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Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by claytongulick »

RIMR wrote: post #52
bovermyer wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He had some pretty awful views that he was pretty loud about, especially later in life. He also cheated on his wife at one point. However, so as not to speak (purely) ill of the dead, I will say that he was an accomplished martial artist with a prolific film career.

"Don't speak ill of the dead"? How about "Don't be a bad person when you're alive"?

Great advice. Do you follow it?

Is there one way to be a good person?

Does being a good person also mean agreeing with your politics?

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Post by ericwood »

claytongulick wrote: post #59
praptak wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see how this matters. Whoever thinks I'm horrible is 100% allowed to say this after I'm dead.

Or, another option is that we could all give grace to others, even (especially) if they disagree with us.

There's disagreement then there's being an outspoken supporter of systematically trying to strip rights away from others because of your religious beliefs. It's much deeper than having differing views on fiscal policy.

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Post by dfxm12 »

alias_neo wrote: post #54
willio58 wrote: post #31

There was a period of like 2 years when I was a kid where chuck Norris jokes were all the rage on the playground and I made an iPhone app that listed them all. Jokes like “Chuck Norris is able to slam a revolving door.” Anyway, I “built” this stupid app when I was like 13, copy-pasted like 300 jokes in there and a random one would show every time you tapped the screen. Chuck Norris’s estate blocked the app from going…

I'm pretty sure they were all the rage when _I_ was at school, but that was long before the iPhone. I'm curious on what grounds they blocked the app.

If you're curious, maybe you can look into Chuck's lawsuit against Penguin's book of Chuck Norris facts. He would eventually "co-author" his own book. The obvious guess here is trademark infringement (over use of Chuck's name/likeness) and/or copyright (if some of these facts were lifted from his book).

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Post by bovermyer »

sys32768 wrote: post #24
bovermyer wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He had some pretty awful views that he was pretty loud about, especially later in life. He also cheated on his wife at one point. However, so as not to speak (purely) ill of the dead, I will say that he was an accomplished martial artist with a prolific film career.

To be fair, you probably have some views some people think are pretty awful.

Oh, for sure. MAGA types think some of my views are absolutely abhorrent. I'm pretty sure there are a few cultures that would kill me for my views.

Just because they hate me, though, doesn't mean I can't disagree with their position.

Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by 5555624 »

bnchrch wrote: post #38

I can only assume Chuck has decided to relieve the grim reaper of his duties, leaving us all here to meet our own end not with a scythe but a roundhouse kick.

Shades of Piers Anthony's "On a Pale Horse," Death showed up to take Chuck Norris and Chuck killed him, taking his place.

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Post by kstrauser »

krapp wrote: post #56
markus_zhang wrote: post #36

Oh this guy is a legend. Did he do anything with tech peripherally? I hope we can put up a dark top for him as an exception.

Not even every important influential person in tech gets the black bar. You think an actor who is mostly known for low-effort internet memes and pretending to be a cowboy on tv deserves it?

I guess it’s a generational thing, because I shouldn’t actually be surprised that someone would know so very little about Chuck Norris.

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Post by MBCook »

willio58 wrote: post #31

There was a period of like 2 years when I was a kid where chuck Norris jokes were all the rage on the playground and I made an iPhone app that listed them all. Jokes like “Chuck Norris is able to slam a revolving door.” Anyway, I “built” this stupid app when I was like 13, copy-pasted like 300 jokes in there and a random one would show every time you tapped the screen. Chuck Norris’s estate blocked the app from going…

It was so funny how that whole thing happened.

For the first time in over a decade he was suddenly relevant in a way. People remembered he existed, and they were playing off his tough guy image.

And what did he do? Try and shut it down and start suing people. Stupid.

It took him a couple of years to come around to it. If it wasn’t for those jokes would he be remembered anywhere as well? Or would he be a much more obscure celebrity by now?

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