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.

First Thoughts 6/6

“BME buds for life.”

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376 responses to “First Thoughts 6/6”

  1. SmallPotatoGato Avatar
    SmallPotatoGato

    #29 people can become dependant on marijuana… i’ve been through rehab and seen it many times and to say that someone is a fool for getting addicted to pot is just irrational and ignorant… and unless this shop is in a place where marijuana is legal then i don’t think it’s the best idea to have it there… i wouldn’t want to lose my business just because i had some reefer at my shop…

  2. SmallPotatoGato Avatar
    SmallPotatoGato

    #29 people can become dependant on marijuana… i’ve been through rehab and seen it many times and to say that someone is a fool for getting addicted to pot is just irrational and ignorant… and unless this shop is in a place where marijuana is legal then i don’t think it’s the best idea to have it there… i wouldn’t want to lose my business just because i had some reefer at my shop…

  3. SmallPotatoGato Avatar
    SmallPotatoGato

    #29 people can become dependant on marijuana… i’ve been through rehab and seen it many times and to say that someone is a fool for getting addicted to pot is just irrational and ignorant… and unless this shop is in a place where marijuana is legal then i don’t think it’s the best idea to have it there… i wouldn’t want to lose my business just because i had some reefer at my shop…

  4. SmallPotatoGato Avatar
    SmallPotatoGato

    #29 people can become dependant on marijuana… i’ve been through rehab and seen it many times and to say that someone is a fool for getting addicted to pot is just irrational and ignorant… and unless this shop is in a place where marijuana is legal then i don’t think it’s the best idea to have it there… i wouldn’t want to lose my business just because i had some reefer at my shop…

  5. Jacqz Avatar
    Jacqz

    I thought it was shit at first….. I have such a weird mind

  6. Jacqz Avatar
    Jacqz

    I thought it was shit at first….. I have such a weird mind

  7. Jacqz Avatar
    Jacqz

    I thought it was shit at first….. I have such a weird mind

  8. Jacqz Avatar
    Jacqz

    I thought it was shit at first….. I have such a weird mind

  9. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Gato – I agree on both points, but especially the first… People are kidding themselves when they say pot isn’t addictive (even if they qualify it with “chemically/physically addictive”), because it DEFINITELY is psychologically, and psychological addictions can be just as powerful.

  10. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Gato – I agree on both points, but especially the first… People are kidding themselves when they say pot isn’t addictive (even if they qualify it with “chemically/physically addictive”), because it DEFINITELY is psychologically, and psychological addictions can be just as powerful.

  11. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Gato – I agree on both points, but especially the first… People are kidding themselves when they say pot isn’t addictive (even if they qualify it with “chemically/physically addictive”), because it DEFINITELY is psychologically, and psychological addictions can be just as powerful.

  12. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Gato – I agree on both points, but especially the first… People are kidding themselves when they say pot isn’t addictive (even if they qualify it with “chemically/physically addictive”), because it DEFINITELY is psychologically, and psychological addictions can be just as powerful.

  13. Pigmeu Avatar

    I agree, I’ve had many friends and neighbors whom have gotten noticebly irate, aggitated and just plain nasty when they haven’t gotten high.

    It depends on how weak willed the individual is, I think at least. Because I know several people who smoke it on a day to day basis and can quit for several weeks without any dampering on their personality.

  14. Pigmeu Avatar

    I agree, I’ve had many friends and neighbors whom have gotten noticebly irate, aggitated and just plain nasty when they haven’t gotten high.

    It depends on how weak willed the individual is, I think at least. Because I know several people who smoke it on a day to day basis and can quit for several weeks without any dampering on their personality.

  15. Pigmeu Avatar

    I agree, I’ve had many friends and neighbors whom have gotten noticebly irate, aggitated and just plain nasty when they haven’t gotten high.

    It depends on how weak willed the individual is, I think at least. Because I know several people who smoke it on a day to day basis and can quit for several weeks without any dampering on their personality.

  16. Pigmeu Avatar

    I agree, I’ve had many friends and neighbors whom have gotten noticebly irate, aggitated and just plain nasty when they haven’t gotten high.

    It depends on how weak willed the individual is, I think at least. Because I know several people who smoke it on a day to day basis and can quit for several weeks without any dampering on their personality.

