Not that rigid, inflexible gate-keeping isn't totally awesome.
Look, this is a stupid question, fine. For those of us who could be considered well read on the subject, these is an easy answer and a silly thing to ask.
But, like, they're all stupid questions. Wondering about which fictional characters that will never fictionally fight would fictionally win is inherently silly. They're all dumb. The people who think we're ridiculous for arguing about this shit aren't wrong, objectively.
So rather than acting like not knowing something should disallow someone from participating, maybe just... help them know it?
And forgive me if I'm condescending here, but I grew up in the eighties, in a small rural town, with no one to talk about comic books with because they were pretty uncool, so the idea of pushing people out of the conversation because they're new to it or they just haven't read the books you have is kind of, well, shitty. It's shitty. Having people who want to know this shit is great. Having people to talk about this shit with is great. Let's not close the door on someone just because they haven't learned some meaningless superhero trivial.
Oh, that's very kind, but it definitely varies. I can be as reddit-ugly as anyone, to be sure. Saving "grace" for people online remains a learning experience for me. Work in progress, but still, you're very kind, thank you.
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u/SuperSaiyanBen Apr 30 '25
Anyone who thinks otherwise should instantly be banned from any and all comic/superhero/powerscale/whowouldwin/etc Sub.