i,m a old geezer and seen a lot of different styles come and go but this beats the h**l out of me i'm still trying to understand why kids do this.
2007-02-25 09:25:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Other - Skin & Body
from one old geezer to another--- YUCK!!!!
2007-02-25 09:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by don 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Well, piercings aren't new. If you look back in time you should see that various cultures used piercings for religious and ritualistic purposes, as well as other reasons I'm sure
Piercings, like tattoos are becoming more mainstream. As far as why, its like a lot of other things...its just happening. It may die down over time, but all in all, I'm pretty sure its here to stay.
No offense to you, but you are, as you've said...a geezer. Its not something you grew up around and while it seems odd to you, its not to others. I'm a professional piercer, I have 27 piercings and I'm sure that's just nuts to you. But I do things out of my curiosity and because I love the piercing process start to finish. I love how piercings look, same goes for tattoos and odd colored hair and other 'trends'. I live a colorful life and I'm all for personal choice and expression. We have freedoms, we should use them. I do it for me and I don't expect people to understand it. My dad is in the same boat as you, he just doesn't get it no matter what I have said to him, but he can still see past it; so I hope you can too. Plus, I've done my research and this is something that interests me greatly.
Edit: To a few of the unwise commenters, you realize that piercings can be taken out, right? And that when they are done properly and heal well, that the scar will be minimal if not almost invisible...
2007-02-26 05:33:20 · answer #2 · answered by 4eyed zombie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the ears are OK and a very small (TINY) one for the nose is OK but i think it looks disgusting the ones that hang from your lips and your eye brow on a girl it just makes you look like a skank just a opinion thou? How would you ever get a real job when all you want to do its abuse your face and some of the elderly find it offencive and if your a old geezer like you say well I'm still a young geezer shhhhh I'm 25 and was the big thing in high school,
I don't like them that much either.
2007-02-25 09:33:23 · answer #3 · answered by astridtonto 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
My sister has one in her tongue. I don't get that, my mum spends $1000's on her teeth and then she goes and has that stuck in her mouth. She also has her belly button done, Way too painful to even consider having done my self.
I'm no old geezer but I don't really get it either. A form of self expression I guess. Though I do think that on some people they look tasteful.
2007-02-25 09:30:22 · answer #4 · answered by B 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ah, it reminds me of my days in Third World Countries, where the natives believed in tatooing, stretching the ears and lower lip with shells or pieces of wood, also what they used for them I don't know but they painted themselves and each other for various functions. I particularly hated the all white face, made my teeth look yellow.
2007-02-25 09:30:28 · answer #5 · answered by dtwladyhawk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think a lot of folks are going to look back and say "what was I thinking?".
It won't be too many more years and there will be an emerging market for tattoo removal and piercing patching.
2007-02-25 09:31:19 · answer #6 · answered by Random Precision 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They want to be noticed and they think it makes them cool and a lot of kids do it to try to be like some hardcore ganster or thug or punk or something like that or some just do it to be different and not follow the lines of what is typical and expected of teenagers
2007-02-25 09:29:20 · answer #7 · answered by Ashley N 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it is going to be really weird once all the people that have all the piercings get older that will be yuck for sure
2007-02-25 12:49:25 · answer #8 · answered by Cynthia B 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't like it. All those piercings are just a ploy to get extra attention.
2007-02-25 11:39:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At first it was the punk goth people who only did it because they had the guts to... Then alot of sluty grls started getting there tongue pierced becuase they can give a better BJ... now its all the posers just being woopey i can do everything........... I dont get it either. i used to want peircings to be different now EVERYONES gone crazy and gettting everything peirced/
2007-02-25 09:34:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Total waste of money right up there with tattoos..
its just one of those vanity things in vogue right now.
So many good places to help others when you have extra money like homeless shelters, food banks, hospital hospice, children hospitals, etc.
2007-02-25 09:29:24 · answer #11 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