It depends for me. I find some of them very cool, and others kinda ugly.
this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2024
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Where are you from? How old are you?
Mine are kind of mementos and have symbolic meaning.. Oh, and they look nice.
Indifferent on earrings. Can always take them out when you're bored of the look.
Ear gauges look fucking awful though.
It's those nose rings that go through that middle part between the nostrils like a cartoon bull that I don't like. I just imagine them being caked with snot all the time.
Finally an actually unpopular opinion lol
Different tastes
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What you find ugly, others find attractive. it also changes over time. You hate earrings now, you might like them 10 years from now
I did not get it for looks. I wanted a piece of jewelry that was not constrictive. I don't like rings or chains or bracelets. Its more of a personal object I keep on me. That being said I don't really use it anymore as I don't feel like having one anymore so I don't bother wearing any. One thing is I never bought a nice one so by and large I just wore garbage. Let me put it this way. A tshirt with some logo on it does not look better than a really nice plain one color tshirt. Sorta looks worse. But maybe I like that band or comic book or whatnot (or maybe I just got it free and it will let me enter a store). EDITED - going further. I have long hair. Many might say that is unattractive but others would not. I like my hair long though so it just becomes a thing that I have relationships with women that find long hair on dudes attractive or at the very least are neutral about it.
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.
As some who has had 20+ piercings over the years and who knows people who have piercings. Generally we don't get them because we think other people will find them attractive, we get them because we think they look good. I'm down to 4 piercings now because of things like jobs, but I do miss them.
Everyone's tastes are different, while I think piercings look cool. I don't think everyone suits them. An eyebrow piercing can look awesome on one person, and awful on another.
And some people flat out dislike them. That's fine. So long as people aren't shoving their opinions down people's throats and trying to force them to change, differing opinions are a good thing. The world would be very boring if we were all the same.
I'm the nerd with tattoos, dyed hair and piercings. A lot of people make shitty comments and I also get a lot of compliments. I don't see the need people have to go up to and say or shout across the street a shitty comment at someone. Their choice in clothing/ piercings/ body art doesn't affect your life. Move on. If someone thinks I look awful, that's fine, that's their view, I'm good with that. But outright going out of your way to voice your shitty comment to someone, that's not cool.
My point is, your opinion is fine. But if you then attack someone because of that opinion, that's not okay.
I don’t know, my wife’s Lego minifig head earrings or dinosaur earrings, where half the dinosaur is in front of the lobe and half behind are pretty legit.
Your comment reminded me of this awesome person who made some earrings you can play DOOM on: https://www.gamesradar.com/yes-you-can-play-doom-on-these-earrings/ Creative people can do cool stuff
You assume they're solely for attraction.
Depends on the ear ring.
But upvote for the truly unpopular opinion.
I think they can look attractive or nice on women and men. Jewelry (and makeup) can certainly improve how people look and therefore feel about themselves. The right amount is very subjective of course. As long as you like your mirror image, it’s good. Personally I find all of that impractical and my „jewelry“ is a nice beard instead.
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.
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…
As an American from the Midwest, babies with pierced ears is pretty normal. It wouldn't really get any looks or anything.
My wife is Colombian and her and her sister their ears pierced a few weeks into being born. Just part of the culture.
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!
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.
What about other pricings? Just earrings?
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.
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
So you’re staring, to be a judgemental asshole on purpose, and you’re proud of it. Interesting.
Proud of my eyes being pulled toward a booger on someone’s face out of revulsion? Sure, whatever gets you through the day
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
Sure, if a booger on your face is what you want people to notice about you, that is your choice
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.
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