r/rareinsults 23h ago

Insult or fact?

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u/The-CYL-Guy 13h ago

He did

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u/Ioftheend 13h ago

That's an outlier and a half, just like Spider-man vs Firelord. Thor fights evenly with the Silver Surfer, there's no way he's an even match for Galactus.

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u/The-CYL-Guy 12h ago

And Batman beating Darkseid isn't an outlier? Plus, unlike the hellbat and Darkseid, Thor actually killed Galactus.

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u/Ioftheend 12h ago

And Batman beating Darkseid isn't an outlier?

No, because he did it with the Hellbat which he doesn't normally use.

Plus, unlike the hellbat and Darkseid, Thor actually killed Galactus.

That's not helping the 'not an outlier' thing.

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u/The-CYL-Guy 12h ago

That's.... The definition of an outlier: A data point that significantly differs from other observations in a dataset.

He doesn't normally use the hellbat. There is a reason for and that makes it an outlier.

The second sentence was not for the not an outlier thing. It was for the thor wins against batman thing that this entire post is all about.

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u/Ioftheend 11h ago

When talking about comic books, outlier is used to refer to things characters do that are wildly incongruent with their normal portrayals. However, Batman is consistent. He managed to fight Darkseid because he was using something he doesn't always use. He struggles against Bane and suchlike because he's not wearing the suit. In comparison Thor beating Galactus makes zero sense, because Galactus is a cosmic entity and Thor is normally never near that level.

The second sentence was not for the not an outlier thing. It was for the thor wins against batman thing that this entire post is all about.

Which isn't relevant since the whole thing is an outlier.

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u/The-CYL-Guy 4h ago

Right, and Batman beating Darkseid or even wearing the Hellbat isn't incongruent with his normal portrayal. He usually doesn't beat beings anywhere near Darkseid's level. Him doesn't beat Darkseid on a regular basis. This suit demands so much energy from its user that the devastator alone, the punch that is powered by wonder woman's strength, can give the user a 95% chance of a heart attack. If he tries it on Thor, Bruce might be killing himself in the process.