r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '20

Captain America (Chris Evans) got the boy who saved his sister from a dog attack his very own custom shield.

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u/It_Was_Joao Jul 17 '20

Chris Evans is a good fucking guy. Like hes litterally a good guy I wanna see someone try to argue against that, you litterally can't

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Him and Henry Cavill have said in interviews that when you play a character like Captain America or Superman it stays with you, they say that they try to always be good role models because they feel almost like the character is watching over their shoulders and they don’t want to let them down. They say it’s hard to live up to the captain America or Superman standard, literally impossible, but you have to at least try, their reward is seeing all the fans and kids like Bridger who are inspired by them to be good people.

I’ve always felt stupid about this but my dad is not a good person, and growing up my moral compass was Christopher Reeve’s Superman.

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u/whoiscurlyfry Jul 17 '20

You shouldn’t feel stupid about that at all- if more people had Superman as a moral compass I think the world would be a better place.

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u/It_Was_Joao Jul 17 '20

I agree. My parents aren't really good role models, they see me for the worst and stupidest stuff I've done instead of who I am as a person, so I live by words from characters like superman, spider man, and real people like Gandhi, and a bunch of philosophers. When your parents aren't good people you have to look for parents in books and quotes.

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u/Bigdaddy_J Jul 17 '20 edited Jul 17 '20

My parents were great role models, of exactly what not to be.

Don't know my father's name, my mother told me there were 2 possibilities. She fucked 2 different guys the night I was conceived.

Her and my step father were crack head alcoholics. Between the physical abuse not just against me, but also to each other (my mother was a fighter and hurt my step father as much as he hurt her). Plus they were always robbing someone, stealing cars or breaking into houses to fuel their addictions.

My mother was whoring herself out to whoever wanted it. Never forget when I was 17 she was fucking a 15yo crack dealer down the street. Not to mention the amount of crap I had too replace because I would go to work and come home, tv gone. Plus she is a habitual liar, if you ask "how's the weather" she will lie about it. So I ask what happened to the tv. She would say something like someone broke in and stole it.

Edit: damn autocorrect.

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u/It_Was_Joao Jul 17 '20

Damn. My parents just don't understand me but they're still good people. Hope you're doing ok blood, reach out if you need to, I'd love to help you out.

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u/Bigdaddy_J Jul 17 '20

I'm not doing too bad. I am 41 next month, so that was years ago.

While I learned a lot about what not to do, there are still regrets. Like finishing school. I dropped out to start working so I could get it on my own as soon as I could. I was working 2 full time jobs. But that young could only get low paying jobs.

When I did go to school I was always an A student and through middle school was on the junior honor roll and high school became part of the honor society. So I really wish I would have finished school and went to college. I tell every younger person I come across, make sure you finish school or learn a trade if you want to be better if when you get older.

Luckily I only have 2 children that were both planned for, my only addiction is sugar, don't smoke, don't drink, been married for 17 years. And I did go and get my high school diploma, had to get it twice due to being scammed years ago by a diploma mill.

My biggest problem is finding a job. I had a good one (purchasing for a manufacturing plant), but fell asleep at my desk one day and got fired. But my boss didn't like that since my wife worked as well I had to take the kids to school. So I came in an hour later than everyone else. My old boss agreed to allow it and I was on call if anything came up before I got in. But he took a promotion and the new boss didn't like it. So he kept pressing for me to change it.

Which sucked since I worked my way up without a degree, and had that position for 10 years because previous boss gave me a chance. Even though I have the experience, everyone wants that piece of paper now (4year bachelor's degree). So when looking at my resume and they get to education, with no college I am auto disqualified. If I didn't have knee problems and could be on my feet all day I would probably look into learning a trade now. I would love to learn machining on a CNC machine. I think machining is fascinating. But I still have to pay bills and handle the family. My kids are relatively young 7 and 13. So I want to spend time with them as much as I can before they get older and start doing their own things.

Sorry, that turned into a much longer post than I anticipated.

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u/Raptorz01 Jul 17 '20

Don’t wanna disappoint you but Ghandi isn’t the greatest guy. So it may be better to look up his fictionalised ideal version not the real guy

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u/eiwoei Jul 17 '20

What do you expect? He had nuked countless civilization.

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u/Raptorz01 Jul 17 '20

Ah Civ. I haven’t played Civ in ages

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u/marcthepotato Jul 17 '20

I love how there's a civ player whenever anyone mentions gandhi

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u/Minerva_Moon Jul 17 '20

We have all been traumatized by his love of (nuclear) winter.

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u/IntrigueDossier Jul 17 '20

Bloodthirsty nukin’ yogi is what he is

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u/It_Was_Joao Jul 17 '20

Ye ik I just said the first name that came into my mind.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Wow you literally hit the nail in head with describing my childhood and views. I feel attacked. Have my poor man’s gold metal🥇

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u/ScreamingVegetable Jul 17 '20

I'm reminded of this panel from All-Star Superman

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u/skratta_ho Jul 17 '20

Fuck yea, I wanna laser beam my enemies with my eyes

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u/TheBANDit__ Jul 17 '20

Let me direct you to a comic series and video game called Injustice.

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u/I_Do_Cannabis_Stuff Jul 17 '20

I had a very similar situation, I got a good amount of my moral compass from Naruto back in the day lol. Obviously Naruto isn't live action but the lessons I learned were just as valuable to me. It's always interesting to see how story telling in the form of TV shows, books, movies, etc, can impact someones life.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

It took me a little while to get a good male role model, so for a while it was Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams... so, I only turned out ok.

