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Metalheads are a primitive forerunner of the human race that display heightened levels of aggression, exceptional constitution, narrow-mindedness, and a strong affection for loud, violent, evil-sounding, vaguely otherworldly (Brutal) music. They are widely accepted, by most academics, to be the basis for Gods and supernatural deities in all popular religions. While the average Metalheads sees himself as a rock god, the average person sees a woman in bad need of a new wardrobe.
There are the main three theories (and one Idea, which is long and boring, so usually discounted) to where the Metalhead has come from, it is still under speculation if any are true.
- Theory One (Ancient Race): The earliest known Metalheads date back to Scandinavia during the 5th Century, where they were known as Vikings. When a large earthquake separated Britain from Scandinavia, families were separated and some Metalheads became depressed. They left the very awesome and testicle driven Scandinavia so they could go whine about their parents not loving them. Those ex-Metalheads became Emos, and all Metalheads were so embarrassed by their close brethren that they would publicly abuse and torment them at any occasion with white hot drum stands. During the Fourth Ice Age another group of Metalheads decided to go search for food. This group, led by the noble and courageous Lemmy, crossed the Bering Strait in pursuit of antelope and loud music. But during a brutal war with the native Wiggers that inhabited the new continent, the group of Metalheads was dissolved into small of tribes of between four and six members, which came to be known as bands. This is where many historians agree that the true Metalheads of our day emerged as a separate entity from their Viking brothers. It was also during this period that the Metalheads adopted their uniforms of jean jackets, long hair, black shirts, and jean pants. These were all used to keep warm during the exceedingly cold period.
- Theory Two(Insane prophet): The Origin of the Metalheads dates back to the Egyptian area when the great Pharaoh Ozzeth Ozbournei came across a piece of heavy metal known as Iron Maidenium ,which was in the shape of a bat at the time. He mistook it for a sandwich and devoured the piece of heavy metal, causing him to go insane. During his insanity reign he took up a guitar and started to play some basic chords while screaming loudly and unintelligently. Some of his loyal subjects heard and created instruments to go along with him. And so the Metalhead breed was formed, because anyone that was exposed to this type of music was instantaneously infected.
- Theory Three (Resurrection): In 1350 a group of Egyptian lute players were slaughtered by Asiatic warriors. The ghosts of the lute players did not pass on, but instead inhabited the lutes. The Egyptians discovered that the lutes had been cursed and burned them. However, one lute did not burn fully. It was locked away and hidden in an unmarked tomb in the desert until the Middle Ages. On a dark storming day, which has been since described as the Black Sabbath, an un-named man with a bad case of Cholera came across the Tomb of the Cursed Lute. When he lay eye upon the lute, he was immediately drawn to it. He took the Lute and brought it back to his home town. When he arrived the Soul of the dead lute player possessed the man and attempted to play for the crowd. But the man's Cholera caused his hands to shake violently while playing the lute. The music that erupted from the lute was so brutal and unheard of before that the crowds' heads began to explode. The music was named a Riff. Lute and Guitar players alike began to master the art until they became resilient to the Riff's brutality, and they began to breed. The Children were called Headbangers because the Riff made their heads rock back and forth instead of explode, and the Children who's heads didn't even rock were called Metalheads for they were as strong as metal against the power of the Riff.
- Theory Four (Creation): God created humans. Two to start with: Adam, and Eve. As stated in the words of the Bible, Adam ate an evil apple. This apple contained mercury and caused Adam to go mentally insane and have mental fixations of an object called a Guithahr, and wrote strange characters upon a marijuana leaf in blood. He looked at these blotches as, what one would call now-a days, a "Musical Note", and shortly after created this "Guithahr" out of bamboo, a hollowed out coconut, and strips of thin bark braided together. He stored both, the Guithahr and the papyrus, in a cave somewhere in the modern day Middle East, where a young man named Jesus Christ found them some 4,000 years later. Jesus Christ recited this writing to the feeble minded, and caused them to believe that he was their lord. This writing is now contained within the Bible. Many copies of this "Bible" were made, but none were the same. The original was the only one containing the lyrics. Unfortunately, the original bible was sold to a local chariot barter for a wagon spoke and was lost in history, until a man by the name of Tom Williams in the early 16th century discovered the bible, and turned it into a play which was looked down upon and laughed at by many people for as long as the play went on. Tom Williams committed suicide with a soldering iron at the age of 62. He dropped his iron on the bible, causing it to burn. A witness, a scientist by the name of Edmund Seymore-Pillis saw the burning bible and though "That's cool, maybe someone ought to write a song about a burning bible". Seymore had invented a time machine not a week from the occurrence, and decided to test it out. Pillis was launched into the future some 500 years to the year 1969. He found a man in his early adult years by the name of John Michael Osbourne, who thought Pillis's idea of burning bible lyrics was very interesting. On a walk, during their discussion, a sheet of iron fell on Pillis. John attempted to help the iron sheet off of Pillis, but Pillis died. His last words were "Get this heavy metal off of me". John thought about what he had said and believed that "Heavy Metal" should be a new subgenre of music. He and his friends began writing music about mentally unstable cargo trains and bible burning. The ones who enjoyed listening to this type of music became known as "Metal Heads" for a simple fact. General human beings don't like to think, so, what they did, essentially, was take the first word of the genre of music, and combine it with the word "head", as many of them did those days. (I.e. Acidhead, Pothead losers, Crack head) generally associated with drugs.
Metalheads are generally Broken into few groups, The hardened, long-haired type are most common. They hang around areas such as record stores, general exposed areas drinking, screaming and performing very simple acts like socializing. They dress in skinny denim jeans (or just plain denim), any heavy metal band shirt (basically any band that has been around since the 19 fucking 70's)and occasionally boots or chuck taylors. Metalheads are generally seen in groups harassing anyone that has a different opinion than them. And depending on what type of metalhead they are they will commit certain acts, such drinking, or sacrificing rodents and children to Satan.
Metalheads tend to hate people who judge them as inferior and creatures of lesser intelligence. They get up into groups and proceed with a well-known metalhead pastime known as head banging. And on special occasion, they perform the metalhead ritual known as moshing. It is possible to allign oneself with a tribe of Metalhead through simple acts like reaching out and communicating with them on a similar level to other humans. But remember that their tastes in things can be "bizarre", it's just the mentality of their kind.
Breeds of Metalhead
Metalheads come in many different styles, shapes and flavors. This you can tell by what they are wearing, what makeup they have (applies only to emo metalcore fags), and how much they harass people. These are the different breeds of metalheads in todays society.
Half-Metalheads / Rockers - This kind of metalhead is probably one of the most common. They love metal, but are slightly more into Rock 'N' roll and/or Hard rock. They despise every kind of metal that has gutteral vocals or screaming in it. For a metalhead, they wear quite basic clothing. Usually just a band tee, jeans, construction boots and maybe a small leather wristband or a leather jacket. They're usually bald, or have shaggy mid-lenght hair.
Rock N roll music: AC/DC, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Accept, Led Zeppelin, Dio, Guns 'n' roses, and sometimes Metallica or Anthrax.
Almost Metalheads / Hard Rockers Unlike Half-Metalheads, these people actually listen to a much more heavier kind of Rock. They have the same appearance and personality as their counterpart, mostly wearing band shirts, jeans and boots. They listen to bands like Three Days Grace, Shinedown, Linkin Park, Avenged Sevenfold, Seether, and Creed. They are better than you in so many ways.
