# Chuck Norris Jokes......Why ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167 "2016-04-04T14:28:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/41 "2016-04-12T18:15:13Z")
Personally I wish the internet would find another person to do the Bill Brasky routine on rather than some creationist, demanding prayer in school moron who did some mediocre martial arts movies. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/42 "2016-04-12T18:19:48Z")
Steven Seagal? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/43 "2016-04-12T20:01:35Z")
I first came across a Chuck Norris fact generator over a decade ago, I’d guess 2005. My coworkers and I laughed our asses off for an entire day reading Chuck Norris facts. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/44 "2016-04-12T20:54:53Z")
Humor can arise through repetition. Sometimes, things that aren’t intrinsically funny can become funny because they happen over and over, as the repetition elevates the event (a word, a phrase, an action, whatever) to absurdity. If the basic event is already funny, it may get funnier for a while. Say, you slip in some mud and fall down. Okay, you’re probably pissed off, and your friend who sees it happen is probably first concerned about whether or not you’re hurt. Then, upon trying to get up, your foot slips and you fall back down. Then your friend, trying to help you up, also slips and falls. At some point, all the “bad” in the situation is used up–you’re never falling as far as the first time, so you’re not getting hurt worse, you’re as covered in mud as you’re going to get, and so forth. That’s when the absurdity sets in, and you and your friend end up sitting on the ground, laughing. Different people have different repetition curves; it takes longer for things to become humorous for some people than others, and some people find things funny for more repetitions. Memetic humor takes advantage of this, combined with an enormous potential audience–once a given meme spreads enough, there will almost _always_ be some people for whom that meme will be in the sweet spot on their repetition curve, leading them to repeat it. Even as they move on, their repetitions bring others into the absurdity, and the meme lives that much longer. [Memetic Badass](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MemeticBadass) memes have an edge on the repetition front because their repetition is in form, rather than specific content. The game of devising new variations on the theme delays the drop-off into boredom on the repetition curve, extending the sweet spot for many people. Consequently, these memes tend to have more staying power than non-mutating memes. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/45 "2016-04-12T21:28:10Z")
Chuck Norris put laughter in manslaughter. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/46 "2016-04-13T00:11:23Z")
If you don’t like Chuck Norris, just switch him out for Bernie Sanders and see if the joke still works. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/47 "2016-04-13T00:17:34Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > If you don’t like Chuck Norris, just switch him out for Bernie Sanders and see if the joke still works. Bernie Sanders wears a hat to protect the sun from his head. Under Bernie Sanders’ beard is a third fist. Doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/48 "2016-04-13T00:23:06Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > Hey, everybody, guess what? I’m going to be The Humorless Killjoy Who Ruins It For Everybody again! (What the hell, it’s my vacation, I have the time.) > > See, davida03801, there are two key elements in any successful Internet meme: 1. The ability to generate a large, fanatically loyal mega-hardcore base that will repeat the meme over and over and over unto freaking death, and 2. a Mafia-like culture of terror that prevents anyone, no matter how goddam sick they are of the meme, from ever speaking up against it. Once the meme goes unchallenged long enough, the Stockholm Syndrome kicks in, and soon _everyone_ is happily parroting the stupid garbage. If it lasts long enough, it reaches the point where the Pavlovian response kicks in, and just by mentioning the words at all (like you just did), everyone, every-fricking-one (well, except me…I kinda just slipped through the cracks, can’t explain how 🙂 ), _even those who originally opposed the meme_, falls right into line repeating the same tedious crap we’ve seen a thousand times before. No, seriously, this is at _least_ the fourth time I’ve seen that “he doesn’t sleep, he waits” one. > > So how does a meme reach this status, you ask? What, you think there’s _reason_ to this nonsense? _It’s completely random. No one knows._ **That’s how memes work.