Why Do People Get Body Piercings?

[Parche]

It is their choice, but I think it is so disgusting, rings out of their lips, nose,eyebrows
tongues, male units.........:wtf: :wtf: :hi:

[bif]

1. I'm waiting to see someone with a bolt through their skull

Now THAT would be impressive.

[gmoney]

21. Wait no longer...

I'd say an arrow would be comparable...

[madeline_con]

42. That's an arrow, and you know it!

:rofl:

"I get paid for doin' this."

[DarkTirade]

2. Why do people cut their hair?

Seems unnatural to me to do so.

[MissMillie]

3. different strokes for different folks

I have no idea why some women wear high heels or why some men wear goatees.


It's all body decoration, and different people like different things. Life's strange pagent and all...

Though from what I understand, some people actually become addicted to tattoos and piercings (and I do know some women who are addicted to shoes....).

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. I think that I look better with a goatee than without.

But I will not be getting pierced or inked.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Because we find it aesthetically pleasing.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

5. My husband is Pakistani - I'm not, but I got my nose pierced because I like it

It's a cultural thing, not religious. Just another way to beautify oneself. I only wear small and tasteful precious/semiprecious stones.

[LostinVA]

6. OOOOOOOO

:popccorn:

[Deep13]

7. They do it to make baby Jesus cry.

:evilgrin:

[Omphaloskepsis]

8. Why do you wear those ugly pants?

Do you see what I am doing here? Taste is subjective. Your ugly might be someones awesome.

[Parche]

11. Pants

My pants dont pierce my skin.............:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

14. That's pretty much irrelevant though.

They're still decorating your body, and it's a matter of taste as to whether it looks good whether it pierces the skin or not.

[Parche]

20. 2 way different things

I am talking about piercings....not something you wear
pants dont pierce into your skin :hi:

[Omphaloskepsis]

25. Both can be removed.

I personally like piercings.

[hisownpetard]

102. Really? I've had some jeans that came very close...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. why do people do anythign? i love some piercings and think they are hot

[jmowreader]

10. To heighten the sexual response in your partner or yourself...

or, as piercer Keith Alexander puts it, "it makes fucking better."

[Dora]

13. If you don't like my nose piercing, then don't look.

Other people's aesthetics disgust you? Then the easy solution is to stop thinking about other people's piercings.

[Parche]

23. nose piercing that is snot a good thing

:hi:

[Dora]

26. "Judge snot, lest thyself be judged," and all that...

:hi:

[Deja Q]

15. Agreed, 100%.

But it is their choice. Of course, tell them it's risky and it becomes fascism, so it's all good...

[Chovexani]

40. Having sex is risky.

If you're getting drunk and going to some dive over a bar, or letting your untrained friend do it in the basement with a clothespin, you're probably going to catch Hep C.

Done in clean environment with a sterile needle by someone who knows what they're doing, it's less dangerous than a lot of activities people engage in.

Life's about risk management. :shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

85. Crossing the street is risky too

But if you (or in the case of piercing you and your piercer) take proper precautions, you'll be fine.

[AlCzervik]

16. i always want to get my eyebrow pierced and didn't, i'm wondering if i'm too old for that now.

[fizzgig]

17. i think you should go for it

my mom got her nose done about six months ago and she's in her mid-50s

[AlCzervik]

18. my daughter wants to get her ears pierced, maybe i will get my eyebrow done then.

your Mom is teh awesome.

[uppityperson]

73. eyebrows can be problematic, sort of flat area vs 2 sided.

Ears, noses, those have 2 sides where eyebrows can have the problem of being too flat so your body tries to push the piercing out. I'd rather risk my nose than my eye nerves and muscles also.

[Thirtieschild]

19. When I was young pierced ears were tacky

Virtually none of my generation had them, most of us pierced our ears when we were 35 or 40. Times change. My 99-year-old mother says it best, says she's four generations removed from her great-grandchildren so there's no way she can understand them - or judge them. Wise thinking, wise woman.

[Bitten]

22. that was the Wasp take on it -- because embroidered whales are so fucking tasteful

and latinos and italians so 'tacky' they piece their babies. savages!

[trof]

132. Same here. I'm 66.

The only women/girls (ABSOLUTELY no men!) with pierced ears (and nowhere else) were furriners like Eyetalians and such.

My mother didn't have pierced ears.
Her earrings were 'attached' by little thumbscrew-like devices or spring clips.
I remember the red marks when she'd remove them.
That musta hurt.

[madinmaryland]

24. They probably just spent too much time in GD and GD:P!

[Parche]

27. or stalled in a tollbooth

:shrug: :hi:

[madinmaryland]

30. Or maybe they had to drive through Delaware.

[cabraverde]

28. Because they have low self esteem

They want so badly to be accepted that they will disfigure their body so they can be part of something.