True Metalhead spelled true with a "U" not a "V" - Just a general Metalhead typically seen with non-tight jeans, casual shoes ( Chuck Tailers Mainly), and an Iron Maiden shirt. Will listen to a wide spectrum of metal from Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Lamb of God, Slayer, Pantera and sometimes Metallica will mainly listen to a wide spread of metal mainly around heavy metal to thrash metal, speed metal and of course, death metal. The best and least annoying type of Metalhead, tough, down to earth, he doesnt feel the need to tell the world he likes metal with gimmicky clothing styles or cliques, he simply gets on with his own life and lets other get on with theirs. Mainly seen in packs or alone in public places. People question their style their way of living and especially the music and their long hair if they have it. These guys are the molest of metalheads and will get along with mostly anyone. But hate posers and emo scene kid and hate Nu-Metal. They usually are found to have actual experience with musical instruments, thus their like for this wide spectrum. Can be found trying to convert Headbangers. However their most hated enemies tend to be the fake poser metalheads. These guys were put here to rock the shit out you.
Headbanger/Thrasher Headbangers are the absolute most dangerous Metalhead breed and ironically the most hardcore and brutal form of the Metalhead seeing that the words "hardcore faggot" is repeated on a regular basis. Known as the Metal equivalent of Go-Go dancers, seen standing around in packs attempting to get everyone moving while continuing their spree of windmills, which is totally not anywhere near similar to hardcore kids. With their hair that reaches below their shoulders, or longer, they engage in the mating ritual that is Headbanging, a windmill motion of their famed locks, which is used to signal other potential Headbangers into an orgy that is the Mosh. Usually seen in a pair of black gray blue or some other form of those colored pair of jeans usually completely fucked up and sport a Band T-Shirt. Usually listen to bands that sound like Kreator, Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica (old), etc. Not to forget that many headbangers are into NWOBHM like Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Saxon, Motorhead, etc.
They are Known To Some times get along with Punks and Goths and sometimes like Metalcore. But they get along best with the Death Metalhead. They both understand their dangerousness. They can be found spread from America to Britain to even as far north as Norway. They typically hang out in packs or just alone in public places, YouTube or any where they are allowed where haircuts and soap is not required, which is why they're so friendly. They typically don't really bother to insult people unless they outnumber you. Most are known to be around the age of 14-85 and the fact says all headbangers know how to play instruments. In fact, their culture is revolved around that bit of information. Due to unwillingness or overall talent, Headbangers may actually learn to make music, therefore sacrificing their necks to their idols as an attempt to feel metal, but as dancers. Anyone who tries to argue that headbanging is not dancing should be re evaluated with its' meaning.
Death/Black Metalhead - A very Extreme type of Metalhead. They are typically seen in smaller groups and wear Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Obituary or Gorgoroth shirts, almost destroyed jeans or military cargos, and military boots or flayed sneakers. They usually have very long hair as well as a long viking-like beard. All though, if one were to enter any respectable comic book store, one would find herds and herds of this breed of metal head, surrounding tables and tables of DnD and Warhammer merchandise, fully happy and in harmony with life. On special occasion they paint their faces with childs facepaint which is referred to as corpse paint, this is more common with the Black Metal breed. They are not seen to much on the internet and normally don't make fun of others unless they are so outstandingly stupid that they deserve it but they are often seen dreaming of committing raids against the Metalcore Kid/Emo Kid and Nu-Metalheads/Mallgoths population, many times draining their blood and consuming their flesh while committing satanic rituals (oh, one day...) They also enjoy eating a good healthy breakfast of babies dipped in cancer. They also flood you with so many anti-Christian remarks, you eventually realize that Christianity really is shit, not to mention every religion, even the one they built their music around. "I like my coffee black, just like my metal." Quote that determines whether a coffee drinker is one of these kind of people. Death/Black Metal bands: Mayhem, Darkthrone, Death, Vader, Enslaved, Possessed, Entombed, and Satyricon.
Pagan/Satanic Metalhead These guys have the bloodlines of true metalheads and black metalheads and/or vikings and are worshipped by the ignorant masses. First and foremost they either worship Satan or Norse Gods. They are the most dangerous, for they fear nothing because Satan has a nice place for them in the halls of metal when they die. They worship their god(s)and despise Islam, Jews and Christians. They are basicly your black metalhead on steriods. They have a fascination with what is "evil" and are inhumanly intelligent, they are usually the overlord of their band and take on strange names committed to blasphmey and mythology; such a Zak'nafein, Prometheus, ect. They enjoy morbid strange tatoos and are often seen looking like they are ready for combat; spiked wrist guards, combat boots, extremely sharp guitars, and sometimes wear clothes that have been buried underground for weeks and wearing corpse paint giving them the image of the walking dead. you know the evil "im gonna torture you to death stuff", oh and of course in the name of METAL. They love on stage horror acts like; animal sacrifice, bloodletting, bible burning, destruction of holy grounds, and even filling the sprinkler systems with the blood of animals and making them go off at random. These are the guys were if you say the wrong thing, a horde of them will appear to dismember you and they love their free will. Enemies: Communists, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Emos, Chavs, Mallgoths, Glam metalheads, often ally with Death Metalheads in times or war. Bands: Dissection, Watain, "the big four" and some death metalBrutal Metalhead-.... Doesn't the name explain enough?.... BRUTAL.. Metalhead?... God you are stupid. Anyways, the Brutal Metalheads are the guys that sadistically traumatized your dad, and then murdered his dog in the 90's, They are LARGE and bulky people with hair reaching to their ass with a band T-shirt and army boots and pants, that usually are seen hanging out alone or with their band, They ONLY listen to Brutal Death Metal and Grindcore, the music is basically the most hated heavy and brutal form of music and at times are just PURE noise Such as Anal Cunt, and at times some other metal genres. They feed on flesh and guts of (Read: get taken the piss out of by)chavs(Read: get taken the piss out of by), Posers, deathcore faggots, faggots, and people they don't like, unlike the Death/Black Metalhead, the Brutal Metalhead insults EVERYONE on the internet, even other metalheads if they are posers or like deathcore, Though their insults are very accurate, their hobbies include Raping virgins, killing mallgoths/Nu-metalheads, making capes out of mallcore/emo skin and eating kittens. They are also in the superior leaders in the war Against the Mallcores/Nu-Metalheads and chavs(like to think they are at war but the people they claim to be at war with have no idea they even exist). They also don't get along well with Black Metalheads. Brutal Death Metal / Grindcore Bands: Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Exhumed, Defeated Sanity, Guttural Secrete, Suffocation, Napalm Death, Insect Warfare, Cephalotripsy and Devourment.
- Slam Death Metalhead/Slam wigger- You will die. These metalheads listen to the most brutal form of music in existence. Human ears can not take it, heads explode within .2 seconds of first hearing a slam.
Of course the above is what fans of slam death metal want you to think. In reality youre actually listening to the metal equivelant of the monotone, driveling retardedness of modern mainstream rap, and you will notice immeadiatey fans of slam resemeble fans of rap - the fitted hats, basketball jersies, either scrawny or obese body type. Slam wiggers can be found at VFW halls everywhere, waiting for the last breakdown in Blood Splattered Satisfaction.
Goregrind/Pornogrind Metalhead - Brutal Metalheads on speed. It is suggested that you avoid them, as they can survive a full wrath onslaught from Chuck Norris much longer than any mortal, and can take a strong hit of Charlie Sheen. In 2006, the Axis of Evil™ estimated that there are about five Goregrind/Pornogrind Metalheads in the world population. Unfortunately, they have all met each other and one of them is female, however they teach, train and breed new ones to increase their ranks. Statistics show that in 2002, there was only the Hallowed 5. In 2005 they'd reached 26 and in a burst of change, it was estimated a total of 1047 by 2007. Goregrind/pornogrind Metalheads can be found raping scene chicks in the middle of the mall in broad daylight. Goregrind/Pornogrind bands include Last Days of Humanity, Cock and Ball Torture,Sperm Swamp,Jig-Ai, Decomposing Serenity, Rompeprop, and The Day Everything Became Nothing.
Doom/Sludge/Drone/Stoner Metalhead - Typically seen sitting in their Living Room or Den smoking weed, this breed of Metalhead listens to slow, somewhat depressing, atmospheric or extremely heavy but slow Metal. They sometimes wear round purple tinted glasses. They normally don't like getting off the couch, but they are utter bad-asses if provoked into doing so. Doom/Drone/Sludge/Stoner Metal bands include Candlemass, High on Fire, Reverend Bizarre, Pentagram, Sunn O))), and Electric Wizard. Sometimes also to Black Sabbath's Master of Reality album.
