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.

Earlobe Reconstruction is for Chumps

Real men cut them off when they’re done with them!

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84 responses to “Earlobe Reconstruction is for Chumps”

  1. lou Avatar
    lou

    this looks creepy!

  2. lou Avatar
    lou

    this looks creepy!

  3. lou Avatar
    lou

    this looks creepy!

  4. lou Avatar
    lou

    this looks creepy!

  5. three_eyed_cat Avatar
    three_eyed_cat

    real men keep them

  6. three_eyed_cat Avatar
    three_eyed_cat

    real men keep them

  7. three_eyed_cat Avatar
    three_eyed_cat

    real men keep them

  8. three_eyed_cat Avatar
    three_eyed_cat

    real men keep them

  9. megan Avatar
    megan

    this made me laugh cause me and my bf got ina arguement cuase iwanted to strech my ears bigger than ten and he wont let me and he said if you strech ima just cut my ear off cause its the same why would you want holes in your ears that big… haha

  10. megan Avatar
    megan

    this made me laugh cause me and my bf got ina arguement cuase iwanted to strech my ears bigger than ten and he wont let me and he said if you strech ima just cut my ear off cause its the same why would you want holes in your ears that big… haha

  11. megan Avatar
    megan

    this made me laugh cause me and my bf got ina arguement cuase iwanted to strech my ears bigger than ten and he wont let me and he said if you strech ima just cut my ear off cause its the same why would you want holes in your ears that big… haha

  12. megan Avatar
    megan

    this made me laugh cause me and my bf got ina arguement cuase iwanted to strech my ears bigger than ten and he wont let me and he said if you strech ima just cut my ear off cause its the same why would you want holes in your ears that big… haha

  13. starspring Avatar

    real men don’t get in tizzy about their earlobes to begin with.

  14. starspring Avatar

    real men don’t get in tizzy about their earlobes to begin with.

  15. starspring Avatar

    real men don’t get in tizzy about their earlobes to begin with.

  16. starspring Avatar

    real men don’t get in tizzy about their earlobes to begin with.

  17. ishinenotburn Avatar
    ishinenotburn

    I wonder if he would do the same if he ever took out his labret lol

  18. ishinenotburn Avatar
    ishinenotburn

    I wonder if he would do the same if he ever took out his labret lol

  19. ishinenotburn Avatar
    ishinenotburn

    I wonder if he would do the same if he ever took out his labret lol

  20. ishinenotburn Avatar
    ishinenotburn

    I wonder if he would do the same if he ever took out his labret lol

  21. Vern Avatar

    Hahaha! I said the whole “if i don’t want them, i’ll cut them off” to my boss today.

  22. Vern Avatar

    Hahaha! I said the whole “if i don’t want them, i’ll cut them off” to my boss today.

  23. Vern Avatar

    Hahaha! I said the whole “if i don’t want them, i’ll cut them off” to my boss today.

  24. Vern Avatar

    Hahaha! I said the whole “if i don’t want them, i’ll cut them off” to my boss today.

  25. DK Avatar
    DK

    Are there any people who cut their whole ear off? Van Gogh did(I think just his lobe), it seems like it should be more popular. I did see a boy with only one ear once but I’m pretty sure it was from an accident.

  26. DK Avatar
    DK

    Are there any people who cut their whole ear off? Van Gogh did(I think just his lobe), it seems like it should be more popular. I did see a boy with only one ear once but I’m pretty sure it was from an accident.

  27. DK Avatar
    DK

    Are there any people who cut their whole ear off? Van Gogh did(I think just his lobe), it seems like it should be more popular. I did see a boy with only one ear once but I’m pretty sure it was from an accident.

  28. DK Avatar
    DK

    Are there any people who cut their whole ear off? Van Gogh did(I think just his lobe), it seems like it should be more popular. I did see a boy with only one ear once but I’m pretty sure it was from an accident.

  29. ARAkas Avatar

    Im pretty certain Van Gogh just sliced off a bit of cartilidge for his mistress.
    I’ve been contemplating the whole lobe removal thing for afew years now. I feel it’d would work really well with large gauge conch piercings that way.
    Id also be more tempted to sculpt the lower part of the ear to make to it flow better.
    Still cool though.

  30. ARAkas Avatar

    Im pretty certain Van Gogh just sliced off a bit of cartilidge for his mistress.
    I’ve been contemplating the whole lobe removal thing for afew years now. I feel it’d would work really well with large gauge conch piercings that way.
    Id also be more tempted to sculpt the lower part of the ear to make to it flow better.
    Still cool though.

  31. ARAkas Avatar

    Im pretty certain Van Gogh just sliced off a bit of cartilidge for his mistress.
    I’ve been contemplating the whole lobe removal thing for afew years now. I feel it’d would work really well with large gauge conch piercings that way.
    Id also be more tempted to sculpt the lower part of the ear to make to it flow better.
    Still cool though.

