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.

DIY Finger Amputation

Alex is a voluntary LAK, RAK, and RBE amputee* and is now also stubbing the fingers on his right hand (I mentioned the interviews a few days ago but if you want to know more, for starters read this interview with my late friend Chaz about voluntary amputationyou may also want to read this to see what kind of guy he was before you judge him and other voluntary amputees). He used ice to do the initial DIY anesthesia and then cleanly chopped it off. There was almost no bleeding, but definitely lots of pain. Click on through if you want to see the remainders.

That reminds me, if you want to see a free video of a DIY amputation, view the final Uvatiarru trailer (yeah, the movie is still in its ultra-extended production cycle, sorry).

* Left above the knee, right above the knee, and right below the elbow.

Comments

868 responses to “DIY Finger Amputation”

  1. ChopperMark Avatar
    ChopperMark

    I didn’t bother to read the comments, because I think I know what it will be about…

    I have a technical question about finger amputation. If you perform an amputation at the knuckle,do the tendons that retract and extend the finger still work (are they still anchored?), or do you lose movement?

  2. ChopperMark Avatar
    ChopperMark

    I didn’t bother to read the comments, because I think I know what it will be about…

    I have a technical question about finger amputation. If you perform an amputation at the knuckle,do the tendons that retract and extend the finger still work (are they still anchored?), or do you lose movement?

  3. ChopperMark Avatar
    ChopperMark

    I didn’t bother to read the comments, because I think I know what it will be about…

    I have a technical question about finger amputation. If you perform an amputation at the knuckle,do the tendons that retract and extend the finger still work (are they still anchored?), or do you lose movement?

  4. ChopperMark Avatar
    ChopperMark

    I didn’t bother to read the comments, because I think I know what it will be about…

    I have a technical question about finger amputation. If you perform an amputation at the knuckle,do the tendons that retract and extend the finger still work (are they still anchored?), or do you lose movement?

  5. Phalaeo Avatar
    Phalaeo

    I didn’t read all of the posts, but almost no bleeding? What’s all that stuff on the *blue-ish* cloth under his hand, ketchup?

  6. Phalaeo Avatar
    Phalaeo

    I didn’t read all of the posts, but almost no bleeding? What’s all that stuff on the *blue-ish* cloth under his hand, ketchup?

  7. Phalaeo Avatar
    Phalaeo

    I didn’t read all of the posts, but almost no bleeding? What’s all that stuff on the *blue-ish* cloth under his hand, ketchup?

  8. Phalaeo Avatar
    Phalaeo

    I didn’t read all of the posts, but almost no bleeding? What’s all that stuff on the *blue-ish* cloth under his hand, ketchup?

  9. Exploding Boy Avatar
    Exploding Boy

    Voluntary amputations raise a lot of ethical issues, particularly with regard to care.

    If such actions are undertaken as “body modification,” then should those people be eligible for the already limited resources available to disabled people, such as disabled parking passes, access to certain types of therapies, subsidized prostheses, and so on? As the partner of someone whose disabilities are not voluntary, I’d be pissed right off to discover that the person taking up the last handicapped parking spot or using the only accessible public bathroom stall was someone whose disability was self-inflicted as a “body modification.”

    On the other hand, if the desire for amputation is to be considered a medical issue (or indeed, a mental illness issue), then should it be featured on a website primarily concerned with body modification? And if so, where are the images of transsexuals?

  10. Exploding Boy Avatar
    Exploding Boy

    Voluntary amputations raise a lot of ethical issues, particularly with regard to care.

    If such actions are undertaken as “body modification,” then should those people be eligible for the already limited resources available to disabled people, such as disabled parking passes, access to certain types of therapies, subsidized prostheses, and so on? As the partner of someone whose disabilities are not voluntary, I’d be pissed right off to discover that the person taking up the last handicapped parking spot or using the only accessible public bathroom stall was someone whose disability was self-inflicted as a “body modification.”

    On the other hand, if the desire for amputation is to be considered a medical issue (or indeed, a mental illness issue), then should it be featured on a website primarily concerned with body modification? And if so, where are the images of transsexuals?

  11. Exploding Boy Avatar
    Exploding Boy

    Voluntary amputations raise a lot of ethical issues, particularly with regard to care.

