Ear Gauging Rant

[ray1970]

Agreed, if I was passed out I'd hope you'd be a good enough friend to rub mine all over that.

[ray1970]

I'm waiting for the "lip gauging" to catch on here with America's youth.

[gonz13]

I'm waiting for the "lip gauging" to catch on here with America's youth.

They would be drooling and have food stains on their clothes all the time.

[roberth]

Well my thread has certainly taken a few turns. I should have put a smiley or something to convey my mixed emotion in my original thread, too late now.

My comment was mostly in jest but also in wonderment at why any American would do that. To the best of my knowledge it isn't part of our history and there isn't any rite of passage or ritual associated with it or maybe I'm just that out of touch.

I've seen on TV and in magazines African tribes and their body modifications and my understanding is that it is their symbolism, their rite of passage, their ritual or something else. If I was in Africa I wouldn't care one bit what they did nor would I comment on it the manner I used here because it is natural to their particular culture and history.

I've have dealt with people who have these mods and I bear no animosity towards them, for the most part they're just like me, a learning human. Anyway, on with the show.

[ray1970]

I think it's because tattoos were made so mainstream by their parents. I mean it used to be if you wanted to freak your parents out you would go get a tattoo. Now, since most of these kids have parents with tattos, they are reaching out in different ways to piss their parents off.

[roberth]

I think tats are more symbolic or a remembrance, like the guys I see with military service tats, especially the ones where there is a cool story behind it.

[ray1970]

I think tats are more symbolic or a remembrance, like the guys I see with military service tats, especially the ones where there is a cool story behind it.

It really depends on the person I suppose. Mine aren't in remembrance of anything and don't symbolize anything either. They are just pretty to look at and I like them.

[roberth]

It really depends on the person I suppose. Mine aren't in remembrance of anything and don't symbolize anything either. They are just pretty to look at and I like them.

See, I didn't think of that reason, dammit I just can't win. Pretty is good though and you like them and that is what counts in the end. Perhaps it is the same with the gentleman i saw this afternoon, except I don't know anyone who can see their ear lobes. Outside of a mirror anyway, maybe he's really vain.

[ben4372]

Anytime someone talks about gauging, I bring up my 73 year old dad. Hey you want to be cool like him, do it. I would love to invest in a tattoo removal and earlobe shrinking business. If you got in early you could have franchises all over. Like tanning salons.

[sneakerd]

It appears to me that some people are oversensitive to once-common terminology. I find the over-sensitivity to be a form of political correctness (speechwise). I personally despise political correctness in any form.