That’s the point, but satirically. The fact that homelander is the second frame immediately means the take is bad.
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hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Sorry OP but this kinda gives “EPIC: WOKE FEMINAZI OWNED ON CAMERA” vibes.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Sweet child… The amount of people who don’t see homelander is scary
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Good point! But I also never saw it. Just know it from the comics and the news.
Also, the amount of people who don’t GET homeowner is scary…
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yeah, those homeowners and their… *checks notes Homes!
jdeath@lemm.ee 2 months ago
on reddit, sure. on lemmy?
MBM@lemmings.world 2 months ago
Lemmy is no better than Reddit in terms of sexism and media literacy
MBM@lemmings.world 2 months ago
OP’s comments don’t seem very satyrical :')
spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
this lol. i would not be in this comment section if OP wasn’t obviously taking the side of homelader here. if there was ever satire in the post it was lost as soon as OP got their hands on it.
tomi000@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not so sure. It may just as well be that OP thinks Homelander is the cool guy and the meme is meant unironically. Their comments here suggest that and their posts are mostly comprised of golf and borderline sexism / boomer jokes
Faresh@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I don’t think that’s obvious to anyone who hasn’t watched that movie/series/whatever. At least it wasn’t obvious to me, because I don’t know that guy.
frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Homelander is acting in character in this meme but Firecracker certainly is not.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 months ago
I think that’s the intention, but in an ironic/satirical fashion.
SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s one of those posts that IS funny, but makes OP’s viewpoint ambiguous. And if this was reddit and then incels come out of the woodwork to support the meme.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah… it can be interpreted that way. But even as a feminist myself, it is a dumb performative sort of protest. Paternal surnames are the least important fixtures of our patriarchal society, and, unless it was created wholecloth, there are no surnames that aren’t patriarchal historical lyrics, as the meme points out.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Yeah, I wasn’t trying to call you a misogynist, just point out how the meme might look at first glance.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wasn’t my post, just advocating for OP
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
oh, right
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
If they think their actions are having much effect, sure, but otherwise I think you’re making assumptions and overreacting. Not everything is for show, people can do things like that just because they personally want to.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The context of the meme implied she was doing it because she’s a feminist and that taking her mother’s name was somehow an expression of that. Of course she can do that, but it isn’t achieving anything if that was the goal
spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
she is achieving and asserting herself, a right that is denied to her on most every other level.
names are symbols. taking ownership of your name may not be material, but it is meaningful. if names were meaningless, trans people wouldn’t change their names, African-American communities wouldn’t change their names, et cetera. but they do, and feminists do, because achieving oneself, having domain over oneself even to the extent of identity, is meaningful especially against a history where that right is restricted against you in favor of the dominant class.
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Okay, and? Why is your immediate thought to mock that?