I wouldn’t necessarily say ‘hero’, as that just seems excessive to me. So here are some people I have varying amounts of respect for...
Footballers Jamie Carragher, for making Nani cry and Dirk Kuyt, for giving 1/3 of every wage packet to charity.

Author Stephenie Meyer, for attempting to reinvent a genre, and not doing too bad a job of it.

Vincent K McMahon, for revolutionising an entire sport, and proving that being a complete bastard can make you obscene amounts of money.

And my Dad, for raising us kids alone for 8 years, during which we went through several severe money issues, he managed to keep us fed and clothed.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:38, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Shut up about sport. It's shit.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:39, Reply)

^this
Apart from syncranized swimming. That stuff is amazing.

And women do that bringing up kids with no money stuff all the time.
( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:40, Reply)

People bringing up dinner in bus shelters is more impressive than
an adult saying 'look, I can jump really far'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:47, Reply)

no it isn't.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:42, Reply)

Apart from maybe your dad
that is the shittest list ever.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:40, Reply)

it really really really is

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:41, Reply)

Stephenie Meyer reinventing a genre?
don't be ridiculous. You might as well say that JK Rowling did the same.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:41, Reply)

And with more justification
Stephanie Meyer is incredibly bad
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:43, Reply)

You could argue she's fueled the fantasies of thousands of tween girls
And is therefore grooming-by-proxy on a massive scale.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:45, Reply)

This as well
maybe we can charge her as accomplice in some domestic violence cases in the future
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:46, Reply)

At the very least we can do her for 'incitement to self harm and be all emo and shit'

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:48, Reply)

...and is therefore fucking GREAT.
I'm with AA here.

(Who is she?)
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:46, Reply)

Seriously?
She wrote the Twilight novels.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:47, Reply)

Oh. Sorry AA, I've changed my mind.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:48, Reply)

Not to worry, I knew I'd get a flaming for that
But I'm of the opinion that the books were nowhere near as bad as the films seem to be.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:49, Reply)

The film wasn't as bad as the book
it managed to subtract most of the creepy vibe.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:50, Reply)

But lost any humour whatsoever
In the books, Edward was actually quite funny, very silly sense of humour.

In the films he's just a miserable fuck.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:58, Reply)

Yeah but like I said
less creepy misogynism
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:59, Reply)

Ahh, true

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:01, Reply)

the whole thing seems very disturbing

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:02, Reply)

wrote Twilight

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:47, Reply)

I DID NOT.
YOU wrote Twilight - no returns.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:48, Reply)

I cannot second this more strongly
The first book is so riddled with mistakes and incongruity that the pathetic sobbing emo-ness of it almost passed me by

Almost
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:45, Reply)

Note the word 'attempting'

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:47, Reply)

Torn on the Carragher thing
On the one hand, he's a twat and a talentless clogger who's made a career out of committing fouls and getting away with 90% of them.

But making Nani cry is a genuinely admirable achievement.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:46, Reply)

You want to get that sewn up, then,
With your lifestyle, that tear could become infected very quickly.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:49, Reply)

7/10
Good work this morning Mr Boyce
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:54, Reply)

Don't be shy, give a big shout out to your heroes Green Day

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:54, Reply)

How's Austria this morning?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:19, Reply)