You know that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when you realize that large corporations have heart? I’m experiencing that sentiment right now for Marvel.
They received an email from a mother with a 4-year-old boy named Anthony, who no longer wanted to wear his Blue Ear model hearing aid. Part of the reason he wanted to put it aside is because none of his favorite superheroes wore hearing aids. Christina D’Allesandro didn’t expect to get a response from Marvel regarding her comments so imagine her surprise when editor Bill Rosemann replied and pointed out that Hawkeye had to use a hearing aid in 1984′s West Coast Avengers # 1 after taking a shot to the ear.
It didn’t end there. Soon Marvel sent another email featuring the superhero Blue Ear. The image shows a hero using a hearing aid to listen to cries from those needing assistance. It worked like a charm. Though there are still times when Anthony doesn’t want to wear his hearing aid, he usually gets it.
“I tell him he has to hear people calling for help,” Christina said. “He gets the whole connection. He’s loving it.”
Classy, Marvel. Classy.
(Concord Monitor via Blastr)
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Emo kids really have something to cry about now, because it turns out their vision-obscuring haircuts are causing lazy eye:
Optometrists Association of Tasmania education director Andrew Hogan warned that amblyopia, the medical term for lazy eye, can result from obstructed vision caused by hair.’If a young emo chap has a fringe covering one eye all the time, that eye won’t see a lot of detail,” he said. “And if it happens from a young age, that eye can become amblyotic.’
Next we’ll find out that Justin Bieber haircuts are delaying puberty.
(via Geekologie)
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Fashionably Geek has teamed up with Toykoflash once again to offer readers the chance to win their latest watch design. This time the prize is the Kisai Uzumaki with its colorful spiraling display.
Take a look at the video after the break to see the watch in action (and learn how you can win it).
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