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WarpedNaba posted:It's like Batman. You read a comic or watch a movie or play a game and the same thing hits you. It's not the gadgets, not the insane villains or the parkour or Alfred being in the SAS or Catwoman fitting that figure into that suit that breaks the suspension of disbelief. It's the idea that a rich inheritee could possibly, possibly give a gently caress about the lower classes.
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May 6, 2015 09:56
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As a kid, I wondered why there wasn't at least one Batman already, since the material conditions should be pretty easy to meet for lots of people (rich, dead parents). But yeah, I don't think mentally that's gonna turn into dangerous, altruistic behavior.
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May 6, 2015 10:01
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WarpedNaba posted:It's like Batman. You read a comic or watch a movie or play a game and the same thing hits you. It's not the gadgets, not the insane villains or the parkour or Alfred being in the SAS or Catwoman fitting that figure into that suit that breaks the suspension of disbelief. It's the idea that a rich inheritee could possibly, possibly give a gently caress about the lower classes. Yeah, but Tony Stark recently annexed San Francisco and released a virus to make all the rich people beautiful and kill the poor. So there's some grounding of actions there.
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May 6, 2015 10:08
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May 6, 2015 10:10
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Do we have to do the "people Batman stops vs people who would be stopped focusing 100% on eradicating poverty" discussion again? Homelessness means little when the city has been nuked again.
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May 6, 2015 10:30
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Well, we're talking about "What if Batman was real?" which means there isn't a madman regularly threatening to drop an atomic bomb on a random city (despite what Republicans would have you believe)
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May 6, 2015 10:48
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WarpedNaba posted:It's like Batman. You read a comic or watch a movie or play a game and the same thing hits you. It's not the gadgets, not the insane villains or the parkour or Alfred being in the SAS or Catwoman fitting that figure into that suit that breaks the suspension of disbelief. It's the idea that a rich inheritee could possibly, possibly give a gently caress about the lower classes. Rich people give a gently caress about the lower classes all the time. They also tend to filter that concern into strange, complex crusades of questionable value because they're too removed to know what the best course of action really is, instead relying on a whole other class of middlemen with their own flaws and biases. I guess what I'm saying is there is an alternate universe where Bill Gates heads up a team of crime-fighters.
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Rorus Raz posted:Well, we're talking about "What if Batman was real?" which means there isn't a madman regularly threatening to drop an atomic bomb on a random city (despite what Republicans would have you believe) Which in turn usually means no more Batman. Dude retired immediately after Bane was taken out, remember.
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Rorus Raz posted:Well, we're talking about "What if Batman was real?" which means there isn't a madman regularly threatening to drop an atomic bomb on a random city (despite what Republicans would have you believe) Somewhere in the aether, a New 52 Ramirez finishes the touches on the Joker gassing Gotham. "Any day now".
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May 6, 2015 11:19
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Dr. Killjoy posted:Somewhere in the aether, a New 52 Ramirez finishes the touches on the Joker gassing Gotham. "Any day now". Just like in real life, it's been any day now for 30 years 
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May 6, 2015 11:45
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I'm glad to see Bad Reporter has a good taste in television.
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RonJeremysBalzac posted:Just like in real life, it's been any day now for 30 years So, why is the Iranian ambassador to the UN wearing a typically Saudi combo of agal and white keffiyeh? I could go with "it's the Joker, he thinks it's funny" but there's a guy behind him that seems to have the same headwear, so I guess the logical conclusion is that the author of that comic is deeply ignorant and probably racist.
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Cat Mattress posted:So, why is the Iranian ambassador to the UN wearing a typically Saudi combo of agal and white keffiyeh? You don't think the Joker would force his sidekicks to dress the way he wanted them to?
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Cat Mattress posted:So, why is the Iranian ambassador to the UN wearing a typically Saudi combo of agal and white keffiyeh? Yeah, those are the context clues in that cartoon that would lead you to think the author had issues with Iran. I'm glad you finally picked up on it.
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May 6, 2015 12:15
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As I recall he never actually bombed anything at that time, he just used nerve gas and then beat all the smug rear end in a top hat out of Jason Todd with a crowbar.
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May 6, 2015 12:18
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The greatest fiction of batman is how all these murderous, cop killing criminals possibly make it to jail/Arkham and aren't beaten to death by the police after being delivered tied up by Batman.
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Radish posted:The greatest fiction of batman is how all these murderous, cop killing criminals possibly make it to jail/Arkham and aren't beaten to death by the police after being delivered tied up by Batman. Gotham's police force is very corrupt with most members being in the pocket of the very criminals they are sworn to defend against. Maybe the various criminal elements called true on using cops as assassins with Batman leaving everyone he grabs gift-wrapped at their door.
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May 6, 2015 12:39
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Looking forward to seeing the politoons on Alberta's NDP getting a majority unseating the 44 year Conservative run.
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albany academy posted:Looking forward to seeing the politoons on Alberta's NDP getting a majority unseating the 44 year Conservative run. So the polls were right? That's awesome.
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May 6, 2015 13:44
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Radish posted:So the polls were right? That's awesome. Prentice looked like he was going to burst into tears when he gave his resignation speech. He's actually leaving politics entirely. Such an awesome night 
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XyloJW posted:Oooh I like that. I will probably use that when people complain my current one is too nws. Wow you changed it again just now, didn't you. Could we get a new thread name, Xylo?
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RagnarokZ posted:I'm just a simple European, and I have absolutely no clue what this one supposed to say. The joke is that she agree's with all his policies ("acting like a real american") but dislikes him because of the stigma over the word "socialism/socialist" in the US. These are fantastic.
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 Christine Milne steps down as leader of the Australian Greens; Deputy Leader Adam Bandt doesn't step up.
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Samurai Sanders posted:As a kid, I wondered why there wasn't at least one Batman already, since the material conditions should be pretty easy to meet for lots of people (rich, dead parents). But yeah, I don't think mentally that's gonna turn into dangerous, altruistic behavior. 
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May 6, 2015 15:05
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That ninja is a real dick.
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I didn't know Kristin Wiig drew cartoons, too.
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May 6, 2015 15:31
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 What presidential candidates get up to in their own giant shared office is their own business, Bennett 
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May 6, 2015 15:45
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Is there some kind of torture scandal lately or is that cartoon just "Republicans: they are bad."
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All the Republican candidates were caught in a BDSM orgy. Didn't you hear?
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Bicyclops posted:Is there some kind of torture scandal lately or is that cartoon just "Republicans: they are bad." "If we choose a Republican candidate, the result will be the same no matter which specific one we choose: akin to torture, in that republicans are bad"
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May 6, 2015 16:08
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Rubio at the very least literally endorsed horrible torture.
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HisMajestyBOB posted:All the Republican candidates were caught in a BDSM orgy. Didn't you hear? Choosing to believe this post instead of the more reasonable other ones.
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loquacius posted:
Uncle Sam fails to see the torture devices in the room as he's far too interested in the radioactive Marshmallow Fluff.
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Iron maiden Wall shackles The rack Stockades Fondue Pot
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Republicans throw some wild rear end parties. A 120 Days of Sodom Comic
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May 6, 2015 16:32
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That's not even a newspaper he's just holding up a sign. Is he on his way to the spaceport to pick up someone with that weird long name?
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 1 2That is one pissed off elephant.  3This is your future. This is your future on gangs. Any questions?  4Bill is an expensive gigolo.  5The GOP candidates are still outside piling out of the clown car.  6Counter-point made.  7*kicks dog* "Man, this dog gets angry about EVERYTHING!" *pisses on guy's living room rug* "Man, this guy gets angry about EVERYTHING!"  8
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