Once in a while, ModBlog will scour the internets for the best and
brightest amateur piercers and sit down for a candid one-on-one with them.
Here’s one of these shining lights.
(Interview after the jump.)
BME: Before we begin, you’ll have to clarify: maybe my
vision is going, but I can’t tell from the video if you’re Steve-O or
Matthew McConaughey.
Video Fella: My name is Thomas.
BME: Steve-O, this video really had it all, from light
blood loss to creative sponge usage. How much time did you and the Jackass
crew spend on this masterpiece?
Thomas: We’re not Jackass. It only took about half an hour,
though.
BME: Now, looking at the video, I can count about four
different sets of grody frat-boy hands touching your face right around the
fresh, open piercing — none of which you seem to mind. What are some of
your other favorite ways to attract infections?
Thomas: I’m very healthy.
BME: Some of your friends can be heard to remark that
you’re “fucking tough” after the first pin is jabbed through your lip. Are
they also really impressed when the people at Dunkin’ Donuts get their
orders right?
Thomas: I don’t know.
BME: You look vaguely disappointed when you ask for a
potato — presumably to act as a cork and to catch the sharp end of the pin
in your mouth — and your friends come up empty handed. Do you regret
getting fucked up on Mezcal earlier in the day and shooting all of your
potatoes at each other out of PVC tubes?
Thomas: That didn’t happen. And the sponge worked just as
well.
BME: Clearly. And I see you used what looks like a band pin
for the second attempt. Let me guess: Nickelback.
Thomas: No.
BME: Creed.
Thomas: No.
BME: Puddle of Mudd.
Thomas: Yeah, actually.
BME: A-ha! See what I did there? I limited my guesswork to
a bunch of terrible bands that are associated with fan-bases that make
terrible decisions. You know, like getting pierced during a frat party with
a dirty tool by your meathead friends. Lastly, I see a Super Bowl XXVII
decal on the mirror in your house, a game in which the Buffalo Bills were
soundly defeated by the Dallas Cowboys; I imagine you’re a Buffalo fan. Does
this sort of haphazard infliction of unnecessary pain with potentially
lasting problems come along with rooting for the Bills?
Thomas: They’re a good team.
BME: Steve-O, thanks for taking the time to speak to us.
Thomas: Okay.
Comments
410 responses to “You Don’t Have A Potato?”
sorry, ive given money, my photos, and my time to bme. so the functionality of the site does directly involve me, and everyone else who valued it and helped make it what it was.
but to say it in terms that cannot be miscontstrued as nosiness: bme sucks now. fucking fix it. or take the criticism.
sorry, ive given money, my photos, and my time to bme. so the functionality of the site does directly involve me, and everyone else who valued it and helped make it what it was.
but to say it in terms that cannot be miscontstrued as nosiness: bme sucks now. fucking fix it. or take the criticism.
I thinks Roos hair looks ridiculous.
I actually dont, I just want to see if he thoguht that was offensive 🙂
Im actually not a fan of this article. The way I see it all of us couldve been that kid, but circumstnace led us to knowledge and we did things different. Does that make him a bad person? Our job (or at least what I think) is to teach people like that. THey are going to do it anyway, so why not arm them with the knowledge to do it right?
I liked the post, I think it wouldve been awesome as a diary entry, just not as a modblog one.
Oh and just so this doesnt go thru,
WE ARE ALL CERE NOW!
I thinks Roos hair looks ridiculous.
I actually dont, I just want to see if he thoguht that was offensive 🙂
Im actually not a fan of this article. The way I see it all of us couldve been that kid, but circumstnace led us to knowledge and we did things different. Does that make him a bad person? Our job (or at least what I think) is to teach people like that. THey are going to do it anyway, so why not arm them with the knowledge to do it right?
I liked the post, I think it wouldve been awesome as a diary entry, just not as a modblog one.
Oh and just so this doesnt go thru,
WE ARE ALL CERE NOW!
Alyssa – It is not my criticism to take, but I take it and still am, 24/7.
I work for BME, I love BME. I am talking about the people directly involved in the process of getting everything sorted, both legal and personal.
I can not and will not speak for them, I am just trying to keep things afloat.
That really is it. I am not going to talk about it, I can’t.
Thanks.
Alyssa – It is not my criticism to take, but I take it and still am, 24/7.
I work for BME, I love BME. I am talking about the people directly involved in the process of getting everything sorted, both legal and personal.
