Comic books on DVD!

I bought 40 Years of X-Men and 40 years of Avengers on DVD! They claim to be actual scans of actual comics, stored lovingly on DVD for me to read on my PC without ruining my actual Mint comics! Though, I haven't actually opened the DVD packaging, because the boxes are still in Mint Condition... but I want to finally read all of those old story lines...

I passed on the 40 Years of that whiny bitch, Spiderman. I mean here is a guy who was not only lucky that he didn't die from radiation poisoning (which is a truly horrible, slow, and painful way to go), but he was also given super powers in the process. And what does he do with all of this power? Squanders it and then complains that he is squandering it. "I can not ask out Mary Jane, because I can not drag her into this lifestyle. Woe is me." Well, if he wanted Mary Jane, and he feels that the two options are mutually exclusive, then he either needs to give up on Mary Jane, or give up on spending his "got to save everyone else" campaign. He could be using his powers for good, but in a higher level way.

Everyone has options. You know that there are people starving in many places in the world right now. You could quit your job and personally go over there and feed them, though you would soon be one of them if you did this. Not very effective means of reducing World Hunger. Or you could use your station in life, your better access to money and resources, leverage this access to create more wealth and then send that wealth to those starving people. You can use the advantages you have to reduce World Hunger in a much larger, but less personal way.

So, we have Spiderman here. What does he do? He wants to personally go around and save everyone. And in the process creates a life for himself that isn't worth living. Instead, if he truly wanted to help the greatest number of people, he would leverage his advantages for great gains, which he could use to help more people. One easy example: makes his millions then hires a rather large group of people to run around and save people. Basically, create his own charity that helps many more people than he could by sacrificing his life. And he would have his Mary Jane as well.

Remember, the best way to save the world is to reach the highest level you can, then pay someone to solve the problem.

The Edward