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PaperclipPerfector  10d ago (text post)   2651 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for May 23, 2025

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Just because I was reminded by the comment in the main thread, do pierced septums, tongues, and gauges give anyone the major ick? Nose studs? Fine. Belly button piercings? A little wierd but fine. Any non-face tattoo? Fine. But hoooooly crap does anything more than a tiny septum piercing make me uncomfortable. Not just like, “oh that’s weird” but almost I find it physically repulsive that larger ones I find it hard to even look. Ear gauges also, anything bigger than a button. Tongue piercings in any size. Is this just a human “looks like that would hurt” reaction, or is there some other component maybe? Curious if others feel the same but are more/less vocal about it, or if it’s just a personal issue.

I was raised as conservative Christian (how conservative? Useless question, too relative) but in liberal Oregon, if relevant, so at least it’s not purely a lack of exposure thing.

It's all degenerate and disgusting. Especially the tattoos, since you can't just go and remove them when you come to your senses. Plus, the massive proliferation of tattoos to the point where many people are just inked up with doodles for the hell of it is...WTF. In any case, no.

That kind of body modification is transhumanism for dumpsters. Any stupid bullshit goes in there so long as it's fashionable.

Also in Old Man Yelling At Clouds today: Stop dying your hair and grow out your eyebrows; those ridiculous marker lines above the eyes make you look like a caricature of a woman.

those ridiculous marker lines above the eyes make you look like a caricature of a woman

When I was young there was a trend among Mexican teenagers to pluck out their eyebrows and draw a brown mark approximately where the eyebrow should be. It looked horrible. Beyond forgivable. And the natural look of the Mexican girls is quite good. They were running their looks.

I don't see so much of it these days. The dark times have mostly passed.

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