- Death-Doom/Funeral Doom Metalhead - These metalheads either listen to sometimes slow sometimes speedy brutally heavy shit, or if they are of the funeral doom tilt, they listen to really dark, heavy shit while gazing around the house eating chinese food and writing lyrics for their bands. Death-Doom Metalheads are among the oddest breed of metalhead with widely varying tastes and the calmest demeanor, only drastically fucking someone up if they REALLY feel like it. They usually are involved in anywhere from 3 to 20 bands at once, although at least 2 must be doom of some kind.
Death-Doom/Funeral Doom bands include Skepticism, Esoteric, November's Doom, October Tide, Evoken, Pantheist, Ahab, and Swallow The Sun.
Borderline/alternative metal heads- These "metal heads" usually listen to weird ass bands like System of a down, Tool, Deftones, Disturbed and Slipknot etc. They are often grouped as nu-metal pussyheads by some "true" metalheads because they usually like at least a few nu-metal bands, but they are usually far less pussyish and often listen to "True" metal in addition to alternative metal. They are usually hard to distinguish from any other rocker type, so in order to classify them you usually have to ask them what bands they like. Other ways to tell include:they play bass audibly(unlike a lot of metal bassists), Hate on emo fag/scene fag/ nufag/whatever kids but still listen to alternative metal bands, and play lots of video games.
Glam/Hair/Sleaze Metalhead - These are the guys that fucked your mom in the 80's. Very friendly most of the time when you first meet, but don't be fooled they just want to get in your pants. They have extremely long girly hair-sprayed hair, and are generally seen in extremely flamboyant clothing. Their attire consists of Snakeskin cowboy Boots or Chuck Taylor high tops, tight jeans of ANY color, Laced leather pants, Latex gloves, and a band shirt with ripped sleeves. Despite their attire however, they are rarely homosexual in any way. Also, it is amazing to know they will probably get laid in a week more than you ever will in your life. Glam/Hair/Sleaze Metal Bands: Skid Row, Motley Crue, Warrant, RATT, Cinderella, Poison and Tigertailz.
Power Metalheads/Folk Metal/Speed Metal - Wish they lived in Middle-Earth. Wide opinion suggests that many bands have actually found a way to contact gay little elves who gave them the power to play incredibly fast. They dress in extremely odd pants, and in anything you would find at a medieval fair. Power/Folk Metal Bands: Ensiferum, Helloween, Moonsorrow, Iced Earth, Manowar, Finntroll, Blind Guardian, and Equilibrium.
Progressive Metalhead - This breed of metalhead most easily blends in with mainstream society in terms of looks - they are typically short haired, though the goatee is a near sure sign mark of the progressive metalhead. Among the artists considered sacred by most progressive metalheads are Dream Theater, Opeth, Tool, Meshuggah, Porcupine Tree, Devin Townsend, Mastodon and Between the Buried and Me. Progressive metalheads are almost invariably musicians and like to let everyone know it, as when listening to their music they will insist on explaining to you all about the polyrhythm in this part and the 8 finger tapped arpeggio in the guitar solo. Possibly the most xenophobic and elitist of all metalheads, they look down on both non-metalheads and other forms of metalheads alike for their "simple" tastes in music and do not shy away from taking to the internet for expressing these opinions. Tend to congregate at local Guitar Centers.
- Djentfags - A variety of progressive metalhead who graviatate towards the "djent" sound - bands like Periphery, Tesseract, Animals as Leaders, The Contortonist, Chimp Spanner, Monuments, Volumes etc. Essentially look like the progressive metalheads shithead little brother - usually lanky and wearing fitted t shirts and skinny jeans. Would prematurely ejaculate at the sight of an Ibanez Prestige 8 string and Fractal AxeFX, and have their own one man band that's "picking up some heat on SoundCloud."
Neutral Metalhead - Can only be found in places that Heavy Metal IS DEAD (see Prince Edward Island, Canada) They Listen to any kind of Heavy Metal genre And their Mortal enemy is obviously Emo Kids/Clan/Scene for killing Heavy Metal same as Rock N Roll. These metalheads are jokes to everyone that is not a metalhead.
Heavy Metalhead - These Metalheads will listen to any music as long as it has Screaming/Gutteral vocals, or has especially heavy riffs. They Listen to Early/Classic Metal, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Grindcore, Deathcore, and Metalcore. They do however, reject Nu Metal, and Post Hardcore. The fact that they like Metalcore and Deathcore often means that they are rejected by other types of metalheads, but it is not uncommon to see a Heavy Metalhead as a member of a diverse pack of metalheads, so long as the he is not talking about Deathcore, or Metalcore. The fact that they like some of the more extreme forms of True Metal, and stay away from Nu Metal, and Post Hardcore means that they can be classified as Metalheads instead of Metal Posers. They are usually very chill people, until you get them in a mosh pit. Then they will drastically fuck someone up. A large portion of them are straight edge, although not all of them are. So while you're getting wasted, the Heavy Metalhead will be practicing Jiu Jitsu, or Krav Maga, just so he can put it into practice at the next concert he goes to. You don't want to fuck with them. Heavy Metalhead's favorite bands include Judas Priest, Pantera, Immortal, Megadeth, Slayer, Children of Bodom, Cannibal Corpse, Lamb of God, Black Sabbath, Edguy, and Iron Maiden.
Avant-Garde Metalhead - The avant-Garde Metalhead, is probably the far oddest and intelligent metalhead even when compared the progressive, They can usually be seen with their unusual hair that is basically six dreadlocks curls and the rest wildly fucked up hair! Their taste of metal is wide but their music isnt taken serious by most people due to that it is extremely technical and confusing, while other metalheads headbang, the avant-garde metalhead has two rituals the sacred "seisurebang" that consists of headbanging and shaking violently, and the sacred hand shake resulting in the Avant-Garde Metalhead Removing his or her skeleton from his or her body then putting it back in place in a matter of seconds, they can usually be found everywhere injecting bug blood into their own and creating new breeds of stuff, or experimenting with music. Avant-Garde Metal: Mr Bungle, Meshuggah, Buckethead, Fleurety, Zul FX and unexpecT.
Passive Metalheads - These metalheads have no extra title, as they listen to almost every form of metal except deathcore which is for pussies. They enjoy bands like soilwork, as i lay dying, cannibal corpse, skinless, dimmu borgir, and every other kind of real metal in existance. They are also non-elitist, so they also listen to stuff that isn't metal, like system of a down, disturbed, and jazz. very cool people, unless you piss them off, then they will slaughter you with chainsaws and shotguns and death metal growls. Most can play an instrument or at least headbang like a god. Many are also hard core geeks, loving fantasy and computer stuff.
Not Brutal Enough Metalheads
Nu-Metalhead - Listen only to bands such as Limp Bizkit, Trapt, Crazy Town, Linkin Park, and Papa Roach, among others, without paying respect to true metal bands (which distinguishes them from metal heads that listen to nu-metal AND listen to true metal. These people are simply considered metalheads with retarded taste) They think that the word "true" is spelled with a V and not a U. They usally wear Element tees, Polos, Adidas clothing and/or Nu Metal band tees and JNCO, Southpole, or any other baggy jeans. As well as baseball caps, studded belts or Billabong belts. They get along with Hard rockers, Metalcore kids, and think Juggalos can fuck off.
