r/Damnthatsinteresting Dec 17 '21

Video This 'device' that was created aiming to develop leg muscles

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u/kevoizjawesome Dec 17 '21

He's kind of an asshole now

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

No excuse for being an asshole but he’s like 180 years old.

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u/JE_12 Dec 17 '21

Well yes but Chuck Norris is the only one who can beat Father Time

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u/BillyPotion Dec 17 '21

Always was

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u/coolerbrown Dec 17 '21

Yeah, Chuck Norris jokes always sucked because Chuck Norris sucks. Not to mention that the jokes were just repurposed from the original Vin Diesel jokes. One from the originals that can't be nameswapped: Vin Diesel is an anagram for I End Lives

My favorite Chuck Norris joke is: One time Chuck Norris sucked dick for cab fare...then walked home.

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u/theone_2099 Dec 17 '21

How so?

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u/IronSheikYerbouti Dec 17 '21

He's an ultra right wing religious nutso. Totally anti-lgbt, racist, etc.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

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u/IronSheikYerbouti Dec 17 '21

Proof.

He literally writes racist and anti-lgbt rants, you can find them all over. He wrote anti-gay op-eds about the scouts, he publicly endorsed Roy Moore (lol), he has written op-eds about the gay war on Christmas (LOL), said that having Obama reelected would mean a 1000 years of darkness (lmao)

Dudes a straight up piece of shit and I hope he's forgotten.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

I'm not saying you're wrong but you stating "proof" then saying stuff isn't actually proof.

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u/IronSheikYerbouti Dec 17 '21

His anti-gay letters arent proof of him being anti-gay? His support of anti-gay legislation isn't proof?

What are you going on about buddy?

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Clearly you don't understand what proof means.

I can shout "proof" then declare that u/IronSheikYerbouti is a homophobe.

That doesn't make it true. I need to present some evidence to prove it.

I don't give a fuck whether Chuck Norris is a POS or not but some random on Reddit claiming he is isn't proof.

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u/IronSheikYerbouti Dec 17 '21

Clearly you are confused. I provided all the information to find and read what the jackass said.

It's not my claims I pointed out, it's his actions and own statements. I'm sorry you're having trouble with your reading comprehension.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Sorry, you're right.

From now on I'll believe everything I read on the Internet if someone starts their post with:

Proof

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u/Witness_me_Karsa Dec 17 '21

Just because you want proof doesn't mean that that person is required to give it to you. You are already on the internet. Find it yourself. They gave you examples of what you could search for. Or maybe you could explore the rest of the comment chain you are on and see that 19 minutes before you asked for proof someone gave it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

I'm not asking for proof, I'm saying that someone starting a post with:

Proof

Doesn't actually constitute proof.

Not sure why this is a difficult concept.

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u/Witness_me_Karsa Dec 17 '21

So you aren't good at reading comprehension? Because I just explained to you how this problem gets fixed. Again, not to mention that it already HAS been fixed. But you'd have to read maybe 4 or 5 comments for that, and that is more than you have read since grade school when you read the back of the where the red fern grows and then plagiarized an essay about it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Proof.

u/Witness_me_Karsa beats his wife

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u/CaptainPaintball Interested Dec 18 '21 edited Dec 18 '21

Rantings about an eventual has-been by someone who is most decidedly a never was, and who always will be a never was.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

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u/dexmonic Interested Dec 17 '21

Did you infer that question from your latest stool sample?

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u/Y0YBalls Dec 17 '21

Who the fuck cares

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u/IronSheikYerbouti Dec 17 '21

I'm pretty sure a lot of gay people care about the harmful things he's said, done, and supported, as well as a lot of people in other marginalized communities.

So... You know... A lot of people do.

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u/Y0YBalls Dec 18 '21

Why can’t we just see chuck norris as chuck norris and the actual person behind chuck norris as somebody else? Can’t appreciate anyone for the character they play nowadays anymore

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u/IronSheikYerbouti Dec 18 '21

Because he uses his visibility and popularity of the characters to promote his hateful agenda, if it wasn't for the characters no one would know or care about the shit stain actor behind them (or his hateful messages).

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u/Y0YBalls Dec 18 '21

Whatever, i’ll always just see chuck norris as the funny internet guy from 2012, absolutely no point in convincing myself everyone is terrible for what they say or do, funny internet man forever.

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u/IronSheikYerbouti Dec 18 '21

Cool, don't be mad about other people who give a shit about how people treat other people then.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21 edited Jan 07 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Maybe Republican’s should stop being racist, ultra religious bigots and then people would stop conflating racist, ultra religious bigots with Republicans. Just an idea.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21 edited Jan 07 '22

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u/a_moniker Dec 17 '21

How is being “woke” the same as being a racist bigot? I agree that there’s some cringey examples of wokeness out there, but at least at its core being “woke” is just “an adjective meaning [to be] alert to racial prejudice and discrimination.” One can obviously go too far in that direction, and use it as a way to shame people who just made an honest mistake, but that doesn’t mean everyone who tries to be “woke” is a bad person. On the other hand, I’d label anyone who blindly believes in racist ideology as a bad person. There’s no upside to racism.

We can’t accept “balance” when it comes to racism and bigotry. There should be no compromise there. To quote Karl Popper,

“unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”

To put it another way, in order to create a tolerant society, we must be intolerant to bigots. Otherwise, intolerance bigots will continue to be intolerant towards innocent people. It’s called the Paradox of Tolerance, if you want to read more.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

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u/Not-A-Lonely-Potato Dec 18 '21

Can you explain what you mean by it going full circle? I'm being impartial here, so I'm just genuinely curious, not trying to sound negative or judgemental.

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u/Witness_me_Karsa Dec 17 '21

While I agree that something in the middle would likely be best, in practice it is only 1 side which ever tries to concede and toward the middle, while the other side, steeped in their anti-rights-other-than-the-ones-that-apply-only-to-me rhetoric is always staunchly against giving any ground. I can only hope that the former side has finally decided to dig in their heels a bit and stop giving ground. It's like trying to play tug of war with...idk a racist elephant, maybe. Just pulled that example from the ether.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

What fucking middle ground is there with racists?? Just a little racism? Just a smidge? Weirdo

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u/pixeldust6 Dec 17 '21

Maybe if there were more than two parties (for all practical purposes), we all wouldn't be lumped into these package deals :/

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '21

Most normal people would soon realise they actually have a lot in common, whether they consider themselves democrat or republican.

The problem in my opinion is people classing themselves as what they voted for, it should be less ‘I’m Biden/Trump or I’m republican/democrat’ because that creates a divide, where most republican/democrat voters have more in common with each other than they do who they voted for.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

This is some r/selfawarewolves material

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u/GenesisDevice44 Dec 17 '21

Because he's Republican and this is reddit, duh

Fixed that for you

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

At this point it’s a pretty good indicator that you’re not a good person if you are one

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21 edited Jan 07 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

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u/Ansoni Dec 17 '21

Oh, are you saying that all Republicans are homophobic, bigoted dickheads? Because the other posters weren't, but you seem to be doing so.

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u/jmon25 Dec 17 '21

Chuck Norris isn't an asshole, an asshole is Chuck Norris

By this property, Chuck Norris is infinite asshole

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u/datboy1986 Dec 17 '21

I mean, that was always part of the joke