cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/50513851

Without Batman, only about 38 percent of passengers stood up for the pregnant woman. With Batman, that number leapt to roughly 67 percent. More than two-thirds of riders suddenly remembered they were human beings capable of empathizing with others.

And all it took was the presence of a semi-fascist but admittedly still quite cool lunatic dressed like a bat whose concept of justice begins and ends at beating the s—t out of people with severe mental health issues.

  • diaphanous@feddit.org
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    17 hours ago

    That is not the interpretation of the study that I got. I think its not the fact that it was batman, I think it would have worked with a dinosaur costume just as well. It’s more the disruption of the daily drudge that gets people more mindful and aware of their surroundings, which can make them nicer to other human beings.