10/20/2004: Extreme piercing in Thailand

Undertoad · 10-20-2004, 12:47 PM

Welcome to Phuket! These gents are ritual vegetarians. See? See what vegetarianism eventually does to you??

Actually the captions don't explain the ceremony much, except to suggest that they are concerned with the moving of evil spirits. These guys believe they are possessed. I find it hard to disagree.

Why do the evil spirits get all the press? Why doesn't anyone think of the good spirits?

It's really the feather lining that makes this outfit.

Thanx to madmonkey for the last image. Pfft, I spent like 50 dollars for an appropriate piece of wood to stow my good knives in.

OnyxCougar · 10-20-2004, 02:13 PM

First of all, I wouldn't want to live in Phuket. It's as if no one cares about anything!

Trilby · 10-20-2004, 02:20 PM

I truly and sincerely hope each one of these guys is current on their tetanus shots.

Whew! That last one just makes my stomach flip-flop!

Troubleshooter · 10-20-2004, 02:38 PM

Stupid just seems to ignore any sort of barrier.

Maybe they could have a cable show called "Extreme Religion" and put it on ESPN with the rest of the extreme stupidy going on there.

Brown Thrasher · 10-20-2004, 03:11 PM

It shows that different cultures, have different customs. Thank goodness, what would the world be like if all cultures were the same. I think it would most likely be totally insincere and the world would suffer for that. Look at what happens when one society pushes its political ideas on another.

Trilby · 10-20-2004, 03:13 PM

Yeah, but there's still the tetanus issue...

garnet · 10-20-2004, 03:25 PM

It looks to me like these dudes have a teensy bit too much time on their hands. And there's not only the tetanus issue, don't forget the unattractive facial deformities that will no doubt result from these practices. Yuck.

dar512 · 10-20-2004, 03:32 PM

You can talk about cultural diversity all you want, but when I look at something like this I think about a scene in Se7en.

Quote:

When a person is insane, as you clearly are, do you know that you're insane? Maybe you're just sitting around, reading "Guns and Ammo", masturbating in your own feces, do you just stop and go, "Wow! It is amazing how fucking crazy I really am!"? Yeah. Do you guys do that?

Trilby · 10-20-2004, 03:40 PM

Insane people do not think they are insane. They think YOU (the sane one, we all suppose) are insane and they will tell you, in minute detail, how insane you are...

...It's always really enlightening to hear this.

MAdMoNKEY · 10-20-2004, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

First of all, I wouldn't want to live in Phuket. It's as if no one cares about anything!

That's hilarious dude.

Troubleshooter · 10-20-2004, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Brown Thrasher

It shows that different cultures, have different customs. Thank goodness, what would the world be like if all cultures were the same. I think it would most likely be totally insincere and the world would suffer for that. Look at what happens when one society pushes its political ideas on another.

That's because you don't understand social engineering.

In that culture, people believe that that is acceptable because they were told it was acceptable.

In time, a world that was more completely on the same page, as long as it was a good page, would be able to achieve so much more because they wouldn't be so busy fighting each other and spending so much of their life just trying to be different instead of trying to be better.

chrisinhouston · 10-20-2004, 04:23 PM

Neat, that's a Bianchi bike in the famous Celeste green that they have used for so many years!

Doodle · 10-20-2004, 04:47 PM

I just lost my cookies!

flippant · 10-20-2004, 04:53 PM

Bah- ba -ba- bo, ching ching!!

Roosta · 10-20-2004, 05:48 PM

Things would turn really ugly if that fella with the bike through his cheek tripped on something. I also wonder if they have their dinner before the rituals start? Can you picture how many bits of rice and lentils there would be all over the place?
The real fun starts with the post-ritual balloon blowing-up competition....

10-20-2004, 12:47 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/20/2004: Extreme piercing in Thailand Welcome to Phuket! These gents are ritual vegetarians. See? See what vegetarianism eventually does to you?? Actually the captions don't explain the ceremony much, except to suggest that they are concerned with the moving of evil spirits. These guys believe they are possessed. I find it hard to disagree. Why do the evil spirits get all the press? Why doesn't anyone think of the good spirits? It's really the feather lining that makes this outfit. Thanx to madmonkey for the last image. Pfft, I spent like 50 dollars for an appropriate piece of wood to stow my good knives in.

10-20-2004, 02:13 PM	#2
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	First of all, I wouldn't want to live in Phuket. It's as if no one cares about anything! __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

10-20-2004, 02:20 PM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I truly and sincerely hope each one of these guys is current on their tetanus shots. Whew! That last one just makes my stomach flip-flop! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-20-2004, 02:38 PM	#4
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Stupid just seems to ignore any sort of barrier. Maybe they could have a cable show called "Extreme Religion" and put it on ESPN with the rest of the extreme stupidy going on there. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

10-20-2004, 03:11 PM	#5
Brown Thrasher self=proclaimed ass looking for truth whatever that means Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: A treehouse Posts: 193	It shows that different cultures, have different customs. Thank goodness, what would the world be like if all cultures were the same. I think it would most likely be totally insincere and the world would suffer for that. Look at what happens when one society pushes its political ideas on another. __________________ Let it rain, it eases pain.....

10-20-2004, 03:13 PM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Yeah, but there's still the tetanus issue... __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-20-2004, 03:25 PM	#7
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	It looks to me like these dudes have a teensy bit too much time on their hands. And there's not only the tetanus issue, don't forget the unattractive facial deformities that will no doubt result from these practices. Yuck.

10-20-2004, 03:40 PM	#9
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Insane people do not think they are insane. They think YOU (the sane one, we all suppose) are insane and they will tell you, in minute detail, how insane you are... ...It's always really enlightening to hear this. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-20-2004, 04:23 PM	#12
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Neat, that's a Bianchi bike in the famous Celeste green that they have used for so many years!

10-20-2004, 04:47 PM	#13
Doodle Cheese is strange. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The dumpster in your apartment complex Posts: 16	I just lost my cookies! __________________ "The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves,but in our attitude towards them." -Antoine de Saint Exupery Little Miss Doodle

10-20-2004, 04:53 PM	#14
flippant shameless....so stop trying so hard....-me Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado location* Posts: 215	Bah- ba -ba- bo, ching ching!!

10-20-2004, 05:48 PM	#15
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	Things would turn really ugly if that fella with the bike through his cheek tripped on something. I also wonder if they have their dinner before the rituals start? Can you picture how many bits of rice and lentils there would be all over the place? The real fun starts with the post-ritual balloon blowing-up competition.... __________________ Back from the brink...

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