Not mentioning any tattooo shops, but for you to say it was my fault that I ended up in the ER, shame on you. CLEARLY YOU PIERCED IT WRONG, piercings just don’t start pouring and squirting out blood like you see in the movies for no reason. AND TRUST ME, I know how to take care of my body, it was NOT my fault you lousy rip off of a tattoo parlor. I suggest before you go and get a piercing in the HRM you are willing to take the risk of ending up in the emergency room at 8 in the morning, let alone not being able to get a refund.
This article appears in Oct 16-22, 2008.
What the hell? First, piercings are dumb these days, what’s the point of them? You get a piercing and then bingo bango you are a member of a super wicked club and you can knowingly wink at other members as you walk down the street?Second, in my view the only real reason you get piercings is to be badass; but no one wants the danger in it anymore. You get a hole poked through you and you spurted blood everywhere and had to go to the hospital! Why should you bitch about a badass experience? Its a great story! Thats the point to these kinds of things: they are dangerous and they make you look different.Now friggin everyone is “different” with their piercings and they want to make it painless, bloodless and clinical.I got my face punched by hooker in Rio and she split my lip in half; me and my buddy finished our bottle of cachaca and then we left to get it stitched up without anesthetic in a dirty public clinic. The point is, shit happens… it makes a good story. Work with it, and stop taking the awesomeness out of piercings.
um, ok optimus…clearly dangerous or bad piercings are bad ass…….shrugs and looks at her totally safe and healthy piercings…..I guess they’re just not as cool.listen: a bad piercing is just that- bad. where did you go OP? i had a friend who had her navel pierced at a place that rhymes with Zara’s, and they refused to put anything but a hoop in it, meanign that it healed so the hole was crooked- not cool. I think this stuff happens a lot- the best bet is to pay the extra money, and go to a place where they spealize in piercings. you get what you pay for.
They totally are not as cool. They are something that wants to be something different and awesome but because people like you feel compelled to get them to fit in, it steals the authenticity from it. Sucking any originality from the art of piercing, you invalidate it as a common trend; blank of creativity and self-satisfied in conformity – you are different enough to be accepted, but not too different that you can actually show true individuality.The OP is awesome for bleeding over the place – they suffered for their piercing, gained credibility for their body art. Thats authenticity. They are just not awesome for whining about it.I wonder where the piercing was?
Hey Hedgy, I got my navel pierced at the same said parlour that you mentioned. Same thing, put in a hoop and it healed crooked. And so true, you do get what you pay for. (But I paid 60 bucks, 5 years ago) And that applies in so many instances day to day. Clothing, groceries, electronics, cars….etc…
Not all of us have piercings in places that would immediately identify us with the “super wicked club”. The SWC would sneer at many of us because we’re not cool enough to be a part of their club. God, some of us even look like bankers, lol.There are fashionistas and followers for every trend. You should not tar all body moders with the same brush.
OPR, despite your delicous sounding name you are incorrect. Piercings are someone’s person choice and do not need your approval to get them. That being said, some people do go out and get them because other people do, which annoys me, I get them because I like how they look. And other reasons (my only piercings I have right now are not visible).So on to the OP, don’t label every piercer in HFX. I know some that care about their work and the quality of it. Without knowing which salon you are talking about its hard to address, however, there are a lot of quality places here, its best to ask around first to find a piercer who cares about what they do. Some are very Adept at it.
Now that was a perfect example of a subtle plug.
Three: thats problem. You ARE part of the Super Wicked Club. There is a reason that people are “upping the ante” with body mods. Its because everyone jumped ship and now its sinking. First having an earring was awesome, then it went to the top of an ear, then tongue, nose, lips, cheeks, nipples, belly buttons, clits, labias, dickheads, etc etc – then they started going through the ENTIRE body, like this: http://news.bmezine.com/2008/02/09/unlikely-but-true-achilles-piercing/You see, we up the ante because people get on a trend and ruin it, and then you have to do something awesomer. Yes. I said awesomer.Here is another example of upping the ante: http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2008/04/a_pound_of_fles.htmlAll your piercings are pretty much regular these days. Everyone has them and everyone thinks they have an authentic reason to get one. I thought the OP was awesome because they went through such an ordeal, but that they were a pussy for complaining about it.The Bad Guy is right, they don’t need my approval to do anything, I am not YWH.. that being said, I am still allowed to call the trend weak and lame and demand that someone, anyone, give me some kind of originality and authenticity.
OPR: While I can see your point, my piercing is 15+ years old; that hardly qualifies me for the SWC trend of the last 5-7 years or so (like those tribal arm bands everyone just had to have). Part of the “awesomeness” of the SWC is to also brag about said piercings. Since only my husband, my doctor and my dead friend know/knew about mine there’s no SWC camaraderie for me.As I can only guess what happened in Rio, sometimes we do/say things for our own reasons. Your reasons got you a scar and a good story, mine got me a little piece of jewelry and a grin.
15 years, it was just the beginning of piercing becoming trendy, from what I can remember, not *too* many people had piercings in their lower bits. Although my best friend pierced his nipples by himself with a potato, a sewing needle and an ice cube. I believe that was around the same time, 15 years ago. Very badass, he was… very authentic.Well I suppose thats how it goes, you get something cool, edgy and original and the herds are bound to pick up on it eventually, then you end up stuck in their group by default. But still in the group nonetheless.I got more than a scar and a good story. I also got a lesson in cognitive sociodynamics and relative moral economic theory. I also learned that my portuguese is far from perfect. Can’t get that from a piercing…
Bahahahaha – I almost spit coffee with your last paragraph. I had this funny vision of a post-clinic, post-hangover journal entry that would go something like this…….note to self: Don’t make sexist, condescending comments to Rio hookers while stupid drunk on local hooch. Bone up on Portuguese.
Hahaha exactly that… apparently Brasilian prostitutes won’t just do *everything* even if you have the money… we live and learn, right?
wait wait wait- so you’re saying it’s not ‘authentic’ if you don’t do something completly dumbass stupid to get it?and if you DO decide to partake in something a little less bad shit crazy, like I dunno, getting a piercing done in a professional, healthy environment, you’re just a lame follower?hmmmmmI sort of like my piercing. i got it for myself, I like it for myself, and I hang onto it for myself. Did i realize I could get a piercing because it was trendy? yeah. was I able to get a good one, at an affordable price, because all you badasses who came before weilding your potatoes and dirty needles blazed that trail? hells yes.doesn’t make it any less of a valid body expression. Or any less of a good story when I tell the tale of getting it peirced than if I’d risked possible infection for it as an infant to be able to come in ahead of the trend.
Do you ever notice how all the people out there looking to be individuals and authentic are pretty much all the same?
you guys are all really fuckin whiney.
Did you know there is a pierced mummy in Egypt that is over 5,000 years old?There are references in the bible to people having piercings.My point? Piercing has been around for at least 5,000 years, not really a trend. It’s received a resurgence in popularity recently (using recent in relative terms, and in reference to western culture) as it is now safer to do it and it is a way to protest certain restrictions by popular society. The product? Now there is no need to protest, however, a strong piercing culture has been produced that will keep piercing alive. While I think its silly for someone to pierce themselves because everyone else is, it is their body and their choice. Does piercings make The Bad Guy even badder? Yes!Does piercings make The Bad Guy look more dangerous? Yes!Does piercings make The Bad Buy look cool? Again the answer is yes!I’ll leave with another subtle rhyne plug:It’s true that some piercers are inept,and finding a good piercer can be trikki,finding a piercer who is adept may be hard,but if you know how to rhyme you’ll find one that won’t leave your nipples stikki!