I’ve never understood why people get earrings, despite them often being unattractive.

    • @[email protected]
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      Yea, I love all piercings and have always thought they were either cute or a good conversation piece.

      Ear, nose, lip, tongue, brow, whatever. Even big gauges are interesting looking and wouldn’t stop me from flirting with someone.

      I just think its neat.

    • @[email protected]
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      Nose studs always look like a booger to me. Wear your booger if you like, but it does not look good. I’m not staring because it’s somehow cool, but I keep wondering if you’ll notice e the booger on your face

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        So you’re staring, to be a judgemental asshole on purpose, and you’re proud of it. Interesting.

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          Proud of my eyes being pulled toward a booger on someone’s face out of revulsion? Sure, whatever gets you through the day

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            It’s not a booger, and it takes half a second to figure out it’s not one. You don’t have to “stare”, yet decide to do it, and to share the news on a public forum. If that’s not pride, what are you trying to convey, here? The fact it triggers revulsion for you is not anyone’s problem but yours lol

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                It’s your problem you can’t see anything else, not theirs. They could wear pink fuzzy clothes written “FUCK ME” on their ass - you are the one staring based on nothing but personal taste. But sure, let’s play pretend like they have to cater to your taste to avoid your gaze lol. It’s the same backwards logic used by misogynists when it comes to women wearing revealing clothes.

                You’re either discussing out of bad faith and are actually perfectly aware and content with acting like an asshole, or you’re that much of a moron that you don’t even realize you’re the one seeing an imaginary booger. I’ll therefore stop this “discussion” here. Have a good one regardless.

    • @[email protected]
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      I personally hate all piercing. Just looks wierd. But I will not judge people over it.

      It also dislike jewelry in general though. Capitalist Hate me.

  • dohpaz42
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    Eh, I’m not a fan of lipstick on women. There is nothing inherently wrong with either. It’s all a matter of personal taste.

    • Rhaedas
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      A very good “normal” example of body modification, just not as permanent. And there are degrees to that as well…I’ve seen lipstick colors that just enhance the lip color and give a sheen that I don’t think twice about, but even my favorite celebrities look off putting to me when made up “heavily”. I’m a bit on OP’s side as far as preferring the natural look, although minor studs or a small tattoo somewhere don’t catch my attention in a negative way, if I even notice.

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      I find makeup in general, and in fact hair colouring, mousse, etc. not attractive. I’m not saying it’s unattractive, but it makes me think, “why would you do that?”

      I suspect it’s related to probably being on the spectrum. I find it difficult enough to understand people’s unspoken thoughts and emotions, without all the distraction and camouflage.

    • @[email protected]
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      Seconded. Actually the whole “every woman has to wear makeup, earrings, purses etc” thing. Yes, many do and many people find it attractive. But not everybody - let people be themselves…

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    Firstly: wow, an actual unpopular opinion!

    Secondly: I will go so far as to say absolutely tooooons of people wear earrings that I personally find extremely silly, unfashionable, or outright gross.

    Sorry ear plug people. They look goofy when theyre in and they look horrifying when theyre out.

    Probably this opinion of mine comes from knowing a person who managed to get their … ear loop? caught on something and tear apart.

    Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.

    I used to date a person who worked at a Claire’s… and they would tell me that they would often, as in multiple times a week, have a family of recent immigrants from… India? Bangladesh? … come into the store, and they would have to physically restrain a screaming obviously unwilling child to get their ears pierced.

    Anyway: I think it is too far to agree that earrings in general are just bad all the time, but there are lots of cases where theyre done poorly.

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      Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.

      Here it’s normal to do it to your toddler.

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          I mean, I’m tattooed and pierced, and I still don’t personally agree with piercing children’s ears either. IMHO that’s a rather personal choice and should be made by the person itself, not parents. But IMHO, objectively speaking, it makes no sense to put both on the same level.

