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.

Sign of the apocalypse

Yes, things are not looking good…

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192 responses to “Sign of the apocalypse”

  1. maria Avatar
    maria

    actually, the cup (or the cauldron, in modern wicca) is NOT an “inverted phallus” but its feminine (and -I guess, but I’m an hellenic pagan, not a wiccan so I’m not sure- more powerful)counterpart. the statement isn’t completely wrong, so.
    that being said, the paper is absolutely nuts and so the tattoo… 😉

  2. maria Avatar
    maria

    actually, the cup (or the cauldron, in modern wicca) is NOT an “inverted phallus” but its feminine (and -I guess, but I’m an hellenic pagan, not a wiccan so I’m not sure- more powerful)counterpart. the statement isn’t completely wrong, so.
    that being said, the paper is absolutely nuts and so the tattoo… 😉

  3. London Avatar
    London

    hahahahaha that was a nice pick-me-up of sorts, which is actually kind of disturbing…i guess building computers all day causes a need for a little slice of insanity

  4. London Avatar
    London

    hahahahaha that was a nice pick-me-up of sorts, which is actually kind of disturbing…i guess building computers all day causes a need for a little slice of insanity

  5. Manda Avatar
    Manda

    As a heavily modified person, a body piercing shop owner, and a full-time registered nursing student I veiw this essay as a fucking joke and a slam on the credibility to all heavily modified college students. I am no idiot to the fact that what I choose to do to my body is sometimes held agaisnt me and my professors hold a stigma to the modified person as a non-serious student and perhaps other negitive things. As stubborn as I want to be about that stance I know it wont change and I’d be ignorant to think it would. Through alot of hard work, dedication and persistance I maintain a 3.5 GPA and prove to the doubting thomas that I am not all the thing they may imagine me to be. I think that as a community of people we need to continue to hold fast together and continue to prove who we are. I know I’m doing my part, as for the ‘student’ that wrote this, they obvious should have known that reveiwing a pornographic (not to mention pretty offensive to most on all fronts) film for a college level class would not be appropriate. When I see this I think the person was trying to be a smart ass and deserves the grade they got. An ‘F’. I’m not gunna fall over like a blind sheep and think this is artsy or insightful, to me, its insulting and offensive as a serious student.

  6. Manda Avatar
    Manda

    As a heavily modified person, a body piercing shop owner, and a full-time registered nursing student I veiw this essay as a fucking joke and a slam on the credibility to all heavily modified college students. I am no idiot to the fact that what I choose to do to my body is sometimes held agaisnt me and my professors hold a stigma to the modified person as a non-serious student and perhaps other negitive things. As stubborn as I want to be about that stance I know it wont change and I’d be ignorant to think it would. Through alot of hard work, dedication and persistance I maintain a 3.5 GPA and prove to the doubting thomas that I am not all the thing they may imagine me to be. I think that as a community of people we need to continue to hold fast together and continue to prove who we are. I know I’m doing my part, as for the ‘student’ that wrote this, they obvious should have known that reveiwing a pornographic (not to mention pretty offensive to most on all fronts) film for a college level class would not be appropriate. When I see this I think the person was trying to be a smart ass and deserves the grade they got. An ‘F’. I’m not gunna fall over like a blind sheep and think this is artsy or insightful, to me, its insulting and offensive as a serious student.

  7. Madeline Avatar
    Madeline

    and now i will never be the same again…………..ick.

  8. Madeline Avatar
    Madeline

    and now i will never be the same again…………..ick.

  9. Samanthrax Avatar
    Samanthrax

    I find it bothersome that the grader didn’t get ‘apropriate’ quite right.

  10. Samanthrax Avatar
    Samanthrax

    I find it bothersome that the grader didn’t get ‘apropriate’ quite right.

  11. Patrick Avatar
    Patrick

    I can’t even read the paper without getting nauseous. and I couldn’t stand to watch more than about 2 seconds of the video.

  12. Patrick Avatar
    Patrick

    I can’t even read the paper without getting nauseous. and I couldn’t stand to watch more than about 2 seconds of the video.

  13. paleblue Avatar

    I would love it if manda actually weren’t a troll.

  14. paleblue Avatar

    I would love it if manda actually weren’t a troll.

  15. Cardboardfrog Avatar
    Cardboardfrog

    wow…what an emphemeral concept to immortalize on your flesh

  16. Cardboardfrog Avatar
    Cardboardfrog

    wow…what an emphemeral concept to immortalize on your flesh

  17. Erik Avatar
    Erik

    First, for as much as I know, it’s not real “fecal matter” but chickpea pulp. Second, the tattoo really lacks talent, and third, the text really lacks talet as well 🙂 The subject of the two girls and one cup might absolutely lend itself to a discourse analysis from a similar sort of perspective, but seriously – it takes some knowledge and quite some brains to make it fun and just not stupid rambling.

    Cheers! 🙂

  18. Erik Avatar
    Erik

    First, for as much as I know, it’s not real “fecal matter” but chickpea pulp. Second, the tattoo really lacks talent, and third, the text really lacks talet as well 🙂 The subject of the two girls and one cup might absolutely lend itself to a discourse analysis from a similar sort of perspective, but seriously – it takes some knowledge and quite some brains to make it fun and just not stupid rambling.

