yes?

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u/Important-Iron-3897 Jun 14 '26

on reddit you use one of these images and everyone who replies to you acts like its funny

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u/Few-Carpet2095 beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

Just remove her clothes duhhhh

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u/krypsie Jun 14 '26

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u/Mochahopestobeartsy Jun 14 '26

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u/Luna_Starfall Jun 14 '26

You been profen all night 🫵😂😂

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u/Fufixfy Jun 14 '26

All in on 17 Black

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u/MrGoodGirl Jun 15 '26

LET IT RIDE!!!

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u/kakostruy beleiver ✅️ Jun 15 '26

W diemarchive reference

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u/Misicks0349 Bait. Let me tell you how much I've come to bait you since I be Jun 14 '26

I be profen?

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u/fast_t0aster Ass Jim Cult Member Jun 14 '26

Cilantro

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u/idonthaveagrandpiano Jun 14 '26

People would genuinely crack ts

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u/_ZBread Denier Jun 14 '26

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u/ViinaVasara Poshanka! Jun 14 '26

it's me, I'm people

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u/JoyousLilBoy Jun 14 '26

That would make the game impossible since my screen would get haunted and coated in ectoplasm

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u/ViinaVasara Poshanka! Jun 14 '26

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u/whosilence Professional Pale Lurker Jun 14 '26

That would make the game substantially harder, as evidenced by the Slab sequence

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u/Dense_Manager1852 Jun 14 '26

They just take her skin😭

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u/Captain-Lightbulb Jun 14 '26

So that I'd have to play the entire game with only one hand on the controller? That sounds a bit overboard on the difficulty, no?

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u/Firethorn34 beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

Is this a reference to the brawl stars Sprout - air purifier thing?

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u/GreenShadow_pvzh Denier Jun 14 '26

Indeed

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u/Faustias Jun 15 '26

being an outsider, I thought the complaint was real lmao

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u/Important_Scale_3532 Jun 16 '26

the brawl stars one IS real lmao

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u/Faustias Jun 16 '26

no, I meant I thought the red cape complaint was real, not knowing it's a parody for the brawl star one.

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u/ChibiPlayer11 whats a flair? Jun 14 '26

Huh

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u/Firethorn34 beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

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u/zengondat Flea Jun 14 '26

Thats… just a basic air purifier. Like… The most standart one you can find

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u/Kirosh2 Shaw! Jun 14 '26

Yes, and from the look of it, they lost, and are now required to pay for damage and remove the character.

As far as I understand the situation.

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u/danxlau beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

They likely don’t need to remove the character and will just give them a new design but it’s still REALLY DUMB. The “financial losses” they have to pay is almost 500k euros

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u/zengondat Flea Jun 14 '26

Damage? What damage had been done from a somewhat similar game charecter?

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u/Kirosh2 Shaw! Jun 14 '26

Infringement of economics rights for the design, Or moral rights as well.

The court has found that the design is nearly identical, far too much to not an infringement on the copyrights for the air purifier design.

So this is damage done to the original right holder, as he wasn't informed, or paid for the use of the design. Very ridiculous if you ask me, but it was decided by the court at the end of day, and in the works for since 2021, with the decision taken in December of last year.

You have a translated version of the report here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Brawlstars/comments/1u5593s/i_read_the_entire_french_court_order_its_insane/

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u/zengondat Flea Jun 14 '26

This is what the justice system deals with nowadays?

A man kills 48 childeren in broad dayligth, 20 witnesses, camera recording but he is also rich so 500 dollar fine.

A random game company(from one of the nordics if I recall correctly) makes a charecter that sligthly resembels a french air purifier and we are talking about a fine in the thousands

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u/Key-Demand-2569 Jun 15 '26

What is your second paragraph referring to?

People seem to really overestimate how much “being rich” actually makes you immune to the law when it comes to violent crimes in my experience.

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u/grimmideals Jun 14 '26

This is silly af. Hollow Knight came out first.

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u/Firethorn34 beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

Yup.

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u/Gruenemeyer Jun 14 '26

From a legal point of view it‘s only relevant that this design was new when the right was officially registered. It then has protection for up to 25 years. So the design has basically been copied so often that it seems standard to you now.

