Feel the Bern!!!

[Edwardo Piet]

Dude, the order in which he said kicking ass and chewing bubblegum is irrelevant. You can put those in whichever order you like and it doesn't bear on whether the sentence makes sense or not, in light of the reference(whichever reference you prefer, it doesn't matter). But the way Sterben put it was wrong because of what it meant, not how it sounded. I took issue with the meaning, not the rolling off the tongue thing.

It's really silly to make this an objective thing. This is purely subjective.

It makes no sense to behave that the order doesn't matter and is irrelevant. I think it flows much better as "Kick ass and chew bubblegum", you think it's irrelevant. You think it matters less than the wording, I don't.

Regardless of whether it's "It's time to" or "I've come here to" I think "kick ass and chew bubblegum" sounds way better than "chew bubblegum and kickass", you disagree but that's fine this is subjective and a matter of differing.

I'm not looking to prove anyone "wrong" exactly, I'm merely concerned with what is a good phrasing of this expression so that it successfully traces back to either reference you prefer(it doesn't matter which one you do).

Yes it doesn't matter which we prefer. It's all subjective. I'm saying that regardless of if it's phrased the way you did it or the way Sterben did it I'm glad you both opted for saying "kick ass" first like Duke does.

ETA: For what it's worth (nothing it's subjective) I've found a website that agrees with me, hehe:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma...wBubblegum

From the above link:

[...]The "kick ass and chew bubblegum" quote is referenced quite often for laughs (word for word except for the one part where it's mangled, the reversal is common as many people find it flows more naturally); it's assumed all viewers should know it by name. [...]

(my emphasis)

[...]The bubblegum line was quoted almost word-for-word by the main character in Duke Nukem 3D. Thanks to the "Weird Al" Effect, many people actually attribute this line to the Duke, rather than the earlier, comparatively less-known film.:
"It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of gum."

(just so you know I'm not some alone tasteless weirdo, though)