Lisa N:
So you are basing your entire argument on your own experience? On whose authority can you claim that tongue piercings are “less likely to get an infection”?
No need to take my word for it except for convenience. By all means ask an expert. I suggest a good reputable shop like Taurian piercing in Houston, TX. They install these perhaps 10-50 times a day and have seen tens of thousands of them. They actively participate in the medical community regarding this practice, run around the town giving presentations, establish the best practices for cleanliness, etc etc etc. Odds are, they have seen more of it than your average dentist, but it’s really up to you who you will listen to, and who you will not.
Lisa N:
As someone who has braces I can assure you that having metal in your mouth makes speaking clearly more difficult.
Braces have a substantially greater impact on your speech than a barbell. And no, I’m sorry, but the spittle is minimal. How many people do I have to know before I can be sure they aren’t spitting on me? I would have thought a few would suffice, but hey, I’m just another yahoo.
Lisa N:
Tongue studs, rings, barbells, whatever, do change the way a person speaks, and I don’t find it attractive. Like I said, you sound like someone with a mouth full of oatmeal. I am very conscious of the way I speak subsequent to having braces and everytime they change the wires or springs or bands, it changes the entire dynamic. The good news is that I will eventually get these braces off and can talk like a normal person again.
I’ve been there, and I sympathize. Braces are, by their very nature, dynamic. Dentist mucks with them about once every couple of weeks. A barbell, once it heals initially, just sits there … It doesn’t take up much space. Some people won’t even notice you have it unless you laugh or eat around them.
Lisa N:
My point however, is that there seems to be a lot of downside (health issues, revulsion, limited employment options, etc) and little upside. You must admit that the majority of people do not find body piercing attractive and once you get older it’s gonna look downright ridiculous, just like my friend with her wrinkled rose on her bosom.
No upsides at all that I am aware of. For me, at one time it was a quiet, passive statement. I never intended to gain anything, and I never did. As for downright, ridiculous, I don’t know that age has anything to do with it. One of my friends is in his 60’s, and has multiple piercings other than his ears. I’m in my mid-thirties, a bunch of us are in our forties and some fifties. But, unlike a tatoo, unless you stretch the piercing out to really large gauges (like 00), you can easily just take it out … Just takes a special pair of pliars … I just haven’t …
And as for employment, yes, it can affect where you work. But, let’s not get the wrong idea. Me and my piercings spend a great deal of time hopping from executive tower to executive tower providing a service for clients from churches to banks to military bases to hospitals, often in the board room … and while I may or may not need to wear a tie at a client site, the ear stud stays right where it is. Somehow I manage to be effective anyway.
Men and piercings is a choice. And like any other choice, it comes with a set of consequences. Either you choose to live with them, or you do not, but in this particular case, I do not find either choice to be immoral. Honestly, I don’t think my Lord cares about my ear jewelry one way or another.
let make the underwear so small I can walk around with a permanant wedgie all day long. The thong sticking out of the pants looks very sleazy to me. I saw a woman in Victoria’s one time that looked like she was in her late fifties picking out thong underwear. All I could think of was “why?”
