I was running through some old Portal 2 quotes in my head and realized that it Cave Johnson were a real person, people would absolutely hate him.

  • Lilac@lemmy.zipEnglish
    12·
    20 hours ago

    People like Cave Johnson? I thought they find him interesting, not a likeable person.

    • Zonetrooper@lemmy.world
      11·
      18 hours ago

      Combination of:

      • People whose only exposure is clips from Portal and think he’s just a goof who rants about combustible lemons, not a deeply disturbed person who subjected people to horrific experimentation.
      • People who can’t distinguish between other fans saying “I like this person as an interesting, well-portrayed, flawed character” and “I like this person directly as an individual”.
      • Lemming421@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Given how people deify billionaires, I’d imagine there would be plenty of people that would defend a real life Cave Johnson.

        Hell, he does get shit done. His company came up with the red and blue gels, and THE FRICKIN’ PORTAL GUN.

        He actually solved the energy problem (run water over a dynamo into a blue portal, then open an orange portal above it so the same water powers the dynamo forever, and that’s just the easiest one I thought of!).

        People love Jeff Bezos, and he’s done a lot less and treated more people worse!