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With all that's been in the news lately, one can easily think that humans are just the Earth's waste. And while that probably applies to some of us, there are plenty of awesome people as well. At least that is what the subreddit r/HumansAreMetal is trying to prove. With over 539,000 members, the community is sharing random acts of kindness and heroism in hopes of restoring our hope in humanity. From honoring firefighters who lost their lives during 9/11 to car crash survivors showing the lifesaving effects of seatbelts, it is doing one heck of a job, too. Continue scrolling and check out some of the most popular posts on the subreddit.
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#1
Someone Make This Into A Movie Right Now!
"The aim of our community is to showcase just how bad*ss humans really are," a moderator of the subreddit, Stuttero, told Bored Panda. "In a sentence, it's a place for people doing bad*ss things."
Stuttero said that a lot of the long-time members of the sub are also big fans of our sister communities, r/natureismetal and r/natureisbrutal, "which both showcase similar content to r/HumansAreMetal, albeit with animals/wildlife instead of humans, and slightly more graphic content in the case of the latter - most of the team definitely do believe that the more gory content is viewed really well by the community."
The moderator highlighted that shared interests really are key to building a good, strong Reddit community. "It's been clear to us for as long as we've been here that the people make the community what it is—it's for this reason that we really try to give people a fair amount of latitude to post what interests them and the wider community—one thing for sure is that we wouldn't be where we are today without them."
#2
Theresa Kachindamoto Saving The Children
As for the people in the pictures, they couldn't have done all these wonderful things if it wasn't for their ability to recognize, understand, and share the thoughts and feelings of others. Empathy is crucial for behaving compassionately—it allows us to experience another person's point of view, rather than just our own, and enables us to do good not because we have to but because we want to. Because we know it's what has to be done.
We, humans, begin to show signs of empathy in infancy and the trait develops steadily through childhood and adolescence. Yes, most of us are likely to feel greater empathy for people like ourselves and may feel less empathy for those outside our family, community, or race but it also allows us to bridge these gaps.
First responders, humanitarian aid workers, doctors, therapists, journalists, and others whose work involves opening themselves up to people's pain tend to be especially empathic. However, they need to watch out because all the heartbreak of those they help or whose stories they record can accumulate and when this "emotional residue" gets big enough, they may shut down, burn out, and become less willing or able to give of themselves.
#3
Salute To Sir Bishnu Shrestha, Thanks For Being A Hero
Natalie Bohrteller 3 years ago
Gurkhas are known to be the bravest soldiers in the world. He's proving it!
Stuttero added that the same moderation team runs five communities all centered around a main common interest—our natural world, with the primary, largest communities being r/NatureIsFu*kingLit and r/natureismetal. They also operate r/natureisbrutal, r/naturewasmetal, and r/HumansAreMetal.
"Each one has quite a unique content specialization, but there's sure to be something for everyone in one of our communities. Between the communities, we have been very grateful to have been able to raise tens of thousands of dollars for animal and nature-orientated charities, along with hosting AMAs (public Q&A type sessions) with figures from all over the animal and nature-based world. We've also teamed up with other communities, charities, and organisations across not just Reddit but all over the Internet as part of events such as Superb Owl Sunday, and we regularly hold image and video contests," the moderator said.
#4
Willlem Arnodeus Fighting Nazis
#5
Aitzaz Hasan. 7th January 2014, He Lost His Life Stopping A Suicide Bomber From Entering His School. He Saved Hundreds Of His Peers, At Only 15 Years Old
#6
Nothing Is More Metal Than This
#7
Meet Issac Wright Jr - American Hero
#8
The Man Who Planted An Entire Forest!
#9
Can't Beat Intelligence
#10
Daryl Davis Attended Kkk Rallies As A Black Man. He Befriended The Members And Convinced Over 200 To Leave
#11
Iconic
#12
Throwback To 5 Years Ago When Tony Fauci, At 74 Yo, Was Suiting Up To Treat An Ebola Patient Himself Because He "Wanted To Show His Staff That He Wouldn't Ask Them To Do Anything He Wouldn't Do Himself". This Is What Leadership Looks Like
#13
These Are The Words This Jogger Screamed At Her Would-Be Rapist In A Public Restroom, And The Squiggly Lines Are The Gps Trail Of Her Evading, And Beating Her Attacker. Respect
#14
This Dude Traveling With His Parents, But They Can't Move So They Must Be Carried By Him
#15
Brave Kid
#16
Guy Single Handedly Saves 2000000 People
#17
I Understand Completely
#18
Joy Andrew. From York, England
#19
Barry J Marshall Infects And Cures Himself
Haunting Spirit 3 years ago
If you want to test a medicine you cannot test it on humans as you please but you could test it on yourself. He proved that sometimes that's just what science needs to be convinced.
