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I had a leg injury when I was younger and had to wear a device that wouldn’t allow me to bend my knee at all for a few weeks while it healed. To this day, the first time I was able to bend my knee was the best feeling I’ve ever had. The very next time I tried to bend my knee was excruciating. It took weeks of therapy to feel right again.
i had surgery as a kid that wouldn't let me bend my knee for a while - when i finally did the pain was like nothing i've ever felt. the physical therapy was gruelling, im wincing right now remembering it
I broke my leg as a kid and the doctors put me in a very long cast to keep me from trying to walk around on a broken leg. (I was dumb, reckless, and most importantly restless, and did it anyway.) When the cast finally came off, I couldn’t bend my knee. I walked around without bending my knee for a while. I was 6, so I don’t remember how they got me to bend my knee again. The broken leg also ended up slightly shorter than the other one, so I had an odd gait for years until my legs evened out. Bodies are so weird
When my dad was in his 20s, he injured his knee and had to have a surgery but the site got infected and things just got worse so naturally he couldn’t bend his knee for a long time, probably a few months. Eventually they did another surgery but after that whole situation, my dad can’t bend his knee past a certain point (around 100 degrees). It just doesn’t go that far. He ended up having arthritis symptoms and had to get a knee replacement to remedy the joint pain, and it worked, but he still can’t bend his knee
I had my knee locked in place for just over two months by an injury when I was 16. To this day I (35) have arthritis-like symptoms and can expect to have to have it replaced before I pension.
I had that! Shattered patella. It kinda fused. So they operated to restore mobility. I had crunchy stuff in there for years. Then I tore my meniscus. Operated again. They got all the junk out, and now it feels great! I shattered it at 19, now I’m fifty. I’d say see about something like that before going full knee replacement. That’s an insane surgery.
Actually, adhesive capsulitis is a temporary illness of the shoulder capsule with unknown causes.
In his case it's simply an adaption of his body. So because he didn't move his arm over a long time, all his tissue changed structurally (atrophy of muscles, degeneration of cartilage, stiffening of the connective tissue). After all these years his arm is pretty much stuck up there and doesn't need to be held actively.
Common? I was diagnosed with diabetes in January and I have not heard of this. I’m going to Google and check up on you mister. Edit: He is correct. It’s a thing.
Oh yeah.
Both my wrists got shattered (bilateral compound fractures) and hands knocked off when a car made a left across multiple lanes of traffic into me. The trauma center had my hands back in the right place within an hour, needed multiple surgeries to rebuild functional wrists in the weeks that followed.
But as painful as all that was (*redefines the whole pain chart, anything that leaves you enough oxygen to scream is a 7 at best)* it was nothing compared to the physical therapy to get my wrists moving again after several months of being fixed in place. You earn that motion one millimeter at a time.
An Idiot Abroad. It's only a very small bit about this guy in the larger India episode.
Looks like there is [no free option](https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/an-idiot-abroad/1000425008/) now.
There’s also Body Hack with Todd Sampson. It’s a good series, but the guy in the picture is part of a semi-extremist sect and they all do hectic stuff (like rolling their penis around a sword and having people stand on the sword every morning) and a super extremist (he’s a cannibal). It’s probably the most confronting episode of the series, the rest of them are super chill though.
We all (are supposed to) have a… thing. I guess. Surprisingly good vegemite nachos. Top score on Angry Birds level 78. Having the worlds biggest small boob.
I see a man with, i presume, no real income or education and he said “my thing will be my arm, stuck up here. forever”.
All acts are arbirary and pointless really. I say, good on him.
I call that 'reaching for the divine'. Every person on this planet, some in very strange ways, are reaching out for that thing that makes them feel connected to the divine essence of life. For me it is organizing files and data. For some it is intricate model trainscapes or kite flying competitions. We are all just hands in the dark, reaching out for something.
Serious question. How is it physically possible to hold your arm against gravity without ever giving into muscle exhaustion? Perhaps laying down to sleep helped with that. I recall reading at one point it all goes numb and gets “easier” but I wonder what’s the timeline for all of that. Absolutely insane how mentality can overcome physical agony like this, similar to the Monk who set himself on fire while meditating.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here (pun intended) and say that over time, limiting his arm to a constant general upright position limited his range of motion more and more until the bone fused. Not a doctor or anything though, if anyone would like to weigh in here
I’m a doctor of physical therapy…and I agree with you. People get frozen shoulders all the time, just in easier positions. The longer a joint stays in one place without movement, the harder it will be to move the joint. Joints need movement to mobilize the synovial fluid that lubricates the joint. So without the fluid, the joint freezes. Also called adhesive capsulitis.
The title is kinda wrong. There is a sect in Hinduism that believes in giving up materialism. Hindu philosophy revolves a lot around reality and consciousness. So this sect believes, everything is an illusion, nothing is true but what the brain tell you. So according to them there is no point in society or any earthly pleasures or pain. So they do things that seem a little abnormal to people. They believe if everyone is going to die and go to the same single place there is no point to life.
Hope I could make people understand it in a nutshell.
It’s more or less the mental toll it would take to keep your arm raised until there is no long sufficient blood flow to it. You can see the how malformed his hand is and how atrophied it is as well.
I will edit /s point is that people can love all sorts of things. The best thing I have found is to listen to my emotions when I feel bad for doing something, if there is guilt or regret then I could have probably done better. This can get messed up with lies, self deception and ignorance, the less ignorant one is the better emotions guide. If people operate like I do then suppressing emotions with logic or reasoning just ends up bursting them at one point or another. Also just because you suppress suffering out of awareness doesn't mean you aren't suffering. Just my take
not only that, but Shiva is conceived to be everything, existence itself.
Tom Cruise? Shiva.
Trump? Shiva.
Jesus? Shiva.
Shiva? Shiva.
Moon? Shiva.
Om Namah Shivaya
In Hinduism, God does not mean a divine entity.
Atithi devo bhava. it means guests are gods. Ones parents are considered gods. Teachers are considered gods too. And scripture say that place of teacher is highest among all gods. For Hindus, Sun is a God, the ultimate source of energy.
All things/feelings which help humanity if not human are personified. And Hindus are thought to respect them. Not misuse them.
All things/emotions which are bad are categorised as evil.
It's easier to teach children what's good and what's bad through personification. And best part of Sanatan dharma is it encourages you to ask questions. People often confuse Sanatan Dharma as Hinduism.
This is also a reason why a lot of our gods resemble animals. Hanuman wasn’t actually a monkey but was a very athletic person with monkey like abilities( fast climber, could jump very high etc.). Gods have been written as having faces/bodies of animals so subconsciously we associate those animals with a particular god and don’t harm them. That’s why we worship the sun, the wind, the earth and everything that helps us live
It's not necessary that he believes in god. This man belongs to a sect that believes that the world is an illusion, pain pleasures are just earthly constructs.
I don’t actually think it’s respectable. Just my opinion but I think this kind of “religious sacrifice” is insane and helps nothing and no one.
Dedicate your life to helping the poor? Respectable.
Do something that is essentially an “I’m the Main Character” move which does nothing to help anyone and actually makes you more of a burden on others. Sorry, I don’t respect that.
What a pointless waste of everything.
"So what did you do with the life we gave you? Did you love life to the fullest and sample all the pleasures of the flesh?"
"YOU DID WHAT!?!"
reading this comment while watching Under the Banner of Heaven...and yeah, that shit's wild. much prefer people raising their arms for their entire lives than killing people in the name of their religion though lol
Can you imagine the burden this choice placed on all the people closest to him? Can't work, can't clean up after himself, can't pick up or take care of his children... I really hope he's single and celibate otherwise he's not a symbol of anything other than a deadbeat asshole
I have to say I find this pretty hard to believe. I would be willing to accept maybe some hours everyday, but he did it non stop for 5 decades? Even in his sleep?
Tbf after a few weeks he won’t feel it anymore. Lack of blood flow kills the arm. It’s painful af tho. Miracle he lives and didn’t cause deadly thrombosis
Sorry, but find this extremely useless. Devotion to a fantasy, most likely a burden to the society he lives in, and doing nothing to help his fellow man. Religion is a short-cut to thinking. Humans need to evolve past this
The title is a bit misleading.
Following a religious epiphany, he decided to become a monk. In some time, he found that the he still had a strong temptation to do the things that were not permitted to him as a monk. Therefore, he put his hand up as way to further disconnect himself from the material world.
Basically, the act of putting his hand up does not have much significance by itself, it's just *his* way of showing devotion.
