The SuperHeroHype Forums - SHH! Community Forum http://forums.superherohype.com/ The place to hang out and discuss, you know...the important stuff. en Sun, 26 May 2013 04:30:48 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.superherohype.com/images/misc/rss.jpg The SuperHeroHype Forums - SHH! Community Forum http://forums.superherohype.com/ Arrested for malicious tweets http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458571&goto=newpost Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:49 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...r-s-death.html

Granted, I don't know exactly what they said, but people are seriously getting arrested for tweets?

See, this is why it's nice for a country to have a constitution. ]]> SHH! Community Forum Thundercrack85 http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458571 <![CDATA[Everyone's Cup of Lounge]]> http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458569&goto=newpost Sat, 25 May 2013 20:07:39 GMT This is a continuation thread, the old thread is 456091 This is a continuation thread, the old thread is Here ]]> SHH! Community Forum Thread Manager http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458569 Subject of Reddit Racism Responds to OP - OP Racist Apologises http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458535&goto=newpost Sat, 25 May 2013 01:39:30 GMT
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Reddit Users Attempt to Shame Sikh Woman, Get Righteously Schooled
A Reddit user going by the handle "european_douchebag" posted a surreptitious photo of a Sikh woman with the caption "i'm not sure what to conclude from this." The user's apparent confusion stems from the fact that the woman—bound by her religion not to cut her hair or alter her body—has an abundance of dark, untrimmed facial hair. The mind of european_douchebag was SO INCREDIBLY BLOWN by the fact that women have hair on their bodies—and, yes, faces—and that some women are bold, self-assured, and pious enough not to cave to western beauty standards (and gender expectations), there was nothing for him to do but post her photo online and wait for the abuse to flood in.

But then something totally lovely and unexpected happened. The woman in the photo responded:

Hey, guys. This is Balpreet Kaur, the girl from the picture. I actually didn't know about this until one of my friends told on facebook. If the OP wanted a picture, they could have just asked and I could have smiled :) However, I'm not embarrased or even humiliated by the attention [negative and positve] that this picture is getting because, it's who I am. Yes, I'm a baptized Sikh woman with facial hair. Yes, I realize that my gender is often confused and I look different than most women. However, baptized Sikhs believe in the sacredness of this body - it is a gift that has been given to us by the Divine Being [which is genderless, actually] and, must keep it intact as a submission to the divine will. Just as a child doesn't reject the gift of his/her parents, Sikhs do not reject the body that has been given to us. By crying 'mine, mine' and changing this body-tool, we are essentially living in ego and creating a seperateness between ourselves and the divinity within us. By transcending societal views of beauty, I believe that I can focus more on my actions. My attitude and thoughts and actions have more value in them than my body because I recognize that this body is just going to become ash in the end, so why fuss about it? When I die, no one is going to remember what I looked like, heck, my kids will forget my voice, and slowly, all physical memory will fade away. However, my impact and legacy will remain: and, by not focusing on the physical beauty, I have time to cultivate those inner virtues and hopefully, focus my life on creating change and progress for this world in any way I can. So, to me, my face isn't important but the smile and the happiness that lie behind the face are. :-) So, if anyone sees me at OSU, please come up and say hello. I appreciate all of the comments here, both positive and less positive because I've gotten a better understanding of myself and others from this. Also, the yoga pants are quite comfortable and the Better Together tshirt is actually from Interfaith Youth Core, an organization that focuses on storytelling and engagement between different faiths. :) I hope this explains everything a bit more, and I apologize for causing such confusion and uttering anything that hurt anyone.
And then, THEN, something even more miraculous happened—the original poster apologized:

I know that this post ISN'T a funny post but I felt the need to apologize to the Sikhs, Balpreet, and anyone else I offended when I posted that picture. Put simply it was stupid. Making fun of people is funny to some but incredibly degrading to the people you're making fun of. It was an incredibly rude, judgmental, and ignorant thing to post.