They are just sad sad people who feel a need to attract attention,, even if it is negative.

[dropkickpa]

31. sdfg

[Chovexani]

39. Or maybe they just like how it looks?

Why do you play armchair psychologist over other people's aesthetic choices, do you have low self-esteem? Way to be completely fucking ignorant and judgmental.

[cabraverde]

44. yeah maybe

Well if they have a piercing in a conspicious spot; that they like the looks of, they might also be seeking to have it noticed. If this is so, than they are accepting the fact that the attention may be from people who have opinions, opinions are based on judgment. This means that I have the right to judge what I see and be judgemental.

[Chovexani]

48. No one's disputing your right to be an asshole about it

Of course you have the right to be judgmental, just understand it makes you sound like a sanctimonious douchebag. Call me crazy but I thought liberals were supposed to not be that petty.

Until Congress passes the Mandatory Hole in Your Head Act of 2008, it's really none of your business what people do with their faces, or why. Nor is anyone else's fashion choice an invitation for your armchair psychological analysis, Dr. Frist.

[cabraverde]

52. you are correct

and untill congress passes the 28th ammendment (the right not to be offended), I am allowed to say "people with holes in their head (or any other body part) might be mentaly ill".

[ghostsofgiants]

79. Just because you are free to be a dick doesn't mean you should be one.

[uppityperson]

75. 1 person with multiple obvious piercings says it shows them who can see them for themselves

and who gets stuck focusing on the piercings. This person is very strong, and likes to cut to what matters, not what is superficial.

[LostinVA]

59. Check PM

[LostinVA]

57. Little fuzzkins is STILL here

:pinches applelike cheeks even more applelike than yesterday*

[uppityperson]

76. thank you.

search is my friend.

[RadiationTherapy]

62. Bzzzzzzzt. I'm sorry, that is INcorrect. n/t

[uppityperson]

74. Yeah, like people who get their hair done or cut have low self esteem

They want so badly to be accepted that they'll spend hours and lots of money so they can look part of something. It is just sad that people do this.

[ghostsofgiants]

78. Yeah, that's why.

:eyes:

[laylah]

121. Thanks for your

POV; however, my 56 yr. old self-esteem is in fine shape, tyvm. It was at 14 when I got my ears pierced, at 28 when I got my ears pierced again, and at 40 when I got another ear pierced. I figured I was such a sad, sad thing, I needed to do my nose (tastefully, of coursey ego wouldn't allow anything more than an itsy, bitsy, teeny, tiny stud) just after my 56th birthday. :eyes:

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

29. i'm with you - ewww

I can't think of anything that is a greater TURN-OFF than a woman with a tongue stud, it just says skeezer all over it.

And then there are the freaks who are punching massive holes in their ears,

You can grow up and take out the studs - but how the hell do you fix your ears now that you have inch wide onion rings in place of your lower ear?

[Initech]

32. Body piercings dont bother me that much. What bothers me is...

Those fucking idiots who have their earlobes stretched down to their feet with huge rings INSIDE their ears. :puke:

[RoadRage]

33. What?? You don't find this sexy:

That guy's a genius! :) Blech.. to each his own.. but not my style!

[Deja Q]

34. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!! GROSS!!!!!!! What else does he put in there?!

:puke:

[Initech]

37. EWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

[madeline_con]

43. I like the stud inside the ear. Cool. n/t

[cabraverde]

53. GOOD GOD!

[laylah]

128. now THAT

is absolutely stomach turning! :puke: Tasteful ear, nose, belly-button piercings I have no problem with...of course, I have 2 out of the 3 :evilgrin:; however, that is downright nauseating to this old(er) woman.

[mitchum]

35. Rebels, Inc.

[Chovexani]

36. Depending on the piercing, and the person, they can be hot.

I plan on getting my eyebrow and nose done, as soon as I find a reptuable place around here.

Beyond purely aesthetic reasons, people can get them done for spiritual or esoteric reasons. I have a friend who's a ceremonial magician who got a tongue piercing as a magical act to be mindful about his words.

They don't look good on everyone, or even most of the people getting them, but it's purely subjective. Personally I don't understand how people can walk around looking like they came out of a J. Crew ad, but to each his/her own.

[MonkeyFunk]

38. So I can hang my car keys from my nipple

at the nude beach.

[madeline_con]

45. So they don't get lost in the sand. Good idea! n/t

[madeline_con]

41. I seldom see the male unit...

except for the one attached to my husband. No adornment there...

Anyway, what the hell? I don't care if someone pierces their whole face.

I thought this young lady who worked at the local 7-11 had a cancer removed, she wore a band-aid for a long time. Come to find out, they were making her cover up an eyebrow piercing! She told me someone in the Rockledge store had one, so she tok off the band-aid.

The piercing looked cool, the band-aid, not so much.