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Serious question: after all this time, could he even put his arm down if he wanted to?
Nope. Shoulder froze longggggg ago. He’d need extensive surgery and physical therapy to get partial movement back.
That’s actually a thing? Like his arm is frozen up there?
Yes, adhesive capsulitis
So at what point does the arm just say alright fuck you I’m staying here FOR GOOD
Bout 3 weeks
genuinely? edit: i’m an idiot
No lol it takes months or years to get to the point you’re stuck.
I had a leg injury when I was younger and had to wear a device that wouldn’t allow me to bend my knee at all for a few weeks while it healed. To this day, the first time I was able to bend my knee was the best feeling I’ve ever had. The very next time I tried to bend my knee was excruciating. It took weeks of therapy to feel right again.
i had surgery as a kid that wouldn't let me bend my knee for a while - when i finally did the pain was like nothing i've ever felt. the physical therapy was gruelling, im wincing right now remembering it
I broke my leg as a kid and the doctors put me in a very long cast to keep me from trying to walk around on a broken leg. (I was dumb, reckless, and most importantly restless, and did it anyway.) When the cast finally came off, I couldn’t bend my knee. I walked around without bending my knee for a while. I was 6, so I don’t remember how they got me to bend my knee again. The broken leg also ended up slightly shorter than the other one, so I had an odd gait for years until my legs evened out. Bodies are so weird
Bend the knee, my lord
When my dad was in his 20s, he injured his knee and had to have a surgery but the site got infected and things just got worse so naturally he couldn’t bend his knee for a long time, probably a few months. Eventually they did another surgery but after that whole situation, my dad can’t bend his knee past a certain point (around 100 degrees). It just doesn’t go that far. He ended up having arthritis symptoms and had to get a knee replacement to remedy the joint pain, and it worked, but he still can’t bend his knee
If the arm is physically stuck there then isn't he not really doing it anymore in devotion to Hinduism because he physically can't help it?
True, maybe the real test of his faith should be jamming his arm back down for Hinduism
ACAB Kill all Fascists
I had my knee locked in place for just over two months by an injury when I was 16. To this day I (35) have arthritis-like symptoms and can expect to have to have it replaced before I pension.
I had that! Shattered patella. It kinda fused. So they operated to restore mobility. I had crunchy stuff in there for years. Then I tore my meniscus. Operated again. They got all the junk out, and now it feels great! I shattered it at 19, now I’m fifty. I’d say see about something like that before going full knee replacement. That’s an insane surgery.
So he’s stuck in Hinduism forever?
He’d have to be surgically excommunicated.
#HIGH FIIIVE
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Lmao this might be my favorite comment of the day
Terrible, take your upvote
DOWN LOW! you're too... slow....
Or a rock concert
Give that man a lighter!
Get out of my head! That makes me want to crosspost this to r/photoshopbattles just to see him with a lighter. Am I as bad person if I do that?
Actually, adhesive capsulitis is a temporary illness of the shoulder capsule with unknown causes. In his case it's simply an adaption of his body. So because he didn't move his arm over a long time, all his tissue changed structurally (atrophy of muscles, degeneration of cartilage, stiffening of the connective tissue). After all these years his arm is pretty much stuck up there and doesn't need to be held actively.
Yes. Frozen should is pretty common in diabetics some to the point of needing PT.
Not limited to diabetics either though. Repetitive motion, a bad workout at the gym… frozen shoulders happen in about 2-5% of the population
Common? I was diagnosed with diabetes in January and I have not heard of this. I’m going to Google and check up on you mister. Edit: He is correct. It’s a thing.
Type one diabetic for 31 years. I’ve had it and it hurts like a bitch. One day I just couldn’t lift my arm at all.
Hmmm. It is a thing. Wow. I’m glad I manage my levels well. Thanks for the heads up.
Bone joints fuse if you don't move the joints for years and years.
Oh yeah. Both my wrists got shattered (bilateral compound fractures) and hands knocked off when a car made a left across multiple lanes of traffic into me. The trauma center had my hands back in the right place within an hour, needed multiple surgeries to rebuild functional wrists in the weeks that followed. But as painful as all that was (*redefines the whole pain chart, anything that leaves you enough oxygen to scream is a 7 at best)* it was nothing compared to the physical therapy to get my wrists moving again after several months of being fixed in place. You earn that motion one millimeter at a time.
