As a reader noted in last Thursday's post (hey, are you all reading ahead? Stop that!), the 30th Century version of a minority is blue. There still isn't a "Negro" (their term, not mine) to be seen. Why the glass ceiling broke in the Legion for blue people before black people, I have no idea.
I also have no idea why Karate Kid started speaking like Jonah Hex in that issue.
Nor do I understand why the smartest guy in the Legion started drinking water on an alien planet prior to testing it. I mean, you aren't supposed to drink the treated water in Mexico, so I can't imagine drinking water in a stagnant pond on a completely different planet as being a good idea.
You shouldn't always do what the smart guy does, because really smart people have been known to do really stupid things. I believe it is because smart people assume there is only a limited supply of intelligence in a room, and since they are obviously sucking it all up, everyone else must be a moron. But trust me, when everyone in the Legion gets the trots from swallowing a water-borne parasite, Brainiac 5 won't be looking half as smart as he thinks he is.
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Hey, if ALL the Legionnaires started talking like Jonah Hex, I'd probably like them a lot better!
He's drinking the water for the same reason that he's drinking it like a horse....Because he's only book smart, not street smart! ;)
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"Negro" at least wasn't meant as a derogatory term. W.E.B. Dubois used it proudly.
"I also have no idea why Karate Kid started speaking like Jonah Hex in that issue."
He spent time in the 20th century; it has that effect, pard.
Reincarnation obviously. If Matt O'Dare can be Scalphunter, then by God, Karate Kid can be Jonah Hex.
And Brainiac really IS an idiot.
I love the assumption that is something isn't on the map it must be a mirage. Because maps are always 100% accurate & up to date.
I bet they'd drive off a washed out bridge if their OnStar navigation system told them to.
Yeah, but Brainy drinks from the toilet too. So I wouldn't exactly go by him...
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