Preserved Topic: Piercings, tattoos and bears (Page 2 of 2)

Twitch, nobody is against you or piercings. Lighten up mate.
And i do think most people accept piercings, if they care about it.
But that has not to mean they should like it.

I like my body in it's normal shape. It's a very fine piece with all those delicate chemical and mechanical processes and i am very proud about it. And there is no way i am going to alter it if not needed.

But if it comes to it i would die fighting for your freedom to have piercings and i would die again for mine to have none.

Now kill the rage or use it to change the world...

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"Art has to be forgotten. Beauty must be realized."
Piet Mondriaan

I have zero interest in piercings or tattos for myself. In and of themselves I see them as nothing different than any other self adornment that people have. I wouldn't look negatively at anyone simply because they had them. I try my best to judge people by who they are, period.

PA? Yikes!!! Soon you'll be ready for some splitting... ~shudders~

. . : slicePuzzle

I just have the normal piercings that a woman would have. One hole in each ear. For me it was a sort of rite of passage when my mother let me get them when I was 13. In my family it shows that you are a woman.

On the other hand, I am not sure if I would get a tatoo. If I did, it would be something tasteful and it would be of my work, signifying an important part of my life.

Well said, Bugs... If you're an asshole, I don't think you're an asshole because of your piercings, just because of who you are....

I don't judge Twitch's piercings...

No tats, no holes but I do look like a bear so..............

I largely haven't got any because I never really got round to it but I have always intended to it (every time I have something came up or the person who was going to do it wandered off or..........).

I doubt I'll get anything pierced yet but I'll probably get around to tattoos eventually - I have some ideas

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Emps

The Emperor dot org

What's the point? Art? Self-mutilation? Wanting to be an individual, like everyone else?

Tattoos. They're basically permanent grafitti on your skin. Do you really need it?

Earrings. Your ears are pretty enough without giant holes or steel strips hanging out of them.

Price Alberts. Don't get me started on Prince Alberts.

I think a 5/8" Bamboo tunnel in my earlobes are only bettering the look of my 'already pretty enough" lobes. I enjoy having something natural in me. I feel like I have a piece of mother nature as a permanent part of me. As far as tattoos go, its not graffiti, and even if it was, lets hope its something special, and not something meaningless. I would think that most of the people on this board would have gotten tattoos or piercings for the RIGHT reasons, not the wrong reasons; i say this because i contend that most of the people on this forum are intelligent and open-minded persons.

quote:

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NEW YORK (AFP) - Around 16 percent of adult Americans have at least one tattoo, believing the body art makes them feel sexier, more rebellious and even, in some cases, more intelligent, according to a poll published.

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031009/323/eapic.html

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Emps

The Emperor dot org

How does ink drilled into skin increase intelligence?

I guess the same way glass wrapped in wire makes one an instant nerd.

Well, not to long ago I had a 1st hand expierence with a PA, and decided - This is a good thing.

So, after debating in my head for a few days, I decide to bite the bullet and get it done.

I had been wanting a piercing and / or tattoo for a long time now. But, could never quite decide on what to get done, and toss in the fact that my mother *HATES* any Piercings other then the ears, I had to be carefull about what to get done. She yelled for 5 mins at a friend of mine for wanting to get her nose done (I am unsure as of to why she is so anti-piercing).

So, any facial piercing was out of the question (ears, so dull, and I dont like the look of plugs), eye brows, nope? lip? nope, Tongue, possibly as she may not notice it when I went home to Visit, nipples? .. allways a possability and may get them done later after I asorb the debt hit of the PA,

So, between the 1st hand expiercing with the PA and then deciding agaisnt nipples, I went for my PA

I went to a few shops in TO, and pretty much everyone ignored me or gave me attitude when I walked in, or had really scary dudes doing the work (Sorry, I dont want a 350pd guy named bubba ramming a spike though my penis) and ended up going to Passages on Church, walked in, instantly friendly staff, and the girl who did my piercing was super sweet / nice and very informative. Was a comfterable enviroment, not intimidating at all and no attitude.

