Knee suspension, age 10
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Friday June 29th, 2007 @ 8:06 PM
Filed under: Body Modification, Kids and Animals, Ritual, Suspension
The rules are different in São Paulo, Brasil. Freakboy sends in this “knee kids” photo, writing, “falsa suspensã knee — somente uma brincadeira!!!” I hope someone at the FBI speaks Portugese… Well, click through for a closeup.
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82 Responses to “Knee suspension, age 10”
I thought that was real!!
rebecca on June 29th, 2007 at 8:07 pmhehe, funny. :D
Mike on June 29th, 2007 at 8:08 pmI thought it was real too..
I do wonder what a 10 year old is doing on BME though!?
Lucy on June 29th, 2007 at 8:17 pmhahaa! I fell for it!
nicole on June 29th, 2007 at 8:19 pmto bad its not real
pinhead-jr2 on June 29th, 2007 at 8:21 pmif tyhe kid is ready for it why not you know
Yeah that got me too. Nice photo though..
Heretic on June 29th, 2007 at 8:27 pmi’m worried about his hat since it didn’t fall off.. it’s squeezing his little head too hard i just know it.
severed on June 29th, 2007 at 8:36 pm/lawl
Translating from protugese: “fake knee suspension - just a joke”
Alex on June 29th, 2007 at 8:41 pmahhhh cleveeeeeer!
Bot on June 29th, 2007 at 8:44 pmAhahaha
Nikki on June 29th, 2007 at 8:57 pmawesome! you got me to! :D
keff on June 29th, 2007 at 9:02 pmHoly crap hehe.
Hoho on June 29th, 2007 at 9:10 pmAPRIL FOOLS.. oops.
phrawzty on June 29th, 2007 at 9:11 pmi was so dissapointed this wasnt real haha
meg on June 29th, 2007 at 9:29 pmi’m all for people expressing themselves and stuff, but i was glad to see that this 10 year old wasn’t really speared!
very clever!
Liz on June 29th, 2007 at 9:35 pmhahahhahahahahahhahaaa LOVE IT
Jennica on June 29th, 2007 at 10:18 pmI knew something was odd about the blood. didn’t realize it was fake, tho.
trinityva on June 29th, 2007 at 10:41 pmi thought it was real and was about to come jump to the defense of the child suspenders thinking all the comments were gonna be bashing it. only when i read the comments did i realise i should have clicked for the close up.
i was fooled.
will on June 29th, 2007 at 10:52 pmhahah u got me
waffle on June 29th, 2007 at 10:53 pmPSYCH!!!!!!!!! Good one. LOL
Viking In LaFleche on June 29th, 2007 at 11:17 pmHaha, I’m loving the ketchup.
AzerPhyre on June 29th, 2007 at 11:46 pmHAHAHahaahahahaha I almost fell for it! Very awesome! The visible bar between his knees gave it away before I clicked for a close up. Nice blood effects!
Steph-knee on June 30th, 2007 at 12:33 amlol, saw it was fake from a mile away, good try!
jean-pierre on June 30th, 2007 at 1:17 ami assumed falsa meant fake.. and i was right, what do i win? nothing? sweet.
choice on June 30th, 2007 at 1:20 amoh, I feel dumb.
stormy on June 30th, 2007 at 1:48 amhahaha, it means “fake knee suspension, it´s only a joke”
a very nice one, by the way
betina on June 30th, 2007 at 1:51 amAwe, I was hoping to witness the furor that it would have created…
LotN on June 30th, 2007 at 2:56 amDamn, I fell for that shit hook line and sinker. x)
PandaP on June 30th, 2007 at 3:58 amRealmente impactante solo espero que el chicos no lo convierta en realidad aun!
Mors on June 30th, 2007 at 4:05 amgot me
kris on June 30th, 2007 at 4:07 amwow…yeah…it would have been cooler if it was real
Rayne on June 30th, 2007 at 4:28 amyeah my first thought was “this is gonna create a shitstorm”, I was tricked. Awesome photo.
rex on June 30th, 2007 at 5:30 amI dont see a problem with it if it had been real and adult supervised ~_+
Bradly on June 30th, 2007 at 5:43 amFun stuff!
HereKittyKitty on June 30th, 2007 at 6:47 amThe FBI reads ModBlog?
Leroy on June 30th, 2007 at 7:25 amYou tease Shannon!
ÈMþRꧧ on June 30th, 2007 at 8:05 am#31: not just that. they read your e-mail, listen to you on the phone, their cctv is at your side when you go shopping. they are at your side when you book flights, pay per creditcard. they are interested in what yout eat during flights, what your ethnicity is, where you sit in the plane, which god you believe in and so on.
redredred on June 30th, 2007 at 9:47 amthey are very busy. and it’s all for your safety. safety is better than freedom, because who needs freedom in a safe world? the best of all is, they tell the world what is good and what is wrong. they teach the world what democracy is.
