Why didn't hey have any sort of defense against mind-switching tech...

Why didn't hey have any sort of defense against mind-switching tech? You think the smartest scientists in the multiverse would have thought of that.

Is it the point that everyone's a total freaking retard and Rick is just marginally less retarded than everyone else?

>Why didn't smartest men think of every possibility?
Because smart doesn't mean perfect.

Rick has mad scientist genius not autist who plans for everything genius.

I mean...they never encountered this problem before at all?
is there a difference?

>is there a difference?
Well, clearly you are an autist, but not a genius.

I mean, duh, I am posting on Sup Forums

It's like Rick said in the first council episode, joining the council made them lose their edge. They're way too overconfident and trust in the collective to protect them, unlike Rick who is a lone wolf that keeps people around just to use them.

so this show is about how edginess is the only option?

Because our Rick isn't really a Rick

Rick has been shown to be eye-rollingly good at everything, and always wins, and is always one-upping people, all while being an edgy anti-authoritarian.

Considering that Rick was using the machine designed to matrix like simulate shit with a virus he himself wrote and he was using a big ass FUCKING Lasser then it's probably not a common thing to encounter

>and always wins
Except against Morty. Who he frequently underestimates.

when did he ever lose against Morty even once?

Well, he would have lost in this last episode had he handed Morty a real gun. Clearly he didn't count on his rage being authentic.

But he WAS counting on Morty to shoot him, that's why he gave him the fake gun - and the instructions - to fake-shoot him with.
You can't fake-shoot someone with a real gun.

He was counting on Morty to read his note and play along. Not shoot him out of actual spite.

>The MC doesn't cry his way to victory he's EDGY and thus BAD
sucrose rejects pls go.

He was still counting on Morty to shoot him though. One way or another his plan succeeded, even if only accidentally.

Rick is an arch-manipulator and planner, so it's not unreasonable to assume that he foresaw Morty not reading the note and factored that into his scheme.

>so this show is about how edginess is the only option?

I like how shitposters always jump to retarded conclusions just to be proven right.

>...so in that scenario killing him was the only option.
>So you are saying that this show is wank material for gun owners and that killing should be allowed because its not a big deal????

That's how 70% of internet arguments go, reddit, Sup Forums, tumblr, pic your poison

Why isn't there a universe where the sauce is still being made?

>like how shitposters always jump to retarded conclusions just to be proven right.
so you do agree the show is about that, you just hate shitposting?

There is, but he just hasn't found him yet.

There is but it's the bird universe where mcnuggers are made from humans

>he planned on getting shot
>he gets shot

whoa

He lost to Claudia black
He lost Unity
He lost to Evil Rick and only bounced back because of Morty comng thorugh
He failed in making the love potion
He failed in curing the love potion
He failed to figure out Summers friend was a government agent and lost his only real friends Bird Person and Squanchy
He also fucked up in the very first episode when he tried to smuggle illeagal seeds.