Comment on Why did Thanos, with the power of all the infinity stones, never think to try doubling the amount of resources in the world?

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  or rampant fascism. I don’t think Superman is a particularly realistic character- all powerful and only mildly a dick?

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  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    First… Not everyone is just hiding being a dick because it’s socially unacceptable. Most people just aren’t dicks and don’t want to be. Just like most people don’t have to be told not to kill others, that’s just not something they’d do. They don’t have to be threatened with prison, or eternal damnation, or anything like that to stop themselves.

    Second… Superman is an alien. How do we know what is normal for his species? The only insight we have is the comic universe.

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    • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would murder everyone if it weren’t for those pesky laws!

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      • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes officer, this comment right here

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      • Brutticus@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I would murder anyone who looked at me cockeyed!

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      • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        People wouldn't treat each other with dignity without religion!

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      • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If it weren’t for those stupid-ass laws, there would be no murder, at all!

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    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Okay. But…

      People with superpowers are still people, and most people are a mix of good and bad.

      And some people are absolutely vile (see maga, Johnson, Theil, Trump,)

      And some are positively saintly. (See most dogs.)

      You would expect superpeople to be similar. So if we see fascist people getting power occasionally and ruining the world; you’d expect superpeople to do so too

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      • its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There are a mix in comics. The good are superheroes the bad are supervillians. And some of them are in the grey. Batman doesn’t kill, but has no problem beating the shit out of henchman. Red hood killed people for good reasons, most of the time. He is sometimes a hero and sometimes a villain. Poison Ivy is a villain who often helps women and doesn’t hurt kids.

        Also Deadpool. Just yeah, great guy who is an unrepentant killer.

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  • ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He was raised by kind people. Not everyone is a dick

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    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      where in my comments did I say everyone was a dick?

      look at a large number of the older Superman panels. he’s frequently a dick to the people in his life.

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  • HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Did Lex Luthor write this

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  • meldrik@lemmy.wtf ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s many versions of Superman though.

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