Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Chuck Norris Facts Meme

huck Norris Meme
“Chuck Norris was once bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking. After six hours of excruciating pain, the rattlesnake died.”
“Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.”
“They once made a Chuck Norris toilet paper, they soon had to discontinue it because it wouldn't take shit from anybody.”
“Chuck Norris was born in the house he built with his own two hands.”
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They once tried to carve Chuck Norris’ face into Mount Rushmore, but the granite wasn’t hard enough for his beard



                           
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            Chuck Norris jokes are facts about the greatness of Chuck Norris. It lists the various accomplishments (or presumed accomplishments) of Chuck Norris. They often show Chuck Norris as being a man’s man. His accomplishments, feats of bravery, and vitality are something incomparable to us mere mortals. One example of this is “Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.” Another thing to show up repeatedly in these facts is Chuck Norris’ beard. It is said that “Chuck Norris doesn't have a beard on his face. Chuck Norris' beard has a face.” In short these jokes make Chuck Norris seem to be the greatest man on earth. They often contain ingenious ways in which he accomplishes amazing feats. (Uncyclopedia)
“Chuck Norris counted to infinity...Twice.”


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\Bottom of FormChuck Norris Facts began during the end of 2005 when a similar meme was becoming wildly popular(Wikipedia). At that point in time Mr. T and Vin Diesel jokes had become wildly popular and had reached their peak in popularity (Knowyourmeme). When looking at the Google Insight graphs you can actually see the Chuck Norris meme was started when Vin Diesel Jokes had already reached their max popularity. Chuck Norris jokes came when a refresher was needed.  As the Chuck Norris Jokes were becoming more wildly popular they were quickly replaced the Vin Diesel facts in popularity. The facts started around November 2005 and became wildly popular quickly. In the graph shown Chuck Norris jokes rise in popularity is similar to an exponential graph. Chuck Norris Facts were popular for about seven month after its birth. However it never seems to have truly died away as it still has its faithful supporters.


This meme has become an inspiration for other memes as well. The most notable one is in India where Rajnikanth jokes are a big hit(Wikipedia). For those that don’t know Rajnikanth is india’s biggest star (and overall badass). This meme sprang to life in the middle of July 2010 and quickly rose to fame.

Google Insight:
a. Regional Interest:
1. United States            2. Slovenia               4. Norway

b. Top searches:
1. Chuck norris jokes        2. funny facts      3. google chuck norris

c. Rising searches:
1. chuck norrise fact       2. chuck norris jokes         3. chuck norris list
*Thanks goes to http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/ which provides an extensive list of user reported facts.






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