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da power pwnerer
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Well haven't seen any other threads like it so just wondering how you guys feel about piercings. I have both my lobes pierced and guaged to 2's (6 mm) (going to 0's [8mm] in a couple days).

So yeah, post your thoughts and what you have/wanna get pierced and anything related.

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My brother works at Black Metal Tattoos doing body piercing. Look them up if you're in the Clevaland Ohio area. He's excellent.

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I don't have any, might get some someday, dunno.

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Zeus
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Meh, I don't see the point in it, I would rather have a tattoo.

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AndrewT
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Posted: 1st Nov 2009 05:45 Edited at: 1st Nov 2009 05:46
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Let's see...both ears, my lower lip, my nose, my left arm, and my right leg.

Just for clarification; we are talking about body parts lost in random encounters with grizzly bears, right? Or is that a different thread?

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I might get some one day, but I'm still saving up for an electric dog polisher. You got to have priorities, know what I mean?

But seriously, the only way I'll ever get pierced is by a knife or bullet, and certainly not intentionally.

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Gauges are stupid. People have NO idea what kind of damages that can happen from gauging ears (or any other body part for that matter). First of all, employers don't want to see that. It looks idiotic, and makes you look stupid. Second, the rest of us just stare and laugh (at least my friends and I do). Third, when you take them out your ear looks like...well...a [mod edit]large hole[/mod edit].

I have one ear piercing which I never even have an earring in (lost a bet one time).

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I have my lip pierced, and I have a tattoo design just haven't found the time or the money to get it done yet.

Most people with gauges don't work at your local food mart. They're either Hot Topic employees or accountants.


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Benjamin
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I can't stand personal body mutilations myself. I don't really see the point of it.
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My dad has a serious problem with piercings. He describes anyone with piercings as having an 'image problem', and I agree with him. I don't really see a the point in piercing a piece of metal through a part of you to 'look cool'. One of my friends has piercing and he looks like and is a complete quack.

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How is it bad to want to tattoo or pierce yourself... It's just the same as putting on a different shirt or pair of pants. I don't think it looks nice all the time, but I don't really like a lot of people's clothing choice... Either way it's none of anyone's business what someone else wears.

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Posted: 1st Nov 2009 07:55 Edited at: 1st Nov 2009 07:55
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I got my nipple pierced when I was 19 and haven't removed it. I don't see a problem with it because nobody can tell I have it, so it's not for "image" reasons. I can honestly say the chicks dig it

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It can be removed at any time and is not permanent, unlike a tattoo.


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Grandma
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I can't stand piercings, especially the navel kind. Instantly un-hots a woman. People can do what they want with their own body, I just don't see the point in it. With tattos, I have a more relaxed view.

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Piercings, no problem if anybody has one - hey people can decide what they look like. As for 'imaging problems', we all have a level of vanity and some people wish to make themselves appear as they want to - it may seem superficial, but in a way, your appearance can reflect your character...except Jeku of course, unless he flashes you.

Piercings, I don't have any opinion against it, though I'd never get one.

But lets be honest folks, who here is completely indifferent on their appearance? Who walks into the cheapest clothes shop and buys the first thing that fits? What I am saying, in general we do have some superficial part of us - some more so than others. Some of us have accessories to our appearance, the glasses you wear, the hat you've chosen, wristbands etc. and piercing is just another one of those. Some may wish to up their appearance to attract the type of person they're interested in - in the alternative crowd, piercings are sometimes attractive.

Your appearance actually says something about you - it can effect how people respond to you too - though I don't care what people think about me or my appearance, I dress to a certain style.


Though as far as Tattoos go, my sister is saving up for a tattooing course and hopes to set up her own tattoo parlour one day and when she's good enough, she'll be doing my tattoo. Why do I want one? Because I like how they look and I'd pick something that's relevant to me and something I wouldn't have second thoughts about in the future.

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Quote: "it may seem superficial, but in a way, your appearance can reflect your character..."


It can indeed. This is why all people with eyebrow piercings look like morons.
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Quote: "But lets be honest folks, who here is completely indifferent on their appearance? Who walks into the cheapest clothes shop and buys the first thing that fits?"



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I'm in the camp that doesn't like piercings. Gauges look ridiculous too. It doesn't matter how much you augment your face, you're still the same person. You just happen to have a bit of metal stuck in you. To me personally, it tells me you subconciously think you're appearance is inadequate.

Quote: "First of all, employers don't want to see that. It looks idiotic, and makes you look stupid"


crispex made a good point ... nobody in a suit is going to like your saggy ear lobes, and while they can't officially discriminate against you, I'm pretty sure they'll be choosing the other guy. It's fine to say you don't care now, but you will later.