    If such actions are undertaken as “body modification,” then should those people be eligible for the already limited resources available to disabled people, such as disabled parking passes, access to certain types of therapies, subsidized prostheses, and so on? As the partner of someone whose disabilities are not voluntary, I’d be pissed right off to discover that the person taking up the last handicapped parking spot or using the only accessible public bathroom stall was someone whose disability was self-inflicted as a “body modification.”

    On the other hand, if the desire for amputation is to be considered a medical issue (or indeed, a mental illness issue), then should it be featured on a website primarily concerned with body modification? And if so, where are the images of transsexuals?

  12. Exploding Boy Avatar
    Exploding Boy

    Voluntary amputations raise a lot of ethical issues, particularly with regard to care.

    If such actions are undertaken as “body modification,” then should those people be eligible for the already limited resources available to disabled people, such as disabled parking passes, access to certain types of therapies, subsidized prostheses, and so on? As the partner of someone whose disabilities are not voluntary, I’d be pissed right off to discover that the person taking up the last handicapped parking spot or using the only accessible public bathroom stall was someone whose disability was self-inflicted as a “body modification.”

    On the other hand, if the desire for amputation is to be considered a medical issue (or indeed, a mental illness issue), then should it be featured on a website primarily concerned with body modification? And if so, where are the images of transsexuals?

  13. Sean Avatar

    Exploding Boy, I think you have a very valid point. Desire for amputation, or other impairments, such as paraplegia, blindness or deafness, as a result of Body Integrity Identity Disorder is quite different than if it is a result of a desire for (extreme) mods.

    I have a feeling (completely unsupported) that those who are into body modification are generally looking at smaller amputations: toes, fingers, part of feet. Those with BIID tend to have a need for more “major” impairments: one or both legs amputated, paralysis, etc.

    As I alluded in my previous comment, I think a major difference between BIID and mods is that the later usualy leaves the person choice in the matter, whereas BIID doesn’t leave the person choice.

    The question of benefits for people with BIID is one that is often raised. We don’t want to be on benefits. That’s not the reason behind our “booboo”. I do use disability parking spaces, as well as accessible stalls (incidentally, in a dozen years of using a wheelchair full-time, I have lost count of how many times I’ve waited for someone without a visible disability to come out of the stall, yet can count on half the fingers of one hand the number of times I had to wait for another wheelchair user to come out!).

  14. Sean Avatar

    Exploding Boy, I think you have a very valid point. Desire for amputation, or other impairments, such as paraplegia, blindness or deafness, as a result of Body Integrity Identity Disorder is quite different than if it is a result of a desire for (extreme) mods.

    I have a feeling (completely unsupported) that those who are into body modification are generally looking at smaller amputations: toes, fingers, part of feet. Those with BIID tend to have a need for more “major” impairments: one or both legs amputated, paralysis, etc.

    As I alluded in my previous comment, I think a major difference between BIID and mods is that the later usualy leaves the person choice in the matter, whereas BIID doesn’t leave the person choice.

    The question of benefits for people with BIID is one that is often raised. We don’t want to be on benefits. That’s not the reason behind our “booboo”. I do use disability parking spaces, as well as accessible stalls (incidentally, in a dozen years of using a wheelchair full-time, I have lost count of how many times I’ve waited for someone without a visible disability to come out of the stall, yet can count on half the fingers of one hand the number of times I had to wait for another wheelchair user to come out!).

  15. Sean Avatar

    Exploding Boy, I think you have a very valid point. Desire for amputation, or other impairments, such as paraplegia, blindness or deafness, as a result of Body Integrity Identity Disorder is quite different than if it is a result of a desire for (extreme) mods.

    I have a feeling (completely unsupported) that those who are into body modification are generally looking at smaller amputations: toes, fingers, part of feet. Those with BIID tend to have a need for more “major” impairments: one or both legs amputated, paralysis, etc.

    As I alluded in my previous comment, I think a major difference between BIID and mods is that the later usualy leaves the person choice in the matter, whereas BIID doesn’t leave the person choice.

    The question of benefits for people with BIID is one that is often raised. We don’t want to be on benefits. That’s not the reason behind our “booboo”. I do use disability parking spaces, as well as accessible stalls (incidentally, in a dozen years of using a wheelchair full-time, I have lost count of how many times I’ve waited for someone without a visible disability to come out of the stall, yet can count on half the fingers of one hand the number of times I had to wait for another wheelchair user to come out!).

