I Can't Even Title This Post

1. Bart
   August 22nd, 2007 at 12:32 pm

   Holy cow. I can't even wrap my mind around that. I can't believe what I just saw.

2. L
   August 22nd, 2007 at 12:39 pm

   My first thought when I saw the picture was, "That must be in China." Sure enough...

   I wonder why there are so many strange deformities in China? Is it because of the horrific pollution in the environment? Or is it merely because their medical system sucks so bad that things are allowed to get to this point?

3. CheeseDuck
   August 22nd, 2007 at 12:40 pm

   Huh?

4. biltmore
   August 22nd, 2007 at 12:40 pm

   You guys finally posted this! I sent this link your way a while back.

   Poor guy ...

5. jami
   August 22nd, 2007 at 12:41 pm

   i don't want to see stuff like this. the megadactyly almost got neatorama unsubscribed an hour ago. now this. "interesting" and "neat" are not synonyms. i read digg for interestingorama, because i can click links or not click as i see fit. "20 kg facial tumor" would not have gotten a click from me, but hey! there it was in my feed reader anyway.

   no more, okay? "interesting" encompasses sad, crippling deformity, whereas "neat" does not. interesting is for digg. neat is for you.

6. dabrainiac
   August 22nd, 2007 at 12:42 pm

   That is the saddest thing I have ever seen... Oh my.

7. Jon Henshaw
   August 22nd, 2007 at 12:46 pm

   Wow, that was incredibly sad. I also read this story today which is equally as sad, but more maddening, because it was done by people.

8. Chris Johnston
   August 22nd, 2007 at 1:01 pm

   I'm noticing that a lot of the wildest human deformity cases (like "world's largest hand" story posted earlier) come out of China.
   I wonder if they had a nuclear accident and kept it to themselves.

9. Celeste
   August 22nd, 2007 at 1:07 pm

   They also have a huge population, so it's not entirely surprising that out of all those people there are some that happen to be the tallest, have the biggest hand, etc. in the world.

10. tian
    August 22nd, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    I thought the girl born without a face (aka. Julianna Wetmore) was bad enough, this has raised the human-deformation bar another notch.

11. JTPednaud
    August 22nd, 2007 at 1:16 pm

    Most human oddities in recent years are Eastern in origin with Asia being the leader. This is due to a number of factors. Population and access to medical care - not quality, but usually geographical isolation from - being the main contributers.

12. Tommyboy
    August 22nd, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    um, please tell me they left out the "after" pictures, and those were all the "before".

13. Ant
    August 22nd, 2007 at 1:39 pm

    How sad.

14. trey
    August 22nd, 2007 at 1:54 pm

    

15. mutterhals
    August 22nd, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    If that was me, I'd want to be euthanized. I can't even imagine what this dude has gone through.

16. Elizabeth
    August 22nd, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    H. P. Lovecraft would have had a field day with this man.

17. Dan
    August 22nd, 2007 at 3:07 pm

    I've not watched this, but the picture reminds me very much of someone I saw in Little India, Singapore about 2 years ago, although they were not as severely deformed as the person in this story. Since then I've often hoped they were in Sigapore for treatment and not someone simply abandoned to their own fate by that wealthy nation.

18. Jeff
    August 22nd, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    What spirit and determination this guy must have! My bad days don't seem so bad now.

19. Alex
    August 22nd, 2007 at 5:13 pm

    Another post about the human spirit and the will to live is "basketball girl," which also happen to be from China.

20. Becki
    August 22nd, 2007 at 8:08 pm

    It would be "neat" if the surgery was a fantastic success and he got his life back, but it seems that Neatorama now seems to think that the misfortune of folks in various different situations is worthy of including with all the actual real neat stuff they post.

    Alex: you need to reign these contributors in. Otherwise this site will continue moving in the direction of sicko disturbing sites like rotten.com and all the other depraved crap out there.

21. Simon
    August 22nd, 2007 at 9:44 pm

    not neat, for this site anyway.

22. Nora
    August 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 pm

    sad-orama.

23. Snappy
    August 23rd, 2007 at 5:33 am

    I found the story of this man profound, and I am grateful to Neatorama for leading me to it. I don't mind a mix of the weighty and ephemeral. Thank you.

24. Daz
    August 23rd, 2007 at 5:35 am

    For just two minutes contemplate having to deal with that every day: How different your life would be.
    If you can, well, that would be life affecting, and if you change just a little because of it, then THAT would be neat.
    Thanks Neatorama.

25. pol x
    August 23rd, 2007 at 7:11 am

    god, I've got tears stinging my eyes.

    That poor man.

    I'm always amazed at the strength of personality displayed by people in these situations.

    I'd have killed myself long since.

26. sparge
    August 23rd, 2007 at 8:16 am

    @Becki: There's a fundamental difference between the way this item was presented here and the way it might be presented on a more "depraved" site. The contributor made it clear that this was an upsetting piece, and the tone was one of sympathy and sorrow, not "OMFG you gotta see this weirdo! lol"

    Yes, it would be wrong to call this "neat" but that wasn't the intent of the post. Whether or not something that isn't neat should be featured on Neatorama is a different argument which I won't go into except to say that I am fine with posts like this as long as they are presented with tact, as was the case here.

27. Adam Stanhope
    August 23rd, 2007 at 11:03 am

    I'm with mutterhals and pol x...

    Suicide is painless.

28. Jason
    August 23rd, 2007 at 1:54 pm

    thanks Neatorama!
    I agree with others, that, while this is a bizarre and disturbing story, it is also definitely worth seeing. Personally, I find it quite uplifting that the man has the courage and determination to continue fighting the things holding him back. great human interest story.

29. Doug Nelson
    August 23rd, 2007 at 3:53 pm

    Any more posts like this and you'll need to rename the site. And you'll lose another subscriber.

30. bri_fari
    August 23rd, 2007 at 4:39 pm

    this is what happens to carbon based life forms in a country that has no controls over using toxic products for greed and global dominance. i hope they are kicking him back a disability check at least.

31. Adam Stanhope
    August 23rd, 2007 at 7:22 pm

    Q: Does your face hurt?
    A: Well, it's killing me!

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