So, we talk about what I wanted to get done, what size, cost, etc. She didnt have any appointments for the next few hours, so she could do me right then/there. I took a 30min break, went to a near bar and chugged a smirnoff ice back, and then went back over (although, the drink did nothing for me)

And got under way, she explained each proccess/step and cleaning/care/blah/blah/blah, then proceeded to prep me, put in the numbing cream and then asked

'do you want me to tell you when I go to do the piercing?'

wisely - I said no. if she had told me, I would of tensed up for it

So, me and her are chatting away, I'm taking lots and lots of deep breaths to relax my body. So, chatting away, then

*gasp* very brief micro-second of pain, not even worth calling painfull. ..

and then carry on chatting while she proceeds to put in the taper, stretch it out, and put in the final piercing (was pierced at 10, stretched to 8)

and been loving it since going on a little over a week now since I got it done, and cant wait till it fully heals.

Yay for another PA :P you and Axle should start a club =P

I'm in for a tongue piercing soonish. Probably get pierced at a 10 and stretch to an 8, just like your PA. I dont want my barbell to pull a cheese grater on my tongue, then i'll have one of those split tongues (not my style).

Ears will be going to 3/4" later this week. And i've actually started producing my own organic jewelry, made from high quality wood; if anyone's interested =P

Don't have any piercings nor tatoos. Never seriously considered getting any of the two either, but that is mostly because I don't feel like it would 'suit me'.

But a lot of my friends have either one of them or both, and I see nothing wrong with that. As long as you 're not ashamed of having it and have a reason for it (other than 'Some TV star had it, so I had to get it as well') I'm ok with it. Some people suit them and are more attractive with them, while others would look much better without them. But that is my view of the whole thing, and there are sure to be people around that has the opposite view of things

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I'm a little late to this thread... been right busy as of late, but I always like a good conversation about tattoos and piercings...

Myself? I have 2 tats, wear 14g hoops in my ears, and had a 14g tongue piercing for 8 years. I took it out 6 months ago, not because of any pressure or job related thing or anything (I was a bank teller with it for 3 years!). I removed it because the shape of my mouth started changing after I had my wisdom teeth removed and it became very uncomfortable. The tats, well... if I had it to do over again, I might have thought harder about it. The complete tattoo is a rose on my upper arm. High enough to be hidden unless I'm wearing a tank top, which doesn't happen often. I got it done first when I was a sophmore in high school (1989-90, I think), and it was done by a friend of mine with a needle, some cotton thread and a bottle of india ink (a poison, BTW, I wouldn't advocate it these days...). It hurt like a b*tch! It was covered over and colored a few years later by a friend of mine who was an aspiring tattoo artist at the time. Freebie... And I had it professionally covered and cleaned up a year or 2 after that. It's faded now, and I have some nice scars. I could have thought harder about having it done... and the subject is not one I would choose, if I was the person then, that I am now.

Like everything appearance related, it's a matter of personal choice. Visible tattoos and piercings should be considered carefully, dependant on what you do for a living, and whether or not it's going to affect you negatively in that respect. If you don't care what other people think about it - that's definitely your choice too. As individuals, we have free will, and I personally think that we should exercise it every chance we get. But we also live in a society, that functions around certain guidelines and expectations. In order to succeed in that society, it's necessary to play the game.

If you're a good player, you figure out how to make your own choices, yet still make a decent living. Every choice has societal consequences, good or bad. As long as you weigh your consequences when making your choices, what the hell does it matter to anyone else what you decide to to with yourself? For that matter, even if you didn't weigh your consequences, what the hell does it matter to anyone else? But you made the choice, so let's not hear any whining when regret comes knocking.

Honestly, I think that people spend way too much time worrying about what other people are doing that might be "wrong"... It's their life, let them live it and learn from it themselves! If they ask for help, offer it - but otherwise, I have my own life to live, and so do all of you...



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