Why is this title being thrown around?

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Is it normal that people are being dubbed "heros" for doing normal things or simply helping themselves? Examples: Someone being called a hero for being disgustingly enormous, getting their shit together, and losing the weight. Or someone that finally came out of the closet. Good for them. But they're no hero. Also people who have beaten cancer or other horrific disease (the fucking doctors are the heros there). Again good for them. There are even single parents being called heros, they're just fucking parents. Someone who adopts an already exsisting kid in need of love and a home, they are more deserving of the title.

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  • NotFloydzie
    11 years ago | pl

    They are heroes to some people. They might no be heroes for you, but for them they are.

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    Because we over-exaggerate everything so much and use the superlatives so often that positive words have ceased to have any meaning.

    It annoys me to see words being stripped of meaning, and the recipients of those words being traduced. To me a hero is someone like Andrew Parker who put his own life at risk to save twenty others when the Herald of Free Enterprise capsized.

    Losing weight is commendable but not heroic.

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    • shade_ilmaendu
      11 years ago

      That's why us intellectual types need to start upping the ante. We just need to find more obscure words to start using to describe things with more focus on meaning, until they start becoming mainstream and bastardized as well.

      Then we just invent our own language and go live under the sea.

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  • wigsplitz
    11 years ago

    Agree except for the single parent thing, parenting is a tough road that shouldn't be traveled alone. The only logical reason for that is death of the other parent. It's the one thing in there that requires obligation, and if that obligation isn't fulfilled then there's a problem. A BIG problem.

    Actually that was the tone of one of my first posts here, what makes a hero?

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  • chainsaw88
    11 years ago

    People that live mediocre lives think these people are heroes. I guess if you feel really shitty about yourself, it's more easy for someone to be a hero to you.

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  • Shackleford96
    11 years ago

    When somebody does something that can be considered admirable, they get admired for it. What's so abnormal about that?

    Maybe you just don't find their accomplishments as admirable as others do, and so that's why it bothers you when they are called heroes, because you feel like that is an over-statement or something. Yeah?

    What are some things, in your opinion, that are deserving of the "hero" title then?

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    NotFloydzie always gets top comment. But it will not be long before I destroy NotFloydzie and take my rightful place as top commenter. >:)

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    • Shackleford96
      11 years ago

      Ambitious, huh?

      Being top commenter takes much time, effort, and dedication. But to do it successfully, you have to answer the original poster's question :P

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  • DollyBoots
    11 years ago

    Real heroes are the ones that wear capes |:

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  • rekltalni
    11 years ago

    I agree.

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  • aminormal321
    11 years ago

    I would say it's normal. It's just a self-confidence boost.

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  • PalestinianGuy
    11 years ago

    Enrique Iglesias is a hero.

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  • Darthion5
    11 years ago

    Hobart Huson is my hero. Ghost!

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  • mrsxsalvatore
    11 years ago

    A hero is anyone you want it to be. Since heroic is an adjective, anyone who has done something heroic is a hero. There's no need to put a label on it. If someone is classed as a hero in your eyes, they are relevant and special to you. For example, your hero might be an actor/band, even though they haven't done anything someone else considers heroic. I disagree with your point about cancer patients though. My nan fought cancer and survived, and it was her body and strength that willed her to recover, along with the help of the doctors who she couldn't have done it without. You're saying that is not heroic?

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  • DannysUsername
    11 years ago

    They are heroes because they lead the way for those people who feel like they can't do it.

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    11 years ago

    I agree with NotFloydze - you're basing this on your personal opinion.

    If someone else sees a hero where you do not, it doesn't mean that they're wrong. It just means you and they find inspiration differently

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    My profile pic, an American hero!

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  • EndlessSuffering
    11 years ago

    If someone came out of the closet they're a "hero" to the LGBT community. You wouldn't see a homophobe calling a gay person a "hero".

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    • Justsomejerk
      11 years ago

      Perhaps if he rescued a puppy from a burning building.

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      • EndlessSuffering
        11 years ago

        You're kinda annoying me.

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        • Justsomejerk
          11 years ago

          I don't mind. But it wasn't my intention.

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  • alv1592
    11 years ago

    My definition of a hero is someone who does good things for the world or for others, or a role model.

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  • FocoUS
    11 years ago

    There are different definitions for hero. A hero isn't always someone that saves lives in a uniform. A hero could be a role model that you aspire to be like.

    I would call Glen Keane my hero. He didn't fight away any alien invasions but I do respect him as an animator and he inspires my to better my skills.

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