piercing schmiercing

[zelazny]

Hmmmm, i fail to see the use in just having a big hole in your ear.
Then again, why not.

[SHATOUSHKA]

i dunno.

there is something macabre and slightly romantic
about body modifications of any sort (even the
standard ear piercings and tattoos).
some justify it as art, though i contest the notion.

*tangent*
don't get me wrong, i think creating a tattoo
and establishing that idea upon flesh is a talent
in itself... but how we justify it today (art)
is merely a by-product of something that has
been going on for centruries.
*end tangent*

i don't mind that people wish to have modifications
to their body... fake nails, hair dye and makeup
are also some form of body modification/enhancement...

i'm not really sure how to end this post.
i don't have a problem with any of this... however,
i do feel a slight twinge in my tummy when i
think of body modification as a trend or showpiece.

i suppose i question the motives....

not generally or as a whole... but individually

[Babi BootifuL]

Some things I can uderstand why people would want to do it, and have no problem with. In fact I don't have problem with what anyone actually does, but like Shatzy said, I just question why they do it.

That second link in the very first post in this topic *shudders*
Why the fuck would you cut your toes/fingers off? Or split your cock in haf for another thing. Like I said, go ahead chop/split ya limbs, whatever tickles ya fancy, but things like that unfortunately I don't think I'll ever understand.

Oh, and the Total Male Nullification... *shakes head* He don't know what he's missing out on..

[zelazny]

Apparently that second site is a media page for some magazine on body modification... *brr*

[Hannibal]

I can't speak for all people, but I get peircings because...
I get sick of myself.
I do it because I dont like myself, and I like to remind myself that pain is all in the head.
I dunno, I just do it when I want something different, or i'm really pissed off at who i am.
I realize it changes nothing, but, fuck it, i want to punish myself, and it's painfull, so, i'll do it.

[Tard]

Don't take that second page zela linked to in the original post too seriously. The first "Finger Amputation" image is a Photoshop fake (I picked the questionable artifacts apart in that pic years ago). Some of the other amputation pictures are accidents (bad lawnmower experiences), and that "Total Nullification" pic also looks like a Photoshop fake (taken from some homo porn gallery, using a clone/smudge tool to make his penis appear to be underneath the skin of his leg).

They're all public-domain free pictures, which don't have any credentials of being "real" behind them.

[SHATOUSHKA]

pain is all that's real

[Mystyx]

I have severals tattoos and one piering.... I do it because I can.... I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!

[ek3]

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I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear my crown of shit
on my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stain of time
the feeling disappears
you are someone else
I am still right here
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
if I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

<font color="#6699ff" size="1">[ May 28, 2003 09:53 AM: Message edited by: ek3 ]</font>

[SHATOUSHKA]

whoa.... [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]