Gothic Metalhead - An oxymoron, Gothic Metalheads normally consist of misguided Mallgoths who think Goth and Metal are synonymous. They typically have black hair and they wear black skinny jeans, Hot Topic bondage pants, enormous boots full of buckles and studs, and white colored eye lenses. You will never see a Gothic Metalhead in a small town or especially not a rural area, as any kind of manual labor would ruin their precious little hands and strain their frail, scar-covered arms. They are typically skeletal in appearance, and hang out with two or three buddies, or in crowds at the mall in the nearest big city while crying to faggy music. Gothic Metal bands include Leaves Eyes, Epica, Cradle of Filth, and Moonspell. Sometimes they might listen to Slipknot, Dimmu Borgir, Marylin Manson, or Misfits.
Fake/Poser Metalheads
Deathcore Kid - The gayest breed of Metalhead, normally hang out naked in groups of 2-8. PISS THEM OFF, they are huge pussies. You can tell you're looking at a Deathcore Metalhead when you see them standing in circles with their arms crossed and deep, angry, pensive and utterly confused expressions on their faces. Either that or dark blue or black boot cut jeans, asymmetrical hair(normally messy and unkempt), wears wristbands and chain necklaces, shoes range in the interest of the person, black band T-shirts such as Despised Icon, Suicide Silence, Impending Doom. Most of them can scream, chirp, growl, or make disturbing animal noises. They wear their little sister's jeans and yell at their mommies to shrink their Suicide Silence shirts. If they don't like your music, they will tell you it blows bullshit because they know nothing about music. Remember, they're "Fvcking Br00tal, and the fan girls of Deathcore are particularly scene kids. They are always hated by the gayass "tr00 mehtulz" elitists. These metalheads are a joke to the tr00 Metalheads above and to nature itself "-This is what a Deathcore pussy might try to sell to you. Take none off and resume bashing him like the little emo outcast he wishes he wasn't." Deathcore Bands: Bring Me the Horizon, Suicide Silence, Winds of Plague, and early Job For A Cowboy material.
Juggalo (Not to be compared with metal.) - Not actual Metalheads but get along with most, due to the similar psychology. Fans of the Horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse. They typically wear face paint, baggy pants, and psychopathic records shit. They drink a lot of psychotropic beverages. They can be real douchebags who talk a lot of shit over Youtube videos.. But the 2 percent that are cool are not an enemy to the metalheads, as some of them are metalheads as well. They get along with Metalheads, Nu Metalheads, Metalcore kids, and Hard Rockers. Just kidding, they don't get along with anyone who isn't also a Juggalo. They typically despise everyone else and have little to no respect for the typical Metalhead. If a Juggalo got into a fight while alone he would be mercilessly beaten to the ground. However, like most insects with a collective consciousness, they tend to travel in swarms. You can typically tell when they are close to you due to the odor of stale urine and Faygo. If there is one of them, it is your responsibility to stare at them until they feel sufficiently judged. If they are sufficiently judged, they will either shrink and feel ashamed, or they will yell the 'whoop whoop!' thing and charge you.
Another thing they do is manipulate you by calling you family, but this really means "I'm going to sleep at your house, smoke your bud, eat your food, and talk a lot of shit. This nothing that I have is pay back!"
Horrorcore groups: ICP, Twiztid, Bondox, Necro, Ill Bill, and Axe Murder Boyz. This isn't metal and shouldn't be here. Because Juggalos are not metalheads.
Scene-Fags - Lame-ass posers. They usually hang out in the mall and listen to Screamo, Deathcore, or Crunkcore bands. They usually wear pink or dark blue skinny jeans, tight band t-shirts, and Emo hair (either dyed black or in multiple colors). They must be slaughtered ruthlessly, as only a metalhead can do.
Screamo/Deathcore/Crunkcore bands: Design the skyline, Bring me the horizon, Black Veil Brides, BrokenCYDE, watchouttheresghosts, ijustshatmygstring, and Job for a cowboy.
Participation in The War of Rock
Metalheads were an important ally for the Loyalist forces in the series of world-wide conflict known as The War of Rock. Although it is a metalhead's tendancy to go against anything non-metal, their blind hatred for/ need of nournishment from the Emos, Nazi-Punks, Rockers, Scene Kids, etc. of the "New Rocking Order" forced the metal armies out of isolation from the rest of the music world, and entered the conflict, horns raised, heads banging.
Metal doctrine is at the heart of the root cause of the conflict. The argument started when Jack Black announced to the public that he believed the "New Rocking Order" to be "Homosexual Loser Pigmies, who couldn't Rock like Dio, who rocked for a long long time..."
Many Metal Army Divisions won key victories for the Loyalist forces. Taking a hiatus from their status as Jesus, the underground band of Iron Maiden are responsible for single-handedly defeating Funeral for a Friend and Korn in a single day. Another famous battle is the Battle for Hollywood, specifically the Thrash Charge. The bands Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Thrashold, Megadeth, Nuclear Assault, Sodom, Kreator, Overkill, Destruction and Testament snuck up the hill to the Hollywood sign and caught General Avril Lavigne by surprise. What followed was 4 hours of a bunch of guys beating up a woman. Rest assured, they all thought they were big men by the end of it. Another successful battle was the Battle of Huntington Beach, where the Scene Navy of My Chemical Romance attacked Huntington Beach. Generals Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth were pinned down by heavy Gay Artillery from Admiral My Chemical Romance. Colonel Avenged Sevenfold, Lt. Colonel Bullet for My Valentine and Major Killswitch Engage bombed Admiral My Chemical Romance's Fleet with CORE MISSILES, allowing the pinned Metalhead generals to storm the USS Scene, litter kerosene all over the boat, and throw Kirk Hamster's cigarette to the fuel.
Beer, Whiskey, Big Macs, Cows, Goats, Babies, Cancer, Souls, Demon flesh, Acoustic guitars, Weed, Scene kids, and Techno shuffling fags.
Metal ChicksThe female metalheads are often chicks with hot bodies if you're lucky (there are still some "mooses" running the colours). UnLike ordinary humans, the Metal Chick is dominant over the male, deciding where he sleeps, what he does all day, what he can eat, and when he can breathe. Also Unlike ordinary humans, the metal chick will not punish the male by withholding sex; rather, metal chicks actually have a way to punish their males by having tame sex with them (the male prefers it rough). The Metal Chick has a second set of teeth, one that isn't in her mouth.
Metal Chicks are known for being the most dominant female sex partners in existance, being ultra-sadistic. One description of having sex with a female metalhead comes from the survivor George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, who wrote a description of his encounter with the Metal Chick. Poor guy.
Those female metalheads who are not sadistic will always be 'the man' in bed. You should keep these things in mind to avoid being raped by metal chicks.
- If you hear a metal band will be doing a concert in your local area, leave the town and stay somewhere else until the band has moved on. After metal chicks are done flashing their tits to the band members, they'll always go out and find young men to rape.
- Keep a good supply of company and a counter female. These items have been proven effective in repelling all metalheads.
- Don't listen to emo, rap, or pop. Remember that metalheads live on a diet of emo kids, and posers and act very feral to Chavs(ongoing wrath war). Forms of music other than metal are signs to a metalhead that food is not far away.
If you do end up getting raped by a metal chick, keep this in mind:
- Whatever you do, don't irritate the metal chick. She can use her second set of teeth at will.
- Don't resist. Resisting will irritate her. Besides, she has the strength of ten people so resisting is kinda pointless.
- While being raped, don't cry or fearfully scream for help. Instead, yell angrily at the top of your lungs, as it sounds like metal singing, which will please the metal chick, making her less inclined to hurt you.
Metalheads in today's culture
Today, metalheads are characterized as people who wander around starting fights over the internet for no apparent reason. They can be sighted at concerts wearing their jackets covered in band patches, taken from the medieval practice of bearing the coat of arms on a shield. For example, the House of Slayer has been beating the shit out of Cute is What We Aim For for quite some time. The mortal enemies of the Metalhead clans are great in number, including the Emo/Scene Clan and the Posers, as well as the Hardcore try hard clan, a wretched crew of flesh which crawls from deep, subterranean pools of custard. They pretty much hate anyone who's either an Emo, Prep, Chavs because they all share the idea that metal is a joke genre.