  16. Sean Avatar

    Exploding Boy, I think you have a very valid point. Desire for amputation, or other impairments, such as paraplegia, blindness or deafness, as a result of Body Integrity Identity Disorder is quite different than if it is a result of a desire for (extreme) mods.

    I have a feeling (completely unsupported) that those who are into body modification are generally looking at smaller amputations: toes, fingers, part of feet. Those with BIID tend to have a need for more “major” impairments: one or both legs amputated, paralysis, etc.

    As I alluded in my previous comment, I think a major difference between BIID and mods is that the later usualy leaves the person choice in the matter, whereas BIID doesn’t leave the person choice.

    The question of benefits for people with BIID is one that is often raised. We don’t want to be on benefits. That’s not the reason behind our “booboo”. I do use disability parking spaces, as well as accessible stalls (incidentally, in a dozen years of using a wheelchair full-time, I have lost count of how many times I’ve waited for someone without a visible disability to come out of the stall, yet can count on half the fingers of one hand the number of times I had to wait for another wheelchair user to come out!).

  17. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Exploding Boy – Should a person with a facial tattoo be eligible for welfare because it’s much harder for them to find a job? In most areas they are.

    That said, most voluntary amputees are not looking for a handout — part of what they’re looking for is the challenge of being an amputee.

  18. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Exploding Boy – Should a person with a facial tattoo be eligible for welfare because it’s much harder for them to find a job? In most areas they are.

    That said, most voluntary amputees are not looking for a handout — part of what they’re looking for is the challenge of being an amputee.

  19. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Exploding Boy – Should a person with a facial tattoo be eligible for welfare because it’s much harder for them to find a job? In most areas they are.

    That said, most voluntary amputees are not looking for a handout — part of what they’re looking for is the challenge of being an amputee.

  20. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Exploding Boy – Should a person with a facial tattoo be eligible for welfare because it’s much harder for them to find a job? In most areas they are.

    That said, most voluntary amputees are not looking for a handout — part of what they’re looking for is the challenge of being an amputee.

  21. Sean Avatar

    Shannon, the claim that those of us with BIID are looking for the “challenge” of disability may not be entirely accurate. For the majority of us, it’s not about challenges (nor is it about attention for that matter). It’s about aligning our physical body with our body image.

    But on the “benefits” side of things, what if? What if people with BIID got on benefits, even if temporarily, after acquiring the impairment they seek? I suggest the cost to society would still be much less than it is for us before impairment. Consider the cost of work absenteeism due to depression, cost of therapy, medication (neither of which works on BIID, but can help with BIID related depression), cost on loved ones and families, etc.

  22. Sean Avatar

    Shannon, the claim that those of us with BIID are looking for the “challenge” of disability may not be entirely accurate. For the majority of us, it’s not about challenges (nor is it about attention for that matter). It’s about aligning our physical body with our body image.

    But on the “benefits” side of things, what if? What if people with BIID got on benefits, even if temporarily, after acquiring the impairment they seek? I suggest the cost to society would still be much less than it is for us before impairment. Consider the cost of work absenteeism due to depression, cost of therapy, medication (neither of which works on BIID, but can help with BIID related depression), cost on loved ones and families, etc.

  23. Sean Avatar

    Shannon, the claim that those of us with BIID are looking for the “challenge” of disability may not be entirely accurate. For the majority of us, it’s not about challenges (nor is it about attention for that matter). It’s about aligning our physical body with our body image.

    But on the “benefits” side of things, what if? What if people with BIID got on benefits, even if temporarily, after acquiring the impairment they seek? I suggest the cost to society would still be much less than it is for us before impairment. Consider the cost of work absenteeism due to depression, cost of therapy, medication (neither of which works on BIID, but can help with BIID related depression), cost on loved ones and families, etc.

  24. Sean Avatar

    Shannon, the claim that those of us with BIID are looking for the “challenge” of disability may not be entirely accurate. For the majority of us, it’s not about challenges (nor is it about attention for that matter). It’s about aligning our physical body with our body image.

