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[–] xye@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

I can feel Reddit giving me a warning for upvoting this

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago

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

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago

That's why he listens.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week 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.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] leonprimrose@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week 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."

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

There are lots of good nazis, aka dead nazis.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 week ago

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

[–] neuro_88@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago

Good job Superman.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What about if the fire spread to surrounding buildings?

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

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

[–] techclothes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

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

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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

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

No you fucking didn't.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I knew Superman was a domestic terrorist.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week 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…

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Superman is as American as apples.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

That is a sentence I cannot disagree with.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week 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?

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

“… earth humans…” What do you know that we don’t?

You could promise Supermán a green card - but tell him it’s the kryptonite that makes it green. He’d be in a right quandary then.

Seriously? 28 years - that’s monumentally absurd.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week 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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[–] Itzdan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Man of fire?

[–] mr2meows@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Oh this would be my first drink then

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week 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.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week 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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[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Eldritch has joined the rank of "Meme Destroyer"

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