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this ad has me so fucked up i can’t even decide what to be tired of

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Dude... allow me to add to your trove.

I have a folder of these on my phone... I'm not sure what that says about me!

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@bbcwhereareyou Scott Summers is like... a guy you want to stick to payroll. He'll make sure all the proper paperwork is filed, and all the deposits made by tuesday. He's also not going to fuck up the weekday shift, even a particularly busy Thursday shift. Do you want to poach this guy and give him the keys to a new restaurant? Oh god no, he'll fold like a fucking accordion. He also sleeps with some of the waiters. "I'm sorry, I thought it was JEAAAAAAN."

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Also the fact that Wolverine even thought he had a chance with Jean Grey despite being a short, old, alcoholic, Canadian dude with primal rage problems, says a lot more about Scott Summers than it does Wolverine. Says more about Scott Summers than it does Jean Grey! Wolverine is like "I got animal senses, I can smell a sucka from 5 miles away and it is PUNGENT here."

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See this is why I wish I was more of a comic book fan because I can't provide any clear examples. But I feel like many times Scott saw Wolverine's eyes staring longingly at Jean Grey, and he'd be like "Hand's off buddy, she's mine." and Jean Grey would be like "Excuse me I'm WHOS? Like, I could if I was feelign like it, blow up every single human being's brain with one thought, but apparently I got a property of Scott Summers tattoo on my ass? The fuck?" And Scott would be like "I didn't mean it that... you know what I meant." And then Jean would be like, deep down inside thinking "You know what... Logan kinda cute though." I feel like that scenario has happened like 300 times since the 80s.

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@bbcwhereareyou Scott Summers is like... a guy you want to stick to payroll. He'll make sure all the proper paperwork is filed, and all the deposits made by tuesday. He's also not going to fuck up the weekday shift, even a particularly busy Thursday shift. Do you want to poach this guy and give him the keys to a new restaurant? Oh god no, he'll fold like a fucking accordion. He also sleeps with some of the waiters. "I'm sorry, I thought it was JEAAAAAAN."

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Also the fact that Wolverine even thought he had a chance with Jean Grey despite being a short, old, alcoholic, Canadian dude with primal rage problems, says a lot more about Scott Summers than it does Wolverine. Says more about Scott Summers than it does Jean Grey! Wolverine is like "I got animal senses, I can smell a sucka from 5 miles away and it is PUNGENT here."

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@bbcwhereareyou Scott Summers is like... a guy you want to stick to payroll. He'll make sure all the proper paperwork is filed, and all the deposits made by tuesday. He's also not going to fuck up the weekday shift, even a particularly busy Thursday shift. Do you want to poach this guy and give him the keys to a new restaurant? Oh god no, he'll fold like a fucking accordion. He also sleeps with some of the waiters. "I'm sorry, I thought it was JEAAAAAAN."

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@stenka-razin Damn dude, fucking Spock would fucking dogwalk Cyclops in such a way that would set mutant rights back 60 years. Spock famously said that Khan was intelligent but lacked 3 dimensional thinking. What the fuck would he think about Scott Summers, the most assistant general manager motherfucker in comic book history. He'd just mention Madeline Pryor and Cyclops would cry allowing spock to pinch you to fucking death at his own leisure

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He's always dumb right? Like I'm not deep comic versed so I wasn't sure if that was just James Marsden bringing an actor's touch or if he was just a dolt.

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Look, my knowledge of comic books is as fresh as my knowledge of virginity. Shock of all shocks those two things seemed to disappear together at the same time??? I still keep abreast of things. I think he had some sort of plot line where he was the leader of a terrorist cell, and another where he was one of the leaders of Mutant Liberia or something?

Just saying there are aspects of his character arc I'm clueless about. But from my perspective: He's not Charles Xavier, he's not Wolverine, he's not Jean Grey, and he's not Magneto. He's not the smartest guy, he's not the toughest guy, he's not the most powerful guy, he's not the most charismatic guy. I think Marvel Trading Cards of yore said he was an expert in tactics, but... you know you always got to ask how much of this is expertise or listening closely to the guy who can read everybody's minds and is the MLK Jr. of his respective social justice movement. And this was one thing when the X-Men were five teenagers, but as the cast increasingly got bigger, and featured VASTLY more interesting, more charismatic, smarter, tougher, powerful characters, his place in the power rankings was always in doubt.

At the end of the day, he's just the guy that took the management training program. And I think the character himself knows this. And I think it pushes him to make self destructive decisions. And because its comic books, any lesson he could learn is constantly getting wiped clean. He has to learn it all over again.

So I think Scott Summers is fascinating because he's flawed and his flaws have a bigger impact because he's supposed to be teaching and leading a school/army/occasional government. Fascinating, but would I want him defending me in a fight? For god's sakes, what happens if he goes up against a redhead. He'll just be screaming JEAAAAAAAAAN while that person goes over and fucks my shit up.

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@stenka-razin Damn dude, fucking Spock would fucking dogwalk Cyclops in such a way that would set mutant rights back 60 years. Spock famously said that Khan was intelligent but lacked 3 dimensional thinking. What the fuck would he think about Scott Summers, the most assistant general manager motherfucker in comic book history. He'd just mention Madeline Pryor and Cyclops would cry allowing spock to pinch you to fucking death at his own leisure

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Spock after completely dominating Cyclops in a way where the part time leader of the X-Men didn't fire one laser blast from his eyes.

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@stenka-razin Damn dude, fucking Spock would fucking dogwalk Cyclops in such a way that would set mutant rights back 60 years. Spock famously said that Khan was intelligent but lacked 3 dimensional thinking. What the fuck would he think about Scott Summers, the most assistant general manager motherfucker in comic book history. He'd just mention Madeline Pryor and Cyclops would cry allowing spock to pinch you to fucking death at his own leisure

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Jazz Journal vol 27 n°2 (UK) - Bennie Morton - February 1974

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Calling the emergency order a direct response to “an imminent national threat,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni issued a travel ban Wednesday restricting the entry of Italian Americans into the country. “Effective immediately, the Italian Republic will no longer allow Italian Americans who believe themselves to be our ‘paisanos’ to set foot on our land,” Meloni said of the blanket policy passed unanimously by Parliament, which would close the European state’s borders to any U.S. resident claiming to have as little as one-eighth “Italian blood.”

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Spin the wheel. That's who's trying to kill you.

Spin the wheel again. That’s who’s trying to protect you.

(If you have zero idea about a name you got, spin until you see someone you recognize.)

Are you safe?

Absolutely not. I'm dead. 100% dead.

I might stay alive, but it'll be a really close thing.

I'll take some hits, for certain, but I should be okay in the end.

A few attacks might get through, but nothing concerning.

The attacker might be able to get in one lucky hit. If that.

I am the opposite of worried. I'm 100% safe.

…Look. I've tried picturing this. But I honestly don't know how to answer.

Remaining time: 3 days 19 hours

(I've run this poll twice before, expanding it significantly for the second run. With about a year passed since that second run, I thought it was time to add another couple hundred names to the list and have another go.)