(Also about as far from a Redditor fantasy as humanly possible, thus proving that that guy had no idea what he was talking about, or at least is really bad at seeing where things go.)
(Also about as far from a Redditor fantasy as humanly possible, thus proving that that guy had no idea what he was talking about, or at least is really bad at seeing where things go.)
I know right? I could pretty much tell where stuff is going.
The closest thing to a redditor fantasy is the revenge film, and even that's portrayed as kind of a mean prank and the target is more of a loveable oaf than a redditor's idea of a stupid jock.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I don't know if I'd call it outright fascist (although certain versions definitely go in that direction), but the idea that anyone who breaks the law is scum who can be punished with extreme physical violence is reactionary at best.
So I hear that a "child nutrition manager" at Uintah Elementary School in Utah confiscated the school lunches of students who had zero or negative balances on their school lunch accounts, and then disposed of the lunches, allegedly right in front of them.
Well, based on this information, let me state that I disapprove of this person's performance as a child nutrition manager, if his or her idea of managing child nutrition results in starving poor children.
Source?
I know this is only the internet, but I can't be having with accusations without any evidence or source.
Presume innocent and all that.
If you can provide a source, I'll eat these words.
Well, my original source was a politically charged e-mail, so I didn't want to post that. But this is a shitposting thread after all so I felt free to post the allegation.
The "starving poor kids" is unsubstantiated (no word on whether true or false), though the "throwing lunch away" bit also turns out to be (likely) true, which still bugs me because I really hate seeing food being wasted.
(Also about as far from a Redditor fantasy as humanly possible, thus proving that that guy had no idea what he was talking about, or at least is really bad at seeing where things go.)
I know right? I could pretty much tell where stuff is going.
The closest thing to a redditor fantasy is the revenge film, and even that's portrayed as kind of a mean prank and the target is more of a loveable oaf than a redditor's idea of a stupid jock.
That's not a bad way of describing it.
Yeah, the whole underlying arc with Jougasaki is a great example of how the show gradually subverts the immature and self-serving assumptions that the main character makes about others. Really, the whole show is about taking apart those preconceptions of what the world is or ought to be in order to go out and actually live.
In other words, it's like the optimistic flip-side to Welcome to the NHK's relentless dismantling of the otaku mindset. Directed by Masaaki Yuasa.
ALWAYS REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED KEEP OPEN TABS FOR EVERYTHING THAT HASN"T BECOME A CLOSED CASE YET NEVER FORGET START SOMETHING, DON"T FORGET IT UNTIL IT"S FINISHED
I don't know if I'd call it outright fascist (although certain versions definitely go in that direction), but the idea that anyone who breaks the law is scum who can be punished with extreme physical violence is reactionary at best.
that's true
although some of the people Batman fights are far scarier than he is
Admittedly, I would read the hell out of a Batman series that's just him fighting white-collar criminals.
"Your days of insider trading are over, Salaryman!" "You've issued your last fraudulent mortgage which you're fully aware the recipient can't pay back!" "The only thing that's going to your Cayman Islands account now is my fist!"
I don't know if I'd call it outright fascist (although certain versions definitely go in that direction), but the idea that anyone who breaks the law is scum who can be punished with extreme physical violence is reactionary at best.
that's true
although some of the people Batman fights are far scarier than he is
The thing that I think keeps Batman from being too "fasho" a lot of the time, even in the Nolan films, is that it is generally understood that some of the stuff that he pulls is immoral and excessive, yet also understandable. He is a troubled human being trying to do the right thing in trying circumstances who sees what he does as a necessary evil when all more reasonable attempts to deal with a serious problem have been stymied. And in the best told of these narratives, we see that and, to some extent, agree with it.
Admittedly, I would read the hell out of a Batman series that's just him fighting white-collar criminals.
"Your days of insider trading are over, Salaryman!" "You've issued your last fraudulent mortgage which you're fully aware the recipient can't pay back!" "The only thing that's going to your Cayman Islands account now is my fist!"
IIRC the first (*or one of the first*) superman comic(s) was like this and he threatened to electrocute this fraudulent banker w/ a power cable
Admittedly, I would read the hell out of a Batman series that's just him fighting white-collar criminals.
"Your days of insider trading are over, Salaryman!" "You've issued your last fraudulent mortgage which you're fully aware the recipient can't pay back!" "The only thing that's going to your Cayman Islands account now is my fist!"
