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[–] Grizzlyboy@lemmy.zip 52 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This is peak absurdity. You have a being from another planet, the being is sent from another planet because his planet was about to explode. In a last ditch attempt he was sent to earth by his parents. It surely sounds like a person who could be identified as an immigrant, illegal alien or asylum seeker.

Did Covid make dumb people even dumber? Ignorance certainly is bliss..

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 21 hours ago

Maybe actually. They figured out what caused the loss of smell: brain damage

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Funny thing is I've been calling Superman an illegal immigrant for decades. All of the sudden it's not a joke anymore. It's a friggin comic book hero for crying out loud.

[–] chetradley@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

These people want to be evil but hate being told that they're evil, so anything with an anti-evil message must be "woke".

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did COVID make dumb people even dumber?

No, they were always that dumb. They probably just projected themselves onto Superman because he's a strong white man and clearly strong white people cannot be illegal immigrants because that breaks their pathetic little power trip fantasy.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is specifically comments by Dean Cain, a man who once played Superman, but didn't seem to actually pay attention to any of the scripts, because he became a right wing grifter.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

His weirdly horny Superman refused to put on the costume because he thought he was above it.

Then he stopped being a hero because he didn't want to help people.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I think you're confusing Smallville and Lois & Clark.

Two different shows. Smallville was the one with Clark as a "teen" and never showed the costume. It launched the career of Alison Mack, of NXIVM sex cult fame.

Dean Cain was in Lois & Clark, and wore the costume throughout the show. But he also took a hard right turn afterward while trying to stay relevant.

[–] kurodriel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

I dont know how legit was the research methodology, but I did read a paper somewhere that even asymptomatic covid decreased peoples QI for a measurable ammount.