Something has been bothering me for a while, and now I'm gonna say it:
We should stop glorifying self harm.
Yes, I'm talking about our dear Till and his little head banging stunt on stage.
I know it's little late already with this tour, but as a fandom, we shouldn't share those head banging videos and treat them like they are amusing and entertaining. Instead we should take them as they are; a 59 year old man is banging his head to a pole every night so hard that it bleeds and leaves a wound, visible for days. That banging can lead to serious injury, internal bleeding and even death.
We also need to show Till that we love him and come and see him, and worship him even without him needing to hurt himself. Because if he does it because he thinks we fans want it and need it.. we have failed as fans.
And before any of you come to me with that "That's Till, he likes pain, he has done it for years"...
If something has been happening for years, does it make it ok and acceptable? Or too late to say enough is enough, don't do that to yourself? NO. We need to act before something bad happens.
Also, liking pain and self harm are two completely different things. Liking pain can lead to piercings, tattoos, spanking, etc, BUT IT IS NOT torturing yourself to death.
No, he has not done this for years. He used to beat himself with a microphone; that's not good either, but it was much lighter than a freaking STEEL POLE. Plus not to mention his age: his bones are getting more fragile.
And once again in a nutshell: STOP spreading the videos and instead SPREAD the message that we love him without all this self harm.
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