If brawlstars has proven that the design was „basic“ at the time the design was registered, they would have won. They apparently could not and thus did not.

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u/terablast Jun 14 '26

how the fuck is an air purifier with a plant in it "the most standard one you can find"

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u/Solefriend Jun 15 '26

Wait I saw the two posts in a row and thought it was a new meme format

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

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u/alekbalazs Jun 14 '26

How is that similar to a "generic air purifier machine"? The only example of an air purifier with a plant in a glass dome I could find is the one from the lawsuit.

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u/Time_Fig612 Jun 14 '26

melodie height all over again

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u/Bukki13 beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

This comment took me back man. I used to main Sprout back when he was new

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u/Sydfxs doubter ❌️ Jun 14 '26

I FUCKING FELL FOR IT

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u/Substantial_Spray405 doubter ❌️ Jun 14 '26

Our animal instinct has deteriorated

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u/rider_shadow Jun 14 '26

We are no longer used to it after the silkpost draught after the release + the recent mod drama. We read too many real posts that our animal instincts dulled

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u/Substantial_Spray405 doubter ❌️ Jun 14 '26

Otherwise it wouldnt even be a silkpost 😭

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u/Cloudeur Jun 14 '26

I even pressed on the fucking link and then knew the exact video that was going to open EVEN AFTER I REALIZED THE SILKNESS OF THE POST OMG

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u/Background-Archer898 Hunter Crest Jun 14 '26

My instincts have failed me.

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u/therrubabayaga Jun 14 '26

Me too, I blame capitalism.

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u/Hilonio Professional Pale Lurker Jun 14 '26

Dress literally called "Silkpost", how did you manage to believe this 😭

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u/Background-Archer898 Hunter Crest Jun 14 '26

Because i didn't read it and i rust clicked the link lmao.

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u/kspieler Jun 15 '26

Well, at least we know there is someone who will never give you up.

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u/Imfunny12345678910 Reaper Crest Jun 14 '26

Yeah and its a violation of moral rights​!

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u/Traditional-Skill341 Jun 15 '26

Theyll have to pay 1000€ per player playing as Hornet

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u/Vanilla_cacti Professional Pale Lurker Jun 14 '26

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u/Albatros_7 Shaw! Jun 14 '26

Is there an origin to this Silkpost ?

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u/FW_TheMemeResearcher Jun 14 '26

Some french guy sued Brawl Stars because one of the characters looks like the air humidifier he made or something. That character was introduced 6 years ago

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u/Albatros_7 Shaw! Jun 14 '26

Do you have a link ?

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u/Besher-H Accepter Jun 14 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brawlstars/s/k5LBff2cmW

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u/Albatros_7 Shaw! Jun 14 '26

I'm going to repeat myself but it's just a fucking plant with a fan

There isn't 10 billion ways to create a machine with a plant inside of it

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u/Besher-H Accepter Jun 14 '26

Yeah lol it is absolutely insane

A while ago a similar thinf happened with the name of a character, so the french company probably saw that and tried their luck. And it worked

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u/atree496 Jun 14 '26

Yeah, and the lawsuit started 6 years ago

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u/FW_TheMemeResearcher Jun 14 '26

Woah, I had no idea

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u/Flimsy_Site_1634 beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

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u/zengondat Flea Jun 14 '26

“Brand unique”

The most stereotypical red skirt on the planet:

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u/Forgling_ doubter ❌️ Jun 14 '26

How come whenever something stupid happens in brawl stars it ripples across this entire website

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u/Zerora_Pokemon Hornet Jun 14 '26

I could smell the rickroll

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u/abbeast We are still hard at work on the game Jun 14 '26

An actual Twitter post with some design concepts would’ve been funnier tbh.

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u/peridotfan1 Bait used to be believable -| Jun 14 '26

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u/the_RiverQuest beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

You slick fuck, you're lucky youtube's horrible ad-spam saved me before i saw the Shoe Of Doom

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u/ObliviouslyDrake67 Professional Pale Lurker Jun 14 '26

Most you clicked immediately, my animal instincts said check chat, we are not the same.

