Nimrod was a fantastic hunter, and only because Elmer Fudd was a bad hunter did the name become synonymous with stupidity.
Imagine being a bad ass of repute in your time only for a random ass cartoon in the future to turn your name into a punchline.
Just a reminder that Nimrod was actually the name of a mighty hunter and considered one of the first kings after the floods in the bible. It wasn’t until Bugs used it sarcastically as an insult that it began to be used as a term for fool, or dumbass.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nimrod has several plausible explanations which predate Bugs Bunny’s use of it
Well Looney Tunes would be far more widespread than some play and both of the examples before Bugs seem to be someone being called Nimrod for hunting women in the sense of romantic pursuit. I would argue that it’s actually pretty likely that it was indeed Bugs that made it mean idiot to most people.
Not only that, but if it was already associated with being dumb prior to Loony Tunes, Bugs’ sarcasm would be weird since he is clearly referencing the fact Nimrod was a great hunter to disparage Fudd, a hunter.
Nimrod is a biblical name, he was a mighty hunter. We only associate it with “dumbass” because Bugs Bunny sarcastically called Elmer Fudd “Nimrod” in an early cartoon.
And now it means dipshit forever, that’s the power of a trickster god like Bugs.
Rabbits will gladly eat carrots, but they have a high sugar content that makes them unsuitable for regular consumption.
We associate rabbits with carrots because Bugs Bunny ate one while parodying a character from the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
Bugs Bunny has an impressive ability to warp our understanding of the world around us.
Well, kinda. Nimrod as an insult came from nowhere but he eats carrots because rabbits were/are known to destroy carrot patches.
But they don’t eat the taproot (orange part) underground, they eat the greens which kills the plant just the same
Crossdressing was always fun and cool, but it wasn’t until Bugs Bunny first dressed up as a lady in the 1939 cartoon Hare-Um Scare-Um that we collectively realized how sexy it was.
Story goes, he woke Mel Blanc from a coma. He was unresponsive for a couple of weeks, until a doctor addressed Bugs instead of Mel. They say Mel responded as Bugs and woke up.
If I was in a coma and someone said “bugs” at me I’d wake up too. Get them off me!
What a nimrod 🥕
Okay there Aaron Mahnke, goddamn
Dammit, now I read the comment in his voice and cadence.
Wagner?
Oh yes,
🎶KILL DA WABBIT, KILL DA WABBIT, KILL DA WAAAAABBIT!
Definitely warped.
In the dead of night, a shimmewing wight
Gweam of a bwade, and the debil is paid
I’m a wabbit swayer, a guitar pwayer
With a nasty habit, KIWWL DA WABBIT
My favorite explanation of Bugs Bunny’s memetic potential is this video parodying Metal Gear Solid.
Holy shit man, that was amazing
You mean Nanabozo ?
Pookas gonna pooka
I was confused because I’m only aware of the biblical name, not its use in Bug Bunny
…he looks pretty good for eighty-eight years of age, honestly…
No one outside of a worker’s union has the right to blast a union worker for being a wage cuck
Imagine insulting this good hardworking UNION ACTIVIST Ent
Fr tho ganpappy spent his whole life in the holler god bless im
I know for a fact from that photo and one paragraph blurb that I haven’t worked a day in my life as hard as his easiest day
Chilling. Imagine being a miner and having death as a reasonable danger at work. Going down into the mine every day, being afraid of being crushed, suffocating, drowning, exploding and seeking music as a form of relief, especially this song. IT really shows the importance or unions.
It’s why they weren’t afraid to go to open war with mine owners and the US government, who bombed them in the first use of aircraft to bomb “combatants” by the US military
Withers?
very interesting performance. he has a coldness to his tone that got to me.
highly recommend listening. twice, even.
I like the one from Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Hmm thought that was a white walker mid scroll
If I was named Dumbass Wagecuck I’d form a union too!