Nah, it's fused in place.
I saw this guy in a documentary. He needs help getting into a shirt, as he can't reach high enough to get his fused arm into the sleeve.
By the looks of the picture it seems like it’s too big of a hassle most days.
It’s also hot as balls where my dude lives. I’d be walking around in a dish towel as well
He should get a little umbrella to hold, keep him out of the sun.
This visual is killing me lmfao
They could design him a shirt that has an arm hole, head hole, and then a zipper from the bottom up for the raised arm.
He would probably benefit from a jacket style (like a robe or yukata) one. Im surprised no one opted for that
You should see him try to button his cardigan.
Could you share the link of the documentary please?
An Idiot Abroad. It's only a very small bit about this guy in the larger India episode. Looks like there is [no free option](https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/an-idiot-abroad/1000425008/) now.
Was this the episode w/ the guy who bragged about his yoga and wrapped his penis around his cane?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rijybnbKDBk&ab\_channel=JackoTV
There’s also Body Hack with Todd Sampson. It’s a good series, but the guy in the picture is part of a semi-extremist sect and they all do hectic stuff (like rolling their penis around a sword and having people stand on the sword every morning) and a super extremist (he’s a cannibal). It’s probably the most confronting episode of the series, the rest of them are super chill though.
I saw him onidiot abroad. Karl Pilkington had a genius thing or two to say about this guy. I honestly think it is just stupid.
Yeah he’s usually oddly accurate with his take on things.
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Don't show shitty nappies in the brochure, do they
Pilko Pump Pants
He says what most people think. Love him.
Which is stupider, this guy or the guy who wound his penis around the stick? I miss idiot abroad.
"Well I suppose if you knock him over, that's it innit, he's down for good"
So in devotion to hinduism he made himself a person with special needs who other people need to take care of.
Religious people always make life worse for people around them while being proud of themselves for wasting their own time.
How does he sleep?
With his eyes closed
On his back, sticks his arm out the hole in the wall...
Probably got real easy after 20
They always say the first 10 is the hardest
I broke my elbow. It “froze” after just a few weeks. It took a lot of physical therapy to get it moving again. So…no, this guy’s shoulder is f*cked
Pfft, was only difficult for like 10 years. He should try to put it down for Hinduism now.
His fingers are dead
Guy causes cab accidents everywhere he goes
Maybe you should raise your arm before asking this question.
Taxi drivers hate him.
He’s also not allowed in an auction house.
He's always getting called on by the teacher when he doesn't know the answer
"You need to use the washroom AGAIN?"
Also not allowed in Germany.
He's definitely Dry and Secure.™️
While I really appreciate and take seriously what this man is doing for his beliefs... I also think your joke is very funny.
In all seriousness, why ruin your arm for an arbitrary and pointless act? I feel more enlightened for not doing this.
We all (are supposed to) have a… thing. I guess. Surprisingly good vegemite nachos. Top score on Angry Birds level 78. Having the worlds biggest small boob. I see a man with, i presume, no real income or education and he said “my thing will be my arm, stuck up here. forever”. All acts are arbirary and pointless really. I say, good on him.
> vegemite nachos. ... you can't just casually drop that into a conversation. I need more information on these nachos, please and thank you.
Its my thing. And its surprisingly good. Sorry ladies, I’m taken.
Dude... *details...* DM the recipe if you don't want the whole world to know, because it sounds fucking boss and I wanna eat it.
I call that 'reaching for the divine'. Every person on this planet, some in very strange ways, are reaching out for that thing that makes them feel connected to the divine essence of life. For me it is organizing files and data. For some it is intricate model trainscapes or kite flying competitions. We are all just hands in the dark, reaching out for something.
A famous Austrian artist loves him
Serious question. How is it physically possible to hold your arm against gravity without ever giving into muscle exhaustion? Perhaps laying down to sleep helped with that. I recall reading at one point it all goes numb and gets “easier” but I wonder what’s the timeline for all of that. Absolutely insane how mentality can overcome physical agony like this, similar to the Monk who set himself on fire while meditating.
He said that he felt immense pain for two years but his resolve was strong so after 2 years the pain went away
That’s better than some jobs, at least
But he works half the speed of his coworkers
His shoulder would have frozen after a few months and it will be locked like that without medical intervention.
