October 14, 2006: Swinging bricks from the chest

Undertoad · 10-14-2006, 09:34 AM

Not sure how to title this xoB/WaPo shot. The official cap says this guy is from the Meishan tribe and this is a tribal festival. Now my question to you is this: why does there always have to be some weird tribal connection to body modification and nails through the chest and etc.? It seems like there is always talk about ritual, religion, tribalism and so forth, surrounding these things.

The fact that this is happening in China tells us maybe it has a universal nature -- have different cultures have picked up the practice independently?

Would anyone (amongst us) find this to be a personally fulfilling act somehow?

milkfish · 10-14-2006, 10:03 AM

When implants go bad.

SteveDallas · 10-14-2006, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

why does there always have to be some weird tribal connection to body modification and nails through the chest and etc.?

The ancient Mayan kings performed fertility rituals that involved bloodletting from rather more intimate body parts... I suppose it's just as well they couldn't leave behind photographs for us.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-14-2006, 01:29 PM

Does the guy in the light blue shirt have his arm coming out of his groin?

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It seems like there is always talk about ritual, religion, tribalism and so forth, surrounding these things.

Makes sense, I mean how many people would chose to do this for fun? The warm and fuzzy feeling of having accomplished something that has been quantified as to it's ballsiness. That way when you brag about it, people say Wow, instead of WTF.

rock9995 · 10-14-2006, 01:51 PM

didn't "A Man Called Horse" have one up on this guy in the pain threshold department?

Griff · 10-14-2006, 01:54 PM

Anybody else think he's a Nance for not hooking those bricks through his nipples?

ajaccio · 10-14-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rock9995

didn't "A Man Called Horse" have one up on this guy in the pain threshold department?

Yep, 'cause the pins through the skin were bearclaws and the guy was hoisted up in the air and hung from his own chest flesh/muscle. I can still remember how I cringed watching that...

SPUCK · 10-15-2006, 04:38 AM

I want to see him stop suddenly!

slang · 10-15-2006, 05:06 AM

Once they all get satellite TV with 500 channels over there, this sort of activity should evaporate.

Then they'll all be fat and lethargic like us.

No time to swing bricks from skin any more, the Munsters are on.

Trilby · 10-15-2006, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Anybody else think he's a Nance for not hooking those bricks through his nipples?

Yes

morethanpretty · 10-15-2006, 09:28 AM

Anybody notice that there are no women in the audience?

lumberjim · 10-15-2006, 11:35 AM

how bored they must be over there.

Griff · 10-15-2006, 01:01 PM

um... we're looking at pictures of them salving their boredom. What does that say about the intensity of our lifestyle?

edit smelling so it makes some sense

Stress Puppy · 10-15-2006, 03:30 PM

It's like the military says, "Pain is just weakness leaving the body."

People do these things for various reasons. Some times it's to face pain to show one's devotion to a cause or deity, some times it's for the endorphine rush that accompanies pain. Same reason some people like whips in the bedroom, really.

Elspode · 10-15-2006, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Stress Puppy

It's like the military says, "Pain is just weakness leaving the body."

Should be modified to "Pain is just IED shrapnel entering the body".

10-14-2006, 09:34 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	October 14, 2006: Swinging bricks from the chest Not sure how to title this xoB/WaPo shot. The official cap says this guy is from the Meishan tribe and this is a tribal festival. Now my question to you is this: why does there always have to be some weird tribal connection to body modification and nails through the chest and etc.? It seems like there is always talk about ritual, religion, tribalism and so forth, surrounding these things. The fact that this is happening in China tells us maybe it has a universal nature -- have different cultures have picked up the practice independently? Would anyone (amongst us) find this to be a personally fulfilling act somehow?

10-14-2006, 10:03 AM	#2
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	When implants go bad. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

10-14-2006, 01:54 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Anybody else think he's a Nance for not hooking those bricks through his nipples? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-15-2006, 09:28 AM	#11
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Anybody notice that there are no women in the audience? __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

10-15-2006, 11:35 AM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	how bored they must be over there. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-14-2006, 01:51 PM	#5
rock9995 Complex Simpleton Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18	didn't "A Man Called Horse" have one up on this guy in the pain threshold department?

10-15-2006, 04:38 AM	#8
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	I want to see him stop suddenly!

10-15-2006, 05:06 AM	#9
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Once they all get satellite TV with 500 channels over there, this sort of activity should evaporate. Then they'll all be fat and lethargic like us. No time to swing bricks from skin any more, the Munsters are on.

10-15-2006, 01:01 PM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	um... we're looking at pictures of them salving their boredom. What does that say about the intensity of our lifestyle? edit smelling so it makes some sense __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 10-15-2006 at 08:04 PM.

10-15-2006, 03:30 PM	#14
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	It's like the military says, "Pain is just weakness leaving the body." People do these things for various reasons. Some times it's to face pain to show one's devotion to a cause or deity, some times it's for the endorphine rush that accompanies pain. Same reason some people like whips in the bedroom, really. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

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