/r/Funny wasn't the proper place to post this. Maybe /r/racism or /r/douchebagsofreddit or /r/intolerance would have been more appropriate. Reddit shouldn't be about putting people down, but a group of people sending cool, interesting, or funny things. Reddit's been in the news alot lately about a lot of cool things we've done, like a freaking AMA by the president. I'm sorry for being the part of reddit that is intolerant and douchebaggy. This isn't 4chan, or 9gag, or some other stupid website where people post things like I did. It's ****ing reddit. Where some pretty amazing stuff has happened.

I've read more about the Sikh faith and it was actually really interesting. It makes a whole lot of sense to work on having a legacy and not worrying about what you look like. I made that post for stupid internet points and I was ignorant.

So reddit I'm sorry for being an ******* and for giving you negative publicity.
Balpreet, I'm sorry for being a closed minded individual. You are a much better person than I am
Sikhs, I'm sorry for insulting your culture and way of life.
Balpreet's faith in what she believes is astounding.
Holy ****, internet, I don't even know you anymore! I never thought something would come out of the seeping necrotic abscess that is Reddit that would actually make my day better, but wow. MY HEART GREW THREE SIZES THIS DAY.
http://jezebel.com/5946643/reddit-us...ously-schooled


This is a little old, so if it was already posted here, feel free to delete. ]]> SHH! Community Forum Asteroid-Man http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458535 <![CDATA[Let's Lie to a Kid with Cancer AND Down-Syndrome]]> http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458533&goto=newpost Sat, 25 May 2013 01:20:56 GMT Not sure if I'm happier for the thought, or angrier with the dishonesty...
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Dame Helen Mirren brought some joy to a 10-year-old boy with Down syndrome by dressing up as the Queen and having him 'round for tea.
Oliver Burton, who is facing a tough battle with cancer, told his parents he really wanted to visit Buckingham Palace and meet the Queen.
The National Children's Tumour Leukemia Cancer Trust wrote to the Queen asking her to meet with Oliver, but she said she "could not meet with everyone who asked for a royal appointment" according to The Daily Mail.
So, the charity reached out to Dame Helen Mirren instead. The actress portrayed 'The Queen' in the 2006 film, and she's currently playing the role again in a production of 'The Audience' in London.
Mirren arranged for a limo to bring Oliver and his mother Catherine Browne to a performance, and invited them backstage afterwards.

Mirren and Burton backstage (Photo: SWSN.com/Jane Burton)
During the visit, she stayed in costume and in character, introducing Oliver to her corgi dogs and knighting him "Sir Oliver." She even had a "butler" on hand.
Mirren gave him her seat while she sat in Oliver's wheelchair, as they shared a glass of pop and some sandwiches.
No surprise, her performance was bang on.
"She stayed in character for the whole thing," said his father, James Browne. "Oliver thought she was the real Queen, and well, that's good enough for us. She was really lovely."
Oliver, who was born with Down syndrome, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2006, when he was three. Since then, doctors have twice told his parents he had only hours to live, but he's defied the odds.
Earlier this month though, doctors informed his parents that Oliver's latest cancer relapse can't be cured and he might have only weeks or months left.
"It is just waiting now. Oliver doesn't follow a rule book with these things and just keeps proving everyone wrong," his father said. "We are just waiting. We are all over the place really, we don't know what is going on yet."
http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/alt-news/a...the-queen.html ]]> SHH! Community Forum Asteroid-Man http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458533 Senior charged for statutory rape of her freshmen girlfriend. http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458531&goto=newpost Sat, 25 May 2013 01:13:58 GMT This circus is happening not too far from where I live. Basically an 18 year senior of a highschool started having sexual relations with a 14 year old classmate. The 14 year old's parents found out and flipped, having the 18 year old charged for statutory rape.

