Comments on: Modern Plastic Surgery

Modern Plastic Surgery

squalor — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:10:04 -0800

Be a Music Faun Yourself. A sign of the popularity of this operation is that in big cities so-called Faun-Clubs are founded one after another, where entrance is only allowed with pointed ears. The reverberating success of this new look is supported by more and more celebrities with pointed ears, amongst whom we can find not only musicians, but, for example, models, as well. via

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:14:14 -0800

Fake, yes?

By: Kinbote

Kinbote — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:16:17 -0800

Next up: Furries vs Vulcans.

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:17:15 -0800

PLEASE BE REAL OH MY GOD

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:25:28 -0800

This is fake, right? Right?! RIGHT?!?!?! FOR THE LOVE OF ZOG AND EVERYTHING MOLEY PLEASE BE FAKE!!!!!!

By: Dr. Spaceman

Dr. Spaceman — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:29:44 -0800

This is exactly the kind of crazy surgical option that people come to me for. I can't tell you who I've performed the procedure on, nor what the side effects may include, but it doesn't not work!

By: aaronetc

aaronetc — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:33:33 -0800

They don't joke about total pointy ear reconstruction in Hungary, at least not according to my Hungarian elf acquaintances.

By: tepidmonkey

tepidmonkey — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:37:52 -0800

I don't speak Hungarian, but words like "megabullshitbombát" I can understand.

By: damehex

damehex — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:41:21 -0800

That's some niiiiice photoshopping. Would be more convincing if it were less obvious from the hair and blemishes that all the after pictures were taken within moments of the befores.

By: KingoftheWhales

KingoftheWhales — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:02:36 -0800

The only thing that changes is the shirts, everyone's hair is the exact same length (which if it was weeks later after a surgery, it obviously wouldn't be) and for the guys at least stubble length is also identical. Oh well, it would make going to concerts more of an adventure.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:06:51 -0800

HaHaHaHaHa! Those Eastern Europeans are always so far behind the trends! in big cities so-called Faun-Clubs are founded one after another, where entrance is only allowed with pointed ears. Yeah, in freaking *2004*, they were! Now, you can't get into a club unless you've had your eyelids surgically removed. Get with the times, Hungary, if you ever want us to take you seriously in the hipster stakes!

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:32:02 -0800

Ear pointing body modification. Wikipedia entry. Bonus weird link, world's largest stretched earlobes, close-up.

By: jacalata

jacalata — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:55:20 -0800

Does this mean my naturally pointy ears will finally make me cool?

By: freshwater_pr0n

freshwater_pr0n — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:18 -0800

Are we going to catalogue every new hoax that comes along now?

By: nightchrome

nightchrome — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:46:19 -0800

...and then there is this.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:06:20 -0800

Uhm... ow. Those pics make me feel about as queasy as when I see AFVs of skateboarders smashing their nuts into handrails. ...I bet my ex-wife has had this 'procedure' done by now. Ew.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:31:33 -0800

Does this mean my naturally pointy ears will finally make me cool? Yeah, sure they're natural.

By: Jody Tresidder

Jody Tresidder — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:25:27 -0800

That gave me a pleasant "well, I never..." moment. Credulous fool.

By: SPUTNIK

SPUTNIK — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:05:33 -0800

...and then there is this. Maybe they should have gotten rid of that awesome hairy mole while they were at it, too.

By: aramaic

aramaic — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:53:38 -0800

It's weird, to me, how voluntary surgery (like the woman nightchrome linked) can make so squeamish. ...when from a strictly ethical standpoint, I don't care at all. More power to her. Hell, from a pure gore standpoint, I also shouldn't care -- I've personally seen die horrible horrible deaths and they didn't bother me. But a couple stitches in an ear & I'm all squirmy.

By: aramaic

aramaic — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:54:18 -0800

Dammit, no caffeine: "can make me so squeamish"

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:35:53 -0800

mmm... T'Pol.

By: everichon

everichon — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:19:25 -0800

Among all the goofy-ass stuff I've seen from the BME ilk, I like the pointy ear thing the best. Kinda cool, actually. heh: "music-faun"

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:37:05 -0800

Dr. Lajos Nagy, who is currently practicing in New York This is supposed to be some kind of "Big Louie" joke, right?

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:39:15 -0800

Or maybe not. Carry on.

By: solipsophistocracy

solipsophistocracy — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:26:37 -0800

This is the only kind of plastic surgery I've ever remotely considered. I wouldn't really want to be associated with the music-faun community though.

By: mikojava

mikojava — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:12:33 -0800

real or not, the idea that this would improve rather than destroy your hearing is totally stupid. The brain apparatus for doing things like stereo sound localization (figuring out where a sound is coming from front, back left right has to do with both the co-evolution of ear shape with neuroanatomical structures (nature), but also the tuning over a lifetime of experience (nurture) with a specific set of ears (your ears!) Any modification of your ears is most likely to interfere with rather than enhance your hearing abilities. Now you could imagine modifications that would improve one aspect of your hearing over another, for example you could sacrifice some degree of localization to improve directional amplification of sounds for example by making your ears into cone shapes. Anyhow, probably too long of an explanation based on a story that probably has no basis in truth to begin with...

By: jeffamaphone

jeffamaphone — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:55:09 -0800

*rolls-eyes, keeps-on-walkin*

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:34:28 -0800

This... this is like making you into a permafurry? I don't understand.

By: Cassilda

Cassilda — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:22:47 -0800

"You got your LARP in my BMEZine! You got your BMEZine in my LARP!"

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:28:24 -0800

Human ears and our auditory tuning are geared to detect vocalizations from other humans, preferentially, not the sounds made by prey. Vocalizations (language) are more important to us than hearing other frequencies. Besides, it isn't like changing the shape of your ear will change the frequency preferences or range within the cochlea anyway. Look for stories on people who have lost ears due to burns, etc., and how well they hear without external pinnae. Replacing them with a prosthetic ear improves the ability to hear and localize the source of language and other sounds. According to this bullshit hoax, birds with great hearing have no pinnae - so cutting our ears off completely would benefit our auditory skills, not harm them as real life examples actually show. Dumb.

By: Squid Voltaire

Squid Voltaire — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:05:35 -0800

clf and mikojava, are you really saying that pinching the tops of your ears together will have a noticeable impact on hearing? Clearing it can't improve hearing, but will it really make things worse?

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:02:26 -0800

I don't think this is about improving hearing. I don't think people who need to do this would mind much if it left them deaf. I bet my sister would consider doing this. She used to have a crush on Spock when we were kids. ...ow! No really that's just all kinds of ow.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:09:42 -0800

There is of course no chance she will regret this once she stops playing World of Warcraft 17 hours per day. Of course not.