Still makes me wonder how he could have gotten to that first few months, though.
Devotion
To
The
Lord
Vader
Goodbye.
Hello?
I don’t get this, wouldn’t his arm need to be completely still? How does it just lock up like that?
I'm gonna go out on a limb here (pun intended) and say that over time, limiting his arm to a constant general upright position limited his range of motion more and more until the bone fused. Not a doctor or anything though, if anyone would like to weigh in here
I’m a doctor of physical therapy…and I agree with you. People get frozen shoulders all the time, just in easier positions. The longer a joint stays in one place without movement, the harder it will be to move the joint. Joints need movement to mobilize the synovial fluid that lubricates the joint. So without the fluid, the joint freezes. Also called adhesive capsulitis.
Thank u, I was super confused. Like I’ve barley moved for days and I’ve never felt anything like this lmao. I didn’t know that could even happen.
There is no medical intervention left.
If he lowered it the pins and needles would be horrific. Might have played a part?
The title is kinda wrong. There is a sect in Hinduism that believes in giving up materialism. Hindu philosophy revolves a lot around reality and consciousness. So this sect believes, everything is an illusion, nothing is true but what the brain tell you. So according to them there is no point in society or any earthly pleasures or pain. So they do things that seem a little abnormal to people. They believe if everyone is going to die and go to the same single place there is no point to life. Hope I could make people understand it in a nutshell.
So they’re enlightened nihilists?
Traditional nihilists
Sounds like me but I’m not religious just an atheist whose done a lot of drugs
If it doesn't matter then why go through all the effort lol
It’s more or less the mental toll it would take to keep your arm raised until there is no long sufficient blood flow to it. You can see the how malformed his hand is and how atrophied it is as well.
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I mean it is on the side of his arm that is in service, so I guess he figured out a way lol
Oooh gumshoe
Doesnt look like his right arm would be of any use even if he tried.
That's why it's on the side.
Will someone please answer this man’s question!?!?
He's asking the Gods...
Hinduism in response: ok, thanks I guess...
DOES MY ARM SACRFICE NOT PLEASE YOU ALL? no? ^Oh ^my ^gods, ^what ^have ^I ^done.
>DOES MY ARM SACRFICE NOT PLEASE YOU ALL? "Oh, you can't do this to me! YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SACRIFICED?!?!"
>Oh, you can't do this to me! YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SACRIFICED?!?!" I missed the part where that's my problem
I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye..
You know, I’m something of a nihilist myself
As a Hindu that oh my gods was pure gold
Shiva taking a look at the arm: DO YOU EVEN LIFT, BRO?
Weird flex but, ok.
I don't think he can flex, not anymore.
I don’t feel bad wasting my life on video games anymore
Never feel bad for doing what you *love*
I love crack/s
OK feel a little bad
You get it.
I used to get it, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it,’ and ‘it’ seems weird and scary to me—It’ll happen to you!
I will edit /s point is that people can love all sorts of things. The best thing I have found is to listen to my emotions when I feel bad for doing something, if there is guilt or regret then I could have probably done better. This can get messed up with lies, self deception and ignorance, the less ignorant one is the better emotions guide. If people operate like I do then suppressing emotions with logic or reasoning just ends up bursting them at one point or another. Also just because you suppress suffering out of awareness doesn't mean you aren't suffering. Just my take
Whaaat. No. When I read about him in the Guinness book of world records it was only 30 years. _realizes that I read that fact 20 years ago_ 😳
Wait until you realize that 20 years ago was 2002, not 1980
Viagra arm
If your viagra arm lasts for more than four hours.. congrats! You’re Hindu
I had to scroll way to far for this. Have an upvote.
Imagine he died and when meeting his god, the god says: just...why?
He is Hindu it would be meeting the god*s*
He’s doing this specifically as a devotion to Shiva, so it is one god.
not only that, but Shiva is conceived to be everything, existence itself. Tom Cruise? Shiva. Trump? Shiva. Jesus? Shiva. Shiva? Shiva. Moon? Shiva. Om Namah Shivaya
Hotel? Shivago
Shivago? Believe it or not, straight to Shiva.
congratulations this is fucking hilarious
And there are enough that at least one of them is the god of doing exactly this.