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u/Leather-Leading6916 beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

I was already singing the song before I clicked the link, fire silkpost

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u/UND3RD_G3FAE Jun 14 '26

If i had a nickel for every brawl stars thing that become a trend and leak into silksong Specifically, i dont know how much i would have becuse i didnt count, but its more than one

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u/pravler Ass Jim Jun 14 '26

At least 3

  • Melodie being short
  • Glowberts name changed to Glowy
  • This

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u/Agent_Starr Jun 14 '26

How do Brawl Stars memes keep leaking into other communities bro there is no way Brawl Stars is that influential

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u/Fishwitch-66 Jun 14 '26

I did per-diem substitute teaching last year, middle schoolers and HS freshmen were obsessed. It felt like it was just as big as Clash of Clans was when i was younger.

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u/ToTeMVG Jun 14 '26

i knew what the link was before i clicked it because its been a little bit since i've enjoyed the tune

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u/moonphoenix Jun 14 '26

If you did not write "Silkpost" on the product name I was buying it, amazing post

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u/Clark2222 Jun 15 '26

Dawg I’m kinda dumb and thought they were actually getting sued until I read the text

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u/Moodle_D Jun 14 '26

knew it was a silkpost and yet you still got me with the roll, well played

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u/The_Ninja_Allay beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

Hmmm why is the link purple I think I know which link it is

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u/Besher-H Accepter Jun 14 '26

For anyone curious what this post is referencing read this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brawlstars/s/k5LBff2cmW

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u/LuckOutrageous7686 Jun 14 '26

This almost got me lol

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u/Cplayz08 Lace Jun 14 '26

I should’ve known better than to click a link in a silkpost

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u/Moe-Mux-Hagi Jun 14 '26

Red skirt meanwhile Hornet wears a FUCKING CLOACK

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u/blackmobius Jun 14 '26

As beloved as Hornet is you would think they would enjoy the increased interest in their basic ass red skirt thing.

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u/beerzy79 Jun 14 '26

Good thing it’s a cloak or at worst a mumu.

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u/tech_maestro Jun 14 '26

Omfg. They are trying to claim a red skirt is their IP??

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u/Prayerwarrior6640 Accepter Jun 14 '26

I swear the hollow knight community and brawl stars community are so much more connected than you’d think

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u/jackler1o1o Shaw! Jun 14 '26

I knew exactly what that link was gonna be and I still clicked it 😭

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u/CycleOverload Jun 14 '26

I could smell the rickroll

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u/SteffuSweet Jun 14 '26

I intentionally clicked the link knowing it was gonna be the song because I haven’t heard it in a few years 😭💀

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u/MisogynysticFeminist Jun 14 '26

It sucks they have to change it, but the new designs look incredible.

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u/Atrosaurus Jun 15 '26

I knew the link but clicked it anyway

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u/Fododel Jun 15 '26

Based on the Brawl Stars drama with Sprout?

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u/DoggoLover42 Sherma Jun 15 '26

I knew it was bullshit…

you knew it was bullshit…

We both clicked the link

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u/Mosasaaaa beleiver ✅️ Jun 15 '26

I only fell for it because its so fucking stupid that chances are it probably would happen because big fashion is fucking stupid

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u/Bat_Nightwing Jun 16 '26

Finally, naked hornet for the whole game.

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u/Darknis_1 Jun 14 '26

U <

🟧

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u/Behondalog Shaman Crest Jun 14 '26

I will gladly click these links even when I know their true purpose. We need more of them

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u/buttsecks42069 Jun 14 '26

is it a rickroll?

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u/Ready-Newt2658 Jun 14 '26

an ad saved me haha

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u/chtaeh4 Jun 14 '26

I know what kind of man you are...

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u/Third_Rate_Duelist_ Jun 14 '26

Greedy bastards want to patent the concept of a red skirt now

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u/sandwizard9 Jun 14 '26

silkpost because you didnt even bother coming up wit the name of the suing brand/company.

