Chuck Norris, an honorary Texan, has lived long enough and well enough to see himself become a meme, maybe THE meme. Chances are, if you’ve visited the internet in the last twenty years, you’ve been exposed to a Chuck Norris Fact—hell, you might’ve come up with one. Death once had a near–Chuck Norris experience. After he was born at the hospital, Chuck Norris drove his mom back home. Chuck Norris uses a stunt double—for crying scenes. A hundred years from now, few may remember Walker, Texas Ranger, but the man’s contribution to the birth of a new internet culture will still matter. In this way, he is immortalized by the kind of humor that makes uncles chuckle.The real Chuck Norris, of course, is still alive.…
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