I don’t understand what would be wrong if it was real… tell me one problem that would hold up in the case of every kid.
Em on June 30th, 2007 at 12:35 pmi love it! i totaly thought it was real! i mean, if the parents are ok with it, why shouldnt a kid be able to hang? when i was 10 i did worse things…
joe on June 30th, 2007 at 12:42 pmmamones, suerte dela foto pequeña!!!
Alex on June 30th, 2007 at 1:16 pmi fell for it damn, i thought to my self thats a bit over bme
Guy on June 30th, 2007 at 1:45 pmoh u are crazy ….. ;p but I love it !!!!!!
I love crazy peoples ;p
vend on June 30th, 2007 at 3:09 pmDamn I wish that was real, it would be amazingly wonderful :P
tallish_noodles on June 30th, 2007 at 3:12 pm>>>I don’t understand what would be wrong if it was real…
Like you say, you don’t understand.
Giles Wallwork on June 30th, 2007 at 3:49 pmis not a good idea.
ok, is a joke. but´s a bad, bad, bad joke.
here in brazil, the serious professionals are suffering´bout the bad professionals who lives in brazilian market.
things like these, just show to everyone that some people are making body modifications just for the status, just for the fashion!!!!!
body modifications, and rituals like these they must be kept far from children and of any person who is not certain of wants can witness what it would not support to see any type of incentive to the participation in these procedures must be forbidden
remembering: is a joke. but´s a bad joke!
rafael on June 30th, 2007 at 3:57 pmhehe, i totally fell for that for a minute :D
excellent joke :P
ladytwiglet on June 30th, 2007 at 3:59 pmhahahah i so thought it was real
katie on June 30th, 2007 at 4:10 pmthe first thing i thought though was “oh shit people are DEFINITELY going to be bitching about this one”
ahrr, he doesn’t look happy at hall and the place the picture was taken gives me a chill, it kinda looks like some backyard-child-molesting-thing. horrible, i am glad it is a fake. i don’t think children should experience these things. idk why, it just doesn’T feel right to have some kid hanging on hooks, since i don’t think, that it can really decide….blablabla. nevermind.
vince on June 30th, 2007 at 4:20 pmThe “falsa” made it obviously fake :P for me anyway.
Frester on June 30th, 2007 at 5:54 pmknow what’s weird is that until i read the comments i had no idea it was fake, nor did i think there would have been controvercy or anger over it. did i miss something? what would be wrong with this? don’t we recall the photos of kids with stretched lobes and what not why should this be any different if you really think about it.
i almost wish it had been real i would have loved to have seen why people were so offended
melsgam on June 30th, 2007 at 6:01 pmhahahaha
Shiko Bryan on June 30th, 2007 at 6:16 pmI thought that was real!!
I looked at the close up because the hooks looked like they were really shallow (yikes), turns out they were even shallower than I thought. :P
kt on June 30th, 2007 at 6:49 pmthat rocks
kivaka on June 30th, 2007 at 7:35 pmshit - that nearly scared me shitless huh
Grps on June 30th, 2007 at 7:54 pmClever!
Falicia on June 30th, 2007 at 8:54 pmto bad its not real
if tyhe kid is ready for it why not you know
and thes tins wher made for young pepol to becam a man
pinhead-jr2 on June 30th, 2007 at 9:09 pmso wats wrong ?
i hear pepol bitching about how suspension has lost its goald
but when a 10 year old kid is in the pic its a crime
its never good is it?
ha ha that was funny as shit at first kinda disterbing but after clicking.. yeah, good stuff.
GilL on July 1st, 2007 at 12:41 amreminds me of that one old photot of a baby suspending
Even though it’s a spoof, I think this photo makes a great jumping board for ways for younger kids to semi-experience things like suspension…. like clip-on jewelry for other realms of modification. Want a tattoo? Let them get henna. Want to suspend? Hang them from a rig with tethers instead of hooks.
smurf on July 1st, 2007 at 1:59 amHeh, that kinda showed me how much I’ve lightened up in the last few years. My initial reaction was “fuck yeah!”… Though that’s my gut/emotional side. But If I was asked to participate in such a thing, my built up moral side would never allow me to do so.
I think posting that pic was a social experiment on the part of Shannon etc. to see just that kind of reaction. Eh? EH?
Andy on July 1st, 2007 at 3:07 ammy favorite part is the ketchup (or some exotic Brazilian condiment that i dont know about) at the point where the hooks rest on his knees.
Emily on July 1st, 2007 at 4:22 amKyahahahahaa, awesome.
Dagon on July 1st, 2007 at 6:06 amAWESOME!
filthee on July 1st, 2007 at 7:54 amI think I’m with everyone sane in saying “thank goodness this isn’t real”
Lux on July 1st, 2007 at 8:48 am10 is just too young.