I can not and will not speak for them, I am just trying to keep things afloat.
That really is it. I am not going to talk about it, I can’t.
Thanks.
whose is it, then?
whoever it is…is doing a SHIT job and should be called out on it. and no one can dispute that fact.
whose is it, then?
whoever it is…is doing a SHIT job and should be called out on it. and no one can dispute that fact.
well if that wasn’t a cheap attempt for ratings then i don’t know what is.
well if that wasn’t a cheap attempt for ratings then i don’t know what is.
Alyssa – Not mine.
Alyssa – Not mine.
Wow! All these oppinions floating around. Alot of people dont like this modblog entry! Im not sure if its just because its not a modification history / evolution article, or just because its some pissed guys being dicks.
Im not a fan of the post in modblog, (yeah I prefer the “real” posts) BUT………. I do think there should be a seperate idiotblog (or a better name) for all these fools who want to risk there bodies and health. Who knows after a while we could even have a vote and send the most stupid one on a training course to help them pierce properly. Or we could just laugh at them till our socks fall off!
Wow! All these oppinions floating around. Alot of people dont like this modblog entry! Im not sure if its just because its not a modification history / evolution article, or just because its some pissed guys being dicks.
Im not a fan of the post in modblog, (yeah I prefer the “real” posts) BUT………. I do think there should be a seperate idiotblog (or a better name) for all these fools who want to risk there bodies and health. Who knows after a while we could even have a vote and send the most stupid one on a training course to help them pierce properly. Or we could just laugh at them till our socks fall off!
roo – stonewall all you like. im sorry ‘they’ put you on the front lines for this, or, conversely, im sorry you chose to sit on the front lines and that youre incapable of handling the obvious unrest in ths community.
http://www.bodytwo.com/blog
roo – stonewall all you like. im sorry ‘they’ put you on the front lines for this, or, conversely, im sorry you chose to sit on the front lines and that youre incapable of handling the obvious unrest in ths community.
http://www.bodytwo.com/blog
Alyssa – For the last time, to everyone!
I am perfectly capable, if you think you could a better job with so much at stake both personally and for the future of BME then go ahead.
Seriously, stop it. Nobody put me in this position, my main role is BMEvideo. I wanted to do this to try and help things get back to normal.
I have already posted the link to Bodytwo, why exactly did you feel the need to post it again. I am not being drawn into this anymore.
Alyssa – For the last time, to everyone!
I am perfectly capable, if you think you could a better job with so much at stake both personally and for the future of BME then go ahead.
Seriously, stop it. Nobody put me in this position, my main role is BMEvideo. I wanted to do this to try and help things get back to normal.
I have already posted the link to Bodytwo, why exactly did you feel the need to post it again. I am not being drawn into this anymore.
i posted it to remind people where the action is.
i posted it to remind people where the action is.
Leave Roo alone for fucksake! Everyone knows where bodytwo is. It’s not his fault!
Leave Roo alone for fucksake! Everyone knows where bodytwo is. It’s not his fault!
I’ve pierced with safety pins & sewing needles… it was what worked at the time, and I didn’t know there were truly better options. It’s never caused me any harm.
Sure, it wasn’t the smartest idea, but I bet enough of the readers here have done the same, and to lay into people this much for doing it is both extraordinarily elitist and offensive.
Woohooh, so you pierce for a living and you know better. You didn’t always. Hey, didn’t this all start with people in forests shoving thorns through their septums? And that’s not only accepted, but revered and praised here – just look down a little to the hand-hit gloveless tattoo post being praised.
Hey, maybe tribesmen oughtta get educated on cross-contamination, save up for a plane ticket, book an appointment and… nah.
OK so these kids had a vague idea that you could go to some guy’s shop and pay, but they were drunk, they got carried away. Do you guys shit a brick and run to the hospital every time you cut yourself in the kitchen or workshop?
And do you criticise the innumerable OTHER voluntary acts people undertake daily with a risk? Ever smoked a cigarette? At least these kids might get something they want, all smokers get is a cough… and I’m not criticizing smokers, before I’m picked up on that. Hell, I only quit because they banned it in pubs… it stopped being enjoyable. This is all about enjoyment, isn’t it? Be it a quest for enlightenment or just pissing around at a party, it’s all for FUN.
So someone took your “thing” and did it “wrong”, and that makes you angry, and it hasn’t been treated with the reverance YOU think it should. To them, it’s *just* a damn piercing, and it’s *just* a lip, and it’s a *risk* of infection. So let it just be that.
