Ugh...I hate every part of that
I picture Superman as crashing into Kansas in like the '30s, maybe with a bit of a slippery time scale. No way it was in the '90s... But I don't know enough about Superman to argue the point, I just find the idea really unsettling
Well, more like I think he predates the surveillance state, and by virtue of growing up in Kansas he's an American and no one would consider thinking otherwise (all of this legal/illegal nonsense is pretty new historically)
I'm not trying to split hairs, but I like to spread reminders that people live where they live, and the idea you can live in a county illegally is inhuman
It's not real, so empathy is not required. Cartoons often have horrifying implications if you look too closely, because they're not trying to represent reality
If you're putting yourself in the place of the mother pig, you're zoomed in to far. The absurdism is in the situation
Think of it this way, if the reason for the child dying was making some parallel to something real, like splitting the family due to deportation... That's something grounded in reality, it would be horrible
But there is no situation where doctors turn children into meat as a service. The premise is absurd. There's no danger a real person would ever go through this, this is pure fancy
The mother's reaction isn't to laugh at her pain, it's to let us sit with the moment and let the joke land
That is a weird aspect... Like the mental gymnastics required to subvert the actual message of Jesus requires so much magic and hundreds of years of killing anyone who read it unguided
You have to be kidding me... It's like they're not even trying
Yeah, well... Got room for 60 million immigrants?
Your saying it wrong
"Your honor, masked thugs were attempting to kidnap the very scared man. They also refused to identify themselves or explain the situation"
Well I'd take the destinations on the Shinkansen for wherever I'm going now...
I mean... I don't think the paperwork is going to account for spaceships. So... Put the spaceship in the barn, say you found him out in the field, and there's no fraud
Lies of omission don't count when you're dealing with the state
Doesn't mean the Kent's didn't lie, just that they might not have done anything fraudulently
Well, not anymore. Now we don't have coordinated rescues... Even in Texas, the Fed took 3 days to provide support, because it all has to be signed by Christi Nome and apparently she was busy
So... Maybe do show up? Who knows at this point. But ideally, with an RV or camping equipment, because where are the victims and professionals going to stay
I mean... They kind of didn't though
In major cities, sure. Even smaller ones will have Indian places. But they're proportional to the amount of Indians in an area
Because there's a big difference... Everyone can go to a Chinese restaurant and confidently order. Everyone knows what sushi is, even if some people don't eat it. Thai foods are less known, but the menus are very Americanized, so you go once and you get the idea
I know the good Indian restaurant back home, but I only know the dishes by color. Lots of naan and wet dishes... They were good, but I couldn't tell you what they were. And if the sign says Indian food, I don't know what they serve. So I've only been to the one place
Vindaloo and curry? That is everywhere, but I've never had an Indian version of it. The British spread vindaloo and curry spread itself
Apparently, the farm owner is a former cop. A former cop who had been in a labor dispute with workers over overtime and missed wages