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What I mean is like, what do you think is unironically awesome, even if people now think its cringe or stupid?

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[–] MU5T4N6@feddit.org 1 points 23 minutes ago

Nickelback. I don't know why they get so much hate, their music is actually decent

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

High school of the Dead. I watched the anime because of that titty/bullet gif. I freaking loved that show. ~~Not so much the piss scene, but still.~~

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 2 points 1 hour ago

Bluesky and AT proto

The idea that you can just take your account and migrate it to different PDS is awesome.

[–] AnitaAmandaHuginskis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Gun Control lol

Charlie Kirk would approve... Well, he would now I mean. SCNR

Too soon?

[–] trslim@pawb.social 1 points 1 hour ago

I saw someone say charlie kirk used the getting shot tactic to avoid the question.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I saw this tread when it was just posted and I remember thinking "there is no way this is going to be still relevant tomorrow"

[–] trslim@pawb.social 2 points 1 hour ago

welllll you are right lol

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 18 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Charlie Kirk getting fucking holed

[–] trslim@pawb.social 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

If he's so pro life, why is he dead?

[–] remon@ani.social 2 points 1 hour ago

If he was anti-vax why did get a shot?

[–] hazl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 hours ago

Brave and contrary.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 20 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The ends of a loaf of bread are the best slices

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

Especially toasted. So much crunch.

[–] Xed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 12 hours ago

Vlogging is not vanity. It’s a special way to capture memories to share with others currently. And to view yourself and others in a time capsule, a stasis where you can view the old world

I want to view my vlogs as an elder and appreciate my memories, even more than I thought I did when I filmed them

[–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 48 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (8 children)

Superman

A lot of people dismiss Superman as being "too powerful" or "unrelatable." They’ll say Batman is more relatable because he doesn’t have superpowers. But seriously, how many of us can actually relate to being a billionaire playboy with unlimited resources? In contrast, Superman grew up in small-town, working-class America. He is as much Clark Kent as he is Superman.

People call him a "boy scout," as if that’s a flaw. But that misses the point. The fact that he has the power to rule the world and chooses not to, is what makes him extraordinary. He sets an ideal for people to strive for.

Yes, in the hands of a bad writer he can become a walking deus ex machina. But in the hands of a good writer, Superman becomes the core of some of the most powerful and iconic stories in comics. His greatness doesn’t come from what he can do, it comes from the choices he makes.

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Superman probably pays more in taxes than Batman.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

That is probably because Batman doesn't pay taxes, Bruce Wayne does.

And Bruce Wayne is known for spending tons of the Wayne foundation on helping the poor and criminalized. Tons of charities, schools, orphanages, homeless shelters, ... are funded by them.

And if Bruce gets tax breaks because of that, it is because that is how the law works, not because he wants them.

Bruce is far from the average Billionaire you get in our dimension.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago

Bruce Wayne doesn't exist, it's merely a disguise Batman sometimes wears.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago

Overly Sarcastic Productions has done a number of videos they call detail diatribes that have focused on Superman. The summary of many of them is that Superman is his most interesting when saving people and not when punching villains. Even in larger team fights, he could save everyone or hold off the threat, but he can't do both so he needs the help of others.

[–] trslim@pawb.social 8 points 16 hours ago

I actually love superman being a normal dude who saves people with a smile. He should be a good person in stories, because his strength isnt the point, his willpower to help everyone is.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

They’ll say Batman is more relatable because he doesn’t have superpowers.

Okay, but he's a billionaire super-scientist who occasionally uses occult magicks. How does none of this qualify?

Superman grew up in small-town, working-class America

Sure, but how many modern day Americans could relate to growing up on a farm? Or getting a job in journalism?

The fact that he has the power to rule the world and chooses not to, is what makes him extraordinary.

I think superheroes are largely defined by their villains. And Lex Luthor - as an individual who regularly does struggle to dominate the world (and periodically succeeds with mixed results) - makes an excellent foil for this exact reason. Superman is, at his heart, just a guy trying to do the right thing. Luthor is an ego-maniacal fascist who cannot conceive of having less than total control.

The best Superman stories are ones that illustrate the practical limits of a seemingly omnipotent individual. It's Superman's struggles - his poor choices, his desire for human affection, his naive optimism, his inability to be everywhere at once - that make him relatable. The idea of Superman as a maximal human who still can't do everything has a way of taking the load of us, comparably weak and vulnerable people, who strive for just as much as a fictional demigod.

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[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 45 points 22 hours ago

AMD > Nvidia

[–] woodsie@ani.social 26 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Speed Racer (2008)

Uniquely colorful, silly, wholesome, every single one of its frames oozes style and creativity. It's exactly what an animated adaption should aim to be and will forever stand out against the blue and orange, brown and bloom palettes that plagued that era of media.

It's simply so visually exciting and fun.

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[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 16 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

A little ketamine just as the lsd or shrooms kick in.

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[–] 58008@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I was an early adopter of No Man's Sky (long before the shift in public perception), and I fucking loved it back then, and love it now as well. But admitting that in public a few years back was tantamount to saying that stapling your child to a rabid badger was a great alternative to hiring a babysitter.

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

stapling your child to a rabid badger was a great alternative to hiring a babysitter.

lololololololololol

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