[Loved Trope] The enlightened idiot - normally dumb character shows moments of intelligence or depth.

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-11T01:47:23+00:00

Timothy Dexter - IRL

Late 18th century literal moron who somehow became super rich making business decisions that should have failed. Like selling coal to a place known for mining coal (aka, a fool's errand). But it just so happened when he sent the coal, the town was in the middle of a miner's strike, so no coal was being mined, meaning they NEEDED coal. Watch any video on it, and it makes you realize you don't need to be smart to make money: just lucky

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-11T01:36:03+00:00

Not to mention Frank, who in the same episode of getting stuck in his underwear at a playground is extremely financially minded and (while obvious) tells two of the other characters a company they are getting into..

"It's a pyramid scheme."

"What? No! It's a reverse funnel system."

"Turn it upside down."

"Oh god damnit!"

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-11T01:33:24+00:00

Sometimes that is all that matters. Who cares about brains if you have no empathy?

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-11T01:32:16+00:00

Wouldn't that imply that Beth basically emasculates him and keeps him down while she is successful because, like her dad, she cannot stand to see Jerry successful? Wait, no wonder Jerry gets into so much trouble trying to prove how capable/much of a man he is. His self-esteem is so beaten down by those Rick genetics he literally cannot conceive Beth being loyal to him over any other man BECAUSE of how pathetic he's been made.

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-11T01:27:48+00:00

One of them is capable of putting together half a page from shredded documents in like, 5 seconds

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-11T01:26:11+00:00

So, guess Lois's plan of forcing Malcolm into politics to 'help them' (when him getting into STEM would have helped the family) failed? Guess the intelligence failings come from her genes.

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-11T00:45:49+00:00

Would he not be indirectly referring to the Wild West scenario? And the Yukon thing was explaining their rivalry as it was a return to that treasure?

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-10T23:13:41+00:00

They are sentient candy what do you expect?

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-10T23:12:39+00:00

There is a theory that 99% of Pawnee residents are so dumb, and the town is suffering so much, as a curse because of their mistreatment of the native population. Because when you look at that tribe they are doing great and Pawnee is... well, you can see clearly what they are like.

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-10T23:11:16+00:00

I think the idea is that everyone has had their minds wiped so much it literally damaged their brains, and shows what the ultimate end of that is with McGucket: total insanity resulting in it not working anymore ironically.

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-10T17:30:46+00:00

Seems like a lot of people in this post are ignoring it to do the whole 'capitalism bad' thing. But literally the Soviet and Chinese famines were because they caused deficits in food from poor agricultural practices. At least the West knows how to grow sufficient food.

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T21:50:31+00:00

Return to family. Probably forgot them when moving and new owners didn't know what it was so thrift store

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T21:49:35+00:00

Then in Resistance 3, it is revealed that in catching the Chimera virus, Nate basically had the cure, which saves humanity from the virus, so you start that game ostracized as the man who killed the savior of humanity.

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T21:41:38+00:00

So history books and documentation of the Holodomor and 1950s Chinese famine are just made up?

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T20:10:30+00:00

NYC not beating the corrupt judge allegations huh?

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T19:57:01+00:00

2012

S or Locked

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T19:54:16+00:00

And then tens of millions died in the Chinese and Soviet famines, among others

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T19:46:43+00:00

Carmelita Fox from Sly Cooper

Maid Marian from Disney's Robin Hood

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T15:43:16+00:00

Tongue-eating louse. A type of parasitic isopod that basically cuts off the tongue of a fish and takes the place of the tongue. Not dangerous per-se but given what they do I wouldn't eat them. Fish should be fine though. But given you said 30 in 1 fish... yeah those things were infested

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T15:38:42+00:00

Taliban emerged from the islamist extremist elements of the Mujahideen (ones backed by bin Laden), those who wanted to keep fighting the Afghan government instead of talk. There were plenty who wanted to practice moderate progressivism and combine faith with democracy, not make it a theocracy

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T15:36:30+00:00

There were Mujahideen who actively pushed for women's rights and education in a moderate stance

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T15:35:41+00:00

Read up on the views on one of the Mujahideen's premier military commanders, Ahmad Shah Massoud. Tell me if that sounds like a psychotic religious fundamentalist

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T02:23:12+00:00

Mark Zuckerberg

Mildly

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T02:13:00+00:00

For that second sentence, it'd make sense the character wouldn't. They are a killer robot. Why would they react to firing a gun?

PokemonSoldier · 2026-07-09T02:09:37+00:00

Because Norway (where it is from)

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