While I don't mind piercings in girls (as they traditionally decorate their faces ), I have to admit, I don't see the point there either. I never notice ear rings, unless they're the massive hooped dangly ones, which I'm always afraid are going to get ripped out when someone walks past with a wayward zip (plus they look chavvy). Girlfriends always have to take them out whenever they lie on your shoulder, as they impail the side of their heads. And I can't even see them! Nobody can, unless they have a grade 1!

No, they seem pointless to me.

Quote: "It can indeed. This is why all people with eyebrow piercings look like morons."


Yes.

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Quote: "I can't stand personal body mutilations myself. I don't really see the point of it."


Ditto.
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Quote: "But lets be honest folks, who here is completely indifferent on their appearance? Who walks into the cheapest clothes shop and buys the first thing that fits?"

Well...

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Interesting how many of you take no issue with tattoos, but have a problem with piercings I see it completely the other way around. Piercings are undo-able for the most part. When I'm 85 years old I will still have the same tattoo (when I get it eventually).


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The only men that should have earings are pirates and gypsies.

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The way I see it, piercings are traditionally for women, and tattoos are traditionally for men. If those roles are switched, it looks plain unattractive. And if it's taken too far, such as over sized piercings on girls and full body tattoos on guys, it makes them equally unattractive and they might as well scream "I'm different now, give me attention!".

Hey, that might be sexist, but that's the way I feel about the issue.

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@crispex and Fallout- I've never had any problems obtaining a job just because I have gauges. Besides, I can take them out at any time that I want and my ears WILL go back to normal, and I know this because I've done it before (A few years ago I had my ears gauges to 7/16ths of an inch but I decided to let them close).

I am employed at a local open mic club in my area, and, seeing as a lot of metal/hardcore bands play there, these kinds of piercings are a normal thing that I see. I also own and maintain a recording studio (and a smaller setup elsewhere in the house where I compose music for film/games and anything along those lines), and I am currently working on turning my recording studio into a professional studio. I actually make a decent living, so whoever thinks that it's impossible to do so just because I look a little different than everybody else, you're mistaken.

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To each his own, but personally I think (non ear)piercings and tattoos are pretty damn ugly.
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Quote: "Piercings are undo-able"



Um... How??? Tattoos can be erased, you can't simply erase a giant hole in your ear. Maybe it might grow back if you haven't had it for a long time, and it's only small, but tattoos are far more undoable...


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Quote: "Um... How??? Tattoos can be erased, you can't simply erase a giant hole in your ear. Maybe it might grow back if you haven't had it for a long time, and it's only small, but tattoos are far more undoable..."


My piercing hole is small enough to grow back when it's gone. A tattoo can't be properly erased without scarring.


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I don't care about either one. Each to his own, I say. However, I do gross out when I hear about men having certain... parts... of... their... body... pierced... and they brag about it... I guess on the upside such men may have possibly taken themselves out of the gene pool with such piercings.

Now I've only heard about this so it's unconfirmed. I doubt any sane guy would want their genitals pierced anyway...

Anyway, if you don't like looking at piercings or tattoos, just turn your gaze someplace else. At least I think that's how it's supposed to work.

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Lonnehart its quite the opposite. Genital piercings are known to increase the pleasure during sex quite a bit. The same goes for lip and tongue piercings, if you're into that.

Im pretty indifferent. How you chose to look represents your personality. The only reason they're mostly looked down upon in society is because its mostly the rocker / emo / gang types that get piercings or tattoos to any major extent. If it had started out differently, like if business men and people of high importance got them as a sign of wealth and power, the view would be completely different and people would be complaining that those without them are trying to be "different" from the norm.

I've got an old ear piercing, my brother has a belly button piercing, my mom has a tattoo on her ankle that I designed for her about breast cancer, my friend has his personal drawings of his family members and heros all over his arm, and I respect them all equally. I know a few people with gauges, and I've never looked at them and thought "wow, what an idiot". At least not for that reason .

I hope this thread doesn't get locked just because I mentioned a small little blurb about sex . I hope we're more mature than that here.
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I also find piercings and tattoos very ugly, and I also happen to be against them.

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here's my opinion on the issue

tattoos -- nothing wrong with them, unless it's like "---- YOU" on the forehead or something really stupid, which i've never seen . I take them the same way I'd take doodles on homework assignments if I were a teacher.

piercings -- i don't understand as well. when planned out and done right, they can add a nice decorative effect to your image--i happen to be a fan of David Draiman's swingy lip thingies--but it can get to be over-the-top really fast IMO. as for earrings with males/females, girls usually have them, so it's normal, and well... Link wears earrings, so there must be something manly about them.


