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Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by pseudohadamard »

karel-3d wrote: post #415
kelnos wrote: post #401

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Assuming this sort of phenomenon extends further than France, this quite well explains many of the misconceptions Europeans have about the US. Thinking WTR, Dallas, or TDoH are representative of American culture is... hilarious. But I guess shows that hit the big American cultural stereotypes hard are maybe the ones that do better abroad?

From my memory from the 90s: Baywatch, X-Files, that speaking car one, Beverly Hills 90210, Ninja Turtles. Some dumb sitcom named Step by Step? edit: oh and ALF Oh and Married with Children, but it was always very late night and I was not allowed to watch it. And our teacher always played us ET on VHS. (and that dog playing basketball.) that's america for me when I was a kid

If you like MwC, look up episodes of Unhappily Ever After on Youtube, it's sort of the second-generation MwC. Same sort of humour but taken even further, I can easily re-watch Unhappily but MwC is sort of a once-you've-seen-it...

Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by ericwood »

majorchord wrote: post #455
ericwood wrote: post #65

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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.

Your political opposite can and does say the exact same thing about you.

They would be liars, then.

Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by pseudohadamard »

tadfisher wrote: post #263
debo_ wrote: post #183

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I watched it all the time in Canada.

Lies. Everyone knows The Red Green Show is the only television program legally allowed in Canada.

Not just Canada. Never screened here AFAIK so I had to buy it on DVD.

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Post by tsoukase »

At my country we produced some weakness jokes: When Chuck opens the fridge, he finds the jelly trembling.

CN might be the only favourite person in HN that has protected his IP by lawyers. THAT is an achievement.

Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by AlexeyBelov »

crims0n wrote: post #315
cthalupa wrote: post #272

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The problem is that living life is inherently political. Being able to ignore politics, not having to feel the need to discuss them, is a sign that you are inherently better off than a good chunk of this country. A lot of people spend most of their waking hours having to deal with or at least keep in mind the fall out from regressive politics. Asking people to not discuss politics is like asking someone living in fea…

I agree with the sentiment. My point was more people used to have a common understanding that there was a time and place for political (and religious) discussion - and that those beliefs were deeply personal, shaped largely by experience, and not meant to be held against one another in the broader judgement of their character. Somewhere along the way we lost that idea, not all cultural changes are for the better.

> not meant to be held against one another in the broader judgement of their character

Really? When was that time? 1000 BC?

Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by AlexeyBelov »

angoragoats wrote: post #161
jayGlow wrote: post #121

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it's possible to disagree with someone politically and still acknowledge their positive aspects.

For a simple political disagreement? Absolutely; I completely agree. But to believe that a certain class of people shouldn’t exist is not a run of the mill political belief, and treating it that way normalizes the behavior and contributes to the problem.

Not sure why you're downvoted. The disagreement was not on tax policy or where to build what. I don't understand why both this and "some people shouldn't exist" are both labeled with the same word "political".

Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by AlexeyBelov »

majorchord wrote: post #455
ericwood wrote: post #65

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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.

Your political opposite can and does say the exact same thing about you.

Yeah, Nazis in the 30s and people opposing them were just the same. They could have used all the same arguments!

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Post by throwaway290 »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #301
throwaway290 wrote: post #238

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I'm not american but I see technically nothing wrong with MAGA for me. it doesn't mean you must be transphobe or homophobe etc. but what people do under MAGA is another thing. sometimes it feels like for them it means "run america into the ground" or "get rid of all the best about america". GRABA if you like

You mean things done under MAGA led by a president who said on national TV that Haitians are eating pets and led the “birther” conspiracy ?

Yep exactly what I mean

Re: Chuck Norris has died

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Post by HauntingPin »

czbond wrote: post #257
PoignardAzur wrote: post #139

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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.

As a gent born and raised in Texas, and has never seen the show - I am pleasantly surprised to see these comments about how popular WTR was internationally. If I had been asked to bet, I would have lost money on this one.

The show was also incredibly popular in Germany in the 90s.
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