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Author:	Hale [ Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:04 pm ]
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Everyone's got their own personal heroes. Post yours. Most of mine are movie stars, but you can post whatever. Chuck Norris and Che Guevera are BANNED from this thread. Bruce Lee: Comments: Because everyone knows how much of a badass Bruce Lee is, I don't feel the need to say much about him. Bruce Lee whooped Chuck Norris' ass. My friends argued with me that Arnold Schwarzenegger could take down Bruce Lee. Fuck them. Also, I learned what a "Jiggaboo" is from Bruce Lee movies. Jet Li: Comments: Not on Bruce's calibur, but that's not saying much considering that nobody else is. Gets mad propz for the black mask, and beating up black people in Cradle 2 the Grave and Romeo Must Die. Bruce Willis: Comments: Honorable mention included for Bruce Willis because of the unforgettable scene in Sin City where Willis removed that yellow guy's scrotum with his fist and pounded his face into the ground. Badass in general. Samuel L. Jackson: Comments: Mentioned for his role in Pulp Fiction for his intellectual banter with John Travolta and for quoting Ezekiel 25:17 as he executed that honkey-ass cracker. Jean Claude Van Damme: Comments: Blood Sport kicked ass. Especially that African guy who smacked them big fighters around with his monkey fighting tactics. I saw another one Van Damme's movies once, it sucked ass. I heard from a friend that Mortal Kombat was orginally intended to be a Jean Claude Van Damme game, but was modified due to Van Damme's decreasing popularity, with characters based off of Van Damme, Bruce Lee, and other real life fighters. Kane Kosugi: Comments: Blood Heat was pretty good. He is kind of a generic asian kung fu movie star, but whatever. Jason Statham: Comments: Similar to Bruce Willis, Jason Statham is a beefy white guy. Despite how much The Transporter 2 sucked shit, the original movie was still pretty hardcore. Mel Gibson: Comments: I was raised on Mad Max. My dad likes to bring up how he had me watch them when I was a toddler. Hale thanks his father for this. My father also once told me that he almost named me Max because of this movie, but my mom wouldn't allow it. THANKS A LOT MOM! Joe Seneca: Comments: (on right) Joe Seneca's performance in Crossroads was pretty rad. He was an angry old black guy who hated teenagers and played "the harp." He's so black that even the white part of his eyes are brown. Mr. Peanut: Comments: Self-explanitory.

Author:	Ponuh [ Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:11 pm ]
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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Kind of cliched now but I've been watching them religiously for a very long time and I'm very happy to see them so successful. Correspondent's Dinner was amazing. Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka Anyone who is familiar with the things I post, my avatar/sig(from BYOB), and my fapious use of their emotes realize that I love SomethingAwful.com. I can't wait to see Lowtax bring justice (RLK style) to Uwe Boll. Failing that he'll get beat down but it'll still be funny. John Petrucci I don't play guitar but I don't have to to appreciate how awesome he is. I'm coming to see you next summer. Steve Jobs I’ve written all of my “who is your idol” essays since 4th grade on this man. At the time I thought it was very cool that he was he brilliant businessman who was so anti-business. He’s still pushed Apple to amazing heights since he came back in 97. My uncle (who really introduced me to macs in general) gave me a book very early called "Steve Jobs Thinks Different". I thought it was the cat's pajamas.

Author:	untouchable [ Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:30 pm ]
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i was gonna say bruce lee is my hero hands down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKYOSI7Juw8 vs chuck norris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8h8uYQrxCU double nunchucks scene tony jaa today reminds me of bruce tho..

