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.
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!
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.
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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