  17. Pauly Unstoppable Avatar

    just cause someone disagrees with drug use it makes them sxe?

    werid

    anyway do what you want on your own time, i could care less as long as its not effecting anyone else

    but i would agree this doesnt belong in the studio at all, its unprofessional, even if its after hours or they arent smoking it on the job, it just doesnt belong thrown across the counter

    we dont let people put there jewelry on the counter

    why is a ounce of marijuina any differnt

  18. Pauly Unstoppable Avatar

    just cause someone disagrees with drug use it makes them sxe?

    werid

    anyway do what you want on your own time, i could care less as long as its not effecting anyone else

    but i would agree this doesnt belong in the studio at all, its unprofessional, even if its after hours or they arent smoking it on the job, it just doesnt belong thrown across the counter

    we dont let people put there jewelry on the counter

    why is a ounce of marijuina any differnt

  19. Pauly Unstoppable Avatar

    just cause someone disagrees with drug use it makes them sxe?

    werid

    anyway do what you want on your own time, i could care less as long as its not effecting anyone else

    but i would agree this doesnt belong in the studio at all, its unprofessional, even if its after hours or they arent smoking it on the job, it just doesnt belong thrown across the counter

    we dont let people put there jewelry on the counter

    why is a ounce of marijuina any differnt

  20. Pauly Unstoppable Avatar

    just cause someone disagrees with drug use it makes them sxe?

    werid

    anyway do what you want on your own time, i could care less as long as its not effecting anyone else

    but i would agree this doesnt belong in the studio at all, its unprofessional, even if its after hours or they arent smoking it on the job, it just doesnt belong thrown across the counter

    we dont let people put there jewelry on the counter

    why is a ounce of marijuina any differnt

  21. Lil Miss Strange Avatar
    Lil Miss Strange

    nice amount of weed , still it worries me that it seems to be in a piercingshop!

  22. Lil Miss Strange Avatar
    Lil Miss Strange

    nice amount of weed , still it worries me that it seems to be in a piercingshop!

  23. Lil Miss Strange Avatar
    Lil Miss Strange

    nice amount of weed , still it worries me that it seems to be in a piercingshop!

  24. Lil Miss Strange Avatar
    Lil Miss Strange

    nice amount of weed , still it worries me that it seems to be in a piercingshop!

  25. Tohnia Avatar
    Tohnia

    I don’t see the problem. I don’t smoke, and I was a straight edge kid, but I honestly don’t see how weed can negatively impact your life. I have friends who smoke almost daily, and it doesn’t affect their lives or how they work. Yes the picture seems to have been taken in a piercing parlor. So what? As long as the piercer wasn’t high when they were piercing somebody or the shop was open when this was taken, what’s the problem?

  26. Tohnia Avatar
    Tohnia

    I don’t see the problem. I don’t smoke, and I was a straight edge kid, but I honestly don’t see how weed can negatively impact your life. I have friends who smoke almost daily, and it doesn’t affect their lives or how they work. Yes the picture seems to have been taken in a piercing parlor. So what? As long as the piercer wasn’t high when they were piercing somebody or the shop was open when this was taken, what’s the problem?

  27. Tohnia Avatar
    Tohnia

    I don’t see the problem. I don’t smoke, and I was a straight edge kid, but I honestly don’t see how weed can negatively impact your life. I have friends who smoke almost daily, and it doesn’t affect their lives or how they work. Yes the picture seems to have been taken in a piercing parlor. So what? As long as the piercer wasn’t high when they were piercing somebody or the shop was open when this was taken, what’s the problem?

  28. Tohnia Avatar
    Tohnia

    I don’t see the problem. I don’t smoke, and I was a straight edge kid, but I honestly don’t see how weed can negatively impact your life. I have friends who smoke almost daily, and it doesn’t affect their lives or how they work. Yes the picture seems to have been taken in a piercing parlor. So what? As long as the piercer wasn’t high when they were piercing somebody or the shop was open when this was taken, what’s the problem?

  29. kleptesvirgo Avatar

    I’m not interested in the “pot=bad” argument.
    Frankly, I’m turned off because somone took a photo of an illegal substance at their workplace and submit it to a public, online source. The photo makes the modifed community look very immature, irresponsible and shady.
    By all means, enjoy your illegal drug use at home with my blessings. Just don’t publicly advertise it and attach it to modified community.

  30. kleptesvirgo Avatar

    I’m not interested in the “pot=bad” argument.
    Frankly, I’m turned off because somone took a photo of an illegal substance at their workplace and submit it to a public, online source. The photo makes the modifed community look very immature, irresponsible and shady.
    By all means, enjoy your illegal drug use at home with my blessings. Just don’t publicly advertise it and attach it to modified community.

  31. kleptesvirgo Avatar

    I’m not interested in the “pot=bad” argument.
    Frankly, I’m turned off because somone took a photo of an illegal substance at their workplace and submit it to a public, online source. The photo makes the modifed community look very immature, irresponsible and shady.
    By all means, enjoy your illegal drug use at home with my blessings. Just don’t publicly advertise it and attach it to modified community.

  32. kleptesvirgo Avatar

    I’m not interested in the “pot=bad” argument.
    Frankly, I’m turned off because somone took a photo of an illegal substance at their workplace and submit it to a public, online source. The photo makes the modifed community look very immature, irresponsible and shady.
    By all means, enjoy your illegal drug use at home with my blessings. Just don’t publicly advertise it and attach it to modified community.

  33. Lisabobisa Avatar
    Lisabobisa

    My thoughts on the ‘stereotype’ comments:

    Human beings tend to be very dependant on vision. When entering a new situation, or meeting new people, we make judgements and come to conclusions based on what we see. It’s a defense mechanism I think. Everyone does it, and complaining that because you CHOSE to be modified people now see you in ways you don’t like is just childish, you’ve got to take the bad with the good in every decision you make in life. I’m not saying that it’s right to disregard or snub people because of the way they look, but you have to understand that most people can’t get past that initial impression. You cannot control the way others see you. Yes, it’s going to confirm the stereotype of ‘modded=drug addict’ to those that wanted to believe that in the first place, but to those of us that know the truth, it really doesn’t make a difference.

    (on a related note, I find that I’m more open to striking up a conversation with people that have visible mods, perhaps because they’ve got more interesting stories?)

  34. Lisabobisa Avatar
    Lisabobisa

    My thoughts on the ‘stereotype’ comments:

    Human beings tend to be very dependant on vision. When entering a new situation, or meeting new people, we make judgements and come to conclusions based on what we see. It’s a defense mechanism I think. Everyone does it, and complaining that because you CHOSE to be modified people now see you in ways you don’t like is just childish, you’ve got to take the bad with the good in every decision you make in life. I’m not saying that it’s right to disregard or snub people because of the way they look, but you have to understand that most people can’t get past that initial impression. You cannot control the way others see you. Yes, it’s going to confirm the stereotype of ‘modded=drug addict’ to those that wanted to believe that in the first place, but to those of us that know the truth, it really doesn’t make a difference.

    (on a related note, I find that I’m more open to striking up a conversation with people that have visible mods, perhaps because they’ve got more interesting stories?)

  35. Lisabobisa Avatar
    Lisabobisa

    My thoughts on the ‘stereotype’ comments:

    Human beings tend to be very dependant on vision. When entering a new situation, or meeting new people, we make judgements and come to conclusions based on what we see. It’s a defense mechanism I think. Everyone does it, and complaining that because you CHOSE to be modified people now see you in ways you don’t like is just childish, you’ve got to take the bad with the good in every decision you make in life. I’m not saying that it’s right to disregard or snub people because of the way they look, but you have to understand that most people can’t get past that initial impression. You cannot control the way others see you. Yes, it’s going to confirm the stereotype of ‘modded=drug addict’ to those that wanted to believe that in the first place, but to those of us that know the truth, it really doesn’t make a difference.

    (on a related note, I find that I’m more open to striking up a conversation with people that have visible mods, perhaps because they’ve got more interesting stories?)

