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jimbo_squat t1_j9f6e1f wrote

My 5 year old often fights bad guys in the toy room, so this cannot be true.

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EchoedJolts t1_j9f8ivf wrote

There are plenty of superheroes, they just don't get press because bad news pays the bills for media companies.

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ScousePete t1_j9f92s1 wrote

I think there are, but maybe not in the traditional sense. Without trying to trigger the crazies, Bill Gates has donated $50 billion dollars to charity over the years and Jeff Bezos’ ex wife Mackenzie Scott has donated a fair chunk also.

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Marccino t1_j9fi538 wrote

I think superheroes and supervillains are implied to have superpowers. There are some heroes and villains in real life, just not super ones.

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otherguy84 t1_j9g0bp0 wrote

Because if they ever came to be they just get silenced, captured, or killed

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RepresentativeFly629 t1_j9g2ia1 wrote

It's much easier to do massive evil than massive good. I think humanitarian orgs like doctors without borders have heroes among them.

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ohmyitsme3 t1_j9gbtr0 wrote

The superheroes just aren’t put into the media spotlight is all.

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ohmyitsme3 t1_j9gbu8a wrote

The superheroes just aren’t put into the media spotlight is all.

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COTU_PAGE t1_j9gk5wi wrote

That's cuz you don't need powers to be a supervillain. You only need money. Superheroes, however, NEED super powers because without them, the supervillains will just have them killed.

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pro1ness t1_j9h1gsh wrote

A superhero now would just be canceled before they could 'save us'

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PLEASEHIREZ t1_j9h3f0j wrote

Superheroes, Canadian nurses. We don't actively kill people, we take little to no pay, we are the most trusted profession, we have the least corruption, we get abused, we work long hours, we work with all age/genders/ethnicities/cultures, we have no rights, and we're still here (kinda). All the impoverished people we serve, we're right here with you. New grad nurses can't afford to work and serve in Toronto/Ottawa, etc. We can't even serve in rural communities because car costs are so high relative to our wages. To the ones who complain about healthcare deterioration, we have the front row seat and we do the patient advocacy, the healthcare navigation. It's not in our hands, and other professions depend on us to keep fighting. Did you know RT "contracts" are dependent on nurses? A lot of supporting healthcare staff unions use the nursing union (ONA) contracts as a comparison for their own negotiations. When we put down nurses, we put down a host of other professions. Have you ever seen a tiny nurse break ribs? SUPER STRENGTH! Ever seen a projectile birth be caught? SUPER REFLEXES! Ever seen a RACE/Ressus team run-run-run? SUPER SPEED!

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I know lots of jobs have it rough, but I think ECEs, PSWs, and teachers have it rough-rough. Nurses 100% recognise the PSW struggle, that job is AHHHHH. Not enough staff, abusive patients, and PSWs get punished for respecting the patient's wishes or not. It's lose-lose. Wake the patient up at 0630-0700, get hit. I'd be mad too if I was woken up in retirement. PSW has to do it because morning breakfast has to be served to meet ministry guidelines, and the argument is they need to eat to maintain health. If the PSW leaves the patient in bed, get disciplined for not doing their job. ECEs, I've seen those kids. Pre-schoolers running wild kicking, striking, whining, and lying. Dealing with parents who are in denial. UGH. ECEs don't get paid enough, but I'd love to see the ECE working hours expanded or potential autonomy given. Maybe do it like barbers; where ECEs can have a classroom in a federal/provincial building. ECEs run their classrooms to code, or even provide weekend baby-sitting services; but pay leases for building use and "advertising." Also, morning and afternoon shift ECE, some of us work late! 0700-1500, and 1500-2300. Teachers, I class room size struggles, unrealistic allotted class hours for materials. Scheduling must be a nightmare, and kids of all ages are still difficult.

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Due_Essay447 t1_j9hjc4x wrote

Because it is impossible to be conventionally good. Most superhero movies gloss over the parts where people are impacted negatively by the deeds of these heroes.

From a peephole, we could call jeff bezos a hero for creating a business that hires millions of people.

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nein01besondere t1_j9hodo1 wrote

Replying to AnapleRed (#1,908,726)

Well, part of that wealth allowed him to travel and be trained by the best martial artist. (In the Nolan verse he didn't even need the money to be recruited by ras) then he also educated himself in all sciences and somehow through pure obsession and determination became the best detective mind in the DC universe. I do agree the money helped him aquire these skills although when he's in the field dodging bullets, outsmarting villians and kicking ass the money thing is hardly ever the solution to the threat to the entire planet, or all of reality for that matter. Batman's power is his will power and determination and I will no longer stand for this diminishing description of character.

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AwryHunter t1_j9hxobe wrote

Replying to nein01besondere (#1,910,329)

You.... realize that he literally wouldn’t have been able to do anything if he wasn’t a trust fund billionaire?

