YMMV / Chuck Norris Facts

• Adaptation Displacement: Many Chuck Norris facts are recycled Vin Diesel facts and Mr. T facts, which fell out of vogue as the meme condensed around Norris, and all these seem to have originated on the Something Awful forums around 2005. One unrecyled Vin Diesel fact is that "his name is an anagram for I End Lives", which is true.
• Aluminum Christmas Trees: In actual fact, someone was once bitten by a cobra, only for the snake to die instead, years before these Facts began to circulate: Macho Man Randy Savage during his feud with Jake "the Snake" Roberts. The cobra was, admittedly, devenomed.
• Crosses the Line Twice: Some of the facts which poke fun at real-life disasters, wars, or incidents. For example, one about Covid-19: Chuck Norris got Coronavirus. Now the Coronavirus is in isolation.
• Discredited Meme: By the late 2000s and The New '10s, many people are really tired of hearing these jokes, and this is not helped by Norris' real life political and religious beliefs attracting controversy and putting a dent in his image. The Nostalgia Critic's review for Sidekicks, for example, mocks the very concept.
• Memetic Mutation: These memes somehow mutated into other memes.
  • A second mutation based around the first consists of the clip of Chuck's face with Doug Walker wailing in a surprisingly high register, "Uh-chuck-uh-NORRRISSSSSSSS!!!"
  • In a similar vein, removing the bottom text from Chuck Norris facts has become rather popular.
  • When Chuck Norris announced he believed in the infamous chemtrail conspiracy theory, an inversion of the Chuck Norris facts emerged stating "If you ever feel insecure, remember, Chuck Norris is scared of clouds." Critics also used this inversion to mock his opposition to same-sex marriage: "Chuck Norris does not sleep. He's worrying about gay marriage."
• Older Than They Think: Norris isn't the first person to have been bitten by a venomous snake, only for the snake to die; this actually happened when Jake Roberts had his cobra Damien bite Randy Savage in the ring, only for the snake to die later that night. This is also not a meme or part of the kayfabe angle, it actually happened.^note The snake used was devenomed before it was compelled to bite Savage, of course, but Roberts couldn't control it and had to struggle to make it release Savage without breaking character.
• Once Original, Now Common: Before the Hype Backlash, Chuck Norris Facts was considered to be one of the funniest websites. That was around 2005 or so. Years later, you would be lucky if you use one of these facts and actually get a chuckle from anyone.
• Play-Along Meme: Chuck Norris is portrayed not just as a Memetic Badass, but as a Comically Invincible Hero who can do just about anything he wants, including feats that require a Logic Bomb to work (such as counting backwards from infinity and The Grim Reaper being too scared to come from Chuck's soul). Any time Chuck Norris is mentioned, the facts are sure to follow in the comments, with commenters treating the facts about Norris as the genuine article.

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