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Bob Flanagan

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The Resume

    (December 27, 1952-January 4, 1996)
    Born in New York, New York
    Wrote 'Pain Journal,' 'Fuck Journal,' 'Slave Sonnets,' 'The Wedding of Everything' and 'The Kid Is the Man'
    Was also a performance artist and actor.
    Afflicted with cystic fibrosis

Why he might be annoying:

    He starred in Nine Inch Nails' notorious and widely banned video for 'Happiness in Slavery.'
    He proclaimed himself to be a 'supermasochist.'
    Some of his performance art pieces involved piercing his body parts.
    His name is similar to that of 'Apprentice' contestant Rob Flanagan.
    He also appeared in graphic videos for Danzig and Godflesh.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the subject of a documentary titled 'Sick.'
    He was one of the longest-lived survivors of cystic fibrosis.
    He and his lover, Sheree Rose, were together for 15 years.
    He was a counselor at a camp for children with cystic fibrosis.
    He proclaimed that 'CF would've killed him if it weren't for S&M.'
    He approached his illness with a dark, macabre sense of humor.

Credit: Truffle


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 19 Votes: 21.05% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 39 Votes: 17.95% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 24 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 84.21% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 67.86% Annoying