Comment on In order for superman to keep his cover as Clark Kent countless innocents he had the power to save have to die every day.

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• Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I mean, I dont know about you but work will start to ask questions if Im taking a piss break every 10-15 minutes.

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  • mangaskahn@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    He’s a reporter, I think he has a little latitude to be away from his desk for a few minutes, even days or weeks at a time.

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    • Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Any reporters want to confirm this?

      Otherwise Im thinking about a career change.

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      • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        He’s a field reporter. He goes out into the world to write about stuff. If he’s gone for three weeks working on a story, that’s what it takes.
        He’s also super smart and super fast, so he can write the story in a small fraction of the time as most reporters.

        So, as Superman, he flies to where the problem is, solves it, then writes about it as Clark Kent.

        Same thing Spider-Man does, except a big part of it is also getting pictures of himself as Spider-Man doing the problem solving.

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      • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        These types of roles are extremely limited in modern news. They often involve reporting from within active war zones e.g. all the journalists killed by Israel. You don’t just say you’re going somewhere and fuck off the org will want to know where you are and what work you’re doing so they’re not just paying you to fuck about the countryside.

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  • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There’s often references to his flakiness. Its a common trope in various series that he’ll here someone in trouble and excuse himself to go save them. Sometimes it just shows him “accidentally” dropping a pen, reaching under the table to get it, and using his super speed to zip off and save someone.

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    • Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      People would notice at my work.

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      • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You dont have super speed.

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