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Originally posted by loca Still getting it pierced though

good gurl!



just another point! Eat HUGE ass meal b4 you go- b/c for the next day or three you will be hooked on phonics (soup, tea, juice, ect...) it will hurt to chew!

just a pointer .
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ciao-a - bunga!

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Originally posted by Espresso and sorry Nat, but you aggressively missed my point: no one talked about "better" or other moral implications. just simply that there's no artistic expression associated with a piece of metal attached to your body, but a poem/book/painting/etc is a from of art closly associated and relevant to the author /creator. so what exactly is a person "expressing" through body piercing? (the case is different with tatoos as they are borrowing a drawing/pattern from an artist and the person merely becomes a platform to exhibit it just like a T-shirt/billboard would do.)

Ok, now I understand what u were getting at...
As for what people are 'expressing'- I dunno. Each person is different. Some get it as body adornment, or 'body modification', as it is often reffered to. < Some people go REALLY deep into that whole 'modern primitive' thing, and get spiritual about it. Some people really get off on piercings. Some get it cuz it's the 'cool thing to do'. For me, I grew up idolizing (and later partaking in) the punk movement, which piercings were always popular with. Aside from liking how it looked, I would often get pierced as an alternative to other bodily mutilations (cuttings). If shit was really going bad, off to the piercer I would go. It was a release, I guess. After I was running out of places to pierce, I turned to getting tattoos in bulk. Things were really bad then. When things are 'calm' in my life, I dont feel the need to self-inflict pain. As messed up as that may sound to some, at least I do make sure each tattoo means something to me, and doesn't come off a wall in a tattoo shop. I also won't go to 'any' tattoo artist- I am very picky & research their work b4 choosing which artist to go with.

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Originally posted by tatgirl Ok, now I understand what u were getting at... As for what people are 'expressing'- I dunno. Each person is different. Some get it as body adornment, or 'body modification', as it is often reffered to. < Some people go REALLY deep into that whole 'modern primitive' thing, and get spiritual about it. Some people really get off on piercings. Some get it cuz it's the 'cool thing to do'. For me, I grew up idolizing (and later partaking in) the punk movement, which piercings were always popular with. Aside from liking how it looked, I would often get pierced as an alternative to other bodily mutilations (cuttings). If shit was really going bad, off to the piercer I would go. It was a release, I guess. After I was running out of places to pierce, I turned to getting tattoos in bulk. Things were really bad then. When things are 'calm' in my life, I dont feel the need to self-inflict pain. As messed up as that may sound to some, at least I do make sure each tattoo means something to me, and doesn't come off a wall in a tattoo shop. I also won't go to 'any' tattoo artist- I am very picky & research their work b4 choosing which artist to go with.

For me, getting the only piercing I have was more of a personal challenge... I've always had a ghastly fear of needles and figured a piercing needle through my tongue would be a good fear to overcome. Very personal motivation.

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Originally posted by tatgirl Ok, now I understand what u were getting at... Aside from liking how it looked, I would often get pierced as an alternative to other bodily mutilations (cuttings). If shit was really going bad, off to the piercer I would go. It was a release, I guess. After I was running out of places to pierce, I turned to getting tattoos in bulk. Things were really bad then. When things are 'calm' in my life, I dont feel the need to self-inflict pain.

that's very interesting, never saw it from this perspective.

I have one on my upper right arm. I got it after a particularly troubleing part of my life. It's there as a reminder for me, what I went through, the strength that it took, and to never forget. I have since never had a reason to get another. It's funny the tatoo is of my childhood hero's.

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Hate belly rings, why would anyone want to put an extra hole in their body is beyond me.
Same thing with tattoos, I'm sure a lot of you will disagree, but I think tattoos on girls aren't feminine. who'd want to scar their body for life?

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Originally posted by ~Delicious~ Hate belly rings, why would anyone want to put an extra hole in their body is beyond me. Same thing with tattoos, I'm sure a lot of you will disagree, but I think tattoos on girls aren't feminine. who'd want to scar their body for life?

I feel the same way. I kinda regret getting my 2 tattoo's. Although they are on my back and you can't really see them, it still shows when I wear certain things.

In about 50 years, there will be a lot of old grannies with lower back tattoos.

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Originally posted by ShadoWolf In about 50 years, there will be a lot of old grannies with lower back tattoos.

gee thanks... make me feel worse!!



lol

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Originally posted by ~Delicious~ Hate belly rings, why would anyone want to put an extra hole in their body is beyond me. Same thing with tattoos, I'm sure a lot of you will disagree, but I think tattoos on girls aren't feminine. who'd want to scar their body for life?

that was what i was trying to explain earlier, why do damage to your body , and then pay more for someone else to fix it?

its beyond me, anyhow i think its a worthless, painful and another expense added.

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Originally posted by tatgirl . Aside from liking how it looked, I would often get pierced as an alternative to other bodily mutilations (cuttings). If shit was really going bad, off to the piercer I would go. It was a release, I guess. After I was running out of places to pierce, I turned to getting tattoos in bulk. Things were really bad then. When things are 'calm' in my life, I dont feel the need to self-inflict pain.

Holy shit!! Am I one of the only ones out there who doesn't feel the need to go out and get holes pierced through my body and get ink permanently injected into my body with someone drawing pictures on my skin with a needle when shit hits the fan and I'm stressed out and things aren't going the way I would wish them to? Considering self body mutilations (cuttings) and then piercing holes in my body and getting ink injected into my skin as an alternative just doesn't seem like a logical way of dealing with ones problems and inflicting pain upon ones self will not solve anything either.

All problems have solutions and those solutions don't incude inflicting pain upon ones self with self mutilation (cuttings), piercings and tattoos because that shit doesn't solve anything!!

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