  36. Lisabobisa Avatar
    Lisabobisa

    My thoughts on the ‘stereotype’ comments:

    Human beings tend to be very dependant on vision. When entering a new situation, or meeting new people, we make judgements and come to conclusions based on what we see. It’s a defense mechanism I think. Everyone does it, and complaining that because you CHOSE to be modified people now see you in ways you don’t like is just childish, you’ve got to take the bad with the good in every decision you make in life. I’m not saying that it’s right to disregard or snub people because of the way they look, but you have to understand that most people can’t get past that initial impression. You cannot control the way others see you. Yes, it’s going to confirm the stereotype of ‘modded=drug addict’ to those that wanted to believe that in the first place, but to those of us that know the truth, it really doesn’t make a difference.

    (on a related note, I find that I’m more open to striking up a conversation with people that have visible mods, perhaps because they’ve got more interesting stories?)

  37. Sassix Avatar
    Sassix

    ER…how in the hell did someone’s creative ode to BME turn into a SxE vs. non-SxE diatribe? Yeesh! Would all this kaka be all over Shannon’s pages if the same sign had been finger painted in pudding on the glass? I don’t think so! Quit arguing..n’ stuff!!

  38. Sassix Avatar
    Sassix

    ER…how in the hell did someone’s creative ode to BME turn into a SxE vs. non-SxE diatribe? Yeesh! Would all this kaka be all over Shannon’s pages if the same sign had been finger painted in pudding on the glass? I don’t think so! Quit arguing..n’ stuff!!

  39. Sassix Avatar
    Sassix

    ER…how in the hell did someone’s creative ode to BME turn into a SxE vs. non-SxE diatribe? Yeesh! Would all this kaka be all over Shannon’s pages if the same sign had been finger painted in pudding on the glass? I don’t think so! Quit arguing..n’ stuff!!

  40. Sassix Avatar
    Sassix

    ER…how in the hell did someone’s creative ode to BME turn into a SxE vs. non-SxE diatribe? Yeesh! Would all this kaka be all over Shannon’s pages if the same sign had been finger painted in pudding on the glass? I don’t think so! Quit arguing..n’ stuff!!

  41. Pauly Unstoppable Avatar

    again i dont know why straight edge keeps being brought up

    because people think its unprofessional to have pot on they counter in there store, or even that pot is bad for you, does not mean that this is a straight edge arguement

    geez

    people that arent edge dont like drugs too

  42. Pauly Unstoppable Avatar

    again i dont know why straight edge keeps being brought up

    because people think its unprofessional to have pot on they counter in there store, or even that pot is bad for you, does not mean that this is a straight edge arguement

    geez

    people that arent edge dont like drugs too

  43. Pauly Unstoppable Avatar

    again i dont know why straight edge keeps being brought up

    because people think its unprofessional to have pot on they counter in there store, or even that pot is bad for you, does not mean that this is a straight edge arguement

    geez

    people that arent edge dont like drugs too

  44. Pauly Unstoppable Avatar

    again i dont know why straight edge keeps being brought up

    because people think its unprofessional to have pot on they counter in there store, or even that pot is bad for you, does not mean that this is a straight edge arguement

    geez

    people that arent edge dont like drugs too

  45. Maggi Avatar
    Maggi

    I’m not straight edge cos I’m Scottish and don’t know what that means, but I don’t like anything to do with drugs and I could have gone without seeing that picture personally.

    Can someone please tell me what that pink thing under the “M” is? I can’t make it out at all!

  46. Maggi Avatar
    Maggi

    I’m not straight edge cos I’m Scottish and don’t know what that means, but I don’t like anything to do with drugs and I could have gone without seeing that picture personally.

    Can someone please tell me what that pink thing under the “M” is? I can’t make it out at all!

  47. Maggi Avatar
    Maggi

    I’m not straight edge cos I’m Scottish and don’t know what that means, but I don’t like anything to do with drugs and I could have gone without seeing that picture personally.

    Can someone please tell me what that pink thing under the “M” is? I can’t make it out at all!

  48. Maggi Avatar
    Maggi

    I’m not straight edge cos I’m Scottish and don’t know what that means, but I don’t like anything to do with drugs and I could have gone without seeing that picture personally.

    Can someone please tell me what that pink thing under the “M” is? I can’t make it out at all!

  49. Becca. Avatar
    Becca.

    I’m not straightedge, but it’s just unprofessional and flatout stupid to be doing that in your business.

  50. Becca. Avatar
    Becca.

    I’m not straightedge, but it’s just unprofessional and flatout stupid to be doing that in your business.

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