Author:	Iolanthe [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:41 am ]
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Sandra Wilson Was a flight attendant and found out she was pregnant. She wanted to stay home with her baby to avoid daycare and invented some leather, nonslip babie booties that stay on. She sold them out of her basement at first and her company began to grow, until finally she had 400 employees and a major warehouse manufacturer. Her design has been copied worldwide, and she just sold her company to Stride Rite Shoes (makers of keds) for 30.1 million dollars. Terry Fox Found out he had bone cancer in 1980 and had his leg amputated six inches above the knee. Decided to attempt to run across Canada (with one prosthetic leg) to raise awareness of cancer suffering. He ran approximately the length of a marathon daily (something some people never do once in their lives) for almost six months. He made it about half way across Canada before the cancer spread to his lungs and took his life, one week short of his 23rd birthday. It was his dream to collect $1 from every Canadian to put toward cancer research and it was realized; Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope raised $24.7 million. Sasquatch (aka Big Foot) Man, this dude has dodged the camera for a long ass time. The Rock K, this guy was the reason I watched WWF for so long. He had the coolest moves, like "The People's Eyebrow," "The People's Elbow," and "Rock Bottom." lol Peg Bundy Margaret "Peggy" Bundy is Al's wife and very lazy. She refuses to cook for the family or to clean the house. She also prefers shopping for new clothes to washing them and doesn't even think of having a job. During the day she likes to watch all the day time talkshows, sitting on the beloved family couch and eating tons of bonbons (without getting fat).

Author:	Mandos [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:50 am ]
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Only hero I have is my mother. I did have a long ass story why but it's not important to anyone except me.

Author:	Whisp [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:07 pm ]
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Carl Sagan was an expert at bringing the wonders of the universe to the public's attention. Richard Dawkins is a brilliant biologist and outspoken atheist. Larry David is a comic genius! Peter Jackson is the director that brought us Dead Alive, Bad Taste, and Lord of the Rings. John Petrucci is the greatest guitarist of all time, and his band, Dream Theater, only helps to magnify his excellence. Ponuh knows. Bobby Fischer is the only person to ever make chess exciting. Phil Anselmo is the greatest vocalist ever. Ayn Rand is the author of several superior novels. Beaker is a scientist, just like I want to be someday.

Author:	Thunderstomp [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:32 pm ]
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lol @beaker

Author:	Sunshine [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:06 pm ]
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Tina Fey - She is a writer and actor on SNL and her new show 30 Rock premiers this fall. In my opinion, she is one of the greatest female comic writers of all time! Megan Mullally - Another female comic genius. She played Karen on Will and Grace and her new talk show is also premiering this fall. She is a great role model for girls and women, showing them that you don't have to be a starved actress to be successful.

Author:	Yurichan [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:29 pm ]
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Bruce Lee.. pound for pound the strongest man who ever walked this planet. also a brilliant man..

Author:	Kotee [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:02 pm ]
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The Lord Jesus. Not the dogmatic religious version...but the real Christ Jesus. =)

Author:	Whisp [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:30 pm ]
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Kotee wrote: The Lord Jesus. Not the dogmatic religious version...but the real Christ Jesus. =) how bout Baby Jesus

Author:	Ponuh [ Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:39 pm ]
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Black Baby Jesus. Jesus was black u no

Author:	Mintsy [ Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:49 am ]
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hmm heroes.. I guess my brothers: one overcame a heroin addiction and the other took responsibly for his child and is one of the most motivated people that I know. and my mom: Because she is probably the strongest person that I know. She took care of my grandfather rather than dumping him in some home, and she has been through more shit than any one person deserves and she still has managed to be an overall good person. Max Reisch is also another sorta hero. He's a Tiroler who travelled all around the world before travelling all around the world became cool. Yall who are taking German can read about him here: http://www.maxreisch.at/ hm. I'm also a huge fan of Jim Henson(duh). I just love him and the Muppets. The Muppets are probably the closest thing that I have to an obsession. Whenever I'm having a crappy day, I just pop in one of the movies or watch the show and I feel better. Oh and Whisp, you might like this:

Author:	Kotee [ Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:51 am ]
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Beaker owns!

Author:	Whisp [ Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:18 am ]
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i love it haha

Author:	goDeejay [ Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:19 pm ]
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My dad Cause he had to raise himself with his older sister and younger brother while my grandparents worked in America.

Author:	Milamber [ Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:55 pm ]
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"In 1963, he sat down in a street in Saigon in the meditative position. He poured gasoline all over his body and set himself alight. He maintained a calm and meditative posture as his body burned, and then he simply toppled over. His death was dramatic but not all that different in nature and spirit from the deaths of many other Buddhist leaders and saints. One remarkable difference, however, was that his death was shown on many different televisions all around the world." "Later when his later when the Buddhist community tried to cremate his heart it remained intact. It was placed in the Reserve Bank of Vietnam and became the symbol of the Holy Heart." I saw these pictures in a book while I was in high school. It changed my view about life a lot. ie: If this guy can burn to pieces and have complete control over himself, I can overcome my hardships as well. It's also my method of overcoming pain. When something really painful is happening to me, I shut my eyes and try to put myself in another place and I chant to myself (in my head, of course, or people would think I'm a complete weirdo), "I'm a Buddhist monk. I'm a Buddhist monk." Can read more about him here if you'd like. The Most Venerable Thich Quang Duc

Author:	Ponuh [ Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:18 am ]
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That's wierd. I've always thought Tich Quang Duc was regarded as a religious extremist and definately less than "most venerable".

Author:	Kotee [ Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:27 am ]
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Iolanthe wrote: Terry Fox Found out he had bone cancer in 1980 and had his leg amputated six inches above the knee. Decided to attempt to run across Canada (with one prosthetic leg) to raise awareness of cancer suffering. He ran approximately the length of a marathon daily (something some people never do once in their lives) for almost six months. He made it about half way across Canada before the cancer spread to his lungs and took his life, one week short of his 23rd birthday. It was his dream to collect $1 from every Canadian to put toward cancer research and it was realized; Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope raised $24.7 million. Wow...that gave me chills. Amazing story.

Author:	Tilo [ Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:27 am ]
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Avery Brooks, for his brilliant work on DS9 and the movie American History X.

Author:	Hale [ Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:31 pm ]
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Haha you guys make me feel so shallow.

Author:	Metalmilitia [ Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:03 pm ]
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In no particular order Randy Comment: Wasn't that great when he played for Quiet Riot, he went into his room and came out one of the greatest guitarists ever. Mostly played for Ozzy, did some solo shit that is wicked. Kirk Comment: Lead Guitarist for Metallica. Often criticized for his over usage of the "wah-wah" bar, but he is the sole influence that made me enjoy that type of music. Jimmy Comment: Greatest guitarist of all time. By for the most influential. Jerry Comment: Stud. Unmatched in the NFL for every major recieving record. He did all this after being called too small and too slow. Dude Comment: The Dude Abides. Christopher Comment: He puts his pants on, one leg at a time 'cept when he's got 'em on, he makes gold records! Tony [/url] Comment: Ong-Bak; Thai Warrior introduced me to this stick of dynamite. One of the fastest people I have ever seen, and I personally believe he could go toe-to-toe with Bruce Lee.

Author:	Supafly [ Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:16 pm ]
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He's gotten more hot pussy than you ever will!

Author:	Eternus [ Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:50 pm ]
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Kirk Hammet is criticized for using the wah-wah/crybaby pedal in a way that makes his licks and scalar runs sound faster than they are. It is basically cheating by using effects during a solo like that to some guitarists. The bar he uses is called a whammy bar or a tremelo bar. Tremelo bars are used to lower or raise (usually lower) the pitch of a note/chord/harmonic. Hammet really isn't that excessive compared to others as far as the tremelo goes. Whammy/Tremelo bar useage is not considered cheating as it is controlled by the guitarist. He is however someone who later on has relied too much on the pentatonic scale (the most over-used scale in rock/metal music) and uses the wah/crybaby to make him seem faster than he really is. What makes it really pathetic is many guitarists are still faster and more precise than him without the aid of such electronics, and they play more difficult music to boot. As much as I like Metallica's music, I have to admit Kirk is overrated. I idolized him alot more when I started playing guitar at the age of 15 than I do now at 27. I found out there were a shitload of great guitarists that can do the same shit and better. Randy Rhodes however was great for the relatively small amount of material released, since he died too soon. I don't know if I can honestly call someone my hero unless they have directly saved my life or something lol. Otherwise anyone who saves lives is a hero to me, just not necessarily my hero haha. As much as I love football, videogames, movies, guitar and music in general... it would be hard to classify any of the people I like in those fields as heroes. People that cure diseases are heroes, firefighters that pull people out of a burning building are heroes and so on. Heroes don't do something to better themselves or save just themselves, they do it to save/help others in a selfless manner.

Author:	Parade [ Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:31 pm ]
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Dallas Taylor , old singer for underoath and currently the lead singer for the band "maylene and the sons of diaster". best southern rock band ive ever heared, never thought id catch myslef listening to this kind of music. but i feel like such a hick/4x4 junkie when i blast this in my car, and it makes me feel sooo good. his voice inspires me to go on and push through each day. not to mention he is effing hot.

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