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the compliment you give right before asking someone to skip lunch and finish your project too.
means a level of ability, strength, or endurance that exceeds normal human limits, real or fictional.
from from super- (latin, above) plus human, popularized in the late 1800s and supercharged by nietzsche's ubermensch, then hijacked by comic books to sell tights and capes.
nietzsche's termubermensch meant self-overcoming, not flight or lasers
comic originsuperman debuted 1938, borrowed the word wholesale
real world usemarathon monks in japan run 1000 days, ultramarathon distance
corporate ironynow a buzzword for burnout disguised as ambition
for instance
eliud kipchoge — ran a sub-two-hour marathon in 2019, unofficially
wim hof — holds ice-bath world records, climbed kilimanjaro in shorts
superman — 1938 comic debut that made the word a costume
tibetan monks — raise body temperature by 17 degrees f via meditation