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Quote: "I actually make a decent living, so whoever thinks that it's impossible to do so just because I look a little different than everybody else, you're mistaken."


No, certainly not impossible, but in some cases more difficult. If you're self employed or choose to work in an industry that promotes or accepts body art, then no problem. Many industries frown on it. From a personal perspective, I would have a problem hiring someone "different" - as you put it - to represent my company or services, and I'm not alone. I know from experience and other business owners that you are limiting your options by making yourself controversial.

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If I had never been in the army and seen the kinds of mutilations to the human body that come with war, I would puke every time I look at a piercing. Your body is your body to do with as you please, but come on! Have some common sense for god's sake, it's just gross!

As far as wanting to look a certain way goes: my baldness and my beard is enough to complete the "old man who doesn't give a crap what he looks like" image.

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It's completely possible to work in a professional environment with tattoos and piercings. Just wear long sleeves and don't whip out the PA piercing in public and all is good.

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In the last two industry jobs I had it was perfectly acceptable to have tattoos and piercings. Even now at Nokia they don't discriminate. The "you'll never get a decent job with a piercing" argument is invalid in today's world for the most part.


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Quote: "The "you'll never get a decent job with a piercing" argument is invalid in today's world for the most part."


Way to generalize based on limited experience in your own part of the world.
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I don't think your options are limited much by a piercing. I think you could still get most jobs. But say you join a company as an office clerk, and then maybe move up to team leader ... something tell me that step into management will be a little tricky if you look like you're still trying to be a rebellious youth. Mind you, at that age, you've probably grown out of it anyway, in the same way you probably won't be arsed about your haircut, or be buying designer clothes anymore.

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Quote: "in the same way you probably won't be arsed about your haircut"


Nobody will ever get me to cut my hair! Though at a compromise I'll tie it back.

Though I did get rid of my dreads in the interest of finding a job - even if it was a temporary one.

When I get my tattoo, I'll just make sure that I don't find a job that requires me to walk around shirtless.

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So you're giving up your dream of working in the porn industry?

Edit: I can just imagine it now ... "No, I'm sorry. You can't work on this movie. You have a tattoo. That would damage the image of the film."

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It would be pretty high-brow for a pornographic film to worry about how tattoos might ruin their image. And yes, sadly, the sex industry isn't for me anymore, they told me with my face I might as well be work for radio - I hear Chris Moyles was turned down for the same reason.

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Quite frankly whenever I see someone with dreadlocks I always think 'I bet he's some incredibly intelligent author or actor or something'.

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I don't really mind either tattoos or piercings . . . however, I'm horrified of needles, so tattoos are never gonna happen. :} I wouldn't have even gotten my ears pierced, but people kept on buying me earrings . . .

girl >< having holes in your head (I hope ).

Anyway, as long as you're being true to who you are, then I think it's alright. If you're doing it just to be cool . . . save the money and buy yourself some Valve games instead. =^--^=



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Quote: "I wouldn't have even gotten my ears pierced, but people kept on buying me earrings . . ."


You could've done what ever other girl does and thrown them into a jewelry box, and never worn them ever, along with your 8 million pairs of shoes.

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What's that supposed to mean?

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LOL. I suppose I could, but I felt bad for all the sad looks. Plus, it made me a better drama nerd in high school.



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Quote: "Way to generalize based on limited experience in your own part of the world."


I'm reversing the other generalization. Double negatives = a positive.

You're right, you've found me out! You have discovered that I only have my own limited experiences of the world! I'm such a fake!


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Quote: "I'm reversing the other generalization."


You say this now.
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Lonnehart its quite the opposite. Genital piercings are known to increase the pleasure during sex quite a bit. The same goes for lip and tongue piercings, if you're into that.
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Waitaminute.... so a testicle piercing will enhance your sexual experience? I don't believe that for one bit...

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I do hear it's true, I still wouldn't do it though.

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Quote: "So yeah, post your thoughts and what you have/wanna get pierced and anything related."


Both of my ears are pierced (studs), and my bottom lip (14g ring).


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Quote: "Waitaminute.... so a testicle piercing will enhance your sexual experience? I don't believe that for one bit..."


As far as I know, people don't pierce *that* particular part of their anatomy.


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I would only consider an eyebrow or lip piercing, but I can't see myself ever actually doing it.

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