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Random recent addition courtesy of Dr Glaucomflecken (an eye surgeon who does YT videos about the US health system) - Clark’s glasses in...

Yes, he does - in the film he seems to spend 12 years at the Fortress after high school and so presumably doesn’t have a college degree...

Yup, thank you, this is a good way of putting it and pretty much what I meant. Clark certainly doesn’t know he’s narratively infallible...

I agree that he's not omniscient. Narratively, though, writers have traditionally treated him as morally infallible - even when his...

I think I’m getting it from my own reading and something both Mark Waid and Kurt Busiek have said - Waid basically has defined Superman...

That’s fair, and it’s certainly where he derived his ethics, but his infallibility isn’t from Kansas, it’s narrative at best and...

I used to like this idea but now I’m not sure about it. It reminds me of a scene in Astro City where Samaritan (Superman expy) is having...

I think Clark submits to human justice (even though handcuffs and prison are generally meaningless to him) and obeys human laws because...

I think the response was and is still overwhelmingly positive, as it has been to Warren Buffett announcing his giving pledge. Sure...

I sort of agree with this and sort of don’t. I do agree that Superman shouldn’t care much what other people think - not because they’re...

Sorry, you’re right (though that’s not even slightly the definition of sociopathy). Caring what other people think about you is part of...

He’s not just talking to his girlfriend in private. It looks like a practice interview, which is pretty sensible, especially with her...

Fair enough, but honestly, social media isn’t the whole of public opinion or a public response to an action, and it would be a mistake...

No, my point was that stopping a war is not “a simple act of goodness”, it’s a lot more complicated than that, both internally and...

Even reporters can allow their personal bias to block how others see the world. Especially if their world views are diametrically...