An everyday Metalhead's favorite hobbies include:
- Being incredibly loud
- Writing with a complete disregard for grammar (It was ironic the guy before me spelt it wrong.), puncuation, or any sense of modern English (exception: Prog and Melodeath heads, who use quasi intellectual literate responses for the same trolling purposes).
- Masturbation (they're still human)
- Going to shows and pwning scene kids in moshpits
- Putting together bands that usually last for about a month
- Being even louder.
- Showing hardcore punks real moshpit wounds ("I'll show you bleeding")
- Being Anti Political (although sounding very slop jobbed)
- Being better than R&B, Techno, Trance, Urban, Pop, Rap, pretty much anything that isn't metal. This is necessary for the Metal Head as he needs to be on top of the food chain when eating them.


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How sturdy is the MRS plus weight system. I have heard (on the internet) that the weight system can be easly knocked and unclip itself while diving. How true is this and whats your opinion as i am thinking of purchasing this BCD.
The older style Velcro style pockets would (rarely) have this problem. Newer style BCDs, such as this Mares Dragon, uses a quick release buckle assembly. As long as the buckle is clipped in, the weight pocket will not inadvertently drop out. During your pre-div safety check, always inspect your weight pockets (and double check your buddies weight system).
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The Mares Dragon is a Jacket Style bcd and will not push you forward on the surface. Incidentally, that is also an old issue with back inflation bcds that is not now, nor ever really was valid. Remember PROPER buoyancy at the surface is eyeball level in the water with a full breath of air in your lungs. Basically your face is already in the water if you are properly buoyant at the surface. The bcd cannot put your face forward into the water if it's already in the water where it should be.
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Franklin is one of the three main protagonists in Grand Theft Auto V.
Franklin was born in South Los Santos, but he never had a family, money or an education to rely on. At some point in his young life, he began the life of a gang banger and dope dealer, but was arrested for it soon afterwards. He decided to give up his old life in the ghetto after he was released from prison.
Events of GTA V
During some point in his life Franklin moved beyond the role of ghetto-based street dealer when he began working for Armenian gangster Simeon Yetarian. Yetarian owns a car dealership which acts as a front for a loansharking and extortion business. Yetarian's dealership sells cars to people who can't afford them and when they default on the payments Franklin acts in the role of repo man and repossesses the cars. As a result of this, he is frequently seen driving around the city in many seized sports cars.
Franklin is an ambitious man with a desire to move beyond petty crime and rise higher in the criminal underworld. Franklin presumably branches out, whether on his own or with someone else's guidance, and meets Michael. Both men did a job together and afterwards, Michael saw potential in Franklin and introduces him to Trevor around the time the game begins.
His personal story is he's stuck between the world to which he was born and the world to which he aspires; Franklin wants to rise in the criminal underworld but his friends want him to resume the gang-banging lifestyle that originally landed him in prison.
Franklin is described as ambitious but perhaps to a fault and very eager to take on new illegal challenges by Dan Houser's description. He is also described as a logical way of showing a young man with a lot of hope, with Dan Houser claiming that this would be a nice contrast from Michael. He also is a person that, even though is being mentored by Michael in crime, mentors Michael in life. This helps build up the Father-Son relationship between the two.
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Relationships With Other Characters
- Michael - After meeting Michael and completing a job with him, both men grew a father-son relationship for one another. This was mostly because Franklin never really had a family of his own and saw Michael as a person with more professional skill and as a real criminal that could mentor him in the life of crime. It seems that Michael has a better relationship with Franklin than with his own son.
- Trevor - Trevor and Franklin's first meeting was nowhere near perfect, as he was cautious of the new recruit and even insulted him and Michael for their father-son like relationship. He was eventually able to put his trust into Michael's judgement of Franklin and the two were finally able to get along.
- Lamar - As stated above, Franklin's relationship with Lamar is a bit unsettled, as Lamar is seen as a funny yet dangerous maniac, and is also known to be one of the main people holding Franklin back to the criminal life.
- Simeon Yetarian - Simeon is an Armenian luxury car salesman, who uses the business as a front for his repo activity. He employs Franklin as his repo-man. It is unknown how is the relationship between them, so far.
Franklin has been described as fit and fashion conscious. He is mostly seen wearing a blue and white button-up shirt, dark blue jeans or black pants with white stripes and a pair of brown or dark yellow boots. In the "Michael, Trevor and Franklin" artwork, he is seen wearing a light yellow plaid button-up shirt and stonewashed blue jeans. He also sported the same outfit in "The Trunk" artwork. He is seen in the "Franklin and Chop" artwork wearing a tank-top, khaki shorts along with a bracelet on his right wrist and a black watch on his right wrist. His body appearance is somewhat chubby, but that's because he wears some clothes that are big for him, (As shown in the second GTA V trailer, where he can be seen in a dirtbike race, with the other racers).
Skills and Attributes
Franklin is a very smart young man and is capable of tackling challenging tasks that Michael and Trevor can't do and has a level of physical prowess that both Michael and Trevor lack. As being a repo man he is a skilled person behind the wheel of any car. He is also a deadly shot when it comes to killing people with firearms. As during the GI demo, he was described as being able to make short work of the agents that were interagating the target.
Like Michael and Trevor, Franklin has a special ability where he can slow down time while driving.
Mission appearances
- As one of the protagonists, he appears in almost all missions.
Just like Michael and Trevor, Franklin has gotten a very positive response from critics and fans of the series. Many saw him as being like one of the old protagonists, such as Carl Johnson or Luis Lopez, but at the same time, different in a way.
Dan Houser's Way of Describing Franklin
"Franklin was the idea of this street hustler in the modern world where the glory days – if there ever were glory days of gang banging – had long since passed. When some of the illusions of this life have been shattered, what do you do now having been in that world? That seemed like an interesting character; a guy in his mid-to-late 20s who wants to move forward but doesn't really know how and is being held back by some of his more idiotic and dangerous friends."
"The idea with Franklin was someone stepping outside their comfort zone and their normal way of doing things, because that way, even though they're still in their mid-20s or whatever, that hasn't worked. That world that they thought they'd be in and be able to make a success of has, thanks to the modern world or the changes in the economy or whatever it is, just failed. It doesn't really exist. They're now looking for something new. A new opportunity. They've gotten their qualifications and gotten all their experience and all they're good at is driving and robbing. How do actually go forward and who do you get to a kind of mentor you? That was a good contrast. The gang-banger in the post-gang-banging world."
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- Like Victor Vance, Franklin did not have any really serious criminal past life and who is just starting in being a real professional criminal in the events of GTA V. These are the only two protaginists with that have this statistic.
- Franklin's "beta appearance" can be seen in the first trailer of GTA V. He is thinner, less muscular and has many tattoos.
- Tommy Vercetti, Niko Bellic and Franklin are among the protagonists in the series known to have served a prison sentence. Luis Lopez and Johnny Klebitz have also served time in prison.
- Franklin is the second African-American protagonist in the entire GTA Series, with the first being Carl Johnson.
- In the artwork "Franklin and Chop", many fans claimed that Franklin was a Mexican thug, but it was later confirmed by Dan Houser in the GTA V edition of the Game Informer magazine that he is actually an African-American protagonist in the game.
- Franklin is seen wearing a black letterman jacket, very simillar to the one worn by Luis Lopez in Grand Theft Auto IV and its DLCs, which may possibly be a Easter Egg.
- The song that was played in Franklin's trailer was "Jay Rock - Hood Gone Love It Ft. Kendrick Lamar".
- GameInformer December issue.
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- [2] - Info from a translated interview with Dan Houser
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Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released their proposed Clean Power Plan. As readers of this blog are already aware, the Clean Power Plan proposes carbon emission standards for coal-fired power plants, which are the single largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S., generating approximately one-third of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions. Some specifics are that under the Clean Power Plan, states must expand their energy sources and use solar (photovoltaic and solar thermal), wind, geothermal, sustainably sourced biomass, biogas, and low-impact hydrology in order to decrease their carbon emissions.
