Five people paid $250 a plate for artist Mao Sugiyama's genitals. Unfortunately, the food and legal repercussions made the banquet less than a success.

“Please retweet. I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen… I will prepare and cook as the buyer requests, at his chosen location.”

That was the tweet Tokyo illustrator Mao Sugiyama sent out in 2012 after he received elective genital-removal surgery (“gender nullification”). Sugiyama had the surgery on his 22nd birthday, then had his genitals frozen and doubled bagged.

Two months later, he held a banquet complete with musical entertainment, a panel, and lastly, the main course which was served with a button mushroom garnish.

Mao Sugiyama Prepares An Artistic Banquet-

Sugiyama considered eating the genitals himself but decided to make, what he called, an artistic statement instead. A self-described asexual, Sugiyama believed he didn't need them to accomplish his work.

After the amount of attention the announcement garnered, Sugiyama turned the event into a public banquet, calling it “Ham Cybele — Century Banquet.”

Cybele refers to the Anatolian mother goddess who embodies the bounty of the earth and, unlike the American word, ham in Japan refers more generally to processed meat. HC is also Sugiyama's artist nickname. Meanwhile, century is a Japanese homophone for the word genitals.

Sugiyama said he'd gone on a one-month sex binge before the operation to make sure he wouldn't regret it, but was tested after and was found free of any venereal diseases. Still, the guests had to sign a waiver stating he wasn't responsible if they got sick off of his “meal.”

The Event And Its Guests-

Around 70 people showed up for the banquet, held at an event space in the Suginami ward of Tokyo.

Sugiyama, wearing a chef's outfit, seasoned and braised the genitals himself on a portable gas cartridge burner.

Five diners paid $250 a plate for the “special” meal, while other attendees ate beef and crocodile meat.

The five people who shelled up the money included a curious couple, a male manga artist, a 22-year old woman, and an event planner. All were between the ages of 22 and 32.

Before dinner was served, the guests listened to a panel discussion and a piano recital.

Photos of the prepared meal showed a sliced penis, a sliced testicle, and scrotal skin with three millimeters of pubic hair. For garnish: parsley and button mushrooms.

Unfortunately for the diners, the meal was underwhelming, with some describing the penis as having a rubbery texture and bland taste.

When Managing Culinary Director of Serious Eats J. Kenji Lopez-Alt read about the less-than-satisfying entrée, he wrote to CalorieLab saying,

“The chef didn't cook it right. What a waste of a perfectly good penis! Penis is pretty tough and needs to be slow cooked, either sous-vide or in a braise.”

The Legal Ramifications-

At the time, Mao Sugiyama made a joke that removing his genitals lowered the chances of him ever being charged with “indecent exposure.”

Unfortunately for Sugiyama, the banquet was considered just that.

Many concerned citizens complained to the Suginami police. “Many residents of Suginami and elsewhere have expressed a sense of discomfort and feeling of apprehension over this,” said the mayor. The

Tokyo district public prosecutors' office received criminal papers against Mao Sugiyama and three others involved with organizing the event.

Since cannibalism isn't illegal in Japan, Sugiyama couldn't be arrested for serving his genitals. However, an indecent exposure charge could result in two years of jail time and a fine up to 2.5 million yen, or $32,000 dollars. Four suspects conspired to “openly display the severed male genitals to the assembled 71 guests,” said a spokeswoman for the Toyko Metropolitan Police Department.

Sugiyama said that the indecent exposure charge didn't apply since everyone in attendance knew exactly what the event was about.

Sugiyama also made sure he didn't violate any laws, including a ban on organ sales, processing of medical waste and food sanitation requirements. He maintained that the event was artistically motivated, designed to raise awareness on “sexual minorities, x-gender, asexual people.” Media attention eventually dwindled and the charges were reportedly dropped in February 2013.

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[Info]:

On Friday, April 22, 2022, Raymond Spencer, the shooter, assembled a 'spiper style' attack on the Edmund Burke School in Washington, D.C., from his Northwest D.C. apartment window in his "crow nest". Using a tripod and multiple AR-15 rifles, he would record the attack and post the video and numerous other messages to 4chan. After the shooting, he would wait in his apartment for the police to arrive, and while they were searching his building, he would turn the gun on himself in the bathroom, ending the incident.

The police discovered three AR-15 rifles with numerous 60-round magazines. The attack could have been ten times more deadly than it ended. However, Raymond only injured four people: a 54-year-old male, a mid-30s female, a 12-year-old girl, and a woman in her mid-60s who was grazed in the upper back by a bullet. He fired an estimated 200 rounds into the school building from his Northwest D.C. apartment window. News sources said that Raymond fired more than 200 rounds. Police believed that Spencer assembled at least one of those weapons himself. Police also stated that 800 unspent rounds were spotted and thousands of rounds were also spotted in his Fairfax County apartment.

Raymond's last words on 4chan were, "Dear God please forgive me."

[Images and videos]:

The Northwest D.C. apartment window of Vas Ness he shot from and recorded:

The shooting that was recorded by Raymond:

Audio recording/video of the shooting made by a bird feeder cam:

Screenshot of Raymond trying to aim at students:

Images of the DCPD recovering AR-15 rifles and numerous 60-round magazines after the incident:

DCPD Twitter post:

The bed Raymond slept in for the night:

Raymond's Yakub poster:

Raymond's comments made on 4chan related to the shooting:

Body of Raymond found dead in the bathroom after suicide:

Photos of Raymond:

Rare photo of Raymond Spencer rolling a suit case night before shooting in his Van Ness complex:

[Info on Raymond Spencer]:

Raymond Spencer is a 24-year-old 4chan user who resides in Fairfax, Virginia. As recently as 2016, Spencer enrolled in Wheaton High School in Montgomery County, according to the school district. At the time of the shooting, he was residing in a brand-new apartment complex in Fairfax County. According to Fairfax County Police, they were only called to his apartment once, in September 2021, in response to a noise complaint. He moved into an apartment in Fairfax County in February 2021. However, he also rented another apartment on Van Ness in January 2022. This apartment complex was the place where the shooter did his activity on April 22, 2022. Raymond's parents still reside in Silver Spring, Maryland. Neighbors told news station 7News that the family was quiet and polite in the residence.

Before Raymond's suicide, He included the school shooting by himself before anyone else did on their Wiki page.

Link to the edit Wiki page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1084145946

[News]:

WUSA9 coverage on Raymond Spencer:

ABC7 coverage on Raymond Spencer:

https://wjla.com/news/local/raymond-spencer-video-posted-online-northwest-washington-van-ness-dc-shooting-police-examine-investigate-gunman-

I chose this story because of the Yakub poster!

Brazil. She was 25

A young Russian man was mauled to death by a shark off one of Egypt's Red Sea resorts, according to Egyptian and Russian authorities.

The man, named as Vladimir Popov by Russian media, died after being attacked by a tiger shark in the waters near the city of Hurghada, Egypt's environment ministry said.

Footage circulating online, purportedly of the attack, shows a man thrashing about in the water before being repeatedly attacked by a shark circling him and then dragged under.

The ministry later said the shark had been caught and was being examined in a laboratory to try to determine the reasons for the rare attack.

A 46-mile (74km) stretch of the coastline was closed off by authorities, who announced it would remain off-limits until Sunday.

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A shorter one than i usually make, had fun with this tho

hope you enjoyed the video

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Article here

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18256802/man-plunging-death-from-rescue-helicopter/

Article here

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/05/27/report-man-died-of-asphyxiation-after-girlfriend-locked-him-in-suitcase-for-up-to-11-hours/