Teh Interwebs: rhetoric melting pot

This Boing Boing-featured description of tiny invertebrates seems almost to be channeling Real Ultimate Power:

Now here's the thing I really like about tartigrades. They are apparently the World's Toughest Animal. You can shoot them into space, take them to the deepest ocean depths and let them go, deprive them of air, water, and food for years and they don't care. Send them into the core of nuclear reactor. They'll be fine.

Let's remix that a bit for comparison:

Now here's the thing I really like about Ninjas. They are apparently the World's Toughest Animal. You can shoot them into space, take them to the deepest ocean depths and let them go, deprive them of air, water, and food for years and they don't care. Send them into the core of nuclear reactor. They'll be fine.

Very Hamburgerian, if you ask me.

This would be even trendier:

Now here's the thing I really like about Chuck Norris. He is apparently the World's Toughest Animal. You can shoot him into space, take him to the deepest ocean depths and let him go, deprive him of air, water, and food for years and he doesn't care. Send him into the core of nuclear reactor. He'll be fine.