What's the appeal in piercings?

[SandyCat]

I remember it was dying out for awhile in the early 2000's then the tumblr era kicked in and now its everywhere with zoomers and it seems more ridiculous than ever. Why would you want a bull nose ring of all things?

Am I just getting old and don't understand those damn kids on my lawn screaming about pronouns?

 

[Iron Jaguar]

I hate facial piercings.
Also, how is it that obese girls don't understand they look like literal farm animals with those stupid septum rings?
And those giant ear gauges look like shit too.

 

[AMHOLIO]

Appeal of the strange. Decorating oneself is as old as time. Humans are easy and like shiny things on them, and piercings are an easy way of keeping shinies on them.

 

[SeniorFuckFace]

"I'm not like other girlzzzzzz"

 

[SandyCat]

Appeal of the strange. Decorating oneself is as old as time. Humans are easy and like shiny things on them, and piercings are an easy way of keeping shinies on them.

Just carry shinies around in a sack like a normal Skaven

 

[ñññ]

It's the same thing with tattoos. Modern youngsters live stable and comfortable lives, so they don't have any scars or other marks to indicate that anything significant ever happened to them. Piercings and tattoos are cheap solutions for that.

 

[Shidoen]

It’s either for “style” or a kink. Either way, it looks like self-imposed servitude by having something you can wrap a chain around. Nip piercings are fun to mess with though. Boob slinkies.

 

[Retink]

I never got the appeal. Sometimes it can look ok, but most of the time it just makes their face look worse. At least gauged ear piercings are dying out, those were an abomination.

 

[Justtocheck]

I dunno if it's true but the nipple one is supposed to enhance the sexual arousal when stimulated.

 

[Skitarii]

Taboo + tribal fetishism, people get piercings to give off the bad boy/girl vibe

 

[Epic Fail Man]

Also, how is it that obese girls don't understand they look like literal farm animals with those stupid septum rings?

That's the appeal, Cow-girls are hot and popular.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

It's there to make people look more ugly then they have to be.

 

[DumbDude42]

people who want to be seen as edgy and hardcore but don't want to put in the effort and commitment of doing things that actually warrant a reputation like that

 

[Thumb Butler]

It makes you look totally cool and bad ass, like Phil or Kevin Gibes.

 

[Shidoen]

I never got the appeal. Sometimes it can look ok, but most of the time it just makes their face look worse. At least gauged ear piercings are dying out, those were an abomination.

My favorite activity when going into a large city has remained consistent. Find someone with ear gauges (those big holes), obtain a lock of any size, lock it into said ear and run away with the key.

 

[Chocolate Wombat]

Septum piercings look retarded on anyone. A girl who used to work with me had one and her dumb ass was constantly picking at it.

 

[Doji]

Maybe it's something deep within humans, people of old did things like that and we still do them, and in the future we'll likely still do it.

I'd say it's fashion, aesthetic, art.

 

[Wintersun]

It's the same thing with tattoos. Modern youngsters live stable and comfortable lives, so they don't have any scars or other marks to indicate that anything significant ever happened to them. Piercings and tattoos are cheap solutions for that.

I get the tattoos, honestly. Piercings I couldn't ever understand. You can't accidentally snag a tattoo and rip it out of your skin. Plus, piercings that aren't modest ear piercings on women just look like absolute garbage 100% of the time.

 

[Annafanti]

there hasn't been one single person with piercings other than normal ear piercings that I've talked to, that WASN'T unpleasant (especially the girls). they love talking about themselves too much, they all fucking suck. these wacky piercings have just been a good indicator of walking no-zones, even more so than tattoos to be honest (though i really hate tattoos as well).

 

[Table Country]

They help you to identify whether or not a chick is worth marrying.