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There’s a simple tweak that’s giving Chuck Norris memes a new kick

Chuck Norris memes are back with a surrealist twist

 

David Britton

Internet Culture

Posted on Oct 16, 2017   Updated on May 22, 2021, 2:18 pm CDT

In 2005 Something Awful created Chuck Norris Facts and the world—or at least the internet—has never been the same. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who both has a Facebook account, and hasn’t seen a Chuck Norris meme.

Chuck Norris Street
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Chuck Norris Ice Cubes
Chuck Norris death
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But now the trend is 12 years old. At this point Chuck Norris jokes are something you’re more likely to hear from your grandfather at Thanksgiving dinner than actually see on social media.

So can the Chuck Norris meme be somehow magically resurrected after all these years? Well at least one person on Twitter seems to think so. A user who goes by cherchez la femme‏ is here to let everyone know that Chuck Norris memes can once again be funny, you just need to remove the bottom caption, AKA: the punchline.

https://twitter.com/electrapng/status/918487856829620224

Thus:

Chuck Norris Ice Cubes

Becomes:

Chuck Norris Ice Cubes
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Presto! You’ve taken a simple Chuck Norris meme into surrealist Garfield minus Garfield territory.

Chuck Norris grenade

Might be funny, but isn’t,

Chuck Norris grenade
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somehow a little better?

Well not everyone seems to think so. At least the redditors who created the meme economy seem to feel it’s not a solid investment.

chuck norris meme economy
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But of course that doesn’t mean they’re right. The free market will be the final arbiter of these newly minted Chuck Norris memes. Whether or not the succeed is up to us as a nation.

Unless of course Chuck himself wants to get involved. In that case it’s a done deal.

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*First Published: Oct 16, 2017, 6:00 am CDT