• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    In The Dead Zone Stephen King predicted society would turn on a politician who used a child to shield themselves from an assassin.

    I no longer think that is true, at least for members or associates of one party.

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      10 days ago

      Batman was kinda a piece of shit, only really hurt /killed the henchmen. Never stopped the parade of evil villains who just turnstiled thru the jail/asylums.

      • fafferlicious@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        Batman isn’t real and nothing happened the writers didn’t command. How the hell are you judging a fictional character’s personality because the writers wanted to have consistent baddies for people to cheer for/against?

        Lmao homie

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    10 days ago

    You know that kid did kind of show up out of nowhere in the past couple of months.

    I’ve never seen him with any of his kids before.

    And if you think about it, he’s definitely a heartless bastard to do this.

    And now I’m wondering about a lot of wealthy elites I’ve seen with their kids lately. Many of whom I had no idea they had kids that were so strikingly young.

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      10 days ago

      Imagine being this kid and growing up and realizing one day the only reason dad ever suddenly started giving a shit about you was because he was using you as a meat shield because some guy named Luigi killed another rich guy. I’d be devastated

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      10 days ago

      Using innocents, especially the wounded and children, as shields are a staple of terrorists everywhere. There’s a reason why Hamas was posting up in hospitals and schools constantly like it mattered much to Israel in the end.

      All it takes for Elon is someone with better aim though. Aim small miss small.

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        10 days ago

        Yeah it mattered so much to them that they never bombed a single school or hospital to avoid casualities! Man what humane people /s