Poll: Are your ears pireced?
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I'm 16 and my ears aren't "pireced" and, to be honest, I think that burning my ears on a pyre would be incredibly painful.
Male 25
Got my left ear pierced as a birthday present when I turned 7 or 8. It was the early 90's and earrings were what was cool. After I lost my stud at about 12 I just never bought a replacement.
Got my left ear pierced as a birthday present when I turned 7 or 8. It was the early 90's and earrings were what was cool. After I lost my stud at about 12 I just never bought a replacement.
Male, 20. Two in left ear both through the cartilidge. One spike and one small ring, thinking of gettin tongue done, maybe few more in same ear or t'other one.
Female, no, and 24. I'm too lazy and don't care enough about my appearance to indulge in jewelry.
Ugh. Was he/she okay?PoisonUnagi said:
22 year old female here, and no, I don't have pierced ears. My mom was scared we'd develop allergies when I was a kid, and wouldn't let us decide for our own until we were 16. I was never really bothered - too busy playing games and climbing trees.
Male, regular piercing in left ear, left eyebrow piercing, right ear helix piercing (to match my wife)...and I'm older than just about all of you guys. =/
Really? They shut? I had my left ear pierced when I was young (my choice), I might put a thing in for christmas, but that's it and it is still open (or at least it was last christmas). Also, male and 17.SwimmingRock said:
Seems like your poll is figuring out how many people on this forum are male.
But anyway. I'm female, 32, and have never had piercings.
I think trying to fit in with the crowd by harming or mutilating yourself is a pretty dumb decision, and I think that I'd pass that feeling along to my kids if I ever have any. But that being said:
1. A girl getting pierced, once she's old enough to choose it for herself? Fine.
2. A little baby getting pierced, because her mom wanted her to look a little cuter than she already was - at the cost of pain that the baby can't even understand?
Lady, you disgust me. You don't deserve a kid.
Reminds me of those puppies in Black Beauty who got their ears cropped.
3. A boy getting pierced, once he's old enough to understand the ramifications? Well... okay.
But while our culture sees a girl with pierced ears as normal, that's not how our culture sees a boy with pierced ears. So a boy needs a higher standard of "informed consent."
4. Piercings in other visible places? Be informed!
You're branding yourself in a certain way, and limiting your job opportunities (and more). So I think you shouldn't be allowed to do this before you're at least 16 (old enough to care about job opportunities).
Also: A classmate in college took her new belly-button piercing into a hot tub... and ended up in the hospital. That's an open wound that shouldn't be exposed to germs, people!
5. Personally? I wouldn't date a man with a pierced ear. In my family's culture, a pierced ear means slavery. And for me it means "girly," and I wouldn't want a girly man.
I don't think I could ever get past these two instinctual reactions, so that's that.
But anyway. I'm female, 32, and have never had piercings.
I think trying to fit in with the crowd by harming or mutilating yourself is a pretty dumb decision, and I think that I'd pass that feeling along to my kids if I ever have any. But that being said:
1. A girl getting pierced, once she's old enough to choose it for herself? Fine.
2. A little baby getting pierced, because her mom wanted her to look a little cuter than she already was - at the cost of pain that the baby can't even understand?
Lady, you disgust me. You don't deserve a kid.
Reminds me of those puppies in Black Beauty who got their ears cropped.
3. A boy getting pierced, once he's old enough to understand the ramifications? Well... okay.
But while our culture sees a girl with pierced ears as normal, that's not how our culture sees a boy with pierced ears. So a boy needs a higher standard of "informed consent."
4. Piercings in other visible places? Be informed!
You're branding yourself in a certain way, and limiting your job opportunities (and more). So I think you shouldn't be allowed to do this before you're at least 16 (old enough to care about job opportunities).
Also: A classmate in college took her new belly-button piercing into a hot tub... and ended up in the hospital. That's an open wound that shouldn't be exposed to germs, people!
5. Personally? I wouldn't date a man with a pierced ear. In my family's culture, a pierced ear means slavery. And for me it means "girly," and I wouldn't want a girly man.
I don't think I could ever get past these two instinctual reactions, so that's that.
Well, after failing to vomit it up, the bell rang and he went to the hospital. He was back by the end of the day and was fine. Never got the whole story.Android2137 said: