I just posted an interview with Toph about his amazing stretched piercings, which include a nearly 2″ lip plate. Click through the picture rm bmeto read the interview now, and then come on back to comment or discuss it here.
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830 responses to “Interview with Toph”
I want to hear more about inkmanlarry. I hope at 78 I’ll be able to say the same !
I want to hear more about inkmanlarry. I hope at 78 I’ll be able to say the same !
inkmanlarry – Wow you look great for 78! I figured you were significantly younger!
inkmanlarry – Wow you look great for 78! I figured you were significantly younger!
240. You say “Why …Because I shouldn’t have to support someone for there lifestyle choices ..just as I feel I shouldn’t have to support the lazy”….
So how about supporting someone who has to go on welfare or disability because of an illness due to a lifestyle choice like Smoking?
240. You say “Why …Because I shouldn’t have to support someone for there lifestyle choices ..just as I feel I shouldn’t have to support the lazy”….
So how about supporting someone who has to go on welfare or disability because of an illness due to a lifestyle choice like Smoking?
JenO33 – Interview is pending 🙂
JenO33 – Interview is pending 🙂
Rock And Roll !
Rock And Roll !
theNOTHING/#310: If Toph can eat a hotdog through his gaping liphole, I’m sure you could manage to eat some pussy through yours.
And as for the heavily modified finding jobs, well, isn’t that why they have call centers? 😛
theNOTHING/#310: If Toph can eat a hotdog through his gaping liphole, I’m sure you could manage to eat some pussy through yours.
And as for the heavily modified finding jobs, well, isn’t that why they have call centers? 😛
What the fuck. How did my comment not get posted but other douchebag comments did? Bullshit.
Anyways, my ORIGINAL comment was “I’d tap that”.
What the fuck. How did my comment not get posted but other douchebag comments did? Bullshit.
Anyways, my ORIGINAL comment was “I’d tap that”.
The difference is that no one intentionally sets out to get cancer ..
The difference is that no one intentionally sets out to get cancer ..
328: You can’t exactly prove an illness is due to something like smoking. Some people are genetically predetermined to have cancer, or other ailments that are “caused” by smoking. Now, that is not to say smoking isn’t bad, or can agitate problems. You can’t prove that your cancer was caused by smoking, but you can prove that smoking causes cancer if that makes any sense. Who is to say you wouldn’t have lung cancer if you hadn’t smoked? Who knows.
Being lazy and on government welfare and having cancer/ailments that can’t 100% be linked to smoking are two different things.
Seriously, let us just give EVERYONE free handouts!
Right, good idea.
328: You can’t exactly prove an illness is due to something like smoking. Some people are genetically predetermined to have cancer, or other ailments that are “caused” by smoking. Now, that is not to say smoking isn’t bad, or can agitate problems. You can’t prove that your cancer was caused by smoking, but you can prove that smoking causes cancer if that makes any sense. Who is to say you wouldn’t have lung cancer if you hadn’t smoked? Who knows.
Being lazy and on government welfare and having cancer/ailments that can’t 100% be linked to smoking are two different things.
Seriously, let us just give EVERYONE free handouts!
Right, good idea.
Phish – I don’t think people intentionally set out to be unemployed… Like the cancer, it’s an unintended — even if obvious — and undesired side effect.
Phish – I don’t think people intentionally set out to be unemployed… Like the cancer, it’s an unintended — even if obvious — and undesired side effect.
Ok TPTFK-Phish, That not my point.
People’s lifestyle choices can affect their ability to work and you cant discriminate against them because of it.
If the smoking comparison didn’t work maybe try, supporting someone who cant work and is on welfare or disability because they have contracted aids/hiv from unprotected sex?
Or someone who cant work because they have damaged their body/mind too much from drug use?
These people might need welfare to live, but their afflictions are all self imposed.
So which is it? Welfare given based on a choice or real need?
Ok TPTFK-Phish, That not my point.
People’s lifestyle choices can affect their ability to work and you cant discriminate against them because of it.
If the smoking comparison didn’t work maybe try, supporting someone who cant work and is on welfare or disability because they have contracted aids/hiv from unprotected sex?
Or someone who cant work because they have damaged their body/mind too much from drug use?
These people might need welfare to live, but their afflictions are all self imposed.
So which is it? Welfare given based on a choice or real need?
Next time I need a job counselor, I think I need to come here… except that I would have to remove everything that actually made me come here in the first place… ok bad idea.
