Good language to start with?

I have a lot of free time on my hands right now, and I thought rather than letting it go to waste, I'd like to do something constructive, and learn some programming skills.
What's a good programming language to learn as my first?

I don't know if the text boards are like the image ones, if so I'm expecting a lot of rage and unhelpful comments.

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As much as I hate this poster, his point is valid. Python is a superior scripting language to start with. You don't want to dive right into handling memory and pointers and stuff without knowing how to code in the first place.