#20
Dialysis Machine
#21
Ronald Mcnair
Harrison Miller 3 years ago
This just shows that no matter who you are, you can do anything if you put your mind to it.
#22
Hats Off To Iranian Doctor Shirin Rouhani Who Passed Away Due To Coronavirus. Due To Lack Of Medical Staff , She Kept Treating Cornaviris Patients Till Her Last Breath. Look Closely , She Herself Is On The Iv While Treating Patients. U Would Be Remembered Shirin ! Rest In Peace
troufaki13 3 years ago
And then you have covidiots and anti-maskers putting everyone at risk because "their rights are being violated and their freedom is taken away"... What about the right to live you stupid? Isn't that more important?
#23
Can We All Please Appreciate This. Rest In Peace
#24
This Homeless Man Is Next Level
#25
Let’s Never Forget Willie
I want cake 3 years ago
I just can't think of a KKK member as anything other than a pathetic, terrified bully. Doesn't make them any less dangerous, but I just can't take a person seriously who wears a button up bed sheet and a cone on their head because they're scared shitless of the righteous anger of a minority.
#26
Three Teenage Girls Living In The Netherlands During World War II Spent Their Evenings Talking To German Soldiers, Extracting Information From Them And Then Luring Them Into The Woods And Shooting Them
#27
That Guy Is Right
Ryukei Panda 3 years ago
I'm conflicted over this one. I'm not in favor of people taking justice in their own hands. But when the system fails you... what would you do? Especially in cases as gruesome as this one... Was he right to shoot this man down? Maybe he could have recorded the conversation... I don't know. His little girl didn't have her father from 6 to 19... That's quite a heavy consequence even if he did was felt right. But it was also a radical way to prevent this man from abusing more children.
#28
“When You Take Your Master’s Degree Back Home To The Uncle That Helped You Survived The Walk From Ethiopia To Sudan In 1991”
#29
Anti Vaxxers Will Say It’s Fake
#30
Dr. Alfa Sa'adu, 68, Came Out Of Retirement To Fight This Pandemic. Today, He Became 4th Doctor To Die From The Virus In The UK
#31
Grandpa vs. Neo-Nazi
#32
Jonny Kim, Aged 36, Has Achieved Becoming A Navy Seal, A Trained Harvard Doctor, And Is Now Selected To Become The First Korean To Go To Space
Aaron Kara 3 years ago
As much as this is awesome. It makes me feel like a sack of lazy old potatoes.
#33
Nadya Tolokonnikova Risks Her Life To Protest Authoritarianism In Russia
#34
Wish They Would Make A Movie About This!
#35
15 Year Old Madlad
#36
Literally Metal
#37
She’s A Badass
#39
Celebrities Can Be Metal
#40
Dmitri Mendeleev
#41
Memory 100
#42
Terry Fox
#43
A 9 Year Old Boy From Yemen Rescued A Fox From A Well That Was 3 To 4 Floors Deep Without Any Insurance Ropes
#44
His Life Continued To Rise After The Titanic Sunk
#45
She Used What She Had Learnt
#46
Chinese Doctor Says Goodbye To His Wife Before Going To Wuhan To Help Treat Coronavirus Patients
#47
2 Surgeons After Successfully Removing A Set Of Brain Tumors During A 32 Hour Surgery
frederic eeckman 3 years ago
They wore a mask for 32 hours and they didn't complain, so get over it.
#48
This Metal Enough For You?
#49
His Contribution To Humanity Will Be Forever Remembered. Song Yingie
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What do you think ?
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
More posts like this, BoredPanda! All of these people are so incredibly inspiring, selfless, empathetic, courageous, and just plain bad-ass.
Renae Weidman 3 years ago
For sure! I am tired of remakes of other movies!
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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
How about Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by up to five more. Petrov judged the reports to be a false alarm, and his decision to disobey orders, against Soviet military protocol, is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that could have resulted in a large-scale nuclear war. An investigation later confirmed that the Soviet satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned. Without him, it's likely NONE OF US would be here to read about him.