Stop criticising and educate. This wasn’t sent into you by someone boasting about great work, someone actually went looking on youTube for something to lay into. Good use of time, there.
I’ve pierced with safety pins & sewing needles… it was what worked at the time, and I didn’t know there were truly better options. It’s never caused me any harm.
Sure, it wasn’t the smartest idea, but I bet enough of the readers here have done the same, and to lay into people this much for doing it is both extraordinarily elitist and offensive.
Woohooh, so you pierce for a living and you know better. You didn’t always. Hey, didn’t this all start with people in forests shoving thorns through their septums? And that’s not only accepted, but revered and praised here – just look down a little to the hand-hit gloveless tattoo post being praised.
Hey, maybe tribesmen oughtta get educated on cross-contamination, save up for a plane ticket, book an appointment and… nah.
OK so these kids had a vague idea that you could go to some guy’s shop and pay, but they were drunk, they got carried away. Do you guys shit a brick and run to the hospital every time you cut yourself in the kitchen or workshop?
And do you criticise the innumerable OTHER voluntary acts people undertake daily with a risk? Ever smoked a cigarette? At least these kids might get something they want, all smokers get is a cough… and I’m not criticizing smokers, before I’m picked up on that. Hell, I only quit because they banned it in pubs… it stopped being enjoyable. This is all about enjoyment, isn’t it? Be it a quest for enlightenment or just pissing around at a party, it’s all for FUN.
So someone took your “thing” and did it “wrong”, and that makes you angry, and it hasn’t been treated with the reverance YOU think it should. To them, it’s *just* a damn piercing, and it’s *just* a lip, and it’s a *risk* of infection. So let it just be that.
Stop criticising and educate. This wasn’t sent into you by someone boasting about great work, someone actually went looking on youTube for something to lay into. Good use of time, there.
Ahhh, It was the ‘pilot holes’ fault.
Ahhh, It was the ‘pilot holes’ fault.
i dont mind that you mocked them, mr. roo. i can understand why some modbloggers would be upset and just want to see extreme cool stuff ..but ive met a few cats like the ones in this video in my life ..and if anyone deserves to be made fun of..its them. cheers and kudos; not everyone is angry. =]
p.s…
technically..this video DOES demonstrate body modification..so its not like you posted something totally off the topic.
i dont mind that you mocked them, mr. roo. i can understand why some modbloggers would be upset and just want to see extreme cool stuff ..but ive met a few cats like the ones in this video in my life ..and if anyone deserves to be made fun of..its them. cheers and kudos; not everyone is angry. =]
p.s…
technically..this video DOES demonstrate body modification..so its not like you posted something totally off the topic.
courtney – I didn’t post this 🙂
courtney – I didn’t post this 🙂
I’m sure Jordan Ginsberg has many talents but writing for ModBlog is not one of them. I found his first post to be equally subpar.
I’m sure Jordan Ginsberg has many talents but writing for ModBlog is not one of them. I found his first post to be equally subpar.
Bliiiimey everyone is touchy at the moment! Seriously, can we cheer up and play nice? And can we leave Roo alone?! He’s just doing his job! As has been said quintoquadagintillion times, none of us have the full story, none of us really know what is going on, maybe we’ll find out, maybe we won’t but at the end of the day there will be an outcome. Let’s just sit tight and wait for that, shall we? Now cheer up, chuckle at the rather amusing post and go about your business. Pretty please?
Bliiiimey everyone is touchy at the moment! Seriously, can we cheer up and play nice? And can we leave Roo alone?! He’s just doing his job! As has been said quintoquadagintillion times, none of us have the full story, none of us really know what is going on, maybe we’ll find out, maybe we won’t but at the end of the day there will be an outcome. Let’s just sit tight and wait for that, shall we? Now cheer up, chuckle at the rather amusing post and go about your business. Pretty please?
You know, I was going to write out some long winded rant about how terrible this is on OUR PART. But, everyone did it for me. Thanks guys! Fight for our community. We have to stop being elitest assholes. Maybe fight to educate people instead of calling them idiots.
You know, I was going to write out some long winded rant about how terrible this is on OUR PART. But, everyone did it for me. Thanks guys! Fight for our community. We have to stop being elitest assholes. Maybe fight to educate people instead of calling them idiots.
crap. not just the video, but the whole damn post.
crap. not just the video, but the whole damn post.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy seeing these morons as much as the next guy, but I don’t think they belong on Modblog.