** IMO, that Zero Wing stuff…y’know, all your base are belong to us, they have set us up the bomb…was a lot funnier, not to mention _far_ more creative in its execution, than this Chuck Norris junk, and it’s gone. Caramelldansen, which actually required making animated gifs? Gone the way of the Macarena. Some of those LOLcats were at least servicably funny; have you seen one anywhere lately? > > Therefore, and forgive me if I sound harsh here, I will have to hold _you_ responsible for unleashing this latest round of deader-than-dead unfunny drivel. It’s been over a _decade_ and there has been _zero_ opposition anywhere. That should’ve been your red flag, your warning not to awaken this sleeping abomination again. For crying out loud, this is the **Straight Dope Message Board**. We’re supposed to be the _smart_ guys, and look how this this thread has been 100% repetition, 100% falling in line, and 100% lemming-sheeplike compliance (yes, yes, except me, I’m the weirdo, we got that, all right?). I know you expect these things to eventually just die, but c’mon, if we’re still hearing the same moronic lame stupid boring pointless crap we’ve been hearing for A GODDAM DECADE, trust me, it is _beyond_ death. > > There is no understanding. There is no reason. There is no method. There is no joy, no love, no peace, no goodwill. This Chuck Norris crap is going to outlive _him_. All you can do is _not talk about it, ever_. > > Oh, and Chuck Norris used to be an invincible omnipotent god who struck terror in all… **but then he took an arrow to the knee!** HA! > > (What the hell, LOLcat’s already out of the bag, may as well take my shot…) Someone’s PePes are common ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/49 "2016-04-13T00:35:55Z")
Personally, I prefer [O-Chul](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1031.html) jokes. Though it’s tough to top “[O-Chul was once dropped nearly-naked and tied up into a tank of acid with spikes at the bottom and an acid-breathing shark, and killed two goblins, punched out the shark, and got out](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0542.html)”. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/50 "2016-04-13T00:51:02Z")
On a wrestling message board I post on, we tell the same sort of jokes about Sheamus. That thread is 100+ pages long and has been going for over a year. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/51 "2016-04-13T02:40:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Personally, I prefer [O-Chul](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1031.html) jokes. > [@Smapti](#): > > On a wrestling message board I post on, we tell the same sort of jokes about Sheamus. > > That thread is 100+ pages long and has been going for over a year. Like I said in the wall of text, it’s not specifically Chuck Norris jokes, it’s Memetic Badass jokes that have staying power. A show/comic/whatever that involves badassery and has a significant internet following will almost inevitably give rise to at least one. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/52 "2016-04-13T04:47:08Z")
Chuck Norris was born May 7, 1945. Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945. Coincidence? Chuck Norris has a bear skin rug on his living room floor. The bear isn’t dead, it’s just afraid to move. Chuck Norris once challenged Lance Armstrong to a testicle counting contest. Chuck won by five. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/53 "2016-04-13T04:59:32Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Seriously. Chuck Norris as an internet sensation peaked 8-10 years ago. > > Someday, the OP may even discover rage comics. I’m waiting for the OP to discover there are lists of things that might indicate that he is a redneck. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/54 "2016-04-13T05:55:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m waiting for the OP to discover there are lists of things that might indicate that he is a redneck. In Soviet Russia, joke discovers you ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/55 "2016-04-13T08:02:30Z")
The OP might prefer the most excellent book [At Swim Two Birds](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Swim-Two-Birds), by Flann O’Brien. (Published in 1939, but reads like it was written today). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/56 "2016-04-13T08:09:49Z")
I should add that it is the account of [Finn MacCool](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionn_mac_Cumhaill) from that book which is much like an extended Chuck Norris joke. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/57 "2016-04-13T08:58:25Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Steven Seagal? Are you trying to make Chuck Norris movies look good? ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/58 "2016-04-13T15:22:45Z")
Chuck Norris lives in fear of the day that Obama leaves office and is free to kick his ass. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/59 "2016-04-14T02:42:21Z")
Chuck Norris’s tears can cure all known disease…but he never cries. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167/60 "2016-04-14T04:01:10Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > But can Chuck Norris simply walk into Mordor? _You_ can’t simply walk into Mordor. You are not Chuck Norris. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-jokes-why/751167.md?page=4)