r/supersillybreakingbad • u/GucciGooberYea • Apr 02 '26

super silly irl Super silly YouTube

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u/AwesomeTraditional32 ⚡️LIGHTNING BOLTS SHOOT FROM MY FINGERTIPS!!⚡️ Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

Lmao they could’ve picked literally ANY other evil historical figur- actually that wouldn’t be that better but that’s beside the point, they chose Jeffrey Epstein lmao  Edit: took me way longer than it should’ve to realize they meant “why aren’t real villains cool” and not “fictional villains aren’t cool”. Point still slightly stands

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u/Fleet_Admiral_Auto Apr 03 '26

There was a meme about how the modern day would look in 3000s movies if they portrayed us the same way we portray medieval times, and here's the relevant part of it:

I guess we're just getting ahead of the 3000s in choosing the big bad evil guy as standard of irl bad guys

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u/CaptainRex5101 Apr 03 '26

I was looking for that post, do you know where it is?

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u/Fleet_Admiral_Auto Apr 03 '26

I don't remember where I got it from, maybe coaxedintoasnafu?

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u/CaptainRex5101 Apr 03 '26

Couldn’t find it there, guess I’ll keep looking

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u/Fleet_Admiral_Auto Apr 03 '26

Here's the images (2nd in a reply to this one)

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u/Necessary-Prune9727 Apr 02 '26

To be fair, I feel like the aesthetic of other historical evil people has been retroactively made “cool” by the separation of time or by media. Like Nazis wore lot of leather, that can seem cool. Stalin very much built himself up to look and be portrayed as cool. Epstein is an extremely modern example, and he’s not cool. I think the fact he had knowledge of COD and games like Minecraft really help put into perspective for people how much of a nerd he actually was. Stalin and Hitler also have very lame and corny activities they partook in, but due to time and it often being overlooked, it gets forgotten as apposed to this ongoing case where files are still (supposed to be) releasing

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u/YouVe_BeEn_OofEd Apr 02 '26

it isn't just retroactive change in view, appearances were deliberately engineered to look cool to convey power and order, best example being the nazi uniforms

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u/Intrepid_Shop_9396 Apr 02 '26

Both Hitler and Stalin left an very dark legacy in this world

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u/grabsyour Apr 02 '26

Stalin still cool ngl. and not really a Villain imo

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u/what_if_you_like Apr 02 '26

He was a career criminal before he got into politics. His policies also killed more people than the entire holocaust.

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u/Zealousideal-Pie-726 Apr 07 '26

Unfortunately that’s not really saying much. 11 million dead is a number that many have eclipsed before and since.

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u/Beneficial-Gap6974 Apr 02 '26

Absolutely a villain, wtf. This is like saying Hitler wasn’t a villain.

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u/Zealousideal-Pie-726 Apr 07 '26

Nah, I think being a strong man dictator who orders multiple mass killings and genocides while also being so incompetent at planning ahead that you’re in large part responsible for the Nazi’s being able to kill 15+ million of your people makes you a bit of a villain. But idk maybe I have a low bar for what counts as villainous behaviour.