A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

What is “BME MANCORE”?

From their official forum:

You don’t need anesthetic, you need MANesthetic. Suck it up, complete the list. Be a man. Lets face it, it is a competition. How it works: ten man points for each of the following, and more than 90 points makes you an official man.

  • large gauge non-lobe piercing
  • Red Wings
  • Your lifestyle must result in at least one animal death per day
  • Interest in at least one of the following: fish hooking, gas masks, blood play, tromboning, tampon removal with teeth.
  • Genital Piercings
  • Face, hand or neck tattoos
  • Strong dislike of emos
  • Enjoys Vaginal suffication
  • Has had a piercing with a gun
  • HAS ONLY EVER SHED A SINGLE TEAR (man tear)
  • Displaying the man core forum button
  • surgical mods
  • Surgical mods you did yourself

Bonuses and curses:

  • Vegitarian, Vegan: -20 Main Points
  • Play piercing gluttony (30+ per session): Chadam award
  • So drunk you got lost on the way home: Toast award

God I love microcults. Black toe forever. Mancore forever. Actually, I only scored a ninety, so I’m apparently just barely a man so maybe I should be offended. Death to Mancore! Anyway, the left photo (assuming I didn’t get the two mixed up) is on littlejohn and the other is on evilpixie by Metalurgey in Dundee, Scotland.

Comments

156 responses to “What is “BME MANCORE”?”

  1. ross Avatar

    zero + like a million toast awards… but im only 16, so i dont see it as too much of a falure

  2. ross Avatar

    zero + like a million toast awards… but im only 16, so i dont see it as too much of a falure

  3. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    oh poo,i only got 50 of them there points:(
    but i guess i wouldn’t get too many point seeing as i’m a girl

  4. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    oh poo,i only got 50 of them there points:(
    but i guess i wouldn’t get too many point seeing as i’m a girl

  5. Wilburt Avatar

    people shouldnt take it so seriously, they said its only a joke 🙂

  6. Wilburt Avatar

    people shouldnt take it so seriously, they said its only a joke 🙂

  7. Wilburt Avatar

    New award also, bonus for bagpiping;
    Armpit fucking – Joe bagpiped a french woman and had armpit hair stuck to his penis.

  8. Wilburt Avatar

    New award also, bonus for bagpiping;
    Armpit fucking – Joe bagpiped a french woman and had armpit hair stuck to his penis.

  9. cammy Avatar
    cammy

    HAHA! cant belive our fourm got on modblog!! sweet!! our fourm is pointless, and yes we are sad little assholes who compete…i hope you like are forum…and if you dont…well fuck you coz u know being a REAL man counts!!

  10. cammy Avatar
    cammy

    HAHA! cant belive our fourm got on modblog!! sweet!! our fourm is pointless, and yes we are sad little assholes who compete…i hope you like are forum…and if you dont…well fuck you coz u know being a REAL man counts!!

  11. ross Avatar

    holy shit, i just noticed this is in dundee:D im like only 100 miles from there 😀

  12. ross Avatar

    holy shit, i just noticed this is in dundee:D im like only 100 miles from there 😀

  13. Raevyn Avatar

    for being a girl, i got a really high score. wierdness. most of those though came from the playpiercing session. i do ALOT of them usually 50+ needles.

  14. Raevyn Avatar

    for being a girl, i got a really high score. wierdness. most of those though came from the playpiercing session. i do ALOT of them usually 50+ needles.

  15. Raevyn Avatar

    wait. it’s not 30 points per session. ha. oh well. i’m still apparently quite manly. still wierdness.

  16. Raevyn Avatar

    wait. it’s not 30 points per session. ha. oh well. i’m still apparently quite manly. still wierdness.

  17. outmywindow Avatar
    outmywindow

    50 points and I’m a heterosexual female.

  18. outmywindow Avatar
    outmywindow

    50 points and I’m a heterosexual female.

  19. Ninha Avatar

    why people take this things soo~ serious? 😀

  20. Ninha Avatar

    why people take this things soo~ serious? 😀

  21. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    Tromboning *ought* to be playing the trombone… Any classical/jazz musician will ell you that good girl trombonists are as rare as hens’ teeth, so playing the instrument *is* actually totally a man thing!

  22. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    Tromboning *ought* to be playing the trombone… Any classical/jazz musician will ell you that good girl trombonists are as rare as hens’ teeth, so playing the instrument *is* actually totally a man thing!

  23. Fight To Survive Avatar

    wow. this is fucking stupid
    REAL MAN DON’T HURT ANIMALS. every smart people knows that.

  24. Fight To Survive Avatar

    wow. this is fucking stupid
    REAL MAN DON’T HURT ANIMALS. every smart people knows that.

  25. strange_little_girl Avatar
    strange_little_girl

    that’s hilarious! i want my own cult. i did, however, score a 500 on this one.

  26. strange_little_girl Avatar
    strange_little_girl

    that’s hilarious! i want my own cult. i did, however, score a 500 on this one.

  27. penski Avatar

    Fight To Survive – real men don’t eat garnish. 😉

    *n

  28. penski Avatar

    Fight To Survive – real men don’t eat garnish. 😉

    *n

  29. Veal Avatar
    Veal

    …..or quiche

  30. Veal Avatar
    Veal

    …..or quiche

  31. namesofthedead Avatar

    vegetarian is another name for lousy hunter

  32. namesofthedead Avatar

    vegetarian is another name for lousy hunter

  33. CarrY Avatar
    CarrY

    FUCK! i totally get get the toasted bonus , i lost the way home almoast twice a week hahahahhaha………. o and the last time i check i still a man……….. yes still so !

    P L U R :heart

  34. CarrY Avatar
    CarrY

    FUCK! i totally get get the toasted bonus , i lost the way home almoast twice a week hahahahhaha………. o and the last time i check i still a man……….. yes still so !

    P L U R :heart

  35. chadam Avatar

    im so mancore i have my own award bicthes

  36. chadam Avatar

    im so mancore i have my own award bicthes

  37. kawaface Avatar

    every smart people knows that eh #63?

  38. kawaface Avatar

    every smart people knows that eh #63?

  39. J Avatar
    J

    60+ toast award…I would have been at 40 but I gave up being vegetarian and started eating only fish…dead animals still gross me out though

  40. J Avatar
    J

    60+ toast award…I would have been at 40 but I gave up being vegetarian and started eating only fish…dead animals still gross me out though

  41. toast Avatar

    What Chadam said. -bows-

    Inspired by the many nights I’ve gotten lost on the half-hour straight-line walk home from the pub in Liverpool, and more embarrassingly, a couple of times on the 5-minute straight-line walk through a field to get home here.

  42. toast Avatar

    What Chadam said. -bows-

    Inspired by the many nights I’ve gotten lost on the half-hour straight-line walk home from the pub in Liverpool, and more embarrassingly, a couple of times on the 5-minute straight-line walk through a field to get home here.

  43. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Hahaha… removing tampon with teeth… I havent dont that one personally… but that is pretty hardcore! ^^

  44. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Hahaha… removing tampon with teeth… I havent dont that one personally… but that is pretty hardcore! ^^

  45. Code Zero Avatar

    hey…the black toes are still alive..don’t you cast us into the abyss just yet…

  46. Code Zero Avatar

    hey…the black toes are still alive..don’t you cast us into the abyss just yet…

  47. Josh Avatar
    Josh

    I gots the hand tattoos, the hate for emo, the vagina suffocation, and the piercing with a gun. only 40 points. Ihad my labret pierced with a post with a disk back. and the disk back heeled inside my lip one night and had to push it back through and insert new longer jewelry. Any points for that? please?!

  48. Josh Avatar
    Josh

    I gots the hand tattoos, the hate for emo, the vagina suffocation, and the piercing with a gun. only 40 points. Ihad my labret pierced with a post with a disk back. and the disk back heeled inside my lip one night and had to push it back through and insert new longer jewelry. Any points for that? please?!

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