          A tiny earring like kids get is about 20-18g - in the sub-millimetre range. Unless you go at a shitty venue with terrible hygienic practices, these things stop hurting in minutes, stop being sore after mere hours, a day or two tops, and are pretty much as reversible as can be. There’s very little “bad” about it except a child crying for a minute or two - and that already happens hundreds of times a day, when they get vaccines, when they wait a minute while you prepare their bottle, when they’re tired, or honestly, just cause they feel like shit and can’t tell you cause they don’t speak yet.

          Chopping off foreskins has zero use outside religious belief or medically motivated surgeries, and has long-term, irreversible medical implications.

          I still don’t agree with the act, but not all evil is created equal…

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      The fools, they should have told that child from the day they were born that they couldn’t have pierced ears until they were at least 12. The kid would start wheedling for it at 6 and they could “give in” at 8. The child would still cry after the first ear, but would sit still and say thank you afterwards.

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      Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.

      Tonight’s breaking story: Vexikron thinks it’s great when a two-year-old is given ear piercings!

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        Haha!

        The youngest my ex was pretty sure they were forced to pierce was was 3.

        For the record: It’s also child abuse to force a 2, 1, 0, or frozen zygote in an IVF lab to get it’s ears pierced unwillingly rofl.

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    You assume they’re solely for attraction.

  • RHOPKINS13
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    If a person wants earrings, I don’t have a problem with it, but they should NEVER be put on a baby or an unconsenting child.

    And I can say the exact same thing about circumcision.

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    I’m with you when it comes to men. To each their own, but I don’t like men wearing earrings. Women can usually pull them off. I have the same opinion about long hair. To all men with either long hair or earrings: you do you, it doesn’t matter if I like how you look!

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      I suppose I have very traditional views on who jewelry looks good on, but …… when I see hoop earrings, all I can think of are plastic surgeon ads I used to see on the subway, for fixing your ears after it gets caught on something.

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    I wonder if this is an unpopular opinion. Personally I find them unpractical. They can get caught on stuff compared to things like tattoos so I’ve never been a fan.

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      That’s really only something you have to worry about with large hoop earrings (with rare exception).

  • sacredbirdman
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    Mine are kind of mementos and have symbolic meaning… Oh, and they look nice.

  • @[email protected]
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    Ear rings look uncomfortable to wear. Isn’t it annoying having them jiggling around on your ears.

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      Not really, depending on the earrings. Personally I find a nice comfy pair of smaller hoops, usually, that I can comfortably shower and sleep with. I’ll wear those until I get tired of them and then find something else.

    • Drusas
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      I haven’t worn them recently, but the jingling is actually what got me into earrings. I liked having slightly dangly earrings and so when I shook my head they would jingle delicately.

    • folkrav
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      I’ve got small gauges, I just don’t feel them at all. I could see more dangling jewelry being kind of irritating…

  • Destroyer of Worlds 3000
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    went to a mexican back yard party. loud as fuck mariachi band, fun as hell. did some tequila shots, ate tacos, and danced. looked around and there were people dancing with babies in their arms. the babies had pierced ears. also, you could just pass the babies around apparantly.

    • Edgarallenpwn
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      My wife is Colombian and her and her sister their ears pierced a few weeks into being born. Just part of the culture.

    • folkrav
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      I’m in Canada. Go back not even 20-30 years ago, parents were still piercing their babies’ ears pretty regularly. It’s a pretty recent phenomenon that people started waiting for their children to grow older. Many still do it.

      IMHO… A tiny 18g earring like they’re doing to babies is not particularly invasive, takes a handful of hours to stop being sore, will extremely rarely infect if done by a reputable piercer, and will naturally close back up once removed. As far as controversial practices go, earrings are amongst the most inconsequential. Permanent body altering stuff like non-medical circumcision, now this, I have an issue with…

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      As an American from the Midwest, babies with pierced ears is pretty normal. It wouldn’t really get any looks or anything.