cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/50513851
Without Batman, only about 38 percent of passengers stood up for the pregnant woman. With Batman, that number leapt to roughly 67 percent. More than two-thirds of riders suddenly remembered they were human beings capable of empathizing with others.
And all it took was the presence of a semi-fascist but admittedly still quite cool lunatic dressed like a bat whose concept of justice begins and ends at beating the s—t out of people with severe mental health issues.
22 Comments
thfi@discuss.tchncs.de · 17 pts · 263d
Especially true for pregnant women.
Grimy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 263d
Fighting crime seems like a terrible idea for the baby.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 262d
Baby needs to learn how to dish out
ass whuppinsjusticedual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 263d
"Lots of people are selfish shitheads unless they think there may be immediate consequences for them acting like shitheads" is a well-worn observation on human nature, and is not especially new. Just watch how people drive for the next few miles after they spot a cop on the interstate as an example.
The fact that apparently these people can't quite separate the fictional concept of Batman with reality, i.e. the threat of real-world consequences, is somewhat novel. Not especially encouraging, but novel.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 263d
You can scribble eyeballs on a wall with a sharpie and people will behave more honestly.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 263d
Nobody thought that some guy dressed as Batman was the actual character, or that he had any authority over them. But the idea of Batman, or any other well-known inspirational character, is very real.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 262d
Which makes me think superman would be a good idea, as he's very aspirational
Damage@feddit.it · 6 pts · 263d
You misinterpreted the study, from what I gather. It's not a threat that influences their actions, it's more an awakening from the torpor of commuting, and an inspirational figure.
diaphanous@feddit.org · 4 pts · 262d
That is not the interpretation of the study that I got. I think its not the fact that it was batman, I think it would have worked with a dinosaur costume just as well. It's more the disruption of the daily drudge that gets people more mindful and aware of their surroundings, which can make them nicer to other human beings.
rainwall@piefed.social · 10 pts · 262d
"Severe mental health issues" is being rather flippant with batmans rouges gallery. Most are mass murders, many on the genocidal side at that.
Beating someone to stop them killing tens/hundreds/thousands/millions is pretty easy moral math, no matter how many times it happens.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 262d
They said "severe"
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 262d
Well, lets hooe we see Batman beating on the orange cheeto soon. An estimated 600,000 kids have died since the suspension of USAid
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 262d
I can't describe them as sane.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 263d
Now they need to use other characters and see who's the best known/most inspiring! How would Spider-Man rate?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 8 pts · 263d
He's a local so not as special.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 263d
Local to Milan?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 263d
Local to this universe, which is owned by Marvel. DC characters come from an adjacent universe.
(I didnt see a location specifically named and just assumed NYC 😳)
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 263d
I'm not convinced New Yorkers would even notice if Batman were there.
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 262d
I'm pretty completely sure it was in fact not that Batman.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 262d
Have you seen them both in the.same room ? HA.. Checkmate!
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 262d
That's the sliver that makes it only pretty completely sure and not completely sure.
I want to believeScolding7300@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 262d
Dionysus@leminal.space · 3 pts · 263d
This must be what people at church feel when they must behave on Sunday after the invisible man in the sky was watching them.