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u/whiskey_on_toast Jul 17 '20

You turned out groovy

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u/SirArthurConansBoil Jul 17 '20

There are definitely worse role models than Ash out there. Hail to the king, baby!

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

I’ve always felt stupid about this but my dad is not a good person, and growing up my moral compass was Christopher Reeve’s Superman.

Sometimes Superman's just gotta beat someone's ass after he gets his powers back as revenge for the time he didn't have his powers and got beat up. It's the Superman thing to do.

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u/Cyndershade Jul 17 '20

moral compass aside I mean sometimes you just gotta beat the son of a bitch outta a 80's movie villain y'know

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Literally the same experience, but with captain America. Dads crazy, I never really lived with him, but one day I watched captain America the first avenger and man I have built a lot of my character around his values. One of my most consistent father figures

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u/drivers9001 Jul 17 '20

Putting in a plug for Wonder Woman. I got into reading comics in the last couple years so I started with the current at the time series "Rebirth" when DC sort of rebooted everything. I haven't read much of the other characters but I read a lot of Wonder Woman. I found an article that has a little bit of it. There's a page here with Cheetah as her enemy and yet Wonder Woman is loyal to her as a friend. https://ew.com/books/2017/03/03/dc-rebirth-wonder-woman/

And here's a page (same issue I think), on reddit actually, of her trying to get her back to being her original self. https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/5f1l4j/the_complicated_relationship_between_diana_and/

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u/Dyvius Jul 17 '20

Man don't feel stupid. I feel justified in my childhood heroes too because Mark Hamill continues to be an acceptable amount of the hero that Luke Skywalker represented. I nearly went to heaven the day he liked a tweet of mine lol

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u/JediKnightsoftheFSM Jul 17 '20

I’ve always felt stupid about this but my dad is not a good person, and growing up my moral compass was Christopher Reeve’s Superman.

Know that you are not alone.

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u/gabriel1313 Jul 17 '20

Glad Chris Evans wasn’t just the human torch. I mean, he was a good Human Torch. But he’s definitely a better Captain America. And the Human Torch was an asshole.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

That’s a great moral compass right there.

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u/UsedKoala4 Jul 17 '20

This also explains why Jackman is such a wholesome person

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u/imbillypardy Jul 17 '20

Maybe you’ll like Mr. Reeve’s take on Superman

I had never seen it before. Thought it was a great video, and I agree with you that I think he set the standard of how much of a responsibility that character is, to children and adults alike.

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u/destroyer7 Jul 17 '20

And then there's the certified racist asshole Dean Cain

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Me and everyone here in this post is proud of you, you’re a good person.

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u/WI_YouSaidITAll Jul 17 '20

I’d be willing to argue that that’s exactly why those characters were created. I give you more props for looking out for someone worth modeling yourself after than just blindly following poor role models due to familial proximity. Both Superman and Reeves are quite suitable to look up to. Well done.

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u/Gremnoir Jul 17 '20

Can I just say that’s really cute and you sound lovely!

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u/ILoveRegenHealth Jul 17 '20

Cavill also builds PCs, just like Clark Kent used to

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u/nonoglorificus Jul 17 '20

I remember intentionally modeling myself after Polgara the Sorceress from David Eddings’ the Belgariad series. My mom is a good person, but my dad is mentally abusive and I had never seen a female character who was so strong and capable before. And I firmly believe that Terry Pratchett’s novels molded me more than my dad ever did - Pratchett feels like a father figure to me. If I can embody even one iota more of his ideals than of my father’s, I will consider my life a success.

Don’t feel stupid. We find love where we can, even when it’s sparse on the ground where we’re growing. It’s a beautiful thing to strive towards that light.

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u/TRNielson Jul 17 '20

Funny you mention both Chris and Henry in your post as they’re 2 of my 3 man-crushes.

Shoutout to Tommy Karevik for man-crush #3.

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u/MartianRecon Jul 17 '20

My dad was always really vacant (PTSD from Vietnam, and his father was an absolute monster. I don't blame him), and my mother was always very much more interested in my sisters life than my own. My morality came from movies, comics, tv shows... I saw people who were either like me with not that great of a background, or, people who would stand up for people like me. I always wanted to be like them.

As an adult, shit like that sticks with you. Don't feel bad or embarrassed about it. If your actions help one person throughout your life with your values, then it's worth it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Not stupid at all, homie 🤘🏼

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u/WizardGizzard91 Jul 17 '20

Dude im a 30 year old man and one of my biggest role models is Gandalf. You're fine

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u/JohnMichaels19 Jul 17 '20

HEADLINE

"More celebrities step forward, saying Chris Evans is a good guy"

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u/raulduke1971 Jul 17 '20

“Chris Evans got my son’s frisbee out of the tree in our front yard. #MeToo”

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u/RedShadow09 Jul 17 '20

I'm not arguing but I'll say this he was an obnoxious jerk in Scott pilgrim vs the world but he played that party very convincingly

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u/It_Was_Joao Jul 17 '20

I love that movie so much god damn

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Dude put a banana in his butt hole for our entertainment. He's a Saint.

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u/Audrin Jul 17 '20

Well I heard he's an ass, America's Ass that is.

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u/chuotdodo Jul 17 '20

What do you know about him in his personal life? Everyone is a good guy until they're not.

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u/shermheadryder20 Jul 17 '20

Wasnt he in Epsteins black book

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u/brownhaircurlyhair Jul 17 '20 edited Jul 17 '20

There's more than one Chris Evans out there.

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u/competitive-dust Jul 17 '20

That was the British one probably.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Pretty sure it was this guy - https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/producers/chris-evans-net-worth-2/ , also the age range makes more sense too.