Did you know that renewable energy technologies are characteristically more labor-intensive than intensely mechanized fossil fuel technologies? This means that the potential economic benefits may be substantial; not to mention the significant benefits for our climate and health.
The solar industry employed over 100,000 workers in jobs ranging from solar manufacturing and sales to installation according to the Solar Foundation in 2011. Solar jobs grew by 20% percent in 2013 and 2014 is expected to create 22,000 jobs. Furthermore, these statistics were reported before the EPA plan was released, which may further boost the renewable job sector.
Let's look at wind energy. The amount of domestically manufactured equipment used in wind turbines doubled from 35% in 2006 to 70% in 2011 with 560 factories directly employing 75,000 full-time employees.
The hydroelectric power industry also plays a role. Statistics show in 2009 it employed 250,000 people. As many as 700,000 jobs could be generated if the hydropower industry installs a new capacity of 23,000 – 60,000 megawatts (MW) by 2025. Rounding out our look at the renewable energy sector, the geothermal industry directly employed 5,200 people in 2010.
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) estimated in 2009 that a national, renewable electricity standard attempting to cut 25% of carbon emissions by 2025 would generate 297,000 jobs, $263.4 billion in new capital investment, $13.5 billion in income to farmers, ranchers, and rural landowners, and $11.5 billion in new local tax revenues. Remember, the EPA proposed reducing carbon emissions from existing power plants by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. So the potential economic benefits may increase over the UCS's estimates.
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All of this comes at a time when our country could deeply benefit from economic stimulation. The U.S. economy is still anemic, with unemployment rates remaining high, and a disturbing national debt that's expected to reach $20 trillion by 2020. We must embrace win-win scenarios such as these that combine healing our ailing planet with economic recovery. It's past time to forge the path to a low-carbon future.
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Landfillart is an international effort encompassing 1,041 artists to repurpose a piece of rusted metal and create fine art from reclaimed automobile hub caps from the 1930's through the 1970's and turn them into "metal canvases". Although most "metal canvases" have been transformed by the artist using oil or acrylic paint, some have been weaved on, glued or screwed or welded to, or made into fine sculpture.
"This project embodies several key components. It is a collective endeavor requesting artists, worldwide, to think green and create great art" explains Ken Marquis, gallery owner at Marquis Art & Frame, and founder of the project. "I'm hopeful, that upon completion, this project will weave a global tapestry which tells a compelling story of humanity; our similarities, our differences, and the common threads that binds us all."
Since 2008, Landfillart Inc., funded by their partner company Marquis Art & Frame, has maintained a Carbonfree® Small Business Partnership with Carbonfund.org as part of his own operational sustainability commitment. "We are excited to partner with Carbonfund.org! Both organizations share the goal of reuse, albeit our focus is reusing rusty old scraps of metal," says Ken. "Landfillart's mission is focused on funding reforestation with any future profits. By forming this partnership, Landfillart is one step closer!"
To date, Marquis Art & Frame's donations to Carbonfund.org's forestry projects have neutralized almost 450,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, the same quantity of carbon emissions sequestered by 5,000 tree seedlings grown over a ten-year period.
The ultimate goals of the Landfillart Project are to compile a collection of 1,041 completed hubcaps from artists from all of the 50 states and as many countries as possible. To date the collection consists of more than 1,000 works of art from 50 states and 56 countries. The final group of artists are hard at work completing their "hubcap art".
Although awaiting the final projects, phase two is already underway. The first museum showing of Landfillart will be in September 2014. Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art will include 287 objects from the Landfillart collection, representing every U.S. state and 35 other countries. This exciting premier exhibit will open September 6, 2014 at The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester Virginia, details at www.theMSV.org
After the initial museum showing, an abbreviated version of the collection (35 objects) is scheduled to travel, beginning in 2015.
The final phase for the Landfillart collection is to publish a book highlighting all 1,041 completed works of art and their stories. Carbonfund.org is proud to partner with Ken Marquis and the Landfillart project in its efforts to raise awareness about environmental preservation through artistic repurposing.
Global Warming May Impact the American Sweet Tooth
Americans eat a lot of sugar. According to a 2012 infographic from www.OnlineNursingPrograms.com, we consume about 130 pounds of sugar each year. And when I say sugar, I don't just mean sugar from sugar cane. I am referring to corn syrup, which is used to sweeten our favorite soft drinks, of which the average American drinks 53 gallons per year. That sounds bad, and it is, but brain scans show that sugar is addictive as cocaine. Well, our national addiction is in major trouble from climate change.
Corn is the biggest agricultural crop in the U.S. It's a $65-billion-a-year industry and global warming is putting it at a significant risk. A report released this week by Ceres, a coalition of investor and environmental groups, says that corn is at risk because its water demands are growing at a time when the threat of drought is increasing. Ceres said corn production particularly is in danger due to its tapping stressed aquifers as a water source. A couple that are especially relied upon are the High Plains aquifer, which covers eight Great Plains states, and the Central Valley aquifer in California.
Report author Brooke Barton, Water Program Director at Ceres, says, "Escalating corn production for our food, livestock and energy industries has put the corn sector on an unsustainable path." The Midwest drought of 2012 pushed corn prices to record-level highs of $8 per bushel and according to the report are "a taste of what is predicted to become the new normal in many parts of the Corn Belt thanks to climate change."
Rising corn prices also impact more than just the food industry. The transportation industry may also take a hit as corn production is affected by climate change. The crop is used to make ethanol, which is a fuel additive, and accounts for roughly 10% of the country's fuel.
However, the largest use of corn in the U.S. is still for human consumption one way or another. Even if we're not directly drinking it in soft drinks, it is still used a livestock feed. Soda manufacturers, such as leading beverage company Coca-Cola Co., could make a significant difference in sustainable corn production. Ceres says they could seek out suppliers of their agricultural ingredients who use less water and fertilizers.
Although, the good news to our waistlines is that U.S. consumption of carbonated soft drinks has been declining for a decade. Maybe we are starting to wean ourselves off of our sugar addiction after all. Either way, it is part of a group of addictions that our country needs to overcome. Using less is the best way to control carbon emissions.
Much Anticipated Carbon Pollution Standards Proposed
The big news this week is that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released their proposed Clean Power Plan. Environmental groups and climate change activists have been eagerly awaiting these carbon emission standards for coal-fired power plants.
Power plants are the largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S. and generate approximately one-third of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA's proposal, released Monday, will help lower carbon emissions from existing power plants by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030.
The proposed rules are the latest under President Obama's Climate Action Plan. The EPA is charged with proposing commonsense approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants.
Last June, President Obama announced a series of executive actions to reduce carbon emissions, prepare the country for the impacts of climate change and lead international efforts to address global warming. Learn more about the President's Climate Action plan on the White House web site.
For good or ill, climate change continues to be a politically charged issue, often dividing along party lines. However, many companies recognize that global warming is already impacting their daily business operations and that the problem is only going to get worse if we do not take steps now to embrace a low-carbon future.
Sustainability advocacy nonprofit Ceres coordinated letters of support for the EPA's proposed carbon pollution rule to the Obama Administration and Senate and House majority and minority leaders from 125 companies including the likes of Unilever, VF Corporation and Mars. The letters were also signed by 49 investors managing $800 billion in assets.
Read more about the EPA's proposed Clean Power Plan at http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/clean-power-plan-proposed-rule.
New Retail Channel ClimateStore.com Becomes a Carbonfree® Partner
ClimateStore Inc., located in Boston, MA, officially became a Carbonfree® Partner with CarbonFund.org. The newly launched retail brand has a mission to make it fun and easy for people to reduce their carbon footprint, and launched its on-line brand, climatestore.com, this past Earth Day. The company seeks to close a gap in the retail space, namely, the lack of an easily recognizable retail brand focused entirely on climate change.
