Okay first, go read this and watch the CNN clip on the same page: http://io9.com/5232842/cincinnati-patrolled-by-real+life-superheroes-what-could-possibly-go-wrong
Once you're done with that, read this: http://worldsuperheroregistry.com/world_superhero_registry_interviews.htm
Done? Alright, then...
Look, I love superheroes, I have ever since I watched the SuperFriends on Saturday mornings in the 80s while eating bowls of over-sugared cereal. But I stopped believing I could be one when I was 10. It's great that these people want to help their community/society or whatever, but dressing up in garish costumes and talking like a nutcase is just going to get someone hurt. SERIOUSLY hurt.
What's worse is that these folks actually believe their own nonsense. They really believe they have superpowers. Take "Entemo" from the second link above. He really believes he has a "paranormal" connection with insects.
And then there's this shit. When asked which other "real" superheroes he takes seriously, Entemo replies:
Everyone I can sense as being "the real deal". Thanks to my Parallelogram ability, it's not that hard.
Okay, first off, what the fuck is a parallelogram ability supposed to be?
You know what? Forget it. I really don't want to know his batshit-insane explanation, because it'll be complete bullcrap.
Then there's "Terrifica" who's even more delusional. She refers to people as "superhuman" or "un-superhuman" (the correct term is just normal "human", jackass). She says she only focuses on protecting women from sexual assault but that she's a pacifist and doesn't fight. So what does she do, lecture them? She'll just end up being the victim instead.
I can appreciate their desire to do more and help, but these people are just fruitcakes who are going to get themselves or someone else hurt in their delusional antics. Leave the crime-fighting to the professionals, kids.
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