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Redmage Darkrayver had this to say about (_|_):
In case anyone has no clue what a Labret Piercing is, I give you the example of David Draiman from Disturbed
Ah, so it's the sort of piercing homosexuals get. I see.
I really don't think any piercings of any kind are at all attractive. I'm not repulsed by most of them, but I honestly don't think they enhance anything, ever.
If your personality is so weak that you have to resort to punching metal through your flesh to express yourself, you have problems that can't be solved at a "Piercing Pagoda" in the mall. Maradon! fucked around with this message on 03-09-2005 at 03:57 PM.
Pieces of flair? 
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When they turned on the Infinite Improbability Drive, Snugglits stammered,
Heh, how exactly would you recommend one expresses oneself, then? Through