http://www.newser.com/article/da6duj...irlfriend.html ]]> SHH! Community Forum warhorse78 http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458531 NASA Space app Challenge Concept Award http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458505&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 17:53:59 GMT ---Quote--- Vangelis lukewarm, Panagiotis Bajrami, Manthos Papamathaiou, Themistocles Karafasoulis, Lydia Polyzou Harris-Cleo Koraka, Sotirios Panayiotou Agisilaos Zisimatos and Alfred-Panagiotis...
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Vangelis lukewarm, Panagiotis Bajrami, Manthos Papamathaiou, Themistocles Karafasoulis, Lydia Polyzou Harris-Cleo Koraka, Sotirios Panayiotou Agisilaos Zisimatos and Alfred-Panagiotis Damkalis transformed into ... Popeye Planting Mars spinach (and collects oxygen).

Together, they planned in detail in hackerspace.gr a ​​peculiar hothouse for growing plants without soil that can function properly in adverse conditions of a possibly our future destination. The open source of "Popeye on Mars" is available on github.

The aeroponic greenhouse them, Popeye on Mars, won first place in the category «Best Mission Concept», the international innovation competition of NASA.

The design is available as open source and is available on github (https://github.com/hsgr/pom/wiki)

Application "Popeye in Mars" stood out among 770 proposals submitted by groups formed 9,000 people to participate in the challenge addressed to them by the U.S. Agency for Space NASA International Space App Challenge 2013.

The International Space App Challenge 2013 is NASA's annual event held the weekend April 20-21, 2013 in 83 cities of the world. In Athens, organized by the Association of Amateur Astronomers (FDs) and hackerspace.gr. The productive weekend resulted, the creation of «Popeye on Mars».
http://spaceappschallenge.org/project/pom/

http://tech.in.gr/news/article/?aid=1231250012

http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/ ]]> SHH! Community Forum Alex_Spider http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458505 Simpsons Land coming to Universal Studios http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458495&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 16:19:35 GMT http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/24/the-simpsons-themed-area-coming-to-universal-studios-florida Image:... http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/...tudios-florida


]]> SHH! Community Forum terry78 http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458495 Bronx Ghetto Tours Stopped After Outrage http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458489&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 13:29:43 GMT After 10 years and at $45 a person, no longer can you take toured bus rides through the Bronx Ghetto's :csad:

Where can I go now to safely watch drug deals and drive byes go down in the comfort and security of a tour bus?

http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/05/23/B...9661369322535/

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireSto...trage-19239043 ]]> SHH! Community Forum NickNitro http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458489 Amazon to sell fan fiction? http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458487&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 12:35:43 GMT http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1001197421 ---Quote--- Get ready for Kindle Worlds, a place for you to publish fan fiction inspired by popular books, shows, movies, comics, music,... http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1001197421

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Get ready for Kindle Worlds, a place for you to publish fan fiction inspired by popular books, shows, movies, comics, music, and games. With Kindle Worlds, you can write new stories based on featured Worlds, engage an audience of readers, and earn royalties. Amazon Publishing has secured licenses from Warner Bros. Television Group's Alloy Entertainment for Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and The Vampire Diaries, with licenses for more Worlds on the way.

The Kindle Worlds Self-Service Submission Platform will launch soon and enable you to submit your original works for publication. Can't wait to start writing? Learn more on our Kindle Worlds for Authors page.
Well that sure is...interesting. Not really sure how they plan on going about this, or what kind of content is allowed, but I'm wondering if this might actually affect fan fiction sites around the net, seeing as Amazon would have some sort of copyright on it. ]]> SHH! Community Forum TheDreamMaster http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458487 What does Urban Dictionary say about you? http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458461&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 03:17:11 GMT http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=terrence Type your first name into it, see what transpires. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=terrence


Type your first name into it, see what transpires. ]]> SHH! Community Forum terry78 http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458461 12 killed in Colorado shooting at Dark Knight Rises premiere - Part 3 http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458453&goto=newpost Thu, 23 May 2013 22:16:29 GMT This is a continuation thread, the old thread is 389771 This is a continuation thread, the old thread is Here ]]> SHH! Community Forum Thread Manager http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458453 <![CDATA[Creator tells us how to pronounce 'GIF']]> http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458413&goto=newpost Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:35 GMT http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/w...tml?hpt=hp_bn5

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(CNN) -- We can't settle iPhone vs. Android or "Star Wars" vs. "Star Trek" for you. But another long-running geek debate was put to rest Tuesday night.