IIRC the first (*or one of the first*) superman comic(s) was like this and he threatened to electrocute this fraudulent banker w/ a power cable
Well, that was during the Depression, wasn't it...?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
My sister's home
Her hand is bandaged up but she's ok
She's like "at least it wasn't my thumb, so I can still text!"
Admittedly, I would read the hell out of a Batman series that's just him fighting white-collar criminals.
"Your days of insider trading are over, Salaryman!" "You've issued your last fraudulent mortgage which you're fully aware the recipient can't pay back!" "The only thing that's going to your Cayman Islands account now is my fist!"
So I hear that a "child nutrition manager" at Uintah Elementary School in Utah confiscated the school lunches of students who had zero or negative balances on their school lunch accounts, and then disposed of the lunches, allegedly right in front of them.
Well, based on this information, let me state that I disapprove of this person's performance as a child nutrition manager, if his or her idea of managing child nutrition results in starving poor children.
Source?
I know this is only the internet, but I can't be having with accusations without any evidence or source.
Presume innocent and all that.
If you can provide a source, I'll eat these words.
Well, my original source was a politically charged e-mail, so I didn't want to post that. But this is a shitposting thread after all so I felt free to post the allegation.
The "starving poor kids" is unsubstantiated (no word on whether true or false), though the "throwing lunch away" bit also turns out to be (likely) true, which still bugs me because I really hate seeing food being wasted.
Okay, so the "throwing lunches away" thing did happen, but no word on if the dramatic part, "starving poor kids", is true? I see. For now, I'll withhold judgment until more is known.
Because, "child nutrition manager throws away school lunches" isn't really news any more than "Crossing guard stops drivers".
The thing that I think keeps Batman from being too "fasho" a lot of the time, even in the Nolan films, is that it is generally understood that some of the stuff that he pulls is immoral and excessive, yet also understandable. He is a troubled human being trying to do the right thing in trying circumstances who sees what he does as a necessary evil when all more reasonable attempts to deal with a serious problem have been stymied. And in the best told of these narratives, we see that and, to some extent, agree with it.
of course, it could also be argued that artificially creating scenarios in which the only right course of action is a violent or quasi-totalitarian one reinforces the idea that such courses of action are acceptable and even necessary when in reality they aren't...
Admittedly, I would read the hell out of a Batman series that's just him fighting white-collar criminals.
"Your days of insider trading are over, Salaryman!" "You've issued your last fraudulent mortgage which you're fully aware the recipient can't pay back!" "The only thing that's going to your Cayman Islands account now is my fist!"
would read
Golden-Age Superman is something that I'd like to see more of. I know Superman means something different now, but the idea of a man who protects the weak by going against the corrupt elite is kind of cool. I made a comparison between GA!Superman and Robin Hood about a year ago.
> Because, "child nutrition manager throws away school lunches" isn't really news any more than "Crossing guard stops drivers".
Well, I think the newsworthy part wasn't "child nutrition manager throws away school lunches", but rather "child nutrition manager throws away perfectly good school lunches", "child nutrition manager throws away school lunches that were about to be served to chilren", and "child nutrition manager throws away school lunches because children have zero or negative balance on lunch money accounts".
But while mashing up the Justice League with heated political debate might seem like it would be fun, I can assure you that it is not. It is not fun at all. And I know this because I read DC Universe Decisions. Speaking of decisions, putting this thing out was one of the worst that DC made in recent memory, and if you’ve been paying attention over the past decade or so, you’ll understand that’s a pretty serious charge. It was released as a four-part mini-series in 2008 as an attempt to capitalize on public interest in that year’s Presidential race, with the hook of the series being that you’d finally be able to find out the definitive political affiliations of your favorite Justice Leaguers. Because that’s what the fans were clamoring for, right?
I imagine the idea was to give the story the sense of real-world gravitas that they’d previously gotten with stories like Green Arrow dragging Green Lantern across the country to learn about The Real America (read: black people) back in the ’70s. In practice, though, it mostly just amounted to a bunch of characters standing around making half-hearted declarations about why they leaned left or right. Wildcat, an 80 year-old man who dresses like a kitty cat and punches people in the face, is of the mind that we need a “tough S.O.B” in the White House, while Jaime Reyes, the Blue Beetle, is mildly interested in universal health care. It’s all very thrilling.
