Paper bag (plain brown lunch bag) and some regular kernels, with the top folded over, in the microwave for 2-3min.

Careful now, that might be patented.

[edit] I was intending sillyness, but then thought to go check if putting a bag of corn in a microwave was patented. Turns out it depends on how you fold the bag. - http://www.google.com/patents/US5200590

well after being here for a few months I found if I ever put some none-hype comments I got negative scores, this by itself tells me ycombinator and many of its followers are on drug and ignoring reality.

That's lovely and definitely sounds like the most likely explanation.

However, more importantly, would you like some popcorn? We had an accident with a corn silo and an industrial cyclotron, so there's loads to go around. Needs more butter though.