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31-Day Blog Challenge - ​Day 9: Piercings and Tattoos

12/9/2016

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Well, I’m not quite sure what to do with this one. It doesn’t explicitly mention piercings or tattoos that *I* have; and good thing; because I have neither. So I guess I’ll talk about how I feel about them on other people.
This is an area of my life where my opinions run more toward the, shall we say, “traditional”. I have to admit that I’m neither a big fan of tattoos, nor of piercings. I guess it’s mostly that I don’t understand them. I think that I don’t actually *object* to them; I just wouldn’t partake myself.

I think that pierced ears look good on women. One or two in the ear lobe. Once you get past that, you start to lose me. I don’t understand these people that look like they fell down a flight of stairs while carrying a tackle box. I also don’t understand the folks that have to make a hole in their ear lobe the size of a hula hoop.
 
As far as tattoos go, I think it’s the permanence that bothers me. I TOTALLY respect it as an art form, and I’ve seen some truly magnificent looking tattoos. That said, I could never remotely imagine permanently altering my body in such an outward form. The curmudgeon in me sees a dude with 70% coverage and 19 facial piercings and says “This guy never wants to make more than $8.50 an hour”. Sounds mean, but that’s how it feels to me. I know, super-judgey.
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So yeah, I’m totally dork-ass old fashioned on this one. Stupid. Not sure what I can do about it. Educate me. What is the value, what is the merit? What makes it worth permanently changing your body? Tell me in the comments!
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