The thing that I think keeps Batman from being too "fasho" a lot of the time, even in the Nolan films, is that it is generally understood that some of the stuff that he pulls is immoral and excessive, yet also understandable. He is a troubled human being trying to do the right thing in trying circumstances who sees what he does as a necessary evil when all more reasonable attempts to deal with a serious problem have been stymied. And in the best told of these narratives, we see that and, to some extent, agree with it.
of course, it could also be argued that artificially creating scenarios in which the only right course of action is a violent or quasi-totalitarian one reinforces the idea that such courses of action are acceptable and even necessary when in reality they aren't...
That would be true, but that would also be somewhat misconstruing the intention of the character overall. The intention of the antihero is to create conflict in the reader by posing them with a dilemma in that the protagonist is sympathetic yet also fundamentally un-heroic. Their actions are not supposed to be viewed as favourable so much as painful: Necessary, but at a cost that is automatically questioned by the audience and frequently by the character themselves.
Of course, this is easily misconstrued and misinterpreted, but that is a different issue.
Actually, maybe "child nutrition manager throws away perfectly good school lunches" isn't newsworthy because a lot of people don't care that much that food is wasted.
But the account balance thing and children-were-about-to-have bit are definitely the most newsworthy bits.
You know what? I'm still mad that we haven't had a non-white Robin Hood yet.
Robin Hood's whole shtick is defending the minority race/class from the rich ruling race/class. You'd think that someone would look at that and say 'hmm, you know, Saxons aren't exactly the trodden-upon race now, so maybe we should switch it'. But no, no even the modern adapations have really considered that.
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i have to admit i was uncomfortable with the idea of Batman spying on everyone in Gotham
but then, Obama did that
wasn't 'meme' silly enough
but you got what i meant
This is not entirely accurate, but it is close enough.
The closest thing to a redditor fantasy is the revenge film, and even that's portrayed as kind of a mean prank and the target is more of a loveable oaf than a redditor's idea of a stupid jock.
...which turns out to be mainly true:
youtube.com/watch?v=4Xw5DE-g9d0
youtube.com/watch?v=SCuCtkx05qI (same video as above, just in case it gets taken down)
follow-up: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=968&sid=28547313&fm=most_popular
The "starving poor kids" is unsubstantiated (no word on whether true or false), though the "throwing lunch away" bit also turns out to be (likely) true, which still bugs me because I really hate seeing food being wasted.
KEEP OPEN TABS FOR EVERYTHING THAT HASN"T BECOME A CLOSED CASE YET
NEVER FORGET
START SOMETHING, DON"T FORGET IT UNTIL IT"S FINISHED
that's true
although some of the people Batman fights are far scarier than he is
CLOSED SYSTEMS THINKING ONLY
REUSE OR FULLY USE STUFF THAT"S GOING IN THE TRASH (WHERE POSSIBLE)
OR EVEN THE RECYCLE BIN
ONE TIME PURCHASE
SALVAGE MATERIALS FOR FUTURE USE
"You've issued your last fraudulent mortgage which you're fully aware the recipient can't pay back!"
"The only thing that's going to your Cayman Islands account now is my fist!"
sorry about her finger, though
Okay, so the "throwing lunches away" thing did happen, but no word on if the dramatic part, "starving poor kids", is true? I see. For now, I'll withhold judgment until more is known.
Because, "child nutrition manager throws away school lunches" isn't really news any more than "Crossing guard stops drivers".
of course, it could also be argued that artificially creating scenarios in which the only right course of action is a violent or quasi-totalitarian one reinforces the idea that such courses of action are acceptable and even necessary when in reality they aren't...
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Yeah, real-world politics ruin everything.
We should ban politics.
> Because, "child nutrition manager throws away school lunches" isn't really news any more than "Crossing guard stops drivers".
Well, I think the newsworthy part wasn't "child nutrition manager throws away school lunches", but rather "child nutrition manager throws away perfectly good school lunches", "child nutrition manager throws away school lunches that were about to be served to chilren", and "child nutrition manager throws away school lunches because children have zero or negative balance on lunch money accounts".
http://nedroid.com/2014/01/political-roundtable/
i could say this with more conviction if they didn't go hand in hand so often
But the account balance thing and children-were-about-to-have bit are definitely the most newsworthy bits.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead