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[RagnarokIV]

Who are your heroes in life? Those inspirational figures in your life that you look up to and fuel your passion?

Mine are:

TONY TUCKER

Seen here posing for a photo with a young child. Tony Tucker was a talented businessman and judoka from Essex. He was sadly murdered at a young age. Many movies have been made about his tragic story.

Inspires me every day with my fitness goals and attitude.

TOMMY TALLARICO

Seen here on the photoshoot for GREATEST HITS VOLUME ONE - one of the best rock/prog rock albums I've ever heard in my life. Inspired me so much as a musician.

Firing up Terminator on my brothers Mega CD changed my life.

Tommy Tallarico is an old school composer form when game music had melody and structure. Now it's mostly shitty atonal Hollywood wannabe bullshit. His go-get-it attitude made him a selfmade millionaire. Now he's a backgammon or checkers champion.

ELON MUSK

No introduction neccessary for this absolute legend.

My other hero is Che Guevara.

Who are yours?

If it's some stupid bullshit like "ooh i luv lizzo or the bender apple music keep plugging because they are so brave" then you can fuck off. Certified legends only

No fatties allowed unless it's Otis from the WWF.

 

[HRK69]

EMINEM

DUH

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

My sociologist teacher that would house homeless people in his basement till they were able to find a job thanks to them having an actual address then afford to rent their own apartment, rinse and repeat. Man was basically Santa Claus' cooler cousin that actually helped people.

 

[Kilau]

Who are your heroes in life? Those inspirational figures in your life that you look up to and fuel your passion?

Mine are:

TONY TUCKER

Seen here posing for a photo with a young child. Tony Tucker was a talented businessman and judoka from Essex. He was sadly murdered at a young age. Many movies have been made about his tragic story.

Inspires me every day with my fitness goals and attitude.

TOMMY TALLARICO

Seen here on the photoshoot for GREATEST HITS VOLUME ONE - one of the best rock/prog rock albums I've ever heard in my life. Inspired me so much as a musician.

Firing up Terminator on my brothers Mega CD changed my life.

Tommy Tallarico is an old school composer form when game music had melody and structure. Now it's mostly shitty atonal Hollywood wannabe bullshit. His go-get-it attitude made him a selfmade millionaire. Now he's a backgammon or checkers champion.

ELON MUSK

No introduction neccessary for this absolute legend.

My other hero is Che Guevara.

Who are yours?

If it's some stupid bullshit like "ooh i luv lizzo or the bender apple music keep plugging because they are so brave" then you can fuck off. Certified legends only

No fatties allowed unless it's Otis from the WWF.

 

[bitbydeath]

From a writing perspective, Joss Whedon, James Gunn, Richard Laymon and Wes Craven.

 

[AJUMP23]

Jesus of Nazareth. Really more than a hero. A savior.

Simon Peter

Ronald Reagan.

Daniel of Babylon.

My grandfather.

 

[DKehoe]

TOMMY TALLARICO

Seen here on the photoshoot for GREATEST HITS VOLUME ONE - one of the best rock/prog rock albums I've ever heard in my life. Inspired me so much as a musician.

Firing up Terminator on my brothers Mega CD changed my life.

Tommy Tallarico is an old school composer form when game music had melody and structure. Now it's mostly shitty atonal Hollywood wannabe bullshit. His go-get-it attitude made him a selfmade millionaire. Now he's a backgammon or checkers champion.

 

[EviLore]

Some off the top of my head

Odysseus
Herakles
Perseus
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Pericles
Leonidas
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Hippocrates
Alexander
Marcus Aurelius
Seneca
Julius Caesar
Cicero
Aurelian
Constantine
King Arthur
William Shakespeare
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
Edmund Hillary
Tenzing Norgay
Giacomo Casanova
Botticelli
Leonardo
Michelangelo
Raphael
Bernini
Canova
Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali
Philip K. Dick
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Musashi Miyamoto
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
Masaki Kobayashi
Akira Kurosawa
Jean-Pierre Melville
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
Alexander Hamilton
Samuel Adams
Teddy Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr
Niccolo Machiavelli
Napoleon Buonaparte
TE Lawrence
Winston Churchill
David Bowie
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Ernest Hemingway
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Winters
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Charles Darwin
Alan Turing
Richard Feynman
John von Neumann
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Yuri Gagarin
Chuck Yeager

 

[RagnarokIV]

Some off the top of my head

Odysseus
Herakles
Perseus
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Pericles
Leonidas
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Hippocrates
Alexander
Marcus Aurelius
Seneca
Julius Caesar
Cicero
Aurelian
Constantine
King Arthur
William Shakespeare
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
Edmund Hillary
Tenzing Norgay
Giacomo Casanova
Botticelli
Leonardo
Michelangelo
Raphael
Bernini
Canova
Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali
Philip K. Dick
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Musashi Miyamoto
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
Masaki Kobayashi
Akira Kurosawa
Jean-Pierre Melville
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
Alexander Hamilton
Samuel Adams
Teddy Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr
Niccolo Machiavelli
Napoleon Buonaparte
TE Lawrence
Winston Churchill
David Bowie
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Ernest Hemingway
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Winters
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Charles Darwin
Alan Turing
Richard Feynman
John von Neumann
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Yuri Gagarin
Chuck Yeager

bro that's a long ass list but I recognize three of the Ninja Turtles in the middle

 

[Durien]

My sociologist teacher that would house homeless people in his basement till they were able to find a job thanks to them having an actual address then afford to rent their own apartment, rinse and repeat. Man was basically Santa Claus' cooler cousin that actually helped people.

Dude, that's awesome!

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Nebuchadnezzar II. Greatest king of the neo-babylonian empire and has chad in his name.

 

[PSYGN]

I learned of Shuji Nakamura last year. Short story he invented the blue LED that was needed for full color screens. If I remember right, he didn't have a degree and basically took matters into his own hands when people doubted him. Veritasium made a great documentary about it:

 

[fran.fernandez]

When I was a kid

Jackie chan, Bolo Yong, Anita Mui, Bruce Willis , Van Damme , the guy from beakman World

Now the only one I follow is Michio Kaku .

 

[Wunray]

GOD and my dad.

 

[San Dan Glokta]

I don't want to sound grandiose or facetious when I say this:

My father, May he Rest in Peace was a Hero.

He passed away from cancer last year. He only became a hero to me when he was terminally ill, and I learned the true extent of how amazing he was from my Mother..

He was the eldest brother of six. He started working at the age of 16 and never stopped till his body failed him. He cared for and supported and paid for the education and even wedding of each of his siblings. He took care of 5 families (that I know of) with widowed mothers, giving them monthly allowances and caring for their children's needs.

We grew up in very a simple lifestyle with only our basic needs and essentials met, and things didn't improve till we were much older, turns out he was supporting both sets of my grandparents and taking care of their needs on top of our own. He only built the house that belongs to our family after the grandparents passed away.

Not once in my life had I ever seen him shook, or in a panic, or not knowing what to do. His willpower was unending and tanacity to solve people's problems was borderline a superpower.

There is so much more about him but these are a few highlights.

So yeah, my dad was/is my Hero

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Fam, especially mom and dad. Taught me to be a good person and lead a good life. And dad showing all of us at the dinner table how to fill out income tax forms and deductions (back when it was old school paper forms you filled out by hand).

And as surprising as it seems my real estate agent and his wife (also an agent). Known them since buying my first condo. Good friends and even went to their wedding. Taught me all about real estate, what to look for (and avoiding) when buying a home to live in or a property to invest in. And from there, their mortgage broker which has always been awesome telling me all about different mortgages, what to do and avoid and how amazingly cheaper it is when you go with them to scope out stuff for you then trying to wheel and deal yourself at a bank branch (which I've tried and got nowhere). And also from there, my real estate lawyer whose always been great and detailed and would tell me how everything works and when buying investment condos avoid buying ones that are old and have bad balance sheets after he read all the docs for me.

 

[Liopleurodon]

Sakura Haruno.

 

[EverydayBeast]

 

[Dacvak]

Some off the top of my head

Odysseus
Herakles
Perseus
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Pericles
Leonidas
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Hippocrates
Alexander
Marcus Aurelius
Seneca
Julius Caesar
Cicero
Aurelian
Constantine
King Arthur
William Shakespeare
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
Edmund Hillary
Tenzing Norgay
Giacomo Casanova
Botticelli
Leonardo
Michelangelo
Raphael
Bernini
Canova
Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali
Philip K. Dick
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Musashi Miyamoto
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
Masaki Kobayashi
Akira Kurosawa
Jean-Pierre Melville
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
Alexander Hamilton
Samuel Adams
Teddy Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr
Niccolo Machiavelli
Napoleon Buonaparte
TE Lawrence
Winston Churchill
David Bowie
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Ernest Hemingway
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Winters
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Charles Darwin
Alan Turing
Richard Feynman
John von Neumann
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Yuri Gagarin
Chuck Yeager

Damn dude do you just keep a running list?

(Solid selection though.)

 

[Dacvak]

TOMMY TALLARICO

 

[The Lunch Legend]

The Undertaker.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

All I know is which ever people long time ago invented canning and bottling processes to keep pop and beer sealed so you can drink ice coldies months later are pure fucking geniuses.

And I dont care what anyone says about preservatives and fake shit in food. Hey, if it helps keep that open jar of sauce or box of cereal fresh for a month are hall of fame worthy too. Just to show what a difference it can make, buy some no preservatives food and open it and use it. Check 4 days later and it's probably getting all moldy already. So if you dont use it up fast, it'll go bad fast.

 

[Dacvak]

All I know is which ever people long time ago invented canning and bottling processes to keep pop and beer sealed so you can drink ice coldies months later are pure fucking geniuses.

And I dont care what anyone says about preservatives and fake shit in food. Hey, if it helps keep that open jar of sauce or box of cereal fresh for a month are hall of fame worthy too. Just to show what a difference it can make, buy some no preservatives food and open it and use it. Check 4 days later and it's probably getting all moldy already. So if you dont use it up fast, it'll go bad fast.

That would be Nicolas Appert, a French inventor and scientist in the late 1700s. Good fuckin choice!

Nicolas Appert - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[jason10mm]

From a writing perspective, Joss Whedon, James Gunn, Richard Laymon and Wes Craven.

Oh you dirty dog!

Has ANYTHING by Laymon made it to screen? I feel like Eli Roth would have had a far better career if he just adapted all of Laymons works.

 

[bitbydeath]

Oh you dirty dog!

Has ANYTHING by Laymon made it to screen? I feel like Eli Roth would have had a far better career if he just adapted all of Laymons works.

I wish.
I have not seen any of his works translated to screen. He is incredibly underrated.

 

[p_xavier]

I learned of Shuji Nakamura last year. Short story he invented the blue LED that was needed for full color screens. If I remember right, he didn't have a degree and basically took matters into his own hands when people doubted him. Veritasium made a great documentary about it:

This. Changed our lives.

 

[Hoddi]

Most of my heroes as a kid were musicians though I don't know if I'd call them that today. But I wrote my graduation thesis on Arthur Schopenhauer many, many years ago and I'm still a big fan of his work. He was one of the first philosophers to speak against animal cruelty (who were previously thought more like emotionless machines) and had a great effect on how most Westerners think about animal rights nowadays.

He also had some great advice against the online radicalization that seems to be everywhere these days:

“When you find human society disagreeable and feel yourself justified in flying to solitude, you can be so constituted as to be unable to bear the depression of it for any length of time, which will probably be the case if you are young. Let me advise you, then, to form the habit of taking some of your solitude with you into society, to learn to be to some extent alone even though you are in company; not to say at once what you think, and, on the other hand, not to attach too precise a meaning to what others say; rather, not to expect much of them, either morally or intellectually, and to strengthen yourself in the feeling of indifference to their opinion, which is the surest way of always practicing a praiseworthy toleration. If you do that, you will not live so much with other people, though you may appear to move amongst them: your relation to them will be of a purely objective character. This precaution will keep you from too close contact with society, and therefore secure you against being contaminated or even outraged by it. Society is in this respect like a fire—the wise man warming himself at a proper distance from it; not coming too close, like the fool, who, on getting scorched, runs away and shivers in solitude, loud in his complaint that the fire burns.”

 

[bender]

With all due respect to my Texas bias, the greatest bluesman that ever walked the earth.

If the god I met in space was truly god, then surely he created Stevie to play the guitar and be his instrument. His otherworldly talent is not why I'd consider him a hero. He battled against those oh so common demons in alcohol and heroin, kicked those addictions and came back better than ever. And that's not why I'd say he's inspirational. He brought blues to the mainstream and brought its' popularity to heights it hadn't seen before. At the height of his success, he was always gracious enough to share his stage with the bluesmen that inspired them, adapting his playing style to compliment them, to never show them up, always respectful and did so with childlike wonder knowing that he was living a dream and playing with his heroes. That's why everyone always loved Stevie. Tremendous talent and no ego.

 

[Uhtred]

Who are your heroes in life? Those inspirational figures in your life that you look up to and fuel your passion?

Mine are:

TONY TUCKER

Seen here posing for a photo with a young child. Tony Tucker was a talented businessman and judoka from Essex. He was sadly murdered at a young age. Many movies have been made about his tragic story.

Inspires me every day with my fitness goals and attitude.

TOMMY TALLARICO

Seen here on the photoshoot for GREATEST HITS VOLUME ONE - one of the best rock/prog rock albums I've ever heard in my life. Inspired me so much as a musician.

Firing up Terminator on my brothers Mega CD changed my life.

Tommy Tallarico is an old school composer form when game music had melody and structure. Now it's mostly shitty atonal Hollywood wannabe bullshit. His go-get-it attitude made him a selfmade millionaire. Now he's a backgammon or checkers champion.

ELON MUSK

No introduction neccessary for this absolute legend.

My other hero is Che Guevara.

Who are yours?

If it's some stupid bullshit like "ooh i luv lizzo or the bender apple music keep plugging because they are so brave" then you can fuck off. Certified legends only

No fatties allowed unless it's Otis from the WWF.

Tommy’s soundtrack for Terminator Sega CD was such amazing work.

 

[Power Pro]

Isaac Newton

 

[12Goblins]

Socrates

He showed everyone how full of shit they are until they made him drink poison

Also this guy

ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Scrooge McDuck. Still young at heart at 80+ years old. Knows a lot. Has seen a lot. Talks many languages. Traveling and discovering new crazy things and places all the time. Never tired. More resilient than the devil. Can make money out of everything and never spends a cent more than necessary, but he knows how to be generous when he wants to.

Snoopy. Lazy. Batshit crazy. Most neurotic being on earth. But he can be and do everything he wants, and he knows that when your stomach is full, everything else looks so much less terrible.

 

[INC]

 

[IDKFA]

There are so many. If I had to pick just one it would be Lord Horatio Nelson (1758 - 1805)

Hero of the Royal Navy, The Sword of Albion, God of War and saviour of Britain.

Lots of people know him for his stunning victory at Trafalgar in 1805, but he was more than just a great tactician. He was also a model leader. A true leader leads from the front, and that's what he did. He didn't hide away in the ship while he men were fighting. No. He was on the deck urging his men on, putting his own life in danger time and time again.

This desire to be in the thick of combat and to inspire and lead his men cost him an eye at Siege of Calvi 1794, an arm at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797 and ultimately his life on the deck of the Victory at Trafalgar in 1805.

Nelson is an example of what a leader should be. Somebody who isn't afraid to bleed and possibly die with his men. At the battle of the Nile in 1798, Nelson referred to his captains as his "band of brothers", a phrase taken from Shakespeare's Henry V during the St Crispin Day Speech. The part of the speech that phrase is from sums up Nelson perfectly.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother

The word "Hero" gets overused these days, but Nelson earned it 100 times over.

Henry V of England comes a close second, Not only was this a man who also led from the front, but the fucking balls on the man were unreal. Huge balls that he liked to swing with his massive cock at France.

 

[JackHanma]

My father.

 

[Illiterate Actual]

Same heroes as just about everyone else I would think:

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

Don't necessarily have any heroes per se, but there are people I admire the works of:

Terry Pratchett
Robert Eggers
Hayao Miyazaki
Chris Avellone
Nick Cave

 

[TheUnicornGuy]

I'll go with my great grandad.

Started working in the mines when he was 13, was a pretty successful bare knuckle boxer, was a member of the Long Range Desert Group during WW2, was an expert card sharp, and most importantly was an awesome great grandad that loved watching looney toons with me.

 

[GeekyDad]

My mom. Single, five kids. After we were all born and my dad left, she put herself through nursing school, gave us a comfortable blue-collar life, gave us all of her extra attention, even when she was ready to fall down. A true loving heart, giving all of herself for love.

 

[Shockwave_Fox]

Back when I was a lot younger and wanted to join the military Peter Ratcliffe was my hero.

From a musical perspective Randy Rhoads - ridiculously amazing guitarist where everything he plays just seems like it fits perfectly.
Still can't play anything by him at all though.

And of course my Nan and Grandad - he sadly passed away nearly 8 years ago now but he spent so many evenings playing Toca world touring cars on PS1 with me as well as many other games and snooker too.

 

[DragoonKain]

I don't really have heroes but I have people I admire.

Marcus Aurelius
Abe Lincoln
Malala Yousafzai
Amanda Knox

To name a few of many.

 

[John Marston]

My mom and Bill Paxton

 

[Da1337Vinci]

Leonardo da vinci

 

[N0S]

A real human being

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

My Father and Mother.

 

[DeafTourette]

My mom, my big brother and my big sister

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I don't know, but for now I'll say Shigeru Miyamoto.

He's the Walt Disney of video games and unlike the Disney Company, Nintendo still makes quality stuff and is relevant.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Mr Peanut and Eek! the Cat.

 

[Hugare]

Like everyone else, I guess, I'll answer with: my parents.

They are very ordinary people with ordinary jobs, but they've raised me to become a decent man. So I owe them for that.

WIth that said, I really dont have heroes. Everyone is flawed, and I can either see the flaws clearly or imagine that they are there cause I "havent met my heroes yet".

So I try to pick and choose qualities from a bunch of different people. No one in particular comes to mind.

I really love the work of Vincent van Gogh, tho. I have Starry Night tatooed on my arm and all that. But I wouldnt call him my hero or anything like that.