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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 64 points 6 days ago (8 children)

That's literally his backstory. He's a refugee from another planet that's like the whole point.

Imagine being this goddamn stupid.

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[–] Grizzlyboy@lemmy.zip 53 points 6 days 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..

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days 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 15 points 6 days 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 15 points 6 days ago (3 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.

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[–] kurodriel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 days 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.

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[–] Jinarched@lemmy.ca 103 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 75 points 6 days ago (2 children)

An Illegal alien at that. He can't even claim Birthright Citizenship, if we still followed the Constitution I mean.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 95 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Wait can someone explain since when is superman not an immigrant? Bro literally fell from the sky or some shit from an alien planet. How the fuck is he not an immigrant? Oh right hes white.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Not that it is incorrect to call him an immigrant, but I do think "castaway" and "refugee" fit his situation a little better. Still a xenophobic thing to say he's not an immigrant. Every single document regarding Clark Kent's existence is falsified, so he is, by definition, an illegal alien.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (5 children)

They actually changed this in the mid-90s (and since changed it back). From 96-09, he was a legal US citizen because his "rocket" was somehow just incubating the embryonic Kal-El and thus he was ACTUALLY born on American soil from the Birthing Matrix.

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[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Jesus is whitey white aswell

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[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

Just remember; when someone says “don’t make it political,” that’s a statement with a political agenda.

Call them out on that bullshit.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 45 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

DUDE! In the 1940s they called Superman an immigrant... HE IS A FUCKING ALIEN!

Also he was an ILLEGAL alien! His escape pod landed outside some childless couple's farm house in the mid-west, and bless their hearts the first thing they did was adopt him.

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 42 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Acrtion Comics #1 ...Lets see:

  • Superman persuades the Governor to stay the execution of an innocent death-row inmate (p. 3-4)
  • Beats up an abusive husband (p. 6-7)
  • Dumps some rich sex-pests out of their car (p. 9-10)
  • Intervenes in a corrupt lobbyist bribing a DC Senator (p. 11-end)

"When did Superman become so WOOOooooOOOke????"

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 36 points 6 days ago

He’s literally an illegal alien. Like, according to every definition of the words.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 26 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ignoranus n. Someone who is both ignorant and an asshole.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Dean Cain and Kevin Sorbo - two people who would get their asses kicked by the characters they played.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago (8 children)

I mean, literally all people would get their asses kicked if they got into a fight with either super man or hercules

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

I kinda wish they had gone for an actor of middle eastern descent, or perhaps even immigrant status, to portray Supes. For no reason other than to piss off the bigots.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 6 days ago

Ex-Superman Dean Cain can fuck off

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What else would superman be? Are you gonna change the lore so Krypton is a small town in Kansas?

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Every once in a while I'm reminded of what an absolute dipshit one of my fondly remembered actors from childhood is

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[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago

Die in a fire, Dean.

[–] bobthened@feddit.uk 35 points 6 days ago

Dean Cain was in one of the 'God's not Dead" movies. That tells you all you need to know about him.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 25 points 6 days ago

Remember when they had to define woke for some court case? The definition was something like acknowledging that there are inequalities in society. Superman's whole schtick is that he's morally good and has a ton of power but doesn't resort to authoritarianism. That seems pretty "woke" to me, too.

[–] Tarkcanis@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago

They didn't go woke Dean, you aged to be a shitty person.

[–] Octavio@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Welp. All I have to say about that is: fuck Dean Cain.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 days ago

I'm going to guess that James Gunn isn't going to take career advice from...checks notes...Dean fucking Cain.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean technically Superman is a refugee

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

And an immigrant

[–] WiseScorpio@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago

Everyone this movie matters to already understands Superman enough not to be bothered by the comments of some has-been actor who clearly never understood the character he portrayed.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 8 points 5 days ago

Boomer has boomer opinion, next at 11.

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He & Sorbo need to have themselves a bro down, together. My money is on Cain being first nut out.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Sorry, I forgot you existed Dean Cain.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 days ago

Trump's wife is an immigrant. Trump's parents were immigrants. Many people who are immigrants don't like immigrants because immigrant is code for "someone I don't like for x reason".

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Anyone who just read the headline needs to actually go read the article. It's not very long. Not that the headline is misleading, he absolutely said those things, but the whole thing is just the most deranged rant. Cain somehow got from being mad about changing the slogan to "truth, justice, and a better tomorrow" to immigrants want to make America into Somalia in two moves.

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[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 days ago

Im gonna go to the theater just to watch this to piss of the conservatives lol

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'm super disappointed. I had sympathy for the guy, the superman of my childhood. Anyway

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[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Yeah he made a mistake, superman isn't a immigrant, he's a refugee

So this is how he tries to start relevant now? He should get a hobby.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

whoever that is made a mistake of opening his mug.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He's the Ripley's believe it or not guy, and had a superman series that didn't do well for like 3 or 4 seasons. He's super right wing and super douchey sorta like the dude that ruined Andromeda Kevin sorbo.

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