    But on the “benefits” side of things, what if? What if people with BIID got on benefits, even if temporarily, after acquiring the impairment they seek? I suggest the cost to society would still be much less than it is for us before impairment. Consider the cost of work absenteeism due to depression, cost of therapy, medication (neither of which works on BIID, but can help with BIID related depression), cost on loved ones and families, etc.

  25. Exploding Boy Avatar
    Exploding Boy

    Shannon, if the question you’re getting at is “should people with certain types of visible piercings and tattoos be ineligible for welfare because their personal choice of bodily decoration makes it harder for them to find a job,” it’s an interesting one, and tangentially related to the voluntary amputation issue.

    While I think everyone should have equal access to social assistance programs, is it really fair for anyone to voluntarily remove their ability to support themeselves because they favour a certain look?

    As an example, there are some people where I live whose choice of style renders them basically ineligible for most types of work. While this may be partly a result of prejudice on the part of employers, and while I believe they have every right to decorate their bodies as they wish, does the right to every type of self expression override the responsibility of people who live in a society to take care of themselves and not to place an unfair burden on the system or on other people? I know several people who waited until they were older and established in their professions before proceding with desired visible tattoos and piercings, instead of denying themselves the ability to work in their chosen fields and to support themselves. In my view such people make a much bigger impact than those whose visible body modifications paradoxically make them invisible. An established, respected professional with a facial tattoo (or whatever) makes a much more favourable impression than someone with an absolute commitment to their look who can’t support themselves.

    Similarly when it comes to voluntary amputations, is it fair or acceptable for everyone else’s money and limited resources to be used on people who perform such amputations as a body modification? I’m certainly not suggesting that people are looking for handouts, but I am saying that if, as a result of removing one’s own leg, one then takes advantage of systems and resources created for people whose disabilities are not voluntary, like handicapped parking stalls, subsidized prostheses and the like, that doesn’t seem right.

    On the other hand if voluntary amputation is to be considered a medical or mental health issue rather than a body modification, then why feature it on BME and not other medical conditions that result in bodily changes, like transsexuality, anorexia, BDD and so on?

  26. Exploding Boy Avatar
    Exploding Boy

    Shannon, if the question you’re getting at is “should people with certain types of visible piercings and tattoos be ineligible for welfare because their personal choice of bodily decoration makes it harder for them to find a job,” it’s an interesting one, and tangentially related to the voluntary amputation issue.

    While I think everyone should have equal access to social assistance programs, is it really fair for anyone to voluntarily remove their ability to support themeselves because they favour a certain look?

    As an example, there are some people where I live whose choice of style renders them basically ineligible for most types of work. While this may be partly a result of prejudice on the part of employers, and while I believe they have every right to decorate their bodies as they wish, does the right to every type of self expression override the responsibility of people who live in a society to take care of themselves and not to place an unfair burden on the system or on other people? I know several people who waited until they were older and established in their professions before proceding with desired visible tattoos and piercings, instead of denying themselves the ability to work in their chosen fields and to support themselves. In my view such people make a much bigger impact than those whose visible body modifications paradoxically make them invisible. An established, respected professional with a facial tattoo (or whatever) makes a much more favourable impression than someone with an absolute commitment to their look who can’t support themselves.

    Similarly when it comes to voluntary amputations, is it fair or acceptable for everyone else’s money and limited resources to be used on people who perform such amputations as a body modification? I’m certainly not suggesting that people are looking for handouts, but I am saying that if, as a result of removing one’s own leg, one then takes advantage of systems and resources created for people whose disabilities are not voluntary, like handicapped parking stalls, subsidized prostheses and the like, that doesn’t seem right.

    On the other hand if voluntary amputation is to be considered a medical or mental health issue rather than a body modification, then why feature it on BME and not other medical conditions that result in bodily changes, like transsexuality, anorexia, BDD and so on?

  27. Exploding Boy Avatar
    Exploding Boy

    Shannon, if the question you’re getting at is “should people with certain types of visible piercings and tattoos be ineligible for welfare because their personal choice of bodily decoration makes it harder for them to find a job,” it’s an interesting one, and tangentially related to the voluntary amputation issue.

    While I think everyone should have equal access to social assistance programs, is it really fair for anyone to voluntarily remove their ability to support themeselves because they favour a certain look?

