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Piercing an epidemict?

daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
edited August 2003 in General Discussion
O.K.- ears, belybuttons,noses, eyebrows and now- private parts?
Ouch! these guys/gals are going the limit! Where does it stop?
whats the deal? Are we bored or what?
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  • powdersmokepowdersmoke Member Posts: 3,241
    edited November -1
    Got a nephew that got into piercing a few years back when he was playing in one of those 'Techno' rock bands.[}:)] Decided he had to get pierced to fit in. He felt he wanted to hang a 'toy' from his private parts.[;)] So went down to the local tatoo/piercing parlor and got pierced through the good part, yea' right in the head by the pee hole.[xx(][:o)]

    Now that's bad enough from my perspective but then it got infected. You can imagine what that would be like. Got so bad he was peeing out of two holes [:0](whoops sorry did I get ya' in the eye, let me hold my thumb over the hole.) His mother was seething.[:(!] She took him to the doctor to try to fix things. The Doc' had never seen the like, he studied it for a few minutes said "Wait a minute" and went a brought 5 other doctors in to look at this.[:I][:I] They all studied it for a while [:I](oh the mortification[:I]) and then decided he needed a skin graft. He got the graft, but it didn't take[:p]. Kept peeing on it don't ya know. So he had to get a second graft, and some instruction on how to urinate[:D]. This one took.

    You know how they do that graft? The cut a piece of skin loose from your thigh, and tack your privates to that skin while it is still connected to your leg. Have to walk around like that till it takes, then they cut that loose and finish the sewing job. Wonderful ain't it.[:0][:p][:p]

    [:D][:D][:D]Gawd!! I coulda busted a gut I laughed so hard.[:D][:D][:D]

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  • jjmitchell60jjmitchell60 Member Posts: 3,887
    edited November -1
    It is not a fad that is new to North America by no means. The native americans have been practicing it for many decades. The Shawnee would split their ears to hang many types of ornements from their ears. They pierced their nose and wore nose rings. They were but one tribe. Almost all the native american tribes praticed piercing of some form! The long hunters of the 18th century also did it to blend in with the natives that they hunted and traded with. Piercing is as old a man himself. The only difference now is we have invented many more things that we can put through our bodies! My daughter wants her belly button pierced but I have to sign being she is 16. Hasn't happend yet!

    A little funny story about piercings: In 1998 I went to China with some college students to set up exchange programs with the University I was graduating from. I was the oldest by far so I was to look out for the other students, young kids 18 to 22. One had about 40 piercings in his body. 20+ were seen when he was clothed, the others were not so he said and yes I took his word on it. As we walked through the metal detector at the Airport, it went off when he came through. They had him empty his pockets and it went off again. They looked at all the piercings on his face and asked if he had more. When he said yes they laughed and told him to go on but be careful about getting around any big magnets! I China he always drew a crowd when we were out on the streets!
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  • 0311marine0311marine Member Posts: 3,233
    edited November -1
    5 words why people do it"they want to be noticed"

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  • ww2guncollectorww2guncollector Member Posts: 35 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    you know,ive seen a lot of people with thier nose pierced,ive always wondered.
    do boogers ever get caught that?[?]
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  • spectre7spectre7 Member Posts: 965 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Could say the same thing about tatoos if you wanted to over-simplify the issue. It's just another body modification, and I'm sure they're done for many reasons. Personally, I kind of like piercings, even though I don't have any.

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  • headzilla97headzilla97 Member Posts: 6,445
    edited November -1
    all I have to say is girls that have there belly buttons pierced look good. And did ya hear the one about a girl with her tongue pierced she will probally..... ahh never mind Ill get my head out of the gutter[:)]

    He who dies with the most toys still dies "NO FEAR"
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  • ElMuertoMonkeyElMuertoMonkey Member Posts: 12,898
    edited November -1
    Piercings are an old practice that kids think they invented (like tattoos). And somehow every Johnny/Janey Come-Lately who wants to be "unique" gets pierced just like their favorite movie star/musician/MTV lunatic loser... and the fifteen other people waiting in line to get the same thing.

    Maybe I'm being overly harsh here, but piercings, tattoos, and "outrageous" hairstyles are nothing more than camouflage for a dull and boring personality.

    "Don't have anything interesting to say because you're an ignorant know-nothing kid? Pierce your head and have an instant conversation piece!"

    I mean, really, how many times can you have the "Wow, doesn't that hurt?" conversation before people figure out that your vocabulary is limited to, "No, not really"?

    At least comic book fanboys can tell you intersting trivia... like how the Hulk used to be grey instead of green... Piercing afficianados on the other hand? "Say, got anything interesting to tell me?"