    Cheers! 🙂

  19. wintermute Avatar
    wintermute

    As a teaching assistant at a large university, I assure you that not all markers handwrite. Also, I would not give this paper a 0. I was actually in a position once where I had to deduct marks if students did explictly describe the sex practices of a particular tribe of people. Pornography is a legitimate medium to critize, perhaps much more so that dead literature that hardly anyone reads voluntarily.

  20. wintermute Avatar
    wintermute

    As a teaching assistant at a large university, I assure you that not all markers handwrite. Also, I would not give this paper a 0. I was actually in a position once where I had to deduct marks if students did explictly describe the sex practices of a particular tribe of people. Pornography is a legitimate medium to critize, perhaps much more so that dead literature that hardly anyone reads voluntarily.

  21. Milky Avatar
    Milky

    28: I wasn’t aware that it was possible to be a heavily modified nurse.

    Is it more tolerated in the U.S than here in England?

  22. Milky Avatar
    Milky

    28: I wasn’t aware that it was possible to be a heavily modified nurse.

    Is it more tolerated in the U.S than here in England?

  23. dani Avatar
    dani

    #28… it’s a decently written paper and you dont know what the assignment was. 2girls1cup is now a cultural icon, and realistically just because it’s not pg doesnt mean it shouldnt be a valuable way to interpret culture. if you pride yourself so much in being intellectual and part of the creative body community, you should be able to see that there’s more than one road to being “smart.” you dont have to write all your papers on niche.

  24. dani Avatar
    dani

    #28… it’s a decently written paper and you dont know what the assignment was. 2girls1cup is now a cultural icon, and realistically just because it’s not pg doesnt mean it shouldnt be a valuable way to interpret culture. if you pride yourself so much in being intellectual and part of the creative body community, you should be able to see that there’s more than one road to being “smart.” you dont have to write all your papers on niche.

  25. serenity Avatar

    38: I am a heavily modified nursing student here in the UK. Location Location Location. My lobes and most my visible piercings are gone, but all the most interesting stuff is hidden by the uniform anyways! 😉 Incidentally I am also the owner of a body piercing studio, for a second I thought I must have had a substance-induced spell of writing on modblog without recalling, gahaha.. 😛

    On the subject of the post – I really don’t agree that writing should be marked as a fail because it’s extreme in any one way or another, writing is writing. My two cents..

  26. serenity Avatar

    38: I am a heavily modified nursing student here in the UK. Location Location Location. My lobes and most my visible piercings are gone, but all the most interesting stuff is hidden by the uniform anyways! 😉 Incidentally I am also the owner of a body piercing studio, for a second I thought I must have had a substance-induced spell of writing on modblog without recalling, gahaha.. 😛

    On the subject of the post – I really don’t agree that writing should be marked as a fail because it’s extreme in any one way or another, writing is writing. My two cents..

  27. transdermal Avatar
    transdermal

    sick biatches,

  28. transdermal Avatar
    transdermal

    sick biatches,

  29. jOELTRON Avatar

    Where the hell did the ‘so long and thanks for all the fish’ post go?

  30. jOELTRON Avatar

    Where the hell did the ‘so long and thanks for all the fish’ post go?

  31. tank_girl Avatar
    tank_girl

    I was just thinking the same thing…

  32. tank_girl Avatar
    tank_girl

    I was just thinking the same thing…

  33. nate Avatar
    nate

    hostile take over 2.0?

  34. nate Avatar
    nate

    hostile take over 2.0?

  35. Natali Avatar

    WTF at the So Long post. I still have it in my RSS reader, and it will stay there as long as it needs to. You can’t remove things from the internet.

  36. Natali Avatar

    WTF at the So Long post. I still have it in my RSS reader, and it will stay there as long as it needs to. You can’t remove things from the internet.

  37. Jamie Avatar
    Jamie

    The post is over on zentastic still.

  38. Jamie Avatar
    Jamie

    The post is over on zentastic still.

  39. Manda Avatar
    Manda

    #33- I’m a troll because I hold pride in my acedemic aptitude?
    #38- Where there is a will, There is a way.
    #39- I will disagree with you on the fact that the paper is decently written. When looking at formal grammer and stlye of professional prose it is fraught with error. I will agree with you that there is value in writing formal prose on informal subject matter. Trust me, I’ve wrttien my share. What I’m saying is that that for a college level course this subject is a little too informal. This person isn’t sitting around a frat beer pong table and jackin jaw with their friends. They should have expected the grade they received.

  40. Manda Avatar
    Manda

    #33- I’m a troll because I hold pride in my acedemic aptitude?
    #38- Where there is a will, There is a way.
    #39- I will disagree with you on the fact that the paper is decently written. When looking at formal grammer and stlye of professional prose it is fraught with error. I will agree with you that there is value in writing formal prose on informal subject matter. Trust me, I’ve wrttien my share. What I’m saying is that that for a college level course this subject is a little too informal. This person isn’t sitting around a frat beer pong table and jackin jaw with their friends. They should have expected the grade they received.

  41. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    This is obviously fake because the “teacher” spelled inappropriate wrong.

  42. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    This is obviously fake because the “teacher” spelled inappropriate wrong.

  43. mookie Avatar
    mookie

    that was the craziest SHIT i ever seen, everyone click on the link. is it bad that i was kind of turned on.

  44. mookie Avatar
    mookie

    that was the craziest SHIT i ever seen, everyone click on the link. is it bad that i was kind of turned on.

  45. candycovered Avatar

    haha, so many people have been telling me to watch that for a while now… vile.

  46. candycovered Avatar

    haha, so many people have been telling me to watch that for a while now… vile.

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