(http://i.imgur.com/b3gTR9Q.jpg) (http://imgur.com/b3gTR9Q)
He's a real
American Mexican hero.
A photo of a bearded man driving a green van with a logo reading "GI José: A Real Mexican Hero" made the front page of the internet message board Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/199f63/gi_jose_xpost_from_rawesome/?limit=500) Tuesday, offering a Latino spoof of the iconic action figure series.
The GI José image appears (http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/02/g-i-jose-is-real-and-his-van-is-glorious/) to have originally surfaced two days ago, when a user posted it under the title "Driving in Dallas when I came upon a real American hero." (http://www.reddit.com/r/awesome/comments/194xgn/driving_in_dallas_when_i_came_upon_a_real/)
The picture appeared controversial in the Reddit community, with 28,419 users voting it up and 25,220 voting it down by about 4:50 p.m. E.S.T.
But while users didn't agree on whether they liked the image, they also didn't dive heavily into politics in the mostly lighthearted comments. The top-voted comment was "i always preferred GI Jew the all American Hebrew."
At one point, an user suggested the United States and Mexico should merge, sparking a debate with the following exchange:
T0pwater: as a midwestern white dude, I wish the USA and Mexico would just merge. I love Mexico, Mexicans and their country. They want to come here anyway. We want to go there anyway. It is win f***ing win. Seriously. threehundredthousand: Do you mean merge or the US invading because if you think US politicians are a crooked bunch, you haven't seen s**t until you've seen the last few decades of Mexican politicians.
Alarconadame: shh...vato, you'll scare him away.
TheMadFapper_: Callate, pendejo. ¡Nadie sospecha nada!
Midway through the comments, the conversation degenerated into .gif-fueled insanity. Here's the best of the bunch:
(http://i.imgur.com/CcoQh.gif) (http://imgur.com/CcoQh)
(http://i.imgur.com/WyyH85P.jpg) (http://imgur.com/WyyH85P)
The photo was later followed up with "This is what the inside of GI José's van looks like." (http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/199pi4/this_is_what_the_inside_of_gi_joses_van_looks_like/)
Via: HuffingtonPost