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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    05/17/09

    In reply to How Star Trek Made You All Better People Years Before JJ
    It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :3


    Oh, wait. Wait. That's the alcohol.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    In reply to The Real-Life Superhero Apartheid Begins Here, Apparently.
    I accuse the real life superheroes of supporting an Evil Organization (Large Corporation-Type) that oppresses the little guy!


    Their website was obviously made with Microsoft programs and only displays correctly in IE.


    For SHAME, superheroes!


    Embrace the open source!


    (and wear a cup, at least... geez...)

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: And they've forgotten the immortal words of Edna Mode:


    NO CAPES!


    Really, if you're going to wear a costume and ignore both Edna Mode and William Rotsler, you deserve whatever you get as far as being laughed at.

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    Image of B1663R B1663R
    05/03/09

    In reply to The Real-Life Superhero Apartheid Begins Here, Apparently.
    i actually reviewed the superhero registry and i noticed that none of them have an arch nemesis... well that's not true, one of guys has osama bin laden as an arch enemy.


    like good luck with that one...

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    In reply to The Real-Life Superhero Apartheid Begins Here, Apparently.
    HERE HERE!!!
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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    05/03/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: So is there a place to sign up for evildoing yet?
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Kpibca is a Superlibrarian: I guess I could do a facebook page or something.. I dunno, I'm not on facebook and was hoping to keep it that way. Actually I should do a Myspace Page... BECAUSE WE'RE EVIL!!!!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: But don't most supervillains work solo? Too busy trying to dominate things for themselves to form an orderly, cooperative group?


    Like, I have to be the mastermind back at HQ b/c I'm too wussy and out-of-shape to hench properly.


    Aren't Facebook and MySpace too common and banal for an awesomely-logo'd bunch of villains?

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/03/09

    In reply to The Real-Life Superhero Apartheid Begins Here, Apparently.
    Luchadors will come and save us all.
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    Image of Julius Seizure - Canuck Julius Seizure - Canuck
    05/03/09

    In reply to The Real-Life Superhero Apartheid Begins Here, Apparently.
    Yes but you must realize there's a not a great deal of difference between good and evil in day to day life.


    Of course, evil is a heck of a lot more fun.

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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    05/03/09

    @Julius Seizure. Jim to my Peeps: Heck yes, it is! Come, let us practice our evil laughs together. From the diaphragm, now!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: BWA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/03/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: TEE HEE HEE!!

    Oh crap. Hold on, let me work on that.
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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    05/03/09

    In reply to The Real-Life Superhero Apartheid Begins Here, Apparently.
    I ended up Facebook friends (DON'T LAUGH) with one of the real-life superheroes after the first article about them a long, long time back. In general they're really good guys, with pretty good senses of humor and a strong interest in helping people out. They just do it with costumes on. The ones I've talked to don't seem to be doing it for the fame, nor do they seem to be unhinged in any significant fashion - they're about as sane as most regular people. I agree that it seems a little silly, and maybe it kind of is, but I think internet snark has gone a little too far when it's being focused on people doing volunteer work and helping others out. The actual crime fighting is obviously not the wisest choice, but there's plenty of non-vigilante stuff they do that should be supported, I think.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Kpibca is a Superlibrarian: Well, Library Woman (reshelves faster than a speeding bullet! able to leap tall stacks in a single bound!), the thing is:


    The costumes. The bright colors and spandex.


    If they were doing volunteer work and patrolling in regular clothes, people wouldn't laugh nearly so much.


    Put on a t-shirt (with a bright logo, fine) and a pair of jeans and they'd get more respect from both good guys and bad.

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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    05/03/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: *not a woman*
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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    05/03/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: You are right, though. That's actually one of the things I discussed with the real-life superhero who posted in defense of his pals way back when. I can't for the life of me remember what he said about it aside from it being fun and getting people to pay more attention to the volunteering, which is where I'd assumed it was about getting the spotlight. In the end, I think everybody is a little bit right: they're still doing good, the costumes are a little bit much, but people are benefiting from it even if a lot of people don't take them seriously.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Kpibca is a Superlibrarian: My apologies, Library Man! I could not hear your manly voice on this here website.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Kpibca is a Superlibrarian: They need better costumes, if they're going to do it. Better fitted and designed. Like how on "Who Wants To Be A Superhero", the contestants got their homemade outfits upgraded by a pro.


    And pockets. I don't care that they don't have them in the comics and cartoons, you need pockets or a Bat-belt.

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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    05/03/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: Well, a lot of Rob L--- er, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's characters had an overabundance of pockets and belts and pouches to choose from.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Kpibca is a Superlibrarian: But you can't go by him. Nobody's that shape or shapes or sizes.


    Most librarians are women so you must be used to the confusion. Also, I have an outfit kinda like your avatars... I'm not that skinny though!