ClimateStore hopes to tap into a growing market of climate conscious consumers, and carbon offsets play an important role in its sustainability strategy. To help realize its mission, ClimateStore purchased offsets from a portfolio of reforestation and forest conservation projects to offset emissions from its operations including energy use at its offices, freight and parcel shipping, employee commutes, and business travel. The company also relies on partnerships with like-minded organizations, like Carbonfund.org and 1% for the Planet, to support climate change awareness programs and forest conservation initiatives.
"With the recent release of the latest UN IPCC report and U.S. National Climate Assessment, there can be no doubt this is a critical issue current for future generations. More people are asking what they can do to reduce their carbon impact" says Steven E. Bushnell, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of ClimateStore Inc. "There is a false perception that moving to a lower carbon economy will require giving things up or need extra effort. We take the opposite view; lowering one's carbon footprint should be fun, easy and rewarding as we collectively secure the stable climate we all hope to live in."
The ClimateStore.com website provides summaries of climate science, issues an urgent call for action, suggests plans to reduce personal carbon emissions, and provides products to help people achieve a lower carbon footprint. The company launched with about 250 carbon saving products, including: energy efficient lighting, water saving devices, smart home technology, home décor, laundry items, travel gear and accessories. Each product is evaluated by ClimateStore staff to identify exact how it saves carbon - including the production, use, and disposal phases of the product's lifecycle - and communicate their findings with a simple icon system and detailed product descriptions.
Interview with Mr. Hans Wegner, Chief Sustainability Officer at the National Geographic Society
Carbonfund.org and National Geographic Society (NGS) have been partners in the fight against global climate change since 2009. Our relationship with NGS is managed by Mr. Hans Wegner, Chief Sustainability Officer at the Society whose leadership in the sustainability realm has been an inspiration to everyone at our Foundation.
In 2011, Han's leadership with the NGS "Green Team" led to his team receiving our For People and Planet award in the "Media" category for their efforts to reduce carbon dioxide (C02) emissions.
These efforts included reducing emissions from their operations by 80% with an additional goal of reducing emissions from their magazine paper and printing materials supply chain by 10% by 2015. The team has succeeded at numerous other efforts from obtaining Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) Gold Status for their headquarters building to compost and recycling programs in their cafeteria.
Since the origin of our relationship, with NGS, the Society has been a key supporter of several of our projects including the Purus REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) Project in Acre, Brazil, and the Native Species Reforestation Project in Panama to offset the Society's respective travel and office emissions.
We had the opportunity to speak with Hans on his impressive 41 years at the National Geographic Society and his broader work in the sustainability realm.
1. Please describe your current role as Chief Sustainability Officer at NGS and what lead you to that position?
I came to the Society in 1973, with a background in commercial printing. I came here to work in one of the photographic labs, compiling film for wall maps for 1.5 years and subsequently became responsible for the production and then the manufacturing of the Magazine. During that time I also handled all paper purchasing for the Society so I became very conversant with the issues related to paper manufacturing and the paper market. I took particular interest in learning all I could about the environmental impacts of all aspects of paper making; from seedling in the ground to recycling of old paper products. I took great pride in working with our paper suppliers to make sure they abide by or exceeded all applicable environmental regulations.
In 2006 I headed up a group of concerned NGS employees who felt we as an organization could do more to reduce the impact our operations had on climate change and to raise our collective awareness of our responsibility to conduct our business sustainably. Our groups focused on measuring the carbon emissions that we as a company were responsible for, including those emitted on our behalf by our suppliers. We knew we had to know our corporate carbon footprint, not only in the aggregate, but by product line or service sector so we could have a roadmap for the remedial actions we wanted to take. On the basis of this information, we made our buildings carbon neutral, achieved LEED-EB Gold status for our complex, and certified our campus as Energy Star rated and implemented many energy saving features.
On the basis of our success, I was designated Chief Sustainability Officer in 2009.
2. How did you get started in sustainability work? Who or what inspired you to go into a career in sustainability?
I have always had an inclination to try to be environmentally responsible and I like to think of myself as acting on what I know to be true. This is what led me to set environmental policy for our paper suppliers when I was handling paper purchasing for the Society, implementing a requirement to use best forest management practices, to exceed the guidelines of the Clean Air and Water Acts. In the mid 1990's I became increasingly convinced of not only the fact of climate change, but the reality that it was human activity that was causing this phenomenon. Additionally human activity was consuming finite natural resources at obviously unsustainable rates. I was of course aware that the Society was publishing or producing related stories in our Magazine and TV productions on these subjects so the problem was not a lack of public awareness of the issues but rather a problem of failing to act on what we know. I felt compelled to make a difference and to act, so I began talking to people and knew there was a critical mass of my colleagues who felt strongly, wanted to help, and were willing to volunteer their time to make a difference. That led to the formation of the GoGreen Committee (Now Green Team) which has been meeting monthly since late 2006 and is leading the sustainability initiative at the Society.
3. What personal accomplishments in the sustainability realm are you most proud of?
I would have to say being instrumental in starting the sustainability initiative at the Society and thereby creating an awareness that we as an organization and as individuals could and needed to do more than we were.
As to specifics: 1) Focusing our efforts on knowing our carbon footprint and focusing our efforts at reducing that that footprint by eliminating waste where we found it and thereby eliminating the cost of that waste. 2) Setting and then achieving the goal of becoming a carbon neutral facility and qualifying our Buildings for LEED-EB Gold certification. 3) Doing the most comprehensive Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) ever done on a Magazine in cooperation with our paper and printing suppliers. This was completed in 2009. 4) Convincing the Society to become a Triple Bottom Line (TBL) driven company in 2012. 5) Committing the Society to the idea of offsetting our scope III carbon (all indirect emissions except for purchased electricity, heat and steam). To date, we have reduced our scope III by over 20% since 2008.
4. What are you currently working on in the sustainability realm?
We are working with our suppliers of printing and digital media storage to document their emissions on our behalf and to look into renewable energy for those emissions. We are working to achieve carbon neutral status for everything we do, and to send zero waste to landfill. My goal is to have sustainability become part of the culture of the Society.
5. What is your personal biggest sustainability challenge?
Changing behavior at our company and getting more companies to start addressing climate change. Behavior changes are hard. Energy has always been cheap in the US, and the challenge is to change that perception and get people to change their behavior and use less. The other challenge is for all of us to personalize climate change and take responsibility for that change. At the end of the day each of us must make a commitment to change if we are to solve this problem. We all have the tendency to wait for someone else to start. Don't wait for someone else. You do it. Each of us can start today by: not leaving lights on, shortening the showers we take, using mass transit, recycling everything we can, etc.
6. What is going to be the biggest challenge for sustainability in the next 20 years?
Complacency on the part of most of us. Dependence on someone else to do the job for us. Ignoring the noise from the fossil fuel industry to say everything is OK when it is clearly not. A Congress that is divided to the point of dysfunction, so no federal leadership is possible. The naysayers that persist in trying to say that this is not a problem, and it is bad for the economy to address this issue. The fear mongers who wish to use this issue to divide us rather than to say here is a challenge we can unite on and fix.
7. For the next generation of environmental professionals, what advice would you give?
You do not have to be an expert. Read and act on what you know. Make the business case that waiting is paramount to throwing money away and that America cannot compete with clean economies around the world. Make the business case that inaction, or little action, is far, far more expensive and costly to jobs and prosperity than the most drastic actions we take today.
8. How did Carbonfund.org help you achieve your sustainability goals?
Carbonfund.org has been able to find projects for us to help us offset our use of natural gas to heat our buildings and use in our cafeteria. It has also helped us find projects that offset our business travel. My question to any offset provider has always been: Can you get me a two 'fer or three 'fer? By which I mean I am looking for projects that not only reduce carbon buildup in the atmosphere by adding sequestration capacity, but does doing so expand the habitat for an endangered species (either flora or fauna) in an area, thereby enhancing the possibility of that species' survival? So I am always interested in finding projects that have multiple benefits with the primary one being carbon emissions reductions. So far, Carbonfund.org has done a really good job finding such projects for us.