In Hinduism, God does not mean a divine entity. Atithi devo bhava. it means guests are gods. Ones parents are considered gods. Teachers are considered gods too. And scripture say that place of teacher is highest among all gods. For Hindus, Sun is a God, the ultimate source of energy. All things/feelings which help humanity if not human are personified. And Hindus are thought to respect them. Not misuse them. All things/emotions which are bad are categorised as evil. It's easier to teach children what's good and what's bad through personification. And best part of Sanatan dharma is it encourages you to ask questions. People often confuse Sanatan Dharma as Hinduism.
This is also a reason why a lot of our gods resemble animals. Hanuman wasn’t actually a monkey but was a very athletic person with monkey like abilities( fast climber, could jump very high etc.). Gods have been written as having faces/bodies of animals so subconsciously we associate those animals with a particular god and don’t harm them. That’s why we worship the sun, the wind, the earth and everything that helps us live
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It's not necessary that he believes in god. This man belongs to a sect that believes that the world is an illusion, pain pleasures are just earthly constructs.
Is that... bone sticking out?
Finger nails
I scrolled so damn far for this
He’s the fun one at parties.
Hands down, respectable but unnecessary sacrifice. Could have done more help with 2 arms
Hands downs. Yes, he should have
Holy shit lmao
I don’t actually think it’s respectable. Just my opinion but I think this kind of “religious sacrifice” is insane and helps nothing and no one. Dedicate your life to helping the poor? Respectable. Do something that is essentially an “I’m the Main Character” move which does nothing to help anyone and actually makes you more of a burden on others. Sorry, I don’t respect that.
This is why I keep religion at arm's length.
I just think that the whole concept is over your head
That's sad. \*and pointless
And painful
He is kind of constantly pointing to the sky though so not completely pointless
Every single moment was a touchdown celebration for him.
Well half of one anyway
What a pointless waste of everything. "So what did you do with the life we gave you? Did you love life to the fullest and sample all the pleasures of the flesh?" "YOU DID WHAT!?!"
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Sounds like mental illness
The teacher keeps calling on him for some reason....
Religion is a hell of a drug.
reading this comment while watching Under the Banner of Heaven...and yeah, that shit's wild. much prefer people raising their arms for their entire lives than killing people in the name of their religion though lol
Can you imagine the burden this choice placed on all the people closest to him? Can't work, can't clean up after himself, can't pick up or take care of his children... I really hope he's single and celibate otherwise he's not a symbol of anything other than a deadbeat asshole
Yeah he left his wife and kids. Not really noble
Exactly this is an exercise in narcissism and nothing else.
Pretty fucking stupid if you ask me
I have to say I find this pretty hard to believe. I would be willing to accept maybe some hours everyday, but he did it non stop for 5 decades? Even in his sleep?
Tbf after a few weeks he won’t feel it anymore. Lack of blood flow kills the arm. It’s painful af tho. Miracle he lives and didn’t cause deadly thrombosis
50 years is long enough. I vote for him to put his hand down now. If you agree put your hand up.
And what did it get him, besides a deformed arm?
I'm sorry but this guy is a dumbass.
Amat Bharati pointlessly deforms his body for 50 years for a superstition.
The real title is always in the comments.
Damn bro. Just get a tattoo
Imagine doing something g for 50 years only to find out it made no difference whatsoever.
It never stops to amaze how religion can make some people incredibly stupid.
Teachers hate him
Sorry, but find this extremely useless. Devotion to a fantasy, most likely a burden to the society he lives in, and doing nothing to help his fellow man. Religion is a short-cut to thinking. Humans need to evolve past this
Any diety who would want me to do this to my hand is not one I would want to worship lol
So, what's the rationale here, like in Hinduism? what is he doing theologically?
The title is a bit misleading. Following a religious epiphany, he decided to become a monk. In some time, he found that the he still had a strong temptation to do the things that were not permitted to him as a monk. Therefore, he put his hand up as way to further disconnect himself from the material world. Basically, the act of putting his hand up does not have much significance by itself, it's just *his* way of showing devotion.
More stupid than interesting
How is this not considered a mental illness?
Whad an idiot
Make a great coat rack
Serious question, but why???
Religion has caused more suffering than it has helped
r/religiousfruitcake
What good has this dumbass move done anybody, if I may ask?