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Post by boca_honey »

slater wrote: post #331
braincat31415 wrote: post #329

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It wasn't really a question.

Guess I'll never know?

In this context, a "real man" is probably someone who conforms to the traditional role of a male (physically strong, emotionally restrained, a provider and protector of women, children, and weaker men, etc.).

Of course, "real men" can be just the opposite, depending on who you ask. So, it's really a subjective issue.

I don't think every man should be like that, but I also don't think any of those qualities are bad. In fact, I think they're pretty admirable.

Do you have issues with the fact that some men conform to that type?

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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.

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

cthalupa wrote: post #379
raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #304

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None of that changes the fact that the statement that half the country is MAGA because half the country voted for Trump is untrue. Significantly less than half the country voted for Trump. This is objective fact. Significantly less than 100% of Trump voters identify as MAGA. This is objective fact. Approving of Trump as President is also not the same thing as being MAGA, though the overlap is quite likely reasonably…

I gave an analogy earlier that if you have 10 friends and asked them where they wanted to eat dinner and six said let’s get Italian and the other 4 said “Let’s kill Ralph and eat him”, you still have a shitty friend group.

If 40% of the country still supports everything that’s going on, that tells you a lot about this country. Especially seeing that because of the 2 Senators per state regardless of population, gerrymandering and to a lesser extent the electoral college, they have outsized influence on the government.

Exactly how can you approve of what Trump is doing and not be MAGA?

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Post by sixtyj »

PoignardAzur wrote: post #139
petcat wrote: post #86

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> would he be remembered anywhere as well? You underestimate how popular Walker, Texas Ranger was. It wasn't pulling ratings like Seinfeld, ER, or Friends, but it was a solid primetime staple for almost a decade. I never watched it myself, but the 50+ demo loved it.

Maybe for people in the US. Internationally? I haven't watched a single episode of WTR, I don't know anyone who has, but everyone knows who Chuck Norris was.

Czechs love Chuck Norris and WTR. It aired between 1995 and 2012. The series is still occasionally rerun.

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Post by fortran77 »

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…

His estate? While he was still alive?

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Post by teeray »

maerF0x0 wrote: post #366
teeray wrote: post #358

Jokes aside, this octogenarian was living his golden years enviably. He was summiting peaks last fall, doing 500 lb barbell curls, and still sparring in his birthday video just 10 days ago. We’ve all gotta go sometime, but the way Chuck Norris went out was the way I’d want to go—able to do it all right up until the end. He was a lot of folks’ childhood hero, but that title is freshly renewed in my eyes. I have new in…

> 500 lb barbell curls ?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-2-oV5vk8q/?igsh=MWFtZmR5MHl...

EDIT: acknowledged. fake.

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