Piercings - why do people get them?

[elvor0]

It's just about customizing your body, personally I love tattoos and piercings on women, but whatever floats your boat. Saying that though, can't stay ear lobe stretchers or chains, I've seen some guy have the entire outside of his ear torn off in a mosh pit because he had his ears stretched. *shudder*

 

[LuckyClover95]

It's because a lot of us find piercing quite pretty or good looking. I have ear studs. I'd love to get hip piercing but there isn't six weeks in a year that I could not take them out for.

 

[Gaiseric]

Honestly, I think they look good on women and can look cool on guys. Within reason of course.

 

[holy_secret]

Pierced my tongue just because it would be untypical of me to do so.
I don't regret it. People I'm about to kiss always get a little excited smile when they see it.

That's my why. Sorry for it not being more interesting.

 

[Zeema]

I don't Mind Ear piercing

but i don't know if Stretcher's count because i have no idea why people get them

 

[Richardplex]

Hey, thanks for the responses, I might be a bit less ignorant now =)
It looks like the problem is that I don't understand fashion either, and while I can understand why people do self destructive things for short term gain (e.g. food) I couldn't see the gain from deliberately injuring one's self. Normally I just accept people are different and am cool with it, but I can't really do that with the feeling unwell at the sight of them.

 

[MarcusD357]

Because piercings make you look like a pirate.

 

[AbyssalSanhedrin]

I have my tongue pierced for purely sexual reasons. I'm not joking when I say that lasses can't get enough of a guy who owns a vibrating tongue bar.

 

[katsabas]

Cause they have an infection fetish. Hell if I know. The only place I like a piercing is on a girl's nose. Other than that, you look like a bull.

 

[Tsaba]

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I don't think people think about "damaging their body" when they get piercings, and I think this video pretty much covers this.
Replace tattoos with piercings.

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

Theres a documentary called Modify that goes into body modification, including the culture and mindset around peircing. (warning, gets a bet...graphic at parts)

 

[Richardplex]

Theres a documentary called Modify that goes into body modification, including the culture and mindset around peircing. (warning, gets a bit...graphic at parts)

Thanks, but 30 seconds of google images on the subject has shown me that images and videos about the more extreme piercings is a wall I'll never get over. I'll give it an attempt though to see how far I can make it.

 

[captaincabbage]

I cannot understand for the life of me why people get their bodies pierced. However, I equally cannot understand for the life of me why I got my own tattoo on my back last year, I just wanted it. And it is awesome.

 

[Jerakin]

The simple answer would be that people think it looks good. I don't have any myself and wouldn't want it, but some people look good in it. It's like... high heels can't be that easy/good to use/have but it still looks good.

Just guessing about the high heels part, am a man so I wouldn't have a idea. Or would I.

 

[Winterfel]

New topic for a thread:
Haircuts why do people get them?

That is all.

 

[Nightvalien]

yah i don't get it either but people will be crazy man, i mean it's a useless piece of metal hanging from your body like a metal mole it disgusts the hell out of me but go figure crazy people will always be crazy.

 

[Hamish Durie]

well there are many reasons fitting in, wanting to be diffrent, piss of your dad/mum, you want to impress the goth girl who works at the shop and my final answer it's their choice

 

[TroubleMaker411]

New topic for a thread:
Haircuts why do people get them?

That is all.

I don't

I need long hair to cover the piercings

 

[Kaltazraza]

My mind says crazy people do crazy stuff, like getting a bagel in your forehead
http://www.japanator.com/newest-bagel-body-modification-makes-me-facepalm-19750.phtml

 

[SuperVegas]

Hey, thanks for the responses, I might be a bit less ignorant now =)
It looks like the problem is that I don't understand fashion either, and while I can understand why people do self destructive things for short term gain (e.g. food) I couldn't see the gain from deliberately injuring one's self. Normally I just accept people are different and am cool with it, but I can't really do that with the feeling unwell at the sight of them.

If you play sport, or go to the gym, your injuring yourself.
If you want to look up pointless, look at bodybuilders. What they do to their bodies to look good is amazingly unhealthy short and long term (and someone who works out normally half the size of them is usually stronger too) there is nothing healthy or positive about it except an aesthetic.

Piercing a hole in yourself that (for most piercings anyway) is just unused flesh that will heal if you let it, it hinders you in no way (sure there's a risk of infection, but I'm not sure that its extreme enough to really call it a problem) and won't really stop you from living a full life.
The point of my little example is that maybe your difficulty accepting it is a visual thing, a right there right now ick factor, which you have created a theory around.