• stoly@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    In Captain Planet, it always bothered me that the South American dude got a ridiculous power like “heart” while everyone else got something useful.

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      5 days ago

      Don’t diss Ma-Ti he fought leopards barehanded before he had any powers and averted thermonuclear war without any help from the others. While we’re on the subject I think Earth and Fire should swap owners.

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      The powers should have been:

      European: The power to take stuff from others without them noticing.

      North America: The power to buy stuff and vacuously talk themselves into bad ideas, and project their voice over long distances.

      Asia: small stature to squeeze into tight spaces, and has the power to reproduce and instantly make many copies of themselves.

      Africa: Summon large animals and inflict malaria on enemies.

      S America: Bring all the others together with a universal love of drugs, and drives around on a bulldozer.