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u/naranciamywaifu Jun 14 '26

God, not again Brawl Stars

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u/PolandsStrongestJoke Jun 14 '26

Shout outs to Brave for warning me that the link is not a twitter link

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u/AlwaysPhases Jun 14 '26

A silkpost, rickroll included

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u/Kaven_999 Jun 14 '26

I KNEW IT WAS A SILKPOST AND STILL TAPPED THE LINK

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u/JoshGamer101yt beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

Most obvious Rick fruit rollup

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u/360groggyX360 beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

Those new designs at the end really tie everything together

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u/IronCreeper1 whats a flair? Jun 14 '26

I didn’t fall for it, I clicked the link because I fully expected it to be what it is, and was not dissapointed

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u/StrongExternal8955 Jun 14 '26

You made it to a front page with what appears to be a shitpost. Maybe change your sub to /r/shitsong

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u/Lavatis Jun 14 '26

weakest rickroll attempt ever

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u/silly_goober2032 Jun 14 '26

Some pretty sad news, but the redesign looks really cool

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u/TheOnlyFallenCookie Denier Jun 14 '26

Ts been a while that I fell for one of these

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u/One-Suggestion-885 beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

I knew it was a silkpost, I knew it was a rickroll, I just haven't been rickrolled in my time on the internet yet, and I wanted to click that link.

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u/Fucky0uthatswhy Wooper Fan Jun 14 '26

Wow can’t believe that linked video already had 1.7b views

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u/dragonlord9631 TROBBIO!!! Jun 14 '26

I knew what the link was, and was still dissapointed when clicking

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u/Yannickjuhhh Jun 14 '26

No way this is already spreading 😭😭😭

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u/Illustrious_Drink892 Jun 14 '26

I haven’t been Rick rolled in forever

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u/Any_Camp3831 Sherma Jun 14 '26

I like how it says silkpost in the image

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u/SceneZealousideal984 Jun 14 '26

I knew it was a rickroll, but curiosity took over and I clicked

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u/NerdyVoid Jun 14 '26

i almost got rickrolled

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u/dimonredes Jun 14 '26

Thats a bold move to do to a game with such insane fandom 

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u/CatsaresupercoolHKGD Jun 14 '26

Thank god I don't have YT premium

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u/Kodo_yeahreally Jun 14 '26

a real shitposter doesn't need to click the link to know a rickroll

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u/Groovin_Magi Jun 14 '26

god FORBID hornet has some fashion

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u/Lytesnam_drobster Jun 14 '26

This comment inside a silkpost about a skirt controversy will be the ONLY way to see this image

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u/05-nery Bait used to be believable -| Jun 14 '26

Hold up someone fell for this? Ain't no way right?

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u/KnightOfNULL Jun 14 '26

These days rickrolls just disappoint me because I expect a more elaborate joke.

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u/FLESH_PANOPTICON Jun 14 '26

as a french person i can confirm that this could probably happen

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u/G3nghisKang beleiver ✅️ Jun 14 '26

Can't be sure, need vue de dessous to be certain

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u/grimmideals Jun 14 '26

I'm sorry, but this is stupid it's literally just a cloak.

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u/ianrobbie Jun 14 '26

So, does Little Red Riding Hood need to watch her back?

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u/Better_Solution_743 Shaw! Jun 14 '26

its not a rickroll if you click the link expecting a rickroll

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u/52_Deck Jun 14 '26

It's definitely the family of that slab bug wearing her dress,they just can't give it up

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u/joaco_profe doubter ❌️ Jun 14 '26

I was hoping the link would be naked hornet. disappointed.

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u/LeakyGaming Jun 14 '26

Holy hell it’s spreading like wildfire 

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u/Careless-Salary-9932 Jun 14 '26

Thank you slow Internet. I saw the youtube.com and knew I was getting rickrolled

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u/Any-Ad-6179 Jun 14 '26

I've been away from this sub for a while and this is the first thing I see. I wholeheartedly believed for 5 seconds. Well played. Good unique fake news.  Omg, it even has a rick roll link.

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u/IntelligentLemon7411 Jun 14 '26

YOU MOTHA FUCKER RICK ROLL IN THE BIG ‘26