• pjwestin@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Yeah, Alfred was also originally a fat amateur sleuth who wanted to figure out Batman’s secret identity, and was then retconned into Bruce/Batman’s confidant. He wasn’t even a father figure to Bruce until the '80s, and the, “Alfred is a secret badass,” thing is something they’ve been picking up and dropping since the 90s. This comment is actually a great metaphor for all of the political discussions on Lemmy; a guy who thinks he’s an expert even though his base of knowledge goes back less than 10 years.

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      4 months ago

      “well akshualay that doesn’t count because 80s or something”

      Isn’t that the exact same thing people say about why nothing Biden does that’s even remotely progressive deserves credit?

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        4 months ago

        LOL, first comment: “Well, akshualay, if you read the comics, you’d know that the Joker would get wrecked by Alfred.”

        Second comment: “This nerd is correcting me!”

        Life comes at you fast, huh?