On February 13 2006 20:31 Manifesto7 wrote: Because people are mindless sheep who cannot think of wit by themselves, and are willing to be fed a flavour of the moment quip to latch onto in a desperate hope of staying relevent in a fast paced world.
Now Mr.T is a different story.
And really, Vin Unrefined Oil is a loser. He was never a karate champion, and he couldnt even lift T's chains. He doesn't deserve facts.
Hahaha, well said.
Seriously though, since the jokes aren't funny anymore I don't mind explaining it to StarN.
Walker Texas Ranger is one of the cheesiest and crappiest action shows ever to be made. However, due to it's very palatable and mindless qualities it was syndicated and is seen around the world in reruns next to crap like MacGyver and other such jems.
Now we all know it's hilarious to sarcastically say something is awesome when it is obviously lame, so somewhere between Connan O'Brian's Walker Texas Ranger Lever Gag and some random sketch comedy, a kid decided to post a couple of "facts" that he probably stole from someone witty he knew and put them on the internet. They were funny, and a fad was born.
For the record, the only reason they aren't funny anymore is because they were raped of their novelty by idiots. They are, and always will be great jokes. For those of you who claim to never have chuckled at one, congrats, you're cooler than all the rest of us. Fuck off.
That's pretty much the story. Hope you're enlightened and have a bit of insight into the wonderful world of Western humour colliding with the internet.
On February 13 2006 20:31 Manifesto7 wrote: Because people are mindless sheep who cannot think of wit by themselves, and are willing to be fed a flavour of the moment quip to latch onto in a desperate hope of staying relevent in a fast paced world.
Now Mr.T is a different story.
And really, Vin Unrefined Oil is a loser. He was never a karate champion, and he couldnt even lift T's chains. He doesn't deserve facts.
Hahaha, well said.
Seriously though, since the jokes aren't funny anymore I don't mind explaining it to StarN.
Walker Texas Ranger is one of the cheesiest and crappiest action shows ever to be made. However, due to it's very palatable and mindless qualities it was syndicated and is seen around the world in reruns next to crap like MacGyver and other such jems.
Now we all know it's hilarious to sarcastically say something is awesome when it is obviously lame, so somewhere between Connan O'Brian's Walker Texas Ranger Lever Gag and some random sketch comedy, a kid decided to post a couple of "facts" that he probably stole from someone witty he knew and put them on the internet. They were funny, and a fad was born.
For the record, the only reason they aren't funny anymore is because they were raped of their novelty by idiots. They are, and always will be great jokes. For those of you who claim to never have chuckled at one, congrats, you're cooler than all the rest of us. Fuck off.
That's pretty much the story. Hope you're enlightened and have a bit of insight into the wonderful world of Western humour colliding with the internet.
The world is so clear now!!!!!!
Thank you Manablue you've definitely opened my eyes.
honestly, its just a big internet joke, b/c its so stupid and random. No one really... likes him, its just really funny to think of something so stupid as chuch norris jokes, then there is the contest as to how many stupid ones you know... So it just gets escallated, thats all.
Duh. Norris was my hero when I was around 10-12. I used to watch Texas Ranger all the time and his Vietnam movies (Missing in action 1,2,3) Were so great
The jokes are so popular, because unlike every other action hero Chuck Norris doesn't look anything like a badass guy. Just compare him to Schwarzenegger, Diesel, Mr. T. Also, his "martial arts" are pure crap (the other guys I mentioned are not different, but it's the combination)
On February 13 2006 20:57 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: more accurately its a rehash of the vin diesel facts which are a rehash of the old Bill Brasky sketch on SNL
That Sketch was great. One of few funny things on Will Ferrels "Best of" DVD.
So... Schwarzenegger = bodybuilder. no MA Mr.T former pro-wrestler. not really MA Diesel. ... actually i dont really give a shit about him. Chunk Norris. He's actually a former student of Bruce Lee's martial arts style that he created when he was in Hollywood. That woudl be one of the reasons Norris has a role of getting his tail beat in by Lee in one of his movies. Honestly, Norris probably has the most legit MA background of all of these folks you mentioned above
On February 13 2006 21:21 LumberJack wrote: honestly, its just a big internet joke, b/c its so stupid and random. No one really... likes him, its just really funny to think of something so stupid as chuch norris jokes, then there is the contest as to how many stupid ones you know... So it just gets escallated, thats all.
seriously, why does this question even need to get asked? the internet is so full of stupid shit i would think you'd be used to it by now
dude chuck norris is cool because he got to be in a movie with bruce lee. thats why hes so cool. and because he gave the guy a thumbs up in dodgeball to create ben stillers downfall, in the movie :O
I always thought he became popular because he's so fucking bad. not badass, bad.
like how dude where's my car is fucking awesome because it's so incredibly bad or like those science fiction movies from the 50s like "santa claus conquers the martians" it's so bad that it's good same with chucky.
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