chuck norris

As brutal as the lockdowns and quarantine have felt, we like to look for silver linings. For many of us, this means more excuses to escape reality via television and movies. Action films are high up on our list of escapist genres. There's something weirdly therapeutic about watching a character kick major ass. Instagram meme creators such as @snackytuna and @bread_loafington take the heroes (think Sylvester Stallone and Mr. T) of testosterone-filled movies and make them the subjects of some seriously relatable and self-deprecating memes. While the image macros don't pass the Bechdel test, they're still extremely entertaining. If you like what you see, give these accounts a follow on Instagram. We think they deserve it.

Memes used to be so simple. The O RLY owl. Chuck Norris. Impact font. Memes today would be unrecognizable to a time traveler from 2010. Between the popularity of surreal, nonsensical memes to grainy deep fried images, internet humor has taken quite a turn - a concept that the memes we've harvested tackle head-on. These examples may not be any better than the memes they are roasting, but they're definitely not wrong.

Twitter user @electrapng is responsible for our new favorite weird meme trend. On October 12th, they uploaded 4 bottom text-less Chuck Norris memes, with the message "Hi everyone I wanted to tell you that Chuck Norris memes are 10x funnier when you crop out the bottom caption."

They were right. A few other users pitched in with their own memes, and we're hoping to see more. Nothing like a little surreal Chuck Norris humor to brighten your day.