# Superman's most flagrant disregard for public safety?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-most-flagrant-disregard-for-public-safety/965937>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\
**Created:** [June 9, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-most-flagrant-disregard-for-public-safety/965937 "2022-06-09T21:39:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-most-flagrant-disregard-for-public-safety/965937/21 "2026-04-12T20:32:31Z")

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He sleeps when he wants to. He doesn’t need to. He ignores the cries because he has Super Entitlement.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-most-flagrant-disregard-for-public-safety/965937/22 "2026-04-12T20:33:54Z")

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Speaking of “collateral damage”, I love old Silver Age Superman comics… partly for the “inadvertently humorous” moments.

One that keeps cropping up is Supe’s thought balloon that he somehow has time to “utter” in the heat of battle:

> “Luckily, this office building that Kryptonite-Dude threw me through was slated for demolition, and therefore empty of workers!”

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-most-flagrant-disregard-for-public-safety/965937/23 "2026-04-12T21:12:07Z")

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All superheroes have the power to speak complete sentences in the time it takes to throw a punch.

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermans-most-flagrant-disregard-for-public-safety/965937/24 "2026-04-13T00:27:00Z")

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Monologuing is a zero-turn action in every superhero TTRPG I’ve ever played. 🦸 💬

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