What is Superman "Kryptonite"?

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Okokimup@lemmy.world · 131 pts · 232d (22 replies)

I told a coworker once that m&ms were my kryptonite and she went and gave me a huge bag of them. I don't think the average person understands what kryptonite is.

JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 91 pts · 232d (6 replies)

Missed opportunity by not dropping dead at the sight of them

FiskFisk33@startrek.website · 45 pts · 232d (4 replies)

"Oh no, aaagh, now I'm vulnerable to small arms fire!"

panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 232d (3 replies)

In hindsight it’s good superman never needed surgery as a kid. 

Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 232d (2 replies)

When he did need a fake tooth extraction he used his heat vision to puncture the sedation gas tube to drug the dentist

nomy@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 232d (1 reply)

That seems incredibly unsafe, is Supes qualified to administer the gas?

Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 232d

Worst part is that he only wanted it to fake medical procedures as reinforcement for his Clark Kent persona. This was when he was in school (iirc, i read the comic from my fathers collection as a child) so couldnt possibly have gotten any qualifications for sedation yet

Edit: I think it was golden age supes, iirc he also faked bad eyesight and a broken arm in the same comic. Anyone else knows which story Im recalling? Which one was it? He was planning to send a robot for any later dentistry appointments which lacked the tooth

toynbee@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 232d

Clearly written by someone who never read the Evil Overlord List.

RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 75 pts · 232d

Saying something is your weakness is common to say it's something you enjoy so much you can't help yourself.

lath@piefed.social · 26 pts · 232d

Forbidden pleasure that you're too weak to hold back from.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 232d (3 replies)

Wouldn't it be you who's using the word wrong? Or do M&Ms literally make you weak/kill you?

4am@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 232d

I mean, they do. They’re not exactly there for the nutrition.

Okokimup@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 232d (1 reply)

They're not good for you, and I can eat a family size bag without stopping. So yeah, they make my resolve weak and lead to premature death.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 232d

And you eat the bag without stopping because you really like them.. So clearly she understood exactly what you meant.

thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 232d (2 replies)

She was hitting on you, kryptonite makes you weak in the knees and vulnerable for her to attack.

hoppolito@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 232d (1 reply)

oh like, literally hitting?

thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 232d

Nah, getting him weak to make her move

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 11 pts · 232d (3 replies)

You now are locked in a wicked battle of the wits with your own personal nemesis.

sbv@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 232d (2 replies)

Damnit. I always wanted a nemesis and this Lemmite just casually picks one up with a throwaway comment.

FluorineBalloon@programming.dev · 4 pts · 232d (1 reply)

That... That sounds exactly like something my arch nemesis would say! Someday you shall face the wrath of... The Procrastinator!! Mwoooohahahaha!

sbv@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 232d

I see. A nemesis who waits to strike from the shadowy future.

I won't stand for it! I'll stop you before you even start, Procrastinator!

GaMEChld@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 232d

Maybe they did understand and just wanted you to die.

gustofwind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 232d

The average person is actually illiterate like in a legitimately does not understand language beyond a 5th grade level kinda way

unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works · 59 pts · 232d (3 replies)

As always, there is an XKCD for this (#3123, Cannon)

Title Text: Achilles was a mighty warrior, but his Achilles’ heel was his heel.

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d

It’s actually fanon if fans are developing the lore rather than the original creators.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 232d (1 reply)

The original original meaning of canon was "measuring rod" or "straight stick," tho.

faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 232d

Is this why they call big boom sticks cannons?

nocturne@slrpnk.net · 43 pts · 232d (1 reply)

It was posted to Peter Explains The Joke and the poster was banned for it.

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Justifier@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 232d

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someguy3@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 232d (4 replies)

But what is Achille's Achille's heel?

deHaga@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 232d (1 reply)

Mummy issues

BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network · 5 pts · 232d

Same as Odysseus

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d

His brotherly love for Patrocles, obv.

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 232d

Kryptonite.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 232d (2 replies)

Superman has never died from Kryptonite but he has died from getting punched in the face by a big dude with boney hands.

mental_block@lemmy.wtf · 14 pts · 232d

The answer is Magic!

OmegaPerseidTwitch@piefed.social · 11 pts · 232d (4 replies)

I know the person was either actually dumb, or trolling, but reddit really bams people for nothing. That's why I'm here not there.

hayvan@piefed.world · 19 pts · 232d (3 replies)

This one seems to be bammed for a valid reason though.

OmegaPerseidTwitch@piefed.social · 5 pts · 232d (2 replies)

Because Reddit has no sense of humor, and should the case be this person actually doesn't know reddit chooses to be dicks instead of helpful? Nah. I reported Reddit for the pedophilia pictures found on there daily and left anyway. The mods pretend to be gods, the site is run by a CEO who is a pedo, and it is just a trash site. Even honest questions get you banned. Asking why you got banned gets you site wide banned. I can keep going but the bottom line is this was not a valid ban reason.

guy@piefed.social · 23 pts · 232d (1 reply)

I think the banning was hilarious and a sign of humour

boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 232d

And also not banned by reddit but a mod of the specific subreddit.

Also is it a legit ban or just a comment? I haven't seen this version of the reddit UI before

MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 231d

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 232d (4 replies)

Turns out it's actually just sodomy. Sodomy is Superman's kryptonite.

WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 232d (3 replies)

Lois could never have Superman's baby. Do you think her Fallopian tubes could handle his sperm? I guarantee he blows a load like a shotgun right through her back. What about her womb? Do you think it's strong enough to carry his child?

The second she gets a suntan the kid'll kick right through her stomach. The only person with a uterus strong enough to carry his child is wonder woman. That or he wears a kryptonite condom, which could kill him..

Murdoc@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 232d

Ugh. I'm not even supposed to be here today.

hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 232d (1 reply)

The only person with a uterus strong enough to carry his child is wonder woman.

… well, there’s his cousin for one…

WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 230d

That would solve the cat problem

wrinkledoo@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 232d

Pink kryptonite

ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 231d

Lana, these crabs this time were not my fault, this whole place is

You were going to say lousy with them

I was, until I realized that’s

Where the expression comes from

Kenny2999@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 232d

Batman

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 232d

Bad writers.

RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 231d

Lex: It's called...Kryptonite.