    "No, not really."
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    headzilla, the rest of the joke is did ya ever see a guy with his tounge pierced? he will probably ......your....too. [}:)] -Ralph

    In the demonstable absence of evolutionary perfection, if some calamity is not to occur, we shall have to learn to live with ourselves as we are. Fast. -Tattersall
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    I heard tell of this feller that put some kinda ear ring thingamajig through the skin tween his eye browse. Then he got an infarction an it started itchin real bad. Feller rubbed it so much his eye browse fell out. Then he decided he looked funny so he went to see one of them thar skin specialty doctors. Uh Hu, doctor tells him they'ze gone for good. Uh hu, feller asks if ther'ze an thing can be done. Uh hu, doctor says suuuuuuurrrrrrrrrreeeeee! I can replace dat skin with a skin graff. Feller says ok, doos it. Feller wakes up outa da anesthesiasiasia and looks in da mirror and cries out "Doc watcha do to me Now'ze im cockeyed", doc says "course yar, had to use yourne nut sack to get the right tecksure."[:D]

    "Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet."
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  • tin22tin22 Member Posts: 731 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I always thought it was form of express yourself or trying to be different. I know at one time I actually started wearing leather pants and wanted to color my hair jet black . I just wanted to wear black. That's how i was feeling at that time. I think we all at one time do things to express ourselves even if seem stupid or odd. Like changing something about yourself. Wanting sometime new. We all go through it. It might sound dumb to us,but to others it's different. My sister has a piercing. I don't know why she did it, but at time she wanted something different. I try not to bash someone just, because I don't understand why they do. They wanted too.
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  • ElMuertoMonkeyElMuertoMonkey Member Posts: 12,898
    edited November -1
    "Different" I have no problem with.

    "Lamely 'unique' in a grossly pedestrian manner" I do have issues with. They don't truly want to be unique, they want to be anonymously rebellious. Most of these folks nowadays don't have the stones to be truly "different," so they fall prey to slick MTV ads and counter-culture advice from Madison Avenue. Oooh... how edgey.

    I mean, joke all you want about the Chinese all looking the same, but these fashion plates from "Rebellious Dressing for Morons" are truly cookie-cutter examples of ignorant sheepdom gone horribly awry.

    Be different all you like. Variety is the spice of life and all that. But, if I may offer a suggestion, look up the word in the dictionary first before you attempt anything.
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,239 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    For over ten years now I have had this burning desire to get me one of those cutters for notching ears of cattle. I want to walk through the mall and remove the earings from all the males (I won't call them men) who think they look cool. They look like idiots.

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  • Rawhide PeteRawhide Pete Member Posts: 191 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by REBJr
    headzilla, the rest of the joke is did ya ever see a guy with his tounge pierced? he will probably ......your....too. [}:)] -Ralph

    In the demonstable absence of evolutionary perfection, if some calamity is not to occur, we shall have to learn to live with ourselves as we are. Fast. -Tattersall
    Personal experience there Reb?
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  • tin22tin22 Member Posts: 731 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Personally ElMuertoMonkey I don't feel that I need to look it up. I don't need to look up someone else suggestion on how I should look. It's personally perference. A lot people I have met think the fact I like guns is bad, but do you think I will stop shooting because what they think. You know how you go to dance clubs and just cut loose. We all do it. Freedom isn't it wonderful :)


    Once we stop being ourselves I believe we lose who we are.I don't like wild crazy stuff that some people do, but this is the U.S. Price of Freedom. As long as we have it people will do what they like it. Even if we didn't they would find other ways to do it. I seen some weird stuff. Like girl walking a man on a dog collar. I thought it was funny personally. I never seen anything like it. I think, like changing your hair or something like that. It's nothing wrong with it. Everybody once in awhile want to be different. Some of our foreign countries don't agree with our culture. We don't stop doing things because they don't agree with it.


    Just my ideas!
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Tin-- I guess your right, we are free to do this if "WE" choose and thats what makes us a free people. Freedom 1st!!
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    I have always liked the "look" of a man with an ear pierced wearing a small earring ....something very sexy going on there...



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  • ElMuertoMonkeyElMuertoMonkey Member Posts: 12,898
    edited November -1
    Tin22,

    That's my point precisely. Be yourself. And if it's different or the same, so be it. What really gets my goat are these kids who so desperately want to be "different" that they wind up turning themselves into something they most definitely are not.

    I own guns. That is part of who I am. I don't do it to shock people and I don't do it to "make a statement." If I did, I'd be nothing more than a contrarian loser.

    Now, if perforating yourself is who you are, more power to you. But I guarantee you, 90% of the kids out there do it because they saw Marilyn Manson do it. And in life, there are leaders and followers. Who do you think these kids are?
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  • ArielleArielle Member Posts: 348 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't understand piercing your privates... I mean why??!! My old roommate wanted to get a piercing down below, and I thought she wanted me to go to hold her hand... but she suggested I get it done too!! I told her she was crazy... and eventually she realized that it was a bad idea and didn't get it done. I don't even have my ears pierced. But I do plan on getting a tattoo.

    Arielle

    I love myself and so should you!
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Personal experience there Reb?

    LOL RP, knew a guy once that probably would, but never took him up on it
    BTW, my old man ended up hitched to the guy's mom, so maybe he did[:0]
    -Ralph

    In the demonstable absence of evolutionary perfection, if some calamity is not to occur, we shall have to learn to live with ourselves as we are. Fast. -Tattersall
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