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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    05/03/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: I really picked librarian 'cause it seemed like a fun thing to make super and isn't a hero or a villain, in case I need to switch sides. The closest I get to librarianism is using LibraryThing to organize my books. I'm a writer but those don't sound as intimidating as somebody who can hit you with the contents of a massive card catalog.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Kpibca is hard to pronounce: You could... um... hit them with your vocabulary! Or your reference books! Or your stack of rejection slips!
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    05/03/09

    In reply to The Real-Life Superhero Apartheid Begins Here, Apparently.
    Graeme, I'd be careful, or Garrison might send his unwilling army after you. Of which I am to be a member as soon as he puts up a website.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: Stay tuned. There has been such a good response to this that I may get something going very very soon.
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    05/03/09

    In reply to The Real-Life Superhero Apartheid Begins Here, Apparently.
    "EVIL spelled backwards is LIVE, and we all want to do that, right?"
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Anekanta: Like Benjamin Button?
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    Image of MissingPieces MissingPieces
    05/03/09

    In reply to The Real-Life Superhero Apartheid Begins Here, Apparently.
    If he doesn't want to do that pehaps he could never call 911 for the Police or Fire/ Rescue again...that way he doesn't have to deal with fat racist trying to meet quotas. Basically FU 42!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @MissingPieces: Exactly. Lucky for him, cops protect even people who don't deserve it and hate them.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    In reply to The Real-Life Superhero Apartheid Begins Here, Apparently.
    ^ People, my user name starts with the word EVIL right there. Which side of this do you think I'm on?


    You got it. R.O.A.C.H. forever.

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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    05/03/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: I thought your username started with "Evil" because you were the mother of Evil Tortie, not because you were the evil mother of Tortie. Maybe I overthought it.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H forever!!! Doom to all those who doubt our power!!!


    We really should start putting R.O.A.C.H after our names to show affiliation. It only seems right.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/03/09

    @Kpibca is a Superlibrarian: You are actually 100% correct in your understanding.


    But that didn't make for a good joke in this instance.


    I suppose I should have said I'd sic the Evil Tortie on them. She has pointy little claws and teeth and she could shed on their costumes. Long fluffy cat fur that sticks to everything and contrasts with all colors.

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    Image of AngryLagomorph AngryLagomorph
    04/26/09

    In reply to In Which Some Of You Are Sadly Mistaken About Enterprise
    I think one of io9's servers must be stuck in an area overlapping with another reality where in Enterprise was a great show. How else to explain these bizarre, complimentary comments?


    Either that or half of these commenters are actually Skrull trying to drive humanity to madness so as to make our conquest all the easier. Go back to Skrullos you shape-shifting space-gremlins!

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    Image of Slovenly Muse Slovenly Muse
    04/26/09

    @AngryLagomorph: Aaaand... friended!
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    04/26/09

    @AngryLagomorph: Or maybe your just lame.


    Yep thats it your just lame.

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    Image of Slovenly Muse Slovenly Muse
    04/27/09

    @Jim Topoleski:
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    04/26/09

    In reply to In Which Some Of You Are Sadly Mistaken About Enterprise
    seriously, Enterprise was good. It had some really bad episodes but so did all of the series. It was certainly better than Voyager and I would go so far as to say better than MOST of TNG, minus the 3rd and 4th season, and certainly better than the 1st and 2nd season of TNG.


    But then I like my Trek fun like TOS. I cant stand the cerebral shit Star Trek became.

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    04/26/09

    @Jim Topoleski: Totally agree. I love TNG, but that show does not hold up well at all. Terrible to look at now. And Voyager? Awful.


    But my favorite is ultimately Ds9.

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    Image of LiC LiC
    04/26/09

    In reply to In Which Some Of You Are Sadly Mistaken About Enterprise
    Hey, my enthusiasm for Enterprise died the day I heard they cast Scott Bakula. I'm an early adopter of the hatred.
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    Image of Slovenly Muse Slovenly Muse
    04/26/09

    @LiC: Come on, you have to admire a man who can do all of his 'acting' with his eyebrows!
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    Image of t3knomanser t3knomanser
    04/26/09

    In reply to In Which Some Of You Are Sadly Mistaken About Enterprise
    1) T'Pol was not hot. She was horrifying.

    2) Hoshi was hot.

    3) All of that is irrelevant. If I wanted something with idiotically drooling plots, crappy direction, stilted dialog, just because there are hot actresses, I'd watch porn.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    04/26/09

    @t3knomanser: I remember being very excited when the show started. Then I watched the first episode and it had two characters rubbing lotion on each other for "detox". That was enough for me.


    Sure I don't mind a little cheese now and then, (see Seven of Nine) but you have to ease in to it..


    And complete agreement on Hoshi>T'Pol. The real question is where the TNG and DS9 women fit into that spectrum.

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    Image of vinylrake vinylrake
    04/27/09

    @t3knomanser: Oh sure, next thing you'll try to convince us you didn't like BayWatch.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    04/27/09

    @vinylrake: There's nothing wrong with Baywatch. With the sound off, of course.
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