He’d literally just be another angry orphan on the streets. Batman’s superpower isn’t determination or willpower, because that’s not what sets him apart from the common man.

it’s just money. Plain and simple. He can afford to do what he wants to do, and what he wants to do is morally positive, thus making him a superhero.

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GamerGrunt t1_j9i8r2z wrote

"Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love."

Nobody is going to save us from ourselves. Not until we care enough to think collectively and act accordingly will the world begin to heal... love thy enemy, I say that as an atheist, mind you.

We can all pretend we're not a global society, but we're certainly a global civilization. We are all connected and we are all in this together, for better or worse.

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StarChild413 t1_j9ik8dt wrote

Don't most superhero origin stories until the point in the first act when the hero gets their powers?

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Samih420 t1_j9iq2b2 wrote

Replying to Zedd2087 (#1,901,116)

"Small difference." Bill gates has saved an estimated 50 million lives, and revolutionized the computer industry. If you don't believe me, search it up. Say what you want about him, but to say he hasn't had an big impact is just wrong. Second of all, Bill gates has definitely done some evil stuff, but its not like he produces evil. Producing evil would mean you would have to do some really harm the world. The worst he's done to the world is create a monopoly I guess?

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BigSap07 t1_j9iqdw1 wrote

Currently the superhero i see at the moment is Mr Beast haha

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syphex97 t1_j9iv7ex wrote

Super heroes exist, they are called Moms and Dads.

Only a real super hero can be a parrent, as no one else would willingly spend 20 years or more of their life raising those things

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pierreletruc t1_j9j0d5z wrote

Too much powers always make you a villain.super or not. This is were comics got it wrong ,even hypothetically, because real heros have to do hard stuff that requires patience ,small steps at the time,constantly at it for little gain ,no flamboyance and easy solutions or you create more problems. And they are not recognize but still do it .Because they are heroes.

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ceouolo_thots t1_j9j3xz3 wrote

I don't watch his stuff but I would kind of counter with Mr beast, in the end he does it for himself but it seems like he tries to make some impacts

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gleborlov t1_j9j4o2a wrote

Jesus Christ is the one and only real superhero. He defeated the devil, conquered death and destroyed the power of sin, so that we could be reconciled to God.

For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21

“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55‭-‬57

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Zedd2087 t1_j9j9r40 wrote

Replying to Samih420 (#1,914,720)

Saved 50 million and ruined over a billion. Stop being one of their sheep and look at the entire picture. You know that farming cost what it does cause that asshat owns most of the farm land in the US.

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dengdaidexiong t1_j9jlr0v wrote

It's just like we all are not that good humans and that's how people become supervillains and that's the real fact, the sad shit that we are getting in the society.

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ologulizica t1_j9jsxau wrote

For sure you are being right but I won't say that there are no superheroes, I guess there are just a few of them and they need to get a good number for the future.

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Samih420 t1_j9jvyt8 wrote

Replying to ekosulistyo (#1,918,939)

Probably a lot. But are you seriously going to ignore the 50 million lives, or how he revolutionized computers. You can hate him all you want and I can't argue with you, but to say he hasn't had a positive impact is insane

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Adventurous_Yak_9234 t1_j9khzau wrote

Policemen, doctors, fire fighters, etc.

Of course people of those professions aren't always good at their jobs, but still.

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tsaklebak t1_j9klrno wrote

We got some of them, I am never gonna say that we just don't have anyone, we have many people who wants to care for us, we don't recognise all of them for sure.

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__Jimmy__ t1_j9kn2u0 wrote

I don't get it. There's neither supervillains or superheroes, since superpowers don't exist. There's regular villains and regular heroes.

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Romans612 t1_j9lslyj wrote

I don't know but the people who live with us and care for us are the real heroes and most of the people can't argue with it, we know they will save us good for real.

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ohmyitsme3 t1_j9m2p6n wrote

Replying to yinseg01 (#1,928,169)

Because the media gets more views if they report on something negative rather than reporting the good things people do. Just because the good things aren’t reported doesn’t mean they don’t happen. 🙂

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qw773036 t1_j9m3xj9 wrote

I guess some people will just become hateful even if they are kind of a superhero and sometimes we just praise supervillains like they are some heroes, that's all.

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miner5830 t1_j9m9m60 wrote

It will take time and yes I have to say that there are pretty less superheroes and that's why we are living in such a fucking sad world, we don't have much options.

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Samih420 t1_j9ma7xz wrote

Replying to Zedd2087 (#1,916,453)

Ruined over a billion? Source? Second of all, I don't know what you are talking about. What does farming cause? He doesn't even own the majority of the farmland in the US. He doesn't even own 1/15000 of the world's farmland. Third of all, why am I sheep lol?

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obahn t1_j9muctr wrote

It's all real and right, people are fake and most of them are fucking villains and we just can't do anything about it, we just have to live like this in our life man, for real.

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