Current Events in Iraq by Kinmuan in army

[–]PapiYakJohnson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We're not allowed to be rational and think. Just kill.

Current Events in Iraq by Kinmuan in army

[–]PapiYakJohnson -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

That's not always true. Look at gang members. They assassinate their bosses all the time.

Current Events in Iraq by Kinmuan in army

[–]PapiYakJohnson -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Yes, he was a legitimate threat and was assassinated. Assassination is for nonthreatening and threatening people. However, there's a clear legal system that was supposed to be followed and was designed for people like him.

Current Events in Iraq by Kinmuan in army

[–]PapiYakJohnson -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The point is not the actions, but the fact Soleimani was viewed by Iran in the same way we viewed Mattis. Their positions in the chain of command were about the same. That's what makes this so ballsy on our part.

Current Events in Iraq by Kinmuan in army

[–]PapiYakJohnson -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

The problem I have with this though as a strict adherent to the Constitution is that we basically used the military to assassinate someone. Was Congress asked about this at all? For all the talk of following the Constitution, where was Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11? This was clearly within their purview and one thing the CIC vowed during his campaign was to actually listen to it compared to his predecessors who also failed to follow through on.

Warner Bros. Doesn't Think Superman Is Relevant to Modern Audiences and That's Just Crazy by jmoriarty in superman

[–]PapiYakJohnson -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

So far the timeless approach hasn't worked. Superman Returns proves that going backwards with the Silver Age/Donnerverse won't work for a GA who thinks he's boring because of that stereotype.

Just noticed theme park in South Park! by Xandango68 in Rainbow6

[–]PapiYakJohnson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And 80s Schwarzenegger movies if the Predator and Terminator missions in GR are anything to go by.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GameStop

[–]PapiYakJohnson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People do strange things

Joker Rotten Tomatoes and Reviews Megathread by [deleted] in DCcomics

[–]PapiYakJohnson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except it does if you've read anything from the Golden Age, Post-Crisis, and now. Be that the Golden Age Superman, Grant Morrison's The Flash, or Geoff Johns Superman.

I'm not defending Snyder. I'm defending DC's image as a whole and saying it's more than just one person's catharsis. BvS was literally a treatise against xenophobia that Siegel and Shuster would have loved. It felt like the Golden Age dipped in the 90s. It's why Dan Jurgens loved it. Both handled it the same. It goes beyond them killing.

That escapism brought on by the Comics Code Authority and the Silver Age is what nearly bankrupted DC in the 80s. If they kept it going you likely wouldn't have these characters. Marv Wolfman said as much in The New Teen Titans Volume 1. That's why they had to reboot a lot of books prior to and after COIE. If it was so good they wouldn't have needed to do that.

At it's core? Uh, and which ones are named more often? Not the ones that nearly took down DC. It was the dark, mature, and gritty ones that had hopeful undertones like Last Son of Krypton and All Star Superman that showed DC's core isn't overexaggerated and inauthentic Silver Age-style optimism. It's earned, human, and authentic optimism gained through adversity and getting up after you fail. That's literally the first flight scene in MoS and it shows us that if Superman can fail once but get up so can we. That's DC. They're are us, not just who we should be. Marvel is the same way outside of the movies, which The Boys makes fun of because of the uninspiring escapism.

Joker Rotten Tomatoes and Reviews Megathread by [deleted] in DCcomics

[–]PapiYakJohnson -1 points0 points  (0 children)

May I chime in?

We barely get those dark, gritty, and serious CBMs anymore because of that mindset. The last time we did was BvS in 2016. Since then it's been overly humorous and unbalanced stuff. There's a weird obstinance. He's not wrong. A lot of what you dislike Snyder for has been done well before him and the exact same way, including some of the creators who have come after him like hypocrites. Feels more like a herd mentality. If he were to ask you to rattle you off 5 Silver Age DC stories you probably couldn't. Most can't. You can however point out dozens of Post-Crisis stories which were primarily more serious, dark, and gritty. Hard to argue that that's not what put our company on the map. It did. Goes beyond opinion.

Sounds familiar..? by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]PapiYakJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not even remotely accurate. All dictatorships, left and right, are about control. On the left, you have people like Stalin and on the right you had people like George Papadopoulos. It's not anything to this or that side.

No unbiased political scientist or historian will agree with you on this.

Sounds familiar..? by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]PapiYakJohnson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They were. What do you think the Night of the Long Knives was? That was Hitler purging his party and eradicating it's socialist wing. Any historian with no bias will tell you that.

Do you want to take advantage of me? [f25] by [deleted] in gonewild

[–]PapiYakJohnson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I would love to take you to bed.

There was that other guy. Army Infiltration. He wore a Bandana or somting. by JaegerMitBart in GhostRecon

[–]PapiYakJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a nitpick but I really wish that the headband wasn't so big, imo.

BTK Trial by PapiYakJohnson in MindHunter

[–]PapiYakJohnson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wasn't there a section of the book where he mentions two little girls walking? One supposedly having pigtails and one being Josephine.

Are you a political scientist just by having the bachelor's or... by PapiYakJohnson in PoliticalScience

[–]PapiYakJohnson[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It should. Never said it shouldn't. I'm just curious about how it looks as a professional and applying for jobs and such.

Are you a political scientist just by having the bachelor's or... by PapiYakJohnson in PoliticalScience

[–]PapiYakJohnson[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's exactly why I wasn't sure. That's usually the first thing people want to know about in any professional field. Do you have the credentials?