It's the trolley problem. Picking up a kid in time to beat a speeding train would just snap his little neck. Stopping a speeding train to save the little boy would most likely kill anyone on board.

This scenario indicates superman would rather kill a train full of people, rather than having witnesses see him sit idle as a child removes himself from the gene pool.

My hypothesis is that this is the child of Lex Luther, or possibly a clone. He's literally playing on train train tracks, baiting super man into a win-less scenario via the trolley problem. It's the perfect scheme to slowly make him question the consequences of all his actions and eventually his entire purpose.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He was feeling a bit Hancock that day.

[–] EherVielleicht@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Where is my Bourbon?

[–] GrievingWidow420@feddit.it 3 points 10 months ago

The train was carrying electric sharing kick scooters to be deployed into metropolis and Superman wasn't about to let it happen

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago

Because it's an Amtrak.