EDIT spelling deficit

[matcom]

46. to piss off judgemental people like you?

:shrug:

[Chovexani]

50. OH MY GOD PEOPLE LOOK DIFFERENT

AND MAKE DIFFERENT AESTHETIC CHOICES THAN I DO!

OH NOES!!!1111

[matcom]

51. one of my favorite sites on these Internets

http://webfarm.foliolink.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=8797&Akey=JHHGRRTX

[Chovexani]

56. I've never seen that before

What a cool site. Thanks for the link. :)

[gmoney]

67. also keeps them from getting hit on by squares...

Check out how unattractive this young woman is... I only shot her out of pity for her plight.

[DarkTirade]

68. Bunk... be... in... I'll... my...

seriously though, that's a good point. I'm not a fan of piercings myself, but if I see a cute girl with a piercing I'll know she's probably outside the norm enough for me to find her interesting. :)

[ghostsofgiants]

80. That's not my reason, but it is a pretty fun incidental result.

[Pacifist Patriot]

47. I got a belly ring when I turned 36 because I had lost 30 pounds...

looked hot as shit despite having 3 kids and could wear bikinis for the first time in my life. Damn thing fell out about four months ago and the hole sealed up within an hour. I didn't feel the need to reopen the stupid thing. I've outgrown the pride of weight loss and the fear of aging.

If anyone wants some belly rings send me a PM. They're yours.

[LostinVA]

60. Were you wearing it when you married us???

I'm getting another tattoo soon, btw -- I got a gift card for one for Xmas from Haruka. Twill be Celtic.

[Pacifist Patriot]

61. Yup. The damned thing disappeared in early December.

Bugger!

I was really disappointed. Based on circumstances I know I caught it within hours of it coming out yet I could not get another belly ring to go in. WTF?

[LostinVA]

65. Haruka may be able to answer you -- I'll ask her

She just said the same thing happened to her! It was a really cool one with a dangling Ohm symbol (or so she says :eyes:), and it fell out when she was sleeping and closed up by the time she woke up.

OH GREAT! Now she wants to go get it pierced again.

[Pacifist Patriot]

66. I've had it close up before and went to have it repierced...

Not doing it again. I'm going to chalk it up to some cosmic message that I'm not meant to have a belly ring. Would Haruka like mine? I've got a yin yang, a topaz in 24 carat gold, margarita, christmas tree, etc.

[blondie58]

69. the navel is just another place to wear earrings

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

49. Don't care much for it myself (except for ears), but if that's what others like, why not?

Personally, I'd prefer to stay untatted and mostly unpierced, but I guess people can decorate themselves however they like, even if some others may find such decorations odd.

"Roger, you tiger now."

[Roon]

54. Everyone has heard of a prince albert

but, has anyone heard of a Sergeant Geesh?

[RadiationTherapy]

63. I believe it's 'guiche'; and, um, yes I have...n/t

[Solly Mack]

55. to give people something to talk about on message boards

[Kutjara]

58. Why wouldn't they?

Humans have been piercing, tattooing, painting, burning, amputating, and morphing themselves for as long as there have been humans.

For every person who considers the practice disgusting, there is another who finds it beautiful or spiritually rewarding.

[RadiationTherapy]

64. It is an amazing feeling; pure adrenaline. I really like nipple piercings. n/t

[pitohui]

70. to prove they're a rebel like everybody else

i hope i don't need a :sarcasm: tag but i probably do

there are some exceptions but most folks i've known with piercings, other than earrings, are losers who have given up and accepted their loserhood and are trying to bravely pretend that it doesn't matter to them that they will never have lasting love or success

[fizzgig]

77. jesus christ

are you capable of being anything more than a judgmental ass?

i feel sorry for you that you're so miserable in your life that you have to tear everyone else down

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

81. Par for the course...

[ghostsofgiants]

82. Hey, always nice to see you being an utterly horrible judgmental person in threads like these.

Keep up the good work.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

89. As opposed to the ultimate act of rebellion:

Typing in all lowercase letters. :eyes:

[fizzgig]

96. hey!

you calling me out? :P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

97. I'll make an exception for you.

:P

[fizzgig]

100. you better

because i am the ultimate rebel :P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

105. Nowadays, all Nickelback fans are rebels.

:hide:

[fizzgig]

106. dude...i need some of this

x(

[Starbucks Anarchist]

107. I keep it real.

:rofl:

[fizzgig]

113. that was harsh

way harsh

:rofl:

[DarkTirade]

109. I thought they were just masochists.

I mean, you'd have to be to listen to them, right? :P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

116. Or clinically insane.

;)

[Danger Mouse]

110. high five!

that was a world-class burn, my friend.

