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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"Plus we're an unelected judge, jury and executioner"

Which continuity is this? Batman and Superman mostly beat people up and drop them off for the authorities, you could make a valid argument about whether it's their right to use violence at all but they're generally not acting like judges or juries at all, and definitely not executioners unless it's some weird offshoot story.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 week ago

Also Superman almost always goes out of his way to make sure that nobody dies just because he's fighting a giant robot. I don't think these are good characters for this joke.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Executioners don't just execute the death penalty, historically.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've never heard the word used for somethingg other than killing people

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They also did corporal punishment and torture.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, not something Superman generally does either

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

They didn't just beat people up, though, right?

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Also torture and killings.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Eh . . . depends. Ever read the WikiPedia page on Hanged, drawn, and quartered?

[–] TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago
[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

So...The Boys universe?

[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Batman is such a buzzkill.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

A load bearing bizzkill.

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

"Load-bearing corpse" has been added to my vocabulary.