Those short, animated loops that have captivated the Web for decades? They're pronounced like a brand of peanut butter.

Steve Wilhite created the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, while working for Compuserve in 1987. On Tuesday, he received a Webby Award for it and delivered his five-word acceptance speech (that's all the Webbys allow) by flashing a GIF on the big screens at the Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

And, in a flash, it all became clear:

"It's pronounced JIF, not GIF."

Of course, in the grand tradition of heated debate, a flat statement of fact by the creator wasn't enough to sway some partisans. On Twitter, "GIF" became a trending topic as some folks pushed back.

"Graphics Interchange Format. Graphics. Not Jraphics. #GIF #hardg," wrote Web designer Dan Cederholm.

"So instead of GIF, we've got to say JIF? YEAH RIGHT," chimed in October Jones, creator of the "Texts From Dog" Tumblr and book. "And I suppose those animals with long necks are called 'JIRAFFES.'"

And, of course, the peanut butter brand was getting lots of free publicity along the way. The always amusing HAL 9000 account (yes, somebody tweets as the robot from "2001") posted an "animated JIF" -- which is to say, a swirling, animated jar of the tasty, high-protein spread.

So, it's perhaps no surprise that the company got into the act itself. Wednesday afternoon, the company took to Twitter with a post reading, "It's pronounced Jif® ." The tweet linked to, what else, a multi-colored GIF flashing the same phrase.

Animated GIFs were a staple of the early Internet. Remember The Dancing Baby? That's a GIF.

They fell out of favor as more advanced graphics technology emerged. But in the past couple of years, the Web has remembered how much fun it is to watch ridiculous things happen over and over again.

Appropriately, Wilhite received his Lifetime Achievement Award from David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, one prominent place where GIFs found a new fanbase.

In less publicized interviews, Wilhite had argued for the soft-G pronunciation for years. So, will a widely covered "speech" in front of some of the Web's most influential folks finally be the turning point?

Maybe not.

Last month, no less an authority than the White House posted an image on its new Tumblr feed advocating for the hard-G. And the Oxford English Dictionary says both pronunciations are acceptable.

So, here's wishing Mr. Wilhite "Jood Luck."
]]> SHH! Community Forum Kane52630 http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458413 Mayor fights entire town to have family dog killed http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458395&goto=newpost Thu, 23 May 2013 02:35:38 GMT http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/379208/3/Thousand-rally-to-save-yellow-lab-sentenced-to-death Seriously, this is ****** up. http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/379...enced-to-death

Seriously, this is ****** up. ]]> SHH! Community Forum Thundercrack85 http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458395 Comic Book Movies Are The Perfect First-Date Material http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458379&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 22:51:42 GMT 77% of women rated superhero movies as being their ideal first date. Over two thirds of men - 62% - agreed!

Roy Gower, Head of Film at Cineworld, said: "Superhero films are huge right now. The recent success of films like The Dark Knight, Iron Man and The Avengers has re-kindled our love for comic book heroes and whetted our appetites for the latest superhero installment, Man of Steel, released on June 14."

Source

This is very intriguing. ]]> SHH! Community Forum GENERAL RAAM582 http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458379 Remodeler finds comic book worth over $100K in wall http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458369&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 20:37:49 GMT http://www.startribune.com/local/208427831.html shame it got damage http://www.startribune.com/local/208427831.html

shame it got damage ]]> SHH! Community Forum Morg http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=458369