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
These are some truly incredible, inspiring and extremely strong people. Well done to them and their amazing efforts/achievements. One that is was surprised that didn’t get a mention was Desmond Doss. He was a combat medic who refused to kill anyone or carry a weapon due to his beliefs. The military tried to force him to quit and when that didn’t work they tried to court martial him for refusing a direct order to hold a gun but his religious freedoms saved him from dishonourable discharge and he was allowed on the front lines. During an ambush by the Japanese soldiers on top of Hacksaw Ridge ALL the US soldiers (that were able) started retreating back down the cliff, except one. Desmond Dodd went searching for anyone still alive and sending them down the cliff to safety. He saved 75 people that day, when the US soldiers stormed Hacksaw ridge slowly taking over Okinawa, Desmond Dodd’s was wounded severely from a Japanese grenade and as he was trying to get to safety he was shot by a sniper. Even when he was severely injured he told the ‘litter-bearers’ to take another man to safety first before rescuing him. He literally would choose to die just so another can live. He died at the age of 87 after his ONLY lung failed as he had one of his lungs (and 5 ribs) were removed approx 50 years prior after suffering tuberculosis.
Nanny Rams 3 years ago
Thank you! We need to read more about our hero's and the good people do!
Carmen 3 years ago
You should include the researchers at the Leningrad Plant/Seed Bank who starved to death although they were surrounded by so many edible seeds in order to help their country survive after the end of WW2.
Marvin HeartofGold 3 years ago
I absolutely love every single person I just learned about. Thank you, every single one of you.
Cland Estine 3 years ago
I am surprised they didn't just take him out back and put a bullet in his head just like they have done in the past. Must be a relative of Xi Jinping.
Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
Where's that WW2 US dentist that fought off a banzai charge with a machine gun and killed 98?
Jules Caldwell 3 years ago (edited)
Why are they calling these people metal? Are we supposed to make a leap to "gold"??? Weird title, but cool stories.
dandelion moon 3 years ago
Something being metal is another way of saying it's badass. Also, gold is a metal
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Norse Dragonhunt 3 years ago
Stupid activists who do things for attention are higher up in the list than actual heroes, who saved lives. This site sucks.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
More posts like this, BoredPanda! All of these people are so incredibly inspiring, selfless, empathetic, courageous, and just plain bad-ass.
Renae Weidman 3 years ago
For sure! I am tired of remakes of other movies!
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
How about Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by up to five more. Petrov judged the reports to be a false alarm, and his decision to disobey orders, against Soviet military protocol, is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that could have resulted in a large-scale nuclear war. An investigation later confirmed that the Soviet satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned. Without him, it's likely NONE OF US would be here to read about him.
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
These are some truly incredible, inspiring and extremely strong people. Well done to them and their amazing efforts/achievements. One that is was surprised that didn’t get a mention was Desmond Doss. He was a combat medic who refused to kill anyone or carry a weapon due to his beliefs. The military tried to force him to quit and when that didn’t work they tried to court martial him for refusing a direct order to hold a gun but his religious freedoms saved him from dishonourable discharge and he was allowed on the front lines. During an ambush by the Japanese soldiers on top of Hacksaw Ridge ALL the US soldiers (that were able) started retreating back down the cliff, except one. Desmond Dodd went searching for anyone still alive and sending them down the cliff to safety. He saved 75 people that day, when the US soldiers stormed Hacksaw ridge slowly taking over Okinawa, Desmond Dodd’s was wounded severely from a Japanese grenade and as he was trying to get to safety he was shot by a sniper. Even when he was severely injured he told the ‘litter-bearers’ to take another man to safety first before rescuing him. He literally would choose to die just so another can live. He died at the age of 87 after his ONLY lung failed as he had one of his lungs (and 5 ribs) were removed approx 50 years prior after suffering tuberculosis.
Nanny Rams 3 years ago
Thank you! We need to read more about our hero's and the good people do!
Carmen 3 years ago
You should include the researchers at the Leningrad Plant/Seed Bank who starved to death although they were surrounded by so many edible seeds in order to help their country survive after the end of WW2.
Marvin HeartofGold 3 years ago
I absolutely love every single person I just learned about. Thank you, every single one of you.
Cland Estine 3 years ago
I am surprised they didn't just take him out back and put a bullet in his head just like they have done in the past. Must be a relative of Xi Jinping.
Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
Where's that WW2 US dentist that fought off a banzai charge with a machine gun and killed 98?
Jules Caldwell 3 years ago (edited)
Why are they calling these people metal? Are we supposed to make a leap to "gold"??? Weird title, but cool stories.
dandelion moon 3 years ago
Something being metal is another way of saying it's badass. Also, gold is a metal
Load More Replies... Norse Dragonhunt 3 years ago
Stupid activists who do things for attention are higher up in the list than actual heroes, who saved lives. This site sucks.
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