  32. ARAkas Avatar

    Im pretty certain Van Gogh just sliced off a bit of cartilidge for his mistress.
    I’ve been contemplating the whole lobe removal thing for afew years now. I feel it’d would work really well with large gauge conch piercings that way.
    Id also be more tempted to sculpt the lower part of the ear to make to it flow better.
    Still cool though.

  33. simon Avatar
    simon

    Van Gogh was driven insane by solitude and the unanswered love he supposedly must have had for Gaugin, who went to live with him in South France a couple of times. That, and the fact he was hearing sounds (or voices maybe)… If Van Gogh had a mistress, it would have surely been a dude. Then again, he wasn’t married… So it would simply be his boyfriend.
    Greetz from artboy 😀

  34. simon Avatar
    simon

    Van Gogh was driven insane by solitude and the unanswered love he supposedly must have had for Gaugin, who went to live with him in South France a couple of times. That, and the fact he was hearing sounds (or voices maybe)… If Van Gogh had a mistress, it would have surely been a dude. Then again, he wasn’t married… So it would simply be his boyfriend.
    Greetz from artboy 😀

  35. simon Avatar
    simon

    Van Gogh was driven insane by solitude and the unanswered love he supposedly must have had for Gaugin, who went to live with him in South France a couple of times. That, and the fact he was hearing sounds (or voices maybe)… If Van Gogh had a mistress, it would have surely been a dude. Then again, he wasn’t married… So it would simply be his boyfriend.
    Greetz from artboy 😀

  36. simon Avatar
    simon

    Van Gogh was driven insane by solitude and the unanswered love he supposedly must have had for Gaugin, who went to live with him in South France a couple of times. That, and the fact he was hearing sounds (or voices maybe)… If Van Gogh had a mistress, it would have surely been a dude. Then again, he wasn’t married… So it would simply be his boyfriend.
    Greetz from artboy 😀

  37. johnny_zigani Avatar
    johnny_zigani

    @ no. 7… Mark “Chopper” Read?

  38. johnny_zigani Avatar
    johnny_zigani

    @ no. 7… Mark “Chopper” Read?

  39. johnny_zigani Avatar
    johnny_zigani

    @ no. 7… Mark “Chopper” Read?

  40. johnny_zigani Avatar
    johnny_zigani

    @ no. 7… Mark “Chopper” Read?

  41. CainmosniDetalosi Avatar
    CainmosniDetalosi

    i could have sworn it said “Earlobe Reconstruction is for Chimps”

    Then when i looked again it said chumps, which made me a little upset inside, because his ear does look like a monkeys ear…..

    UNLESS!

    that was intended all along….!

  42. CainmosniDetalosi Avatar
    CainmosniDetalosi

    i could have sworn it said “Earlobe Reconstruction is for Chimps”

    Then when i looked again it said chumps, which made me a little upset inside, because his ear does look like a monkeys ear…..

    UNLESS!

    that was intended all along….!

  43. CainmosniDetalosi Avatar
    CainmosniDetalosi

    i could have sworn it said “Earlobe Reconstruction is for Chimps”

    Then when i looked again it said chumps, which made me a little upset inside, because his ear does look like a monkeys ear…..

    UNLESS!

    that was intended all along….!

  44. CainmosniDetalosi Avatar
    CainmosniDetalosi

    i could have sworn it said “Earlobe Reconstruction is for Chimps”

    Then when i looked again it said chumps, which made me a little upset inside, because his ear does look like a monkeys ear…..

    UNLESS!

    that was intended all along….!

  45. snaps Avatar
    snaps

    simon, van gogh did live with share a yellow house with Gaugin because he wanted to start an artist’s colony but with drinking, drugs and bizarre violent behaviour forced Gaugin to move on. The ear he cut off was for a prositute who was a female.

    I like this dudes ear, his plug looks like a tasty marshmellow

  46. snaps Avatar
    snaps

    simon, van gogh did live with share a yellow house with Gaugin because he wanted to start an artist’s colony but with drinking, drugs and bizarre violent behaviour forced Gaugin to move on. The ear he cut off was for a prositute who was a female.

    I like this dudes ear, his plug looks like a tasty marshmellow

  47. snaps Avatar
    snaps

    simon, van gogh did live with share a yellow house with Gaugin because he wanted to start an artist’s colony but with drinking, drugs and bizarre violent behaviour forced Gaugin to move on. The ear he cut off was for a prositute who was a female.

    I like this dudes ear, his plug looks like a tasty marshmellow

  48. snaps Avatar
    snaps

    simon, van gogh did live with share a yellow house with Gaugin because he wanted to start an artist’s colony but with drinking, drugs and bizarre violent behaviour forced Gaugin to move on. The ear he cut off was for a prositute who was a female.

    I like this dudes ear, his plug looks like a tasty marshmellow

  49. jonnycore Avatar

    @ no.10 ~ chopper only cut the top halves of his ears off
    he still has the bottom cartilage and lobes

  50. jonnycore Avatar

    @ no.10 ~ chopper only cut the top halves of his ears off
    he still has the bottom cartilage and lobes

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