I have no interest in the politics or what is happening behind the scenes, because to be honest I don’t know enough details to make a decision on how I feel about it either way. I have no intention or want to ‘pick sides’ or get involved in any way other than a concerned user of IAM and BME.
I simply miss the Modblog posts every day of interesting mods and information, and I find it sad that the few days of no Modblog posts is broken by a video like this. Sure it’s funny, but I’m here to see mods and other cool stuff, not idiots making morons of themselves.
I second the idea that there should be an idiotblog where photos, videos and stories of… well… idiots can go and be giggled at or cause massive facepalming/headdesking.
I just don’t feel that, on the Modblog, this is the right decision for the image of BME. It’s obviously not making the paying customers of the BME series of sites happy, and I hope that steps are being taken to come to a solution that will make most of the people involved happy, that includes both the staff and the customers and users of BME.
I don’t think it’s a case of me, or anyone (well maybe a few someones), having to ‘lighten up’, but it is disappointing to be waiting for days for a Modblog entry and to find that… this is it. I, for one, would like to see the awesome content back again. Seeing what was new on the Modblog was one of the highlights of my day.
Simply put, I’d like to be seeing an improvment in the quality of the Modblog posts, regardless of who the contributing staff member is.
If this comment is rambly and incoherant, but I’ve been up since 5am and I’m a little *twitch*-y. 😀
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy seeing these morons as much as the next guy, but I don’t think they belong on Modblog.
I have no interest in the politics or what is happening behind the scenes, because to be honest I don’t know enough details to make a decision on how I feel about it either way. I have no intention or want to ‘pick sides’ or get involved in any way other than a concerned user of IAM and BME.
I simply miss the Modblog posts every day of interesting mods and information, and I find it sad that the few days of no Modblog posts is broken by a video like this. Sure it’s funny, but I’m here to see mods and other cool stuff, not idiots making morons of themselves.
I second the idea that there should be an idiotblog where photos, videos and stories of… well… idiots can go and be giggled at or cause massive facepalming/headdesking.
I just don’t feel that, on the Modblog, this is the right decision for the image of BME. It’s obviously not making the paying customers of the BME series of sites happy, and I hope that steps are being taken to come to a solution that will make most of the people involved happy, that includes both the staff and the customers and users of BME.
I don’t think it’s a case of me, or anyone (well maybe a few someones), having to ‘lighten up’, but it is disappointing to be waiting for days for a Modblog entry and to find that… this is it. I, for one, would like to see the awesome content back again. Seeing what was new on the Modblog was one of the highlights of my day.
Simply put, I’d like to be seeing an improvment in the quality of the Modblog posts, regardless of who the contributing staff member is.
If this comment is rambly and incoherant, but I’ve been up since 5am and I’m a little *twitch*-y. 😀
modblog is suppose to inform people about mods, not… this.
modblog is suppose to inform people about mods, not… this.
in that interview—
thomas was much more mature and well spoken than bme. bme looked like the ‘grody fratboy’ i think was the term used.
way to go bme.
in that interview—
thomas was much more mature and well spoken than bme. bme looked like the ‘grody fratboy’ i think was the term used.
way to go bme.
This is a poor excuse for a post, and an insult to ModBlog. I’d really like to see intelligent posts on unique body modifications and information on the like, if you’d please.
This is a poor excuse for a post, and an insult to ModBlog. I’d really like to see intelligent posts on unique body modifications and information on the like, if you’d please.
I wish people would use idiocy like this to educate instead of alienate. Things like this video should be an excellent opportunity to educate folks about what safety precautions and procedures can be used to make piercing at home less hazardous. Instead, people within this community mock the ignorance and recklessness of the people who try and fail at something admittedly difficult.
advocating piercing only in shops = abstinence only sex ed
I wish people would use idiocy like this to educate instead of alienate. Things like this video should be an excellent opportunity to educate folks about what safety precautions and procedures can be used to make piercing at home less hazardous. Instead, people within this community mock the ignorance and recklessness of the people who try and fail at something admittedly difficult.
advocating piercing only in shops = abstinence only sex ed
Dear Jordan,
I love you and your interviews.
Dear Roo,
Thank you for putting up with other people’s bullshit
Everyone else,
Harden the Fuck up…
Dear Jordan,
I love you and your interviews.
Dear Roo,
Thank you for putting up with other people’s bullshit
Everyone else,
Harden the Fuck up…