    As an example, there are some people where I live whose choice of style renders them basically ineligible for most types of work. While this may be partly a result of prejudice on the part of employers, and while I believe they have every right to decorate their bodies as they wish, does the right to every type of self expression override the responsibility of people who live in a society to take care of themselves and not to place an unfair burden on the system or on other people? I know several people who waited until they were older and established in their professions before proceding with desired visible tattoos and piercings, instead of denying themselves the ability to work in their chosen fields and to support themselves. In my view such people make a much bigger impact than those whose visible body modifications paradoxically make them invisible. An established, respected professional with a facial tattoo (or whatever) makes a much more favourable impression than someone with an absolute commitment to their look who can’t support themselves.

    Similarly when it comes to voluntary amputations, is it fair or acceptable for everyone else’s money and limited resources to be used on people who perform such amputations as a body modification? I’m certainly not suggesting that people are looking for handouts, but I am saying that if, as a result of removing one’s own leg, one then takes advantage of systems and resources created for people whose disabilities are not voluntary, like handicapped parking stalls, subsidized prostheses and the like, that doesn’t seem right.

    On the other hand if voluntary amputation is to be considered a medical or mental health issue rather than a body modification, then why feature it on BME and not other medical conditions that result in bodily changes, like transsexuality, anorexia, BDD and so on?

  28. Exploding Boy Avatar
    Exploding Boy

    Shannon, if the question you’re getting at is “should people with certain types of visible piercings and tattoos be ineligible for welfare because their personal choice of bodily decoration makes it harder for them to find a job,” it’s an interesting one, and tangentially related to the voluntary amputation issue.

    While I think everyone should have equal access to social assistance programs, is it really fair for anyone to voluntarily remove their ability to support themeselves because they favour a certain look?

    As an example, there are some people where I live whose choice of style renders them basically ineligible for most types of work. While this may be partly a result of prejudice on the part of employers, and while I believe they have every right to decorate their bodies as they wish, does the right to every type of self expression override the responsibility of people who live in a society to take care of themselves and not to place an unfair burden on the system or on other people? I know several people who waited until they were older and established in their professions before proceding with desired visible tattoos and piercings, instead of denying themselves the ability to work in their chosen fields and to support themselves. In my view such people make a much bigger impact than those whose visible body modifications paradoxically make them invisible. An established, respected professional with a facial tattoo (or whatever) makes a much more favourable impression than someone with an absolute commitment to their look who can’t support themselves.

    Similarly when it comes to voluntary amputations, is it fair or acceptable for everyone else’s money and limited resources to be used on people who perform such amputations as a body modification? I’m certainly not suggesting that people are looking for handouts, but I am saying that if, as a result of removing one’s own leg, one then takes advantage of systems and resources created for people whose disabilities are not voluntary, like handicapped parking stalls, subsidized prostheses and the like, that doesn’t seem right.

    On the other hand if voluntary amputation is to be considered a medical or mental health issue rather than a body modification, then why feature it on BME and not other medical conditions that result in bodily changes, like transsexuality, anorexia, BDD and so on?

  29. AMTERRORXP Avatar

    i dont know. i think it seems liek it is obvious mental breakdown to me, but thats my perspective.

    I do not think it would be too much to ask that people who want to cut themselves to stumps maybe see a therapist to talk about the desire before hand. possible for to have a mental screening to diagnose any inbalance that can be treat with therapy or medicine first. If they are in perfect mind and still want to do it then they i guess should be able to do it, although i do think it is personally an injustice as mentioned. possibly insulting to victims of war.

    To me i ts liek when a person cutts themselves to relieve the inner pains, not for reasons of joy but for reasons of pain.(negative pains). that behavior is to be looked at and not encouraged in my opinion. Its not the same motivations as ritual cutting or modifications..

    Body mod the same way maybe. If its about bring joy then do it, if its for pure self hatred maybe not a good idea.

  30. AMTERRORXP Avatar

    i dont know. i think it seems liek it is obvious mental breakdown to me, but thats my perspective.

    I do not think it would be too much to ask that people who want to cut themselves to stumps maybe see a therapist to talk about the desire before hand. possible for to have a mental screening to diagnose any inbalance that can be treat with therapy or medicine first. If they are in perfect mind and still want to do it then they i guess should be able to do it, although i do think it is personally an injustice as mentioned. possibly insulting to victims of war.

