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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

At least make sure no non management workers are in trouble. You don't have to put the fires out.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 weeks ago

It's Superman. Surely with his x-ray vision he could see that there was no one left.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

That's why he listens.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

The militarily would ~~send~~ asks nicely Superman to deal with the "domestic terrorism" that is threatening the 'murikan way of life & save the innocent glorious cars.

Also Sexxy Lexxy would have produced way better cars.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Superman of the comics (from about the mid-80s onward) would tell the military, politely, to go find a location to fornicate with themselves.

Also the animated Superman. He took would tell them to go fuck themselves. Neither one would actually curse.

That being said, both incarnations would put the fire out, if only to prevent environmental damage.

Possibly by dropping a large block of ice on the building.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Superman in the '30s would be lighting the fires.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Idk, it kinda looks like the cyber truck to me:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is the kind of shit that gets me out of bed in the morning

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In the words of Captain America:

"Let's not get carried away. I've known good vampires. People who never asked for this curse, who don't inflict their pain and hunger on others. But I've never known a good Nazi."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

There are lots of good nazis, aka dead nazis.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

imo it would be funnier if he started taking pictures (since he's supposed to be a journalist, right?)

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago

That's Jimmy Olsen's whole purpose. Even Clark gets to "not my job" this situation.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Good job Superman.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

What about if the fire spread to surrounding buildings?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

It’s a good thing dealerships are usually completely separate from other buildings, and by quite a way!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well, he is superman, so I'm sure it'll be fine.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

"Hey, I saw someone doing something illegal to a capitalist!"

No you fucking didn't.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I knew Superman was a domestic terrorist.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I’m not an expert but it might be tricky to argue that an actual bonafide genuine alien could be a domestic terrorist…

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Superman is as American as apples.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

That is a sentence I cannot disagree with.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Only because the path to citizenship for earth humans can be as long as 28 years in the united states. How long do you think it takes for a kryptonian?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I mean, there was that time he tore down the homes of a bunch of low income people.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I can feel Reddit giving me a warning for upvoting this

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

epic drinkin game: take a shot every time you see this image

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I got a good chuckle out of it lol. Though there are some incongruencies. Phone booths are an anachronism that really don't exist currently alongside tesla. Especially not the bright red BT phone booths. Those definitely would not be the variety seen in Metropolis. But those are only small little nitpicks that don't distract from the larger message which I agree with.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Metropolis was at least partially based on Joseph Shuster's home town of Toronto, and there's a bright red BT-style phone booth in Eglinton Square on Victoria Park Ave.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Eldritch has joined the rank of "Meme Destroyer"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

LOL well not trying to destroy it. It's just one of those things that initially I saw I didn't think about twice. But then I did think about it it just kind of tickled my brain in a funny way to think how anachronistic it all is now. That there are no phone booths anymore. Where does Superman change now? Does he just do it in an alley like a bum?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's plenty of abandoned malls and former retail shops that now just sit abandoned in the wake of Amazon's dominance. If you're going to make everything about realism, I'm sure there's never a former radioshack or blockbuster, or toys r us nearby.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

To you perhaps. Here no actually. The Last Remnant of the large local mall is set to be torn down soon as Macy's is closing. The rest of the mall was torn down nearly 10 years ago. There are no remnants of Radio Shack or Blockbuster or Toys R Us here either. Though some of the buildings they used to occupy are still here. But not abandoned.

But isn't it crazy to think about all those things like that that future Generations will have no good context for

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Metropolis has no cell signal, due to the large deposits of Plotrelevantanium in the soil, so they actually do still have a ton of phone booths

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well fuck you then, he hopped into a Doctor-Who-themed strip-club before changing his clothes. Superman likes the strange. Get over it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

it's a cosplayer's prop

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Man of fire?

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