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.

Intense DIY

What, you don’t remove your own tumors and useless hunks of flesh that sap the lifeblood from you? Click through if you want to know where it was removed from.

Comments

52 responses to “Intense DIY”

  1. Strawberrysummers Avatar

    Ok, so he removed his own tumor? Or am I sort of reading the text wrong? Is it a metaphor for something?
    If it was a tumor, I do hope it wasn’t malignant, and it looks like a nice clean removal…
    I don’t know if I could be that steady with a knife around my penis… then again, I don’t have a penis…

  2. Mikey Avatar

    It’s his nut?

  3. katie Avatar
    katie

    I’m still not completely 100% totally sure what that is….

  4. .jordan Avatar

    its not a tuuuuuumour.

  5. Ryan Avatar
    Ryan

    It’s not a tuba.

  6. Pearly Avatar

    I actually hesitated to click through.

  7. manini Avatar

    No bueno!

    Looks like he needs a sana, sana, colita de rana. Sana, sana para mañana.

    🙂

  8. james Avatar
    james

    whatever it is.. in all seriousness..
    yay for him letting it get that big.

    what an experiment!

  9. aj Avatar

    whoooooaaaaaa thats crazy!!! but kinda interesting

  10. PredatorDK Avatar
    PredatorDK

    Woh, that’s some heavy shit!

    It looks like a nut to me, so I would guess testicular cancer now that “tumor” is involved.

  11. Slalamander Steve Avatar
    Slalamander Steve

    It’s a testicle guys, not a cancerous tumor. You should turn on your Shannon Snark detector. 😉

  12. Moe Avatar
    Moe

    That man has some balls to do that….oooooor, he’s missing one now…haha.

  13. Emily Avatar
    Emily

    i cant figure out what that is from this picture… from clicking through to the other picture it looks like a second stump of a dick protruding from the base of the real one. but aside from that, i like the glossy glowy look of the first picture– the red of the blood and the shine of the wet tumor is beautiful in a way.

  14. secretdesiresx Avatar

    this is a little disturbing, but i definitely want more information.

    please? i’m fascinated.

  15. RuinsOfDecay Avatar

    i think its a little goofy that he decided to place it on his chest for the picture :p

    very interesting though.. took me a second to think and say ‘oh thats whats going on!’

  16. fuus Avatar
    fuus

    I don’t understand.

  17. xchristinex Avatar

    i assume he self-castrated himself? if someone could explain to me the advantages of that, i would be highly interested.

  18. wlcm2t3hmachine Avatar

    Is this.. legal? or safe? [I mean-duh, I know its not +safe+– but I mean, if he would have had a slip up, whould he have died, or went into shock or something?]

  19. TeaDream Avatar
    TeaDream

    Assuming he is okay and is happy with it then good for him.
    In any case ow! and no.
    (The boys huddle together for protection)

  20. Alan Avatar
    Alan

    I’m a very mod-positive person, but I wonder if self-castration is more mental illness than body modification.

  21. bijou Avatar

    whoa i have so many questions about this that i don’t even know where to begin…

  22. J-Knuckles Avatar
    J-Knuckles

    Shannon, is it a testicle, or a tumor that was growing along side the testicle?

    I ask because the “tumor” picture looks different than the testicle shown in the click-through.

    Either way… my balls hurt looking at that. *sick* 🙁

  23. VikingValkyrie Avatar
    VikingValkyrie

    *squicked*

  24. Jaffa Avatar
    Jaffa

    I always get pretty bugged by people doing self-castration. I lost a nut a few years ago after I got sick and I wish that could be reversed. Then I see dudes do stuff like this and I’m just like “Buh?!”

  25. Clare Avatar

    I think this is pretty damned hardcore, and good on him for having the strength of will to go through with it! It’s not a little procedure, and it certainly requires a lot of bravery.

  26. gillian gamine Avatar

    …he’s got a testicle on his chest.

  27. rori Avatar

    haha i dont even have a penis and i can recognize thats a nut

  28. Lydia Avatar

    I think some explaining is needed! Curiosity is killing me.

  29. Marshall Avatar

    I too am confused on the tumor/testicle issue.

    Extrapolation requested!

  30. zisforxylophone Avatar
    zisforxylophone

    ngggh. definitely another case of regretting that i’ve clicked through.

  31. lindsey Avatar
    lindsey

    first glance at the picture i thought it was a sick bloody chest lump… i’m glad it’s not.

  32. Jamie Avatar

    I’m ashamed to say I’m still confused…

  33. choice Avatar

    grindhouse, anyone??

  34. stabbyLOVE Avatar

    #13, I thought the same thing!

  35. Campbell Avatar
    Campbell

    Not a nice click-through, but I really like his chest 🙂 DIY all the way 🙂

  36. Jaime Avatar
    Jaime

    Check out the “Eunuch Archives” if you’re rreally interested.

  37. wyrd Avatar

    i think it’s a nut!or he’s a nut:)

  38. Jason Avatar
    Jason

    Why did he stop at one?

  39. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    I don’t think that’s a tumor. Cutting into a tumor wrong and/or leaving pieces can spread disease or so I’ve heard.
    Looks like:

    A, Bloody fig
    B, Testicle

    I’m voting testicle.

  40. owned Avatar
    owned

    Does anyone else think it resembles a chicken heart? Haha.
    Maybe that’s why he put it on his chest to photograph?

  41. viscioN Avatar
    viscioN

    Did he wrap the top in masking tape?

  42. FNKYMNKY Avatar

    what. the. fuck. ?!?!?

  43. FNKYMNKY Avatar

    WTF, DIY?!?!

  44. Zena Avatar
    Zena

    #33, choice- oh shiiiit!

  45. Jenny Avatar
    Jenny

    its his,…uhm….ball =)

  46. chemically_lobotomized Avatar

    I’m with #24, but on a different level. I’ve never had nuts.

  47. Jaime Avatar
    Jaime

    Some men seek castration believe it or not. The “Eunuch Archives” are full of American men who have been castrated because they wanted to be castrated. Reasons vary, but most on the “Eunuch Archives” state that they were out of control sexually, transgendered, or wanted relief from the effects of testosterone. Most of these Eunuchs will answer you if you write them.

  48. Jim Bob Avatar
    Jim Bob

    If he put that on his wall, would it be a wallnut???

  49. katiemarie Avatar
    katiemarie

    that made me feel slightly queezy..

  50. jack6two Avatar
    jack6two

    it’s not a chicken heart! I would say, it is the cock heart – one of his two! But he can live gould with one heart. the whole man has only one heart also! But it have to be an excitng act to pull out his own ball and make a snip!!!
    But i would prefer with a longer cord rest for a good hanging up my nut. My wife would say: ok, thats good for you, you are less crazy with less nuts!

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