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…)