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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

So this lady thinks that gay and asexual men are from another planet? Rude.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Or if you're neurodivergent and looking everyone dead in the eyes because you're masking hard at work.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

No. This is a a modern work setting, not a 1940's workplace. Clark isn't a 20-something intern. As a man in a white-collar job in the US, if you want to have any sort of career, you learn to keep your eyes above the neck. Even if they aren't looking, there's always a chance someone else in the office will see your gaze wandering, and you could find yourself in HR talking about sexual harassment.

No doubt there are men who can't control themselves; no doubt there are still plenty of hostile work environments. But most men, in most corporations learn to be extremely cautious about behavior. When I was a new manager, I was so paranoid about this I'd leave the door ajar when having 1-on-1s with my women employees. That was excessive, but I was new, and at the company I was at we'd had more sexual harassment training than any other single kind, and it new managers got an extra dose. I was terrified of making a mistake. And forget about flirting.

So this one falls flat for me. Clark here isn't being inhumanly controlled: he's just being an average guy in a modern corporate environment who wants to keep a clean record and stay out of awkward HR conversations.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am guessing it’s more her personality that’s unlikable than her boobies? Dunno, never read Superman.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I feel it's more that he's desensitized - everyone is naked to his eyes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

That's a good interpretation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

We stay focus 2021.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

X-Ray Peripheral Vision. β€˜Nuff said.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

It's too late he's seen everything. Yeah. Seen it all.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

We do love a man who will just stare a woman in the eyes while talking to her

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

It actually took me a minute πŸ˜…

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I still believe he is NOT Superman, why would Superman need glasses? It makes no sense

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

he needs to blur his vision so he doesn't accidentally remark on something you'd need a microscope to see

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, it's an interesting theory, but it was debunked decades ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

This instantly reminded me of Mystery Men. Fantastic movie.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is this drawn by the guy who is hated for being crap at drawing comics? Liefield or something? Looks like him with the weird lady's face and ocf the stretched feet.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

no... he is way worse than this. this is just fine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

No, "this is fine" was drawn by KC Green.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Let's also remember that Clark hangs with Wonder Woman, the Black Canary, Zatana, and others. Justice Leaguer Vixen is a a super model when she's not fighting evil. Cat's not even a bench warmer on that team.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How could you forget Power Girl?

According to character writer Jimmy Palmiotti, "Okay. When the character was created, Wally Wood was the artist that drew Power Girl, and he was convinced that the editors were not paying attention to anything he did. So, his inker said "Every issue, I'm going to draw the tits bigger until they notice it. It took about seven or eight issues before anyone was like, "Hey, what's with the tits?" And that's where they stopped. True story."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

PG has been retroconned more than most characters, but usually she's a close relative of Supes. I don't think that Big Blue is going to play Sweet Home Alabama no matter how tempting the target.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How close of a relative can you be if you're from an alternate reality?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?" by Theodore Sturgeon. Great story, look it up

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

It was published in a book called 'Dangerous Visions.' back in 1969. It was a collection of all new stories that no publisher or respectable magazine would touch. Some opf the stories are still bleeding edge.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Gotta blend in with the locals

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Banjo music intensifies

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