Very clever though. Hopefully this kid’ll end up growing up to be a regular body mod buff, he must have some interest to be willing to participate in this.
Ok, It’s a joke and I found it very amusing myself.
ÈMþRꧧ on July 1st, 2007 at 8:53 amA lot of people are saying they cannot see whats wrong if this was for real.
This kid is 10 years old for Gods sake, supposing something went wrong with this kids knees when the hooks were being put in and he ended up in some way disabled because of it.
Still think at 10 years of age that would be a good idea. The knees are one of the most problematic joints in the body.
Sure when he’s 18+ let him swing away thats his decision, but until a kid of mine was 18 I would protect them.
And yeah I was a crazy kid myself caused my parents so much worry and heart ache each time they ended up in accident and emergency with me.
#50-i think the kids with stretch lobed entry got a bunch of comments, didn’t it? it seems like most entries with kids generate a lot of comments.
kawaface on July 1st, 2007 at 9:38 amI’m all for hanging kids upside down by any means possible!
Viking's Valkyrie on July 1st, 2007 at 11:44 amknowing portuguese killed the joke for me before i got to look at the pic… :( definitely a funny trick though
christina on July 1st, 2007 at 3:39 pmdamn, i was like WOW way young to be doing suspension then i clicked thru, sweet pic
Scarlet Killing on July 1st, 2007 at 4:43 pmAdorable!
Veriki on July 1st, 2007 at 7:31 pmRealmente é importante que alguém do FBI saiba falar português, ou pelo menos enteder o significado da palavra ‘brincadeira’!! +rs
Quando visualizei essa nova imagem no modblog imaginei, pelo contexto da fotografia, que se travava de Brasil. Meu olhar não me enganou!
Luedy, B. on July 1st, 2007 at 10:06 pmI have to agree about the poor kid’s hat being too tight!
Jen on July 1st, 2007 at 10:47 pmHis little head is probably getting squished.
:)
That or its flex-fit…
Nathan on July 2nd, 2007 at 2:21 amAt least if this were real it would be controlled. I did crazy shit when I was a kid, and there weren’t phones or adults around to help out.
CreativeNonFiction on July 2nd, 2007 at 3:20 amIf no one said “you must do it” to the kid, i see no problem.
My 2 years old brother is crazy about septum rings, well, because he is used to see me wearing a septum ring.
One day he came to me trying to place a captive ring in his tiny nose. What was I supposed to do? Place it to him and see my brother laughing and having fun.
As long you don’t push it to them, I see no problems.
Honestly, it’s like a child who has gay parents. It’s normal to him. It’s part of his childhood.
Why not allow the children attend suspensions? To keep them safe? I know that people would throw rocks twice my size on me for saying that, but it’s like trying to hide homossexuality. One day he/she will find out. If he/she chooses it or not, it’s not our business.
“Children can not make choices for their lifes” No they can’t, but does it mean that children raised in modified families will grow up as bad people? Living in a bad and wrong family?
C’mon people, this cute picture is like one showing a 6 years old boy covered with fake tattoos.
Ps.: I’m Brazilian from São Paulo, but it does not mean that I know the kid or his parents ;)
Ninha on July 2nd, 2007 at 7:55 amI agree that it’s good that this is a joke.
Rach on July 2nd, 2007 at 11:39 amMaybe no one said “You must do it” but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t influenced in some way by the people around him. I mean when I was that age my favourite band was the Spice Girls and all I wanted was a tattoo and nose piercing like Sporty Spice.
Of course at the time I thought I wanted to do it because I thought it would look cool, but looking back quite clearly I wanted to do it because I was looking up to people who had those things. And I would have regretted it, clearly.
Yeah, I think it’s a cute picture, and yeah, if he’s interested in body mods, then he should be shown the right direction. But at that age a person doesn’t have enough experience or knowledge to make a desicion like that for themselves.
In the end though, it is a cute picture.
good joke
benycubensis on July 2nd, 2007 at 2:15 pmawesome
Max Brand on July 3rd, 2007 at 3:14 pmits cool to see a kid interested in suspending but I agree that 10 is too young to go full on for the real thing, there are risks like everything else and 10 is too young to fully judge the risks. One risk I can think of off the top of my head is infection everytime you puntcure your skin you risk an infection
jordyn on July 4th, 2007 at 6:54 pmi totally fell for it.
fantasien on July 7th, 2007 at 11:31 am64—being disabled by hooks at 10 and being disabled by hooks at 18 would still suck.
rock on if this were real, and i hope he gets into the fun world of body mods as he gets older :-)
melsgam on July 13th, 2007 at 1:44 pmahaha, I was like..”ohmyshite, someone should get in trouble for this..” :D
Alixi on August 26th, 2007 at 11:28 pmGlad I read all the comments I thought it was real to
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