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DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#2: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:11:42 PM

Brb, facepalming forever over the article's comments.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
Nemesis
#3: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:13:12 PM

You read comments? I thought you knew better ;)

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DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#4: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:13:52 PM

Hey, I need to reaffirm my faith in human stupidity sometimes. wink

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#5: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:13:58 PM

Hey nothing is funnier than article/youtube comments. It's comedy gold it is!

edited 28th Apr '11 1:14:16 PM by MarkVonLewis

IanExMachina The Paedofinder General from Gone with the Chickens Since: Jul, 2009
The Paedofinder General
#6: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:37:53 PM

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They are comedy gold!

Also, Superman is saying it is better to be part of a Universal Community rather than just focused on America?

Surely that is a good thing in general, especially as it might open up different storylines (I have no idea which storylines have been done at all).

edited 28th Apr '11 1:38:35 PM by IanExMachina

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breadloaf Since: Oct, 2010
#7: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:38:14 PM

Nothing is funnier than a Canadian made superhero being lamented for losing his American-ness.

edited 28th Apr '11 1:38:22 PM by breadloaf

Raiku from Hell AKA New Jersey Since: Mar, 2010
#8: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:39:10 PM

its like watching the circus when you read comments

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DanEile Inexplicable Student from Ireland Since: May, 2010
Inexplicable Student
#9: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:40:19 PM

This is bizarre. There are so many intelligent, well-educated and rational American Tropers and yet I keep running into colossi of ignorance like the people who posted on this about the importance of "Middle America" and how the writers of Supes are being "secular progressives".

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Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
The Ant King
#10: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:40:46 PM

This seems kind of out-of-character.

Then again...

edited 28th Apr '11 1:41:18 PM by Myrmidon

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#11: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:40:55 PM

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Universal community?! This is Obama's fault!

IanExMachina The Paedofinder General from Gone with the Chickens Since: Jul, 2009
The Paedofinder General
#12: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:43:06 PM

Well to be fair after all the controversy with Obama's birth certificate:

I do believe it is high time that we asked for Superman's birth certificate.

By the powers invested in me by tabloid-reading imbeciles, I pronounce you guilty of paedophilia!
breadloaf Since: Oct, 2010
#13: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:44:02 PM

Well I guess Superman can't run for presidency since he wasn't born in America.

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#14: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:44:09 PM

[up][up] But that would have gotten destroyed when Krypton exploded. GASP! Does this mean that Superman is lying about his birth country and isn't an alien?

edited 28th Apr '11 1:44:16 PM by DrunkGirlfriend

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IanExMachina The Paedofinder General from Gone with the Chickens Since: Jul, 2009
The Paedofinder General
#15: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:46:47 PM

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Superman is Donald Trump?

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The American Way fights for Liberty, including freedom from government intrusion into my family's personal economic affairs. It's Barack Hussein Obama's evil, Un-American appeasement of the Anti-American, Anti-Christian Muslim leaders of Iran and Obama's Un-American attacks on capitalism and the free market that the Superman comics should attack!

By the powers invested in me by tabloid-reading imbeciles, I pronounce you guilty of paedophilia!
Bur Chaotic Neutral from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Not war
#16: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:47:11 PM

He could be a dastardly Notpyrkian!

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#17: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:48:25 PM

I just had the misfortune of reading the comments.

What...the...hell.

"England killed the Indians before America was a country" "White people were there first and the 'natives' killed them and returned the favor."

That has to be trolling.

Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
The Ant King
#18: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:51:28 PM

This does kind of seem like the writer's personal beliefs replacing the character's. I mean, it may be more true to Superman's roots but he has changed since then.

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#19: Apr 28th 2011 at 1:58:22 PM

[up] I guess the question is what is more important. How the character was supposed to act, or how the viewers THINK he's supposed to act?

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#20: Apr 28th 2011 at 2:00:13 PM

Citizen of the universe? What happened to the rest of the multiverse, Superman?!

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
blueharp Since: Dec, 1969
#22: Apr 28th 2011 at 3:07:32 PM

Superboy Punch!

Take that alternate dimensions!

edited 28th Apr '11 3:07:52 PM by blueharp

Astrosimi Astronomically Awesome from God's Waiting Room Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: LA Woman, you're my woman
Astronomically Awesome
#23: Apr 28th 2011 at 3:49:06 PM

If a country had tried to kill me, I'd renounce my citizenship too.

SPACETRAVEL from ☉ Since: Oct, 2010
#24: Apr 28th 2011 at 6:24:36 PM

"Nerd failure" is a legitimate insult now.

Hey nothing is funnier than article/youtube comments.
Except maybe comments on song lyrics. All music is either about an acid trip, Hitler or the lyricist's closeted homosexuality. [lol]

whoever wrote this shit needs to step on a rake in a comedic fashion
SilentReverence adopting kitteh from 3 tiles right 1 tile up Since: Jan, 2010
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#25: Apr 28th 2011 at 10:17:33 PM

Well, it only makes sense for Superman to renounce citizenship. I mean what is the political situation if America goes into a war and someone decides to try and draft Supes in citing some absurd notion such as "duty to the country"? It's not like he was born there or something. After all, to my knowledge "the American way" is not limited to "America".

edited 28th Apr '11 10:18:08 PM by SilentReverence

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