Do you actually read the comments you get?
People keep telling you, over and over and over, that this is a bad, even concerning take. Have you ever really thought about why you seem to be the only person who thinks like that?
this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2025
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tfw you have no empathy
Are you saying an uncle who raised Peter after his parents passed away as a child are not a loved one?
Jesus christ, OP over here telling on himself.
at least they're being honest. that way we can tell them to seek therapy... right? there must be someone that's cared enough to tell them that instead of just mirroring the same lack of sympathy back at them too
It seems OP has learned nothing from those posts ...
I think it's finally time to accept that you are the outlier and may possibly be a sociopath.
If I had super powers, I'd avenge random people I read about in the newspaper. Hell, I'd avenge those teenagers you see getting bullied and humiliated on the net. Tbh, they would call me a villain because a few world leaders are getting a call the second I get those powers, and I'd make a show of it.
You are fucked OP, no offense.
well maybe for you that's not enough justification. but others care about other people
This is a terrible analogy, because it insanely understates the importance of someone like uncle Ben, but think of him like one of your legs.
You've never known life without your legs. No matter what, you have always been able to count on the fact that tomorrow you will be able to walk. Sure, some days your legs hurt, and they clearly don't want to do any walking, but they will if you need them to. Now imagine that you did something stupid that resulted in you completely shattering all the bones in one of your legs. The only option is to amputate that leg. You wake up after the surgery, missing a leg. Suddenly, that leg that you've never known life without is not there. You want to get up to take a piss, but you can't because you're missing a leg. You want to go over to get a drink from the tap over there, but you can't because you're missing a leg. The remote for the TV in the room is over there, but you can't get it because you're missing a leg. Almost every aspect of your life changes after that one surgery, and you know this is all because of your own actions.
That gives a glimpse at how much Peter Parker's life gets fucked up when Ben dies. Uncle Ben was one of the few constant things in Peter's rocky life. Now he's gone. All because Peter chose not to take action. I don't blame Peter for wanting revenge, then taking the memory of Ben and using it as motivation to do better.
As I said, terrible analogy because a person is way more than a leg.
He should come back in an alternative universe as a 21-23 year old.