    To me i ts liek when a person cutts themselves to relieve the inner pains, not for reasons of joy but for reasons of pain.(negative pains). that behavior is to be looked at and not encouraged in my opinion. Its not the same motivations as ritual cutting or modifications..

    Body mod the same way maybe. If its about bring joy then do it, if its for pure self hatred maybe not a good idea.

  31. AMTERRORXP Avatar

    i dont know. i think it seems liek it is obvious mental breakdown to me, but thats my perspective.

    I do not think it would be too much to ask that people who want to cut themselves to stumps maybe see a therapist to talk about the desire before hand. possible for to have a mental screening to diagnose any inbalance that can be treat with therapy or medicine first. If they are in perfect mind and still want to do it then they i guess should be able to do it, although i do think it is personally an injustice as mentioned. possibly insulting to victims of war.

    To me i ts liek when a person cutts themselves to relieve the inner pains, not for reasons of joy but for reasons of pain.(negative pains). that behavior is to be looked at and not encouraged in my opinion. Its not the same motivations as ritual cutting or modifications..

    Body mod the same way maybe. If its about bring joy then do it, if its for pure self hatred maybe not a good idea.

  32. AMTERRORXP Avatar

    i dont know. i think it seems liek it is obvious mental breakdown to me, but thats my perspective.

    I do not think it would be too much to ask that people who want to cut themselves to stumps maybe see a therapist to talk about the desire before hand. possible for to have a mental screening to diagnose any inbalance that can be treat with therapy or medicine first. If they are in perfect mind and still want to do it then they i guess should be able to do it, although i do think it is personally an injustice as mentioned. possibly insulting to victims of war.

    To me i ts liek when a person cutts themselves to relieve the inner pains, not for reasons of joy but for reasons of pain.(negative pains). that behavior is to be looked at and not encouraged in my opinion. Its not the same motivations as ritual cutting or modifications..

    Body mod the same way maybe. If its about bring joy then do it, if its for pure self hatred maybe not a good idea.

  33. cantwatchit Avatar
    cantwatchit

    I watched a video of prison torture under Saddam’s reign in Iraq in which prisoners’ fingers and hands were chopped off. I get so sad thinking remembering disturbing images of various Iraq war videos, and I could not bring myself to watch this one.

    @143 asked someone “What’s more important? One’s body or one’s life?”

    Honestly, my life is not my own without my body. I have worked hard to get my body in its form and I would rather be dead than without an arm or leg. I dont have a problem letting it go when I die, but I want all or nothing.

    I can see the point about plastic surgery being similar, with beauty as a subjective ideal. Plastic surgery also disurbs me to an extent.

  34. cantwatchit Avatar
    cantwatchit

    I watched a video of prison torture under Saddam’s reign in Iraq in which prisoners’ fingers and hands were chopped off. I get so sad thinking remembering disturbing images of various Iraq war videos, and I could not bring myself to watch this one.

    @143 asked someone “What’s more important? One’s body or one’s life?”

    Honestly, my life is not my own without my body. I have worked hard to get my body in its form and I would rather be dead than without an arm or leg. I dont have a problem letting it go when I die, but I want all or nothing.

    I can see the point about plastic surgery being similar, with beauty as a subjective ideal. Plastic surgery also disurbs me to an extent.

  35. cantwatchit Avatar
    cantwatchit

    I watched a video of prison torture under Saddam’s reign in Iraq in which prisoners’ fingers and hands were chopped off. I get so sad thinking remembering disturbing images of various Iraq war videos, and I could not bring myself to watch this one.

    @143 asked someone “What’s more important? One’s body or one’s life?”

    Honestly, my life is not my own without my body. I have worked hard to get my body in its form and I would rather be dead than without an arm or leg. I dont have a problem letting it go when I die, but I want all or nothing.

    I can see the point about plastic surgery being similar, with beauty as a subjective ideal. Plastic surgery also disurbs me to an extent.

  36. cantwatchit Avatar
    cantwatchit

    I watched a video of prison torture under Saddam’s reign in Iraq in which prisoners’ fingers and hands were chopped off. I get so sad thinking remembering disturbing images of various Iraq war videos, and I could not bring myself to watch this one.

    @143 asked someone “What’s more important? One’s body or one’s life?”

