Chuck Norris has died

Post by beAbU » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC

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…

Post by khazhoux » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC

dfxm12 wrote: post #100

MBCook wrote: post #70

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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 obs…

Maybe not as well, but between the "Walker gave me aids" clip and Conan's Walker Texas Ranger lever, he'd still have been known well enough.

Post by ap99 » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC

amjnsx wrote: post #102

simpaticoder wrote: post #76

Chuck Norris (and Michael Landon) were golden age role models for young men. Strong but thoughtful, firm but compassionate, and deeply principled but also practical. Yes, these were acting roles but they picked those roles for a reason. Rest in peace, Chuck.

He was openly maga and a homophobe and a transphobe. I wouldn’t consider these qualities for a role model.

Post by LightBug1 » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC

sys32768 wrote: post #24

bovermyer wrote: post #17

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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.

Post by ceejayoz » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #172

ceejayoz wrote: post #169

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> It passed both houses of Congress by large, veto-proof majorities. Support was bipartisan, though about a third of the Democratic caucus in both the House and Senate opposed it. Clinton criticized DOMA as "divisive and unnecessary". Sure doesn't seem like a Clinton issue?

Again he still signed it. It’s like Susan Collins who always has “serious misgivings” about things that her fellow Republicans do and then votes the party line anyway trying to stay in her party’s good graces while at the same time not pissing off her liberal constituents