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[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Going by kill count, i'mma say captain preventable heart disease.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Captain car accident.

[–] jeniferariza@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

He’s hidden in the trees, Steve. You’ll never see him coming.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

Captain Great Depression

Fun fact, in one of the what if comic runs Cap goes AWOL and nominally sides with the North Vietnamese. It's balanced out by the fact that in the absolutely worst universe Cap is a cannibal and taught nick fury, the one with the X-men concentration camp not Marvel zombie.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago

For real though, the actual Captain America superhero is pretty vulnerable. He took Super Soldier Serum so he's stronger than regular people. But, he couldn't beat the Hulk, Doctor Doom, Magneto, Ultron, Thanos, etc. in a one-on-one fight.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] dan69@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Captain Bay of Pigs.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Captain Dementia, currently

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Who is captain America? Because the guy in the picture is captain ~~Porto~~ Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

Also, other options to the question: Captain Iran, Captain Afghanistan, Captain China, Captain Putin, captain Kim Yong Un

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's the one! Dyslecticon non-native English speaker here, sorry

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It brings back special memories.

A Puerto Rican girl in HS wrote Portorico as one word on her backpack in whiteout. I've made it a point to make sure I knew how to spell Puerto rico since them and not look like a fucking moron. Nothing against you, just a special memory of an idiot.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Hahaha that's a great story, thanks! Makes my mistake feel a bit less silly haha <3

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 93 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Captain America every time the USA starts a new fucking war under barking-mad bigots:

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 76 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago

Do you know which issue this is from? I'd like to read the full thing.

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

And it's SO, SO much worse now. Which Marvel superheroes would stand against the current US government if they existed in the real world, I wonder? I'd like to think most of them would.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Tony Stark would be worried about the Epstein files.

Howard the Duck would for sure.

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Horror movie I want to watch, retired Americans go to a Vietnam vacation resort, One dies, accident? they keep enjoying their vacation, they slowly learn that they are not only all vets, but served in Nam, including the massacring of a village. they keep dying, no longer accidents. The resort does nothing to help. police ignore them. Twist at the end is that the whole resort was built where the village stood and all staff (and police) are descendants of survivors.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Directed by M. Night Shamalan

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Written by Mel Gibson.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is that really a twist?
I think a plot twist would be, if there was a metaphysical maelstrom of guilt and they kept offing themselves because of it.

stop complaining and start writing

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[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Technically, Captain Britain is 1-1 if you count the War of 1812 as a British victory.

[–] U7826391786239@piefed.zip 54 points 1 day ago (3 children)

captain taliban?

captain measles?

captain hormuz?

[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] U7826391786239@piefed.zip 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Best one so far 😆

[–] crimson_iris@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Whoa, let's not lose all sense of proportion here.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

America is currently being absolutely destroyed by:

captain oligarch

captain propaganda (where most of the propaganda is so transparent that any decently educated 13 year old should be able to see through it)

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[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 day ago

Captain Covid has a nice ring to it

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 day ago

Just another 58,000 soldiers in the meat grinder for another two decades and they would have won!

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't that a picture of Captain Puerto Rico?

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