[fizzgig]

111. i'm going to remember this

x(

[Danger Mouse]

112. i'll charm you with my sweet and beguiling ways...

you won't remember a thiiiing

[fizzgig]

114. i wouldn't bet on that

:P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

115. Indeed it was.

:toast: :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

108. that's strange, i hear a voice coming out of your ass.

you don't have a clue.

[Left Is Write]

118. Pierced ears are fine, but piercings elsewhere are indicative of loserhood.

Okay. I'll make a note.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

130. Just shut the fuck up.

Please.

[Generic Brad]

71. They are anxious

It's like sitting on pins and needles.

[Skittles]

72. I don't even understand why they put holes in their ears

it's gross to me

[DarkTirade]

84. I had my ear pierced once.

Which is probably why I'll never ever ever let it happen again...

My ear got pierced when my brother stepped on a bee's nest by accident. Of course, he was older than me so he could run faster. He got two or three stings. I got 12 or 13, one of which went right in one side of my earlobe and out the other.

[Skittles]

117. ew

I've always thought it was odd that most people who are against "body piercings" don't seem to include voluntarily poking holes in ears. I particularly detest it when I see babies/little girls with pierced ears - that is wrong, wrong, wrong.

[DarkTirade]

123. Yeah, it's funny how when it's common, it's suddenly okay.

Common and normal are two completely different things. :) But most people can't tell the difference.

[Dastard Stepchild]

83. People that get piercings don't find it grotesque.....

They find it lovely. I don't think it's any more complex than that.

[ghostsofgiants]

87. What are you talking about?

I completely hate myself, that's why I got my lip pierced.

:P

[Dastard Stepchild]

95. lol...

OK, so there is always an exception to the rule. Let me rephrase. Most people get piercings because they find them lovely except for those few people that hate themselves so much they feel they can heal the hurt with some lip metal. :)

[ghostsofgiants]

98. Hahaha...

Good to see you around. :)

[Dastard Stepchild]

119. Back at you!

I've lurked here and there but haven't posted as much as I would like.

[RadiationTherapy]

124. You have accepted you are a loser. You are desperate for attention. n/t

[DarkTirade]

99. Not even necessarily that they find it lovely, sometimes it's a matter of what feels right to them.

I personally dislike peircings and like long hair, hence why I have long hair and no peircings. Yet I can think of numerous people who I've found incredibly attractive that had short hair and/or piercings. :) My personal feeling towards those things doesn't change whether I find them attractive or not. It has more to do with just being me than anything else.

Although I DO think my long hair is pretty... :P And I've said so numerous times 'round here. But even if I didn't, I'd still have it. Because that's just what feels right to me. Me having short hair would feel as wrong to me as it would for your average straight-laced straight guy to be forced to wear frilly pink dresses. Worse even, since you can't change your hair as easily as you can change clothes.

[Dastard Stepchild]

120. Yes, true..

I was using lovely in a very general way. As in a person that gets a piercing must not find it all that deplorable and must find something good about the decision to get pierced. I used "lovely" as a shorthand. :)

[DarkTirade]

125. Yeah, I figured. :)

I just wanted to expand and clarify for anyone else reading the thread.

[no name no slogan]

86. Ventilation

[ghostsofgiants]

88. Cuts down on wind resistance. I like to call 'em speed holes.

[no name no slogan]

90. Speed holes, huh?

Hey Homer, what're you do-diddly-oodling?

:rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

91. Haha, I'm glad the reference was not lost.

[no name no slogan]

92. no way, mi amigo

That's one of my favorites :D

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

94. They make a cool whistling sound, too.

[MilesColtrane]

127. Bet you also call your garage a car hole.

[ghostsofgiants]

131. Damn right, Mr. French Man.

:P

[tigereye]

93. it just seems normal to me

I don't but lots of younger folks do. This really isn't new. :shrug:

[hisownpetard]

101. 'Cause they're not happy with the holes God gave them??

[jgraz]

103. If you ever date a woman with a tongue stud, you will understand

:evilgrin:

[Jamastiene]

104. "male units"

:spray:

:rofl:

[NewWaveChick1981]

122. 'Cause they want them.

:hi: It's their choice, and it's nobody else's business.

[SarahB]

126. Body art isn't a new thing.

:shrug:

[MrMickeysMom]

129. This reminds me of one of those things we had to examine in my humanities class

... one of the handouts described-

The Snacirema People (okay, you read it backwards already) who had strange rituals and that included the men and women of the tribe scraping certain areas of the body and painting other areas of the body ritualistically. By the end, it was apparent that we need to understand how generations of cultures display themselves and how their cultures pass this on to the next generation. Bikers were doing stuff like this decades before it was more acceptable in the mainstream to have 3 piercings in one ear lobe as a nurse assistant. The elderly quite accept that 25 year old person now-a-days, don't they.

Meanwhile, I can't wait to see how we transform ourselves physically post Snacirema fascism period! :+