Bats does have a ton of issues, but so does Wolverine. Superman has fewer issues but what he lacks in trauma he makes up in boring.

Never M Wolverine. That way lies surefire death. On the other hand, F Wolverine. C Superman, although I think more kindly of him than I used to. I marry Bats because that way I get to F him and I suppose I'll live a little longer than if I wed Logan. But marrying Superman is the only safe bet. I just don't always want safe.

Superman's not boring! It's just the movies that are...in the hands of a good comic book writer (or even the right animated series writer) he's cool. He's just no Wolvie or Bats.

Superman would at least try to be a good husband.

Wolverine would try too, but it wouldn't matter.

Respectfully, that's not a sound evolutionary argument. Human ancestors learned to use weapons to kill animals. That in turn gave us the protein and fat needed to gain bigger brains and continue to evolve. Without the protein, we'd not be sporting the big brains we have now. Although we'd probably have an easier time as bi-peds.

There's actually still a lot of debate and unanswered questions about what early humans and human ancestors ate, and in what quantities. I've seen different studies that approached the question from different perspectives and came to wildly different conclusions. The fossil evidence is pretty difficult to interpret, since meat meals tend to leave behind bones that can become fossils, while the remains of vegetable meals tended to biodegrade pretty quickly and not leave much that we could look at now.

(I am positive that billytea will come along soon and know way more about this than I do.)

I don't know jack about comics, but this is pretty much my thinking:

Never M Wolverine. That way lies surefire death. On the other hand, F Wolverine. C Superman, although I think more kindly of him than I used to. I marry Bats because that way I get to F him and I suppose I'll live a little longer than if I wed Logan. But marrying Superman is the only safe bet. I just don't always want safe.

Stephen Hawking defends NHS: [link]

Hawking has defended Britain's tax-funded National Health System after he was held up by a US financial newspaper as an example of why the NHS should not be used as a blueprint for the reforms. In a recent editorial, Investors Business Daily claimed: "People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the UK, where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless."

The Cambridge professor, who is of course British despite speaking with an American-accented vocoder, told the Guardian: "I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived." Hawking was treated by an NHS hospital as recently as April, when he was admitted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge for chest infections. Investors Business Weekly has since amended its article, removing any mention of the scientist.

Superman would at least try to be a good husband.

He would. But if we didn't have interesting conversations I doubt I'd try to be a good wife.

I got blogged! Well, not about me, exactly: [link]

Hee: [link]