this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
404 points (93.0% liked)

News

23367 readers
4275 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 196 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a lot of questions about different parts of this title that I don't understand, but I support him.

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 124 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Marc Tyler Nobleman was supposed to talk to kids about the secret co-creator of Batman, with the aim of inspiring young students in suburban Atlanta’s Forsyth County to research and write.

Then the school district told him he had to cut a key point from his presentation — that the artist he helped rescue from obscurity had a gay son. Rather than acquiesce, he canceled the last of his talks.

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (10 children)

First of all thank you for saving a click. Secondly, Marc Tyler Nobleman is not just a Batman researcher, he is a symbol. What an absolute Chad.

load more comments (10 replies)
[–] Scooter411@lemmy.ml 158 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I want the title of “Batman researcher”

[–] StarServal@kbin.social 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

World's Greatest Detective Detective.

[–] anubis119@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Curator of Caped Crusader curiosities

[–] reverendsteveii@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

Imagine how difficult it is to try to tell people that you are, globally, the pre-eminent batman researcher...

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Feels like they're Robin you by not granting it.

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These policies are riddled with discrimination and hypocrisy. These extremists need two face reality and put a freeze on them.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago

You're quite the joker, aren't you?

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 80 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago

Comic Book Historian would have been a better title. I thought "batman" might have been referring to an unrelated school or something.

[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He should have let himself be fired. Then he could have brought a lawsuit against the school district over the matter. The school district would have had to demonstrate their reason to fire him on the record. If the researcher received damages for wrongful termination, the taxpayers would know it's their money that is being frivolously spent to support someone's homophobic agenda.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably couldn't get them for wrongful termination. At-Will employment is a bitch.

But he could likely get unemployment for being terminated without cause, which is a different thing.

[–] cricket97@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

he was a one time guest speaker. you don't get to claim unemployment for that. and he chose to cancel, not the school

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

he was a one time guest speaker

In that case, no reason not to walk.

I knew he'd quit. I was just clarifying that waiting to be fired from a job isn't useful from a "wrongful termination" standpoint because At-Will Employment means "wrongful termination" doesn't really exist in any state except Montana. But if he had been an employee, he would have had grounds to collect unemployment if terminated without cause.

[–] iquanyin@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a….batman researcher? 🤣

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Head of the Batman Research Institute at the Harvard School of Comics.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was the researcher they needed but not the researcher they deserved.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] luckyhunter@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Batman researcher? quit? who was paying him in the first place?

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Something something something R & D in a big building somewhere downtown

[–] bobman@unilem.org 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

My man still trying to find out who this mysterious caped crusader is.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Wussy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

AKA: World's Greatest Researcher.

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why was someone from Batman, Turkey even teaching these kids?

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] hungryish@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He quit researching Batman?

[–] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Batman researcher

So a comic book enthusiast? Is this dude the real life Comic Book Guy?

"Worst. School talk. Ever."

load more comments
view more: next ›