Seriously just read this comment:

The Boys is such a weirdly horrible show…

…and that's exactly why I can't stop watching it.

The thing that bothers me most about the show though isn't the s*x or hyperviolence, it's the fact that there really are people out there who actually would idolise Homelander, and that's worse than any gore-soaked murder-fest the show will ever depict (and they've shown some seriously twisted stuff already).

Imagine unironically writing that. Other comments include:

Rick And Morty is another good example. Rick Sanchez is not supposed to be a role model, you Joker-loving freakazoids.

watch another cartoon

Butcher and Homelander's characters are horrible in a truly delectable way though, and both are brilliantly inhabited by their actors.

For me that's what takes The Boys from a 7.* to a high 9.

delectable is one of those Redditor words that makes me cringe.

Yesssss! Antony Starr's portrayal of Homelander is streets ahead. June 13th can't come soon enough.

You might think "this is a clearly astroturfed account and this comment will have been downvoted to heck by the astute, intelligent users of Ars Technica". You'd be wrong, it's one of the top comments and the user has had their Ars account for 23 years.

Let's see the most unpopular comment just to balance things out:

super - yawn

The desperate attempt to be different from other series with <whatever others don't dare to do/show> gets boring very quickly. If you don't have a decent story, even extra violence won't help (as 'The Boys' impressively demonstrates - season 3 was already just a collection of confused story fragments pasted together with violence).

Heroes, zombies, detectives with superhuman cognitive abilities, but with social abnormalities, extra violence, time travel stories with maximum arbitrariness, the 1,000th series variation of a once successful film, with ideas that have long since become stale (Star Trek, Star Wars, all superheroe movies & series, ...), ...

How boring! Mental fast food for people who prefer not to deal with anything.

One of the replies to it:

Unless you're in a private group of friends and been given the 'ok' to do so, nobody likes someone who sarcastically shits on things other people like because they're bored, either in public socialization or on social media.

You have to have a functioning, actual specific critique as to why production on the show may have been a waste relative to something else or the critique falls out as being 'that guy', bored and being a shithead for the sake of it.

dramacels in shambles.

I have a diagnosis of autism. You may not know this about me but I have struggled with autism spectrum disorder for all of my life and although you can't tell at all, neurodivergent people are people and you can't tell if someone has autism since they act just like people and I am coming out as neurodivergent to my friends.

@Dahl_Fook

Weird right? Like these were real quakes, old buildings fell over, i lost half a barn and an out building but according to all records there has never been an earth quake here

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Hi all, I don't have much food left so I need money asap, unfortunately my credit cards are maxed out and they keep denying me new ones. I also applied for loans and get denied for some reason (they won't tell me why). How do I avoid starving?

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— Elizabeth Goitein (@LizaGoitein) April 15, 2024

Bruh

Same NYPD that kneeled to the blm rioters, did nothing when the blm harassed people just trying to eat at restaurants, and DID in fact, also harass diners just trying to eat at restaurants.

I'm to the point at which I truly believe that anyone who puts on a uniform and coerces others is straight-up lost.

If they had a conscience, they'd be doing other work.

It's gonna be wild

WILL BE WILD

Can you imagine how much salt and rage this is producing in the tds stage 12 segments? Trump campaigning right in the middle of the heart of darkness and getting massive ground level support. I can only grin at the mental images.

an event in new york. demonrats are finished

He said this last time too. He is not going to win new York lmao

Never say never.

He's never winning New York lmao.

Can't even win GA but he's totally going to win NY. Kek

So they'll call it for Biden when there's 0.6% of the vote in and not 0.5%?

i think you can call New York even with 0% counted

Tiktok full on sold me hook, line and sinker on artisinal small batch chinese teas and like a good NPC I opened up my wallet and obliged.

This shit just looks so satisfying

I bought a full chinky tea set too cos apparently im a twee fruitcake

I can't wait til it gets here