internet? i am old.
so, i've been lurking on a message board for peeps with dreds, because i like to see how other people without textured hair have succeeded on their loc quests. and there's a whole thread dedicated to pictures, which is wonderful, since i don't really feel like trying to decipher this new internet speak which makes even less sense than the internetspeak i grew up on.
anyway, there are these kids, with faces full of piercings. now, i have my tongue, my eyebrow, my nose, my belly button, (used to have my nipple, took it out while preggo, too chicken to see if it's still open.) and several ear peircings. so it's not as though i'm anti-body mod. quite the contrary. i think people without extraneous holes are weird and prudish.
but four lip rings? the bridge of ones nose? a FOREHEAD?! seriously? that's not cute. and that's how i know i'm getting old. 6 years ago, i wouldn't even have batted an eyelash. but now, all i can think is 'wonder if he has to use a sippy cup?' 'god that gives me a headache' 'how does one decide to pinch up skin on their forehead, and jam a barbell through it?'
and it kinda makes me fear for future generations. i mean, in my moms world, only the rebelly bad kids and convicts had tats. my older bros, it was only gangsters, rebelly bad kid, and people who were trying to 'express' themselves. my generation, it was every kid who wanted a big reactionary eff yew to their parents, and all of the above listed people. but now it seems like, it's a contest. to be the most extreme, to push the envelope as far as possible, and it doesn't even seem to be about actually liking your jewelry. i've seen kids with freakin keyrings as spotholders. okay, so i know good body jewelry is expensive, but there is a REASON for that! it's cuz when you put holes in your body, you open it up to infection and scariness. so you need things which are not going to be full of weird contaminates, like lead and aluminum. things which are NOT keyrings, or safety pins. honestly.
kids these days. i tell ya. my rules for peanut? no peircing the forehead, the nosebridge, the cheek, the neck, the back, the yoni. everything else is fair game, but only one piercing per body part. (cuz not even lenny kravitz makes multiple nose holes sexy.)
anyway, there are these kids, with faces full of piercings. now, i have my tongue, my eyebrow, my nose, my belly button, (used to have my nipple, took it out while preggo, too chicken to see if it's still open.) and several ear peircings. so it's not as though i'm anti-body mod. quite the contrary. i think people without extraneous holes are weird and prudish.
but four lip rings? the bridge of ones nose? a FOREHEAD?! seriously? that's not cute. and that's how i know i'm getting old. 6 years ago, i wouldn't even have batted an eyelash. but now, all i can think is 'wonder if he has to use a sippy cup?' 'god that gives me a headache' 'how does one decide to pinch up skin on their forehead, and jam a barbell through it?'
and it kinda makes me fear for future generations. i mean, in my moms world, only the rebelly bad kids and convicts had tats. my older bros, it was only gangsters, rebelly bad kid, and people who were trying to 'express' themselves. my generation, it was every kid who wanted a big reactionary eff yew to their parents, and all of the above listed people. but now it seems like, it's a contest. to be the most extreme, to push the envelope as far as possible, and it doesn't even seem to be about actually liking your jewelry. i've seen kids with freakin keyrings as spotholders. okay, so i know good body jewelry is expensive, but there is a REASON for that! it's cuz when you put holes in your body, you open it up to infection and scariness. so you need things which are not going to be full of weird contaminates, like lead and aluminum. things which are NOT keyrings, or safety pins. honestly.
kids these days. i tell ya. my rules for peanut? no peircing the forehead, the nosebridge, the cheek, the neck, the back, the yoni. everything else is fair game, but only one piercing per body part. (cuz not even lenny kravitz makes multiple nose holes sexy.)
posted by boodafli at 5:27 PM
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