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.

Pain For Pleasure


Happy Saturday, ModBlog! Here we have Michael, sporting an impressive 30 mm. tongue piercing, filled in with a PTFE plug. Someone get this man a smoothie!

Comments

69 responses to “Pain For Pleasure”

  1. violentlyhappy Avatar
    violentlyhappy

    HC!

  2. Jack Avatar
    Jack

    I wonder how the hell is he going to talk or swallow…

  3. Cecelia Avatar
    Cecelia

    jesus, how does one eat with that?

  4. Robin Avatar
    Robin

    Can he taste stuff the same?

  5. Matt Avatar
    Matt

    Wha… why?

  6. soeppel Avatar
    soeppel

    holy shit that is motherfucking heavy! how does he eat, talk sleep and do all the other fun things?

  7. soeppel Avatar
    soeppel

    and @ #5, Matt; why does everything has to have a reason? why take a tattoo? Because it looks awesome, that’s why!

  8. ParaPlugs Avatar

    Hells yeah! I TALK, EAT, DRINK, DO EVERYTHING NORMALLY!

  9. Shaun Avatar

    you have pretty much no tongue left.
    i love my little 14g tongue piercing haha.

  10. mutumbo Avatar
    mutumbo

    you must talk with one hell of a lisp. . .

  11. adam Avatar
    adam

    fucking impressive

  12. ParaPlugs Avatar

    I don’t lisp anymore, its controllable. and NO, I have the same amount of tongue I have always had.

  13. sublimerotica Avatar

    That’s impressive as shit.

  14. permafaust Avatar

    i love this, kudos to you sir.

  15. dez E. Avatar
    dez E.

    i’m impressed.

  16. InKubus Avatar
    InKubus

    man i’d love to see what your tongue look like if u split it. Would the forks be really long?

  17. ParaPlugs Avatar

    Yes but I am never going to split.

  18. PhilipBarbosa Avatar

    “I don’t lisp anymore, its controllable. and NO, I have the same amount of tongue I have always had.”

    Only way more Awesome than before!

  19. Lexi Avatar
  20. DragonHeart Avatar

    He does still talk near enough perfectly.

    Even more impressive in person 🙂

  21. Zach XVX Avatar

    Awesome Michael, awesome jewelry as well:

    http://www.myspace.com/paraplugs

  22. javiera Avatar
    javiera

    WOW!!! is all i can say…didn’t even know it was possible to do such a thing. kudos 🙂

  23. Drobot Avatar
    Drobot

    awesome!!!

  24. Justin Avatar
    Justin

    I think we all wanna see the tongue with the jewelry out.
    Could you please do that for us?

  25. hrekjh Avatar
    hrekjh

    how do you kiss people and stuff with that?
    and do they comment on it after?

  26. Meaghan Avatar
    Meaghan

    holy canolli!

  27. blackroses Avatar

    thats v cool!

    i do wanna know; how does he eat? drink? talk? swallow?

  28. sheldo Avatar

    Woah, didn’t know you could do that!

  29. Zimantha Avatar

    OhyourGod, I love it.
    the first half-second i saw this, i thought it was a lip plate, and then i realized it was his tongue.
    My day is now better because of this.

  30. pillpoppinfun Avatar
    pillpoppinfun

    what gets me is how food DOESNT get stuck on that thing… i had to take mine out to eat when it was just over half that size… looks good tho man.

  31. ParaPlugs Avatar

    Haha, I don’t have any problems with that, man. It used to get all jammed in the o rings but it’s fine now.

  32. hey-jp Avatar
    hey-jp

    this is pretty cool, but it reminds me of that entry from here a while back when the guy with the large gauge piercing had rotting teeth because he didn’t have the dexterity to clean his teeth with his tongue that he used to.

  33. Diva Avatar
    Diva

    Haha.

    I saw this picture last night and knew it would be modblogged.

    I think its pretty cool!

    My tongue is only at 15mm. 🙁

  34. ParaPlugs Avatar

    #31 – Well my teeth aren’t rotting, that sounds really nasty!

    #32 – Get stretching!

  35. eternalsunshine Avatar

    I’d love to see how your tongue looks when you take it out. 30 mm wouldn’t even fit between my teeth i think. Very impressive. Can’t imagine having such bick yewellery in my mouth constantly. How you are still able to swallow with it amazes me. Really neat!

  36. Amandagee Avatar

    looks neat. nothing i’d ever want to do though.

  37. i only say i Avatar
    i only say i

    i looove it!

  38. Dean Farrar Avatar

    r u gonna split it or u going bigger

  39. ParaPlugs Avatar

    Going bigger, never split.

  40. penski Avatar

    What do you think the limit is in terms of being able to physically fit your tongue between your teeth?

    *n

  41. vini Avatar

    doesn’t the edges have a sharp fit on your palate ?

  42. GreenHead Avatar

    Id be worried about the piece coming out while trying to swallow and choking on it 😀

    Quite impressive! Id be much to tempted to split the rest at a size like that.

  43. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    Unfuckingreal! In a good way =)
    I can’t stop looking at it…looks too good!! I really like it a lot.
    #44, I do agree, I wouldn’t want to inhale/choke on it.

  44. Laurel Avatar

    I’d really like to see a picture of it without jewelry. Nice job, Michael! 🙂

  45. xottyx Avatar

    ILY MICHEAL 😀

  46. ParaPlugs Avatar

    #42 – I won’t be able to go much bigger.
    #43 – Nope.
    #44 & #45 – That would have happened by now and it hasn’t so I am not worried.

  47. akasha Avatar
    akasha

    no one asked this… what about kissing? …. *hehe*

  48. ParaPlugs Avatar

    Not important. :p Not right now anyway, when the time comes I’m sure it won’t be any more difficult.

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