9. Why did you choose to work with Carbonfund.org?
In keeping with the idea of sourcing locally, I liked that Carbonfund.org is in fact local to Washington DC metro area. I also like the fact of Carbonfund.org being a not-for-profit, as I believe that addressing climate change should not be a profit driven undertaking. That is not to say that we should not do business with for profit entities, it is just that if not-for-profit is an option; that is my preference so we can put more dollars into emissions reductions.
Teas Etc. Begins Seventh Year as Carbonfree® Business Partner
One cup of premium loose leaf tea inspired Beth Johnston to get into the tea business, and environmental responsibility drives the company's commitment to organic teas, sustainability practices and Carbonfree® business operations.
"Conserving our planet's precious resources has always been a personal concern for me. With our continued expansion, both importing and shipping customer orders, I felt a further responsibility to take it on corporately," says Beth Johnston, Founder and CEO. "We had been looking for an effective way to offset the impact Teas Etc. has on the environment but also wanted to give our customers the choice to offset theirs. We did our homework, looked at a couple of different options and decided that Carbonfund.org was the right partner to help us meet our goals."
For the seventh consecutive year, Teas Etc. is offsetting its own carbon footprint with Carbonfund.org by supporting renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects. In an effort to generate greater awareness about sources of carbon emissions, Teas Etc. offers customers the option of offsetting the carbon footprint created by shipping their orders. To date, Teas Etc. and its customers have neutralized the same quantity of emissions as would be sequestered by almost 11,000 tree seedlings grown for ten years.
Teas Etc is has provided premium quality award winning teas and modern accessories to wholesale and retail customers for over 15 years. The company is USDA certified to package and to distribute organic products, and has a complete line of organic teas. In addition to their tea line, the company manufactures the innovative, award winning Tea Traveler® that allows tea drinkers to enjoy loose leaf teas on-the-go. The company opened in 1998 with its headquarters in Palm Beach, FL has an office in Nanjing, China and a permanent show room at AmericasMart in Atlanta, GA.
In addition toCarbonfree® operations,Teas Etc. supports a local recycling program, utilizes recycled paper goods, biodegradable packing materials and chemical-free cleaning products. Their ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability, high quality products and excellent customer services confirms Teas Etc. as a leader in responsible online premium loose leaf tea retailing and wholesaling.
Seven Years CarbonFree® Matters More to MWW
Seven years into its long-term commitment to environmental leadership, MWW is achieving great things towards its goal to do its part to make the world a better place. MWW, one of the nation's top mid-sized public relations firms and one of the ten largest independent agencies, is recognized for its work in consumer lifestyle marketing, digital marketing and social media, corporate communications, and visual branding.
MWW is also dedicated to reducing its global warming impact, improving quality of life and US energy security. Since 2007, MWW has led by example, committing to being CarbonFree® in partnership with Carbonfund.org. Over the past seven years, MWW has reduced the carbon impact from its business operations, totaling over 19 million pounds of CO2 mitigation, which is equivalent to the electricity use of 1,291 homes for one year through support of Carbonfund.org's renewable energy and forestry projects. That's also equivalent to the emissions from over 20,058 barrels of oil consumed or taking 1,797 cars off the road for one year.
"Our work in corporate social responsibility and corporate citizenship is some of the most important we do," emphasizes Michael Kempner, MWW President and CEO. "MWW remains firmly committed to doing our part to protect and preserve the environment, and we are pleased to continue our seven-year partnership with Carbonfund.org, a leader in carbon reduction and offset solutions. We challenge our peers in the industry, as well as our clients and partners, to join with us in this important work, or to adopt their own programs to help bring about a clean energy economy."
Employees at MWW give back through Good Matters, a company-wide Corporate Social Responsibility program, which enables employees to support local charities and other causes that are close to their hearts. Each year, team members can take advantage of eight hours of paid time off to volunteer for an organization of their choice. These collective efforts have defined MWW's commitment to corporate citizenship, for the environment, community, employees, and their clients. Carbonfund.org is proud to partner with MWW in helping to make the world a better, cleaner place to live.
Wakeup Call – Frightening Global Warming Gas Milestone Reached
Last week our planet reached a scary milestone for carbon dioxide, the most important global warming gas. The average carbon dioxide reading exceeded 400 parts per million at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO) on the island of Hawaii for the 24 hours that ended at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Earth hasn't had this much carbon dioxide concentrated in the air for at least three million years, which is before human life on the planet.
This should be a wakeup call that major and potentially catastrophic global weather changes are coming and a sign we're not doing enough to tackle climate change.
We've seen carbon dioxide levels above 400 parts per million in the Arctic last year and even in some hourly readings at NOAA's MLO. However, this is the first time we've seen the average reading for an entire day exceed that level. Carbon dioxide levels do rise and fall along with the seasons. As foliage grows over the summer in the Northern Hemisphere, 10 billion tons of carbon will be pulled out of the air. But it's only a temporary pardon in a situation that's becoming direr by the moment.
We simply must invest in alternative energy technologies and begin curbing our dangerous global appetite for fossil fuels. Otherwise, the time will come soon where no measurement of the ambient air anywhere on earth, in any season, will produce a reading below 400.
The official target to limit the damage from global warming is 450 parts per million (PPM), which is generally agreed to be the maximum level compatible with that goal. Our relentless, long-term increases in carbon dioxide emissions are likely get us to 450 PPM in well under 25 years. The time to slow down global warming is dwindling quickly. Twenty five years may seem like a long time, but our planet is huge. It will take more time than that to right the ship.
Not every country has agreed to set binding emissions targets, either. Unfortunately, the United States count among those shirking their responsibility. Now greater efforts are necessary, and are all but impossible without severe economic disruptions.
Can we live on a planet that is warmer and wetter? Probably, but billions of people are going to suffer as we make the transition. It's a better plan to lower our carbon footprints and speedily move to no and low carbon energy sources. The price is going to be high either way, and it's only getting steeper as we hurtle towards the point of no return.
Solosso to Plant a Tree for Every Shirt Sold
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With Earth Day (April 22) fast approaching, it is time for all of us to evaluate how our daily activities affect our planet and see what we can do about it. As of April 22, Solosso, a premium custom clothing company that lets you design your own eco-friendly custom dress shirts online, launches an initiative to plant a tree for every shirt sold, thus taking their operations from carbon neutral to carbon negative. "As a clothing company, we want to lead the way to sustainability in an industry that is infamous for its carbon emissions," says Jan Klimo, Head of Business Development at Solosso.
The initiative is executed through the Carbonfund.org Foundation, a non-profit organization leading the fight against global warming by collecting and investing funds into high-quality carbon offset projects resulting in real carbon emission reductions, such as reforestation.
Jan describes Solosso's partnership with Carbonfund.org: "We've been partners with Carbonfund.org for over three years now, completely offsetting our carbon footprint with their help. As of this year's Earth Day, we are excited to go the extra mile and turn our operations from carbon neutral to carbon negative by planting a tree for every shirt we sell. As a clothing company, we want to lead the way to sustainability in an industry that is infamous for its carbon emissions."
Plant a Tree initiatives are popular among a range of business, such as Dell, Baby Check List, Global Basecamps, or Euroloan to name a few. Money funneled into reforestation projects has an obvious positive environmental impact all over the world. Linda Kelly from Carbonfund.org explains: "Tree-planting projects benefit the environment, the atmosphere and the local community, by creating jobs in the tree-planting activities and maintaining the ongoing forest management. The tree-planting projects we support are numerous and geographic locations are worldwide. Some of our tree-planting projects are in the US, but the majority are in India, South America and Haiti."
With Carbonfund.org's portfolio of carbon-reducing projects worldwide, carbon offsetting is available to any individual, business or organization.
What are you or your business doing to help achieve a zero carbon world?


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