Next time I need a job counselor, I think I need to come here… except that I would have to remove everything that actually made me come here in the first place… ok bad idea.
More seriously, I have seen posts here that were clearly polemic (and I know there were supposed to be.. fascist tatts ect) and right now I feel terrible for Toph, because I don’t ever recall these threads before get so much lynching on someone; as he is getting for giving an interview and opening about his mods. I hope he is stronger than I would be if I was judge by so many unknown people.
More seriously, I have seen posts here that were clearly polemic (and I know there were supposed to be.. fascist tatts ect) and right now I feel terrible for Toph, because I don’t ever recall these threads before get so much lynching on someone; as he is getting for giving an interview and opening about his mods. I hope he is stronger than I would be if I was judge by so many unknown people.
I’m amazed at the amount of classist rhetoric here. I don’t know, I grew up poor because my mom was an unmarried single mom and people discriminated against her because of that. Should she have gotten married to someone she didn’t like, or have aborted myself and my little brother to get a job?
Should a transsexual person NOT transition to their real gender because they might get fired? Should a Muslim woman not wear a hijab because of Islamophobia? These things are all TECHNICALLY choices but in each situation conforming to the norm would greatly hinder their happiness and (arguably?) their mental health.
I pay the same taxes no matter what; the number of people who aren’t hired because they modify their bodies in such an extreme way and therefore end up on welfare is REALLY tiny and I doubt it even affects what I pay by a fraction of a penny. So saying that it’s a strain on YOU as an INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER among MILLIONS of taxpayers is pretty ridic.
I’m amazed at the amount of classist rhetoric here. I don’t know, I grew up poor because my mom was an unmarried single mom and people discriminated against her because of that. Should she have gotten married to someone she didn’t like, or have aborted myself and my little brother to get a job?
Should a transsexual person NOT transition to their real gender because they might get fired? Should a Muslim woman not wear a hijab because of Islamophobia? These things are all TECHNICALLY choices but in each situation conforming to the norm would greatly hinder their happiness and (arguably?) their mental health.
I pay the same taxes no matter what; the number of people who aren’t hired because they modify their bodies in such an extreme way and therefore end up on welfare is REALLY tiny and I doubt it even affects what I pay by a fraction of a penny. So saying that it’s a strain on YOU as an INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER among MILLIONS of taxpayers is pretty ridic.
Haha I see that as I was typing Kero sort of made the same point, oops.
Haha I see that as I was typing Kero sort of made the same point, oops.
InkmanLarry,
Glad you posted.
Good luck in your recovery!!
🙂
InkmanLarry,
Glad you posted.
Good luck in your recovery!!
🙂
On a complete side note, InkManLarry, you are awesome (and Shannon is right! You do look younger than 78!). Will you be my honorary grandfather? 🙂
I’m sending you lots and lots of positive thoughts for a speedy and easy recovery.
May I rock as hard as you do, sir, when I am 78.
On a complete side note, InkManLarry, you are awesome (and Shannon is right! You do look younger than 78!). Will you be my honorary grandfather? 🙂
I’m sending you lots and lots of positive thoughts for a speedy and easy recovery.
May I rock as hard as you do, sir, when I am 78.
all these people who think that theres no discrimination against simple more common mods – must not visit small towns often.
all these people who think that theres no discrimination against simple more common mods – must not visit small towns often.
“but what does that do for you, when you won’t even get a job as a waiter at some shitty truckstop?”
“your mods render you completely unemployable in a number of industries”
“following your dreams (as well as working a craptastic job for a while in order to achieve them) is one thing. Being a bum is completely different.”
“unemployeed since christmas?
jesus christ. That alone should show you
why its a bad idea to go so far”
Christ, since when did my grandma start posting comments on modblog?
“but what does that do for you, when you won’t even get a job as a waiter at some shitty truckstop?”
“your mods render you completely unemployable in a number of industries”
“following your dreams (as well as working a craptastic job for a while in order to achieve them) is one thing. Being a bum is completely different.”
“unemployeed since christmas?
jesus christ. That alone should show you
why its a bad idea to go so far”
Christ, since when did my grandma start posting comments on modblog?
it sounds like theres alot of unhappy people commenting on this one. alot of the things said, i feel, were out of line and completely irrelevant to the article posted.
very good interview. i was excited to finally see one with Toph on here:) go Toph.
and go Shannon as well. i dont care about any of the dramatic bullshit nonsense, im glad he’s still keeping modblog interested to read. that archilles post blew my mind!
it sounds like theres alot of unhappy people commenting on this one. alot of the things said, i feel, were out of line and completely irrelevant to the article posted.
very good interview. i was excited to finally see one with Toph on here:) go Toph.
and go Shannon as well. i dont care about any of the dramatic bullshit nonsense, im glad he’s still keeping modblog interested to read. that archilles post blew my mind!
#343 – I don’t think there’s no discrimination, I just think there is a range, and that it DOES make a difference how “out there” it is (again, based on what’s generally seen, what’s in the media, all sorts of factors, and with a moving line).
Surely the town size (or really, demographics) DOES matter, absolutely – that’s part of the “are my mods going to get along with my environment?” question, and yeah, alas, sometimes they don’t. Some people alter the mods, some people change jobs, some people move, some people just put up with it, etc.
FWIW it seems that things are at least moving in the right direction, even if it’s slow.
#343 – I don’t think there’s no discrimination, I just think there is a range, and that it DOES make a difference how “out there” it is (again, based on what’s generally seen, what’s in the media, all sorts of factors, and with a moving line).
Surely the town size (or really, demographics) DOES matter, absolutely – that’s part of the “are my mods going to get along with my environment?” question, and yeah, alas, sometimes they don’t. Some people alter the mods, some people change jobs, some people move, some people just put up with it, etc.
FWIW it seems that things are at least moving in the right direction, even if it’s slow.
Shannon, just out of curiousity, is there anyway we could get a before and after shot? It always great to see how someone can transform themselves with the proper motivation and will. And regardless of what anyone else says, I appreciate you posting these more “controversial” articles (this, the Achilles piercing, etc)
and i just saw clerks 2, and noone else in the room knew why I was jumping up and down when you came onscreen…..
Shannon, just out of curiousity, is there anyway we could get a before and after shot? It always great to see how someone can transform themselves with the proper motivation and will. And regardless of what anyone else says, I appreciate you posting these more “controversial” articles (this, the Achilles piercing, etc)
and i just saw clerks 2, and noone else in the room knew why I was jumping up and down when you came onscreen…..
wow, 344 comments as of me writing this one! i doubt there’s anything i can say that hasn’t already been said.
regardless, congratulations, Toph, on doing a large part (pun intended) in widening the scope of what western society sees as “normal.” there is no such thing as “normal”; only the extent of what people choose to accept. and kudos to you on working towards slowly erasing that invisible envelope.
wow, 344 comments as of me writing this one! i doubt there’s anything i can say that hasn’t already been said.
regardless, congratulations, Toph, on doing a large part (pun intended) in widening the scope of what western society sees as “normal.” there is no such thing as “normal”; only the extent of what people choose to accept. and kudos to you on working towards slowly erasing that invisible envelope.
Personally I don’t see how he is unemployable. He’s got 2 arms, 2 legs, a brain (plus experience in some jobs) and if someone doesn’t want to hire Toph just because he has a lip plate and giant nostrils, it’s his problem…
Sure, jobs where you are constantly in contact with clients are mainly closed, but it’s not like it is the only kind of job you can get.
Anyway, it’s funny because I found his youtube account about a week ago and I liked the videos.
Personally I don’t see how he is unemployable. He’s got 2 arms, 2 legs, a brain (plus experience in some jobs) and if someone doesn’t want to hire Toph just because he has a lip plate and giant nostrils, it’s his problem…
Sure, jobs where you are constantly in contact with clients are mainly closed, but it’s not like it is the only kind of job you can get.
Anyway, it’s funny because I found his youtube account about a week ago and I liked the videos.
Surprised no one posted this. Maybe you should try actually visiting his page Shannon, then you would have found these “blowout free nostrils” as you previously stated. “If he had blowout, tearing, and scarring, fine, but he doesn’t.”
http://bmezine.com/pierce/02-tongue/A80207/high/npcb-34-scalpled-diy.jpg
God damnit Shannon, be a man, own up. This makes me sick.
Surprised no one posted this. Maybe you should try actually visiting his page Shannon, then you would have found these “blowout free nostrils” as you previously stated. “If he had blowout, tearing, and scarring, fine, but he doesn’t.”
http://bmezine.com/pierce/02-tongue/A80207/high/npcb-34-scalpled-diy.jpg
God damnit Shannon, be a man, own up. This makes me sick.