Brain Damage
The Tennessee Head Banger
Tom Myslinski, who was an offensive lineman for the Tennessee Volunteers, had an unusual pre-game ritual. He would psych himself up by banging his head against doors, cabinets, walls, towel dispensers, etc. Without a helmet.One of his teammates explained that he did this "until his eyes get all bloodshot and, then, blood is pouring from his forehead."
Myslinski noted, "It's just my way to pick up the intensity. To tell you the truth, I have no idea why I do it. Afterwards, sometimes, I say to myself that it sure was stupid because my head hurts."
Myslinski went on to play for nine seasons in the NFL and is now a strength and conditioning coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Kingsport Times - Nov 20, 1991
Arizona Republic - Dec 27, 1991
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Category: Rituals and Superstitions, Sports, 1990s, Brain Damage
Ice Pick Lobotomies
An ice pick lobotomy involves inserting an ice pick above the eyeball and hammering it into the brain to destroy the frontal lobes. In 1977, the CIA admitted that it had considered doing this to enemy agents as a way to erase their memory following interrogation. This secret program was code-named "Project Artichoke".However, the agency insisted that by 1972 it had abandoned the idea as too barbaric, and too likely to "invite horrible reprisals".
Some other interrogation techniques that the agency had considered, but rejected, included:
—Shining flickering lights at a prisoner. "The analyst ... mentioned watching a restaurant fan which was too slow, but nevertheless spoiled his appetite."
—Injecting forms of cocaine into a suspect's brain through holes in the skull. "Too surgical for our use."
—Odors were also considered. The documents said that terror has been produced by exposing a subject to a harmless odor, such as geranium, simulating the smell of a lethal gas.
More info: cia.gov
Sacramento Bee - Oct 30, 1977
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 27, 2021 -
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Category: Spies and Intelligence Services, 1970s, Brain Damage
Follies of the Madmen #478
The horrifying Hotpoint Corporate Spokesbeing, with a giant Hotpoint logo wedged into its brain, appears to a mother and child.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 01, 2020 -
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Category: Aliens, Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Domestic, Surrealism, 1940s, Brain Damage
Hamlet, the Rock Musical
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 03, 2020 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Costumes and Masks, Death, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Pranks and Revenge, Theater and Stage, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Pop Art, Foreign Customs, Seventeenth Century, Sixteenth Century, Brain Damage, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Follies of the Madmen #436
Those are plainly loony bin attendants in the background, denoting that this clothing line is worn by crazy people. Gratuitous tape recorder also puzzling.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 22, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, 1960s, Brain Damage
Follies of the Madmen #433
Our zippers are for crazy people.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 09, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, 1950s, Brain Damage
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #38
From the 1930s catalog.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 10, 2018 -
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Category: Johnson Smith Catalog, Sports, 1930s, Brain Damage
Nikita Made Me Kill!
Not only did he not like modern art, but he caused mental illness!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 07, 2017 -
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Category: Death, 1950s, Russia, Brain Damage
Runaway Groom
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 01, 2017 -
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Category: Drugs, Marriage, 1950s, Brain Damage
Just Imagine
The uproarious laughter by the human executive at the antics of Tommy Telephone, a plainly impossible vision, proclaims that the fellow is gratefully descending into the dark swamp of insanity due to the high stresses of his job.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 10, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Products, Communications, Delusions, Fantasies and Other Tricks of the Imagination, Technology, Telephones, Cartoons, Stop-motion Animation, 1940s, Brain Damage
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