    Honestly, my life is not my own without my body. I have worked hard to get my body in its form and I would rather be dead than without an arm or leg. I dont have a problem letting it go when I die, but I want all or nothing.

    I can see the point about plastic surgery being similar, with beauty as a subjective ideal. Plastic surgery also disurbs me to an extent.

  37. Jay Glabal Avatar
    Jay Glabal

    Yes, I have a problem with people who want to be disabled in any way. I am having a very hard time understanding why one would want to be less functional in the world. I’ve read some of these sites and have discovered that most of the bloggers only want “it” some of the time and not 24- 7. Is it more of trying to fulfill a need like hunger where you don’t have to eat all of the time but only some of the time? I am a registered nurse who has cared for many disabled people and none of them wished for their disability. As a matter of fact, they wish it never happened. If it’s so great, why not “take the plunge” and permanently disable yourself? As for the amputees- please seek some professional advice- this is not good for you, physically.

  38. Jay Glabal Avatar
    Jay Glabal

    Yes, I have a problem with people who want to be disabled in any way. I am having a very hard time understanding why one would want to be less functional in the world. I’ve read some of these sites and have discovered that most of the bloggers only want “it” some of the time and not 24- 7. Is it more of trying to fulfill a need like hunger where you don’t have to eat all of the time but only some of the time? I am a registered nurse who has cared for many disabled people and none of them wished for their disability. As a matter of fact, they wish it never happened. If it’s so great, why not “take the plunge” and permanently disable yourself? As for the amputees- please seek some professional advice- this is not good for you, physically.

  39. Jay Glabal Avatar
    Jay Glabal

    Yes, I have a problem with people who want to be disabled in any way. I am having a very hard time understanding why one would want to be less functional in the world. I’ve read some of these sites and have discovered that most of the bloggers only want “it” some of the time and not 24- 7. Is it more of trying to fulfill a need like hunger where you don’t have to eat all of the time but only some of the time? I am a registered nurse who has cared for many disabled people and none of them wished for their disability. As a matter of fact, they wish it never happened. If it’s so great, why not “take the plunge” and permanently disable yourself? As for the amputees- please seek some professional advice- this is not good for you, physically.

  40. Jay Glabal Avatar
    Jay Glabal

    Yes, I have a problem with people who want to be disabled in any way. I am having a very hard time understanding why one would want to be less functional in the world. I’ve read some of these sites and have discovered that most of the bloggers only want “it” some of the time and not 24- 7. Is it more of trying to fulfill a need like hunger where you don’t have to eat all of the time but only some of the time? I am a registered nurse who has cared for many disabled people and none of them wished for their disability. As a matter of fact, they wish it never happened. If it’s so great, why not “take the plunge” and permanently disable yourself? As for the amputees- please seek some professional advice- this is not good for you, physically.

  41. Jack Healy Avatar
    Jack Healy

    i know old bikers who look like this and would give anything to have them digits back(it wasn’t voluntary loss… I don’t think at least)… then again I think they’d give anything to remember how they’d lost them…

  42. Jack Healy Avatar
    Jack Healy

    i know old bikers who look like this and would give anything to have them digits back(it wasn’t voluntary loss… I don’t think at least)… then again I think they’d give anything to remember how they’d lost them…

  43. Jack Healy Avatar
    Jack Healy

    i know old bikers who look like this and would give anything to have them digits back(it wasn’t voluntary loss… I don’t think at least)… then again I think they’d give anything to remember how they’d lost them…

  44. Jack Healy Avatar
    Jack Healy

    i know old bikers who look like this and would give anything to have them digits back(it wasn’t voluntary loss… I don’t think at least)… then again I think they’d give anything to remember how they’d lost them…

  45. Lefty Righty Avatar

    How would someone with no arms are legs perform their own penile amputation?

  46. Lefty Righty Avatar

    How would someone with no arms are legs perform their own penile amputation?

  47. Lefty Righty Avatar

    How would someone with no arms are legs perform their own penile amputation?

  48. Lefty Righty Avatar

    How would someone with no arms are legs perform their own penile amputation?

  49. Erebiel Avatar
    Erebiel

    Fukkin’ idiot…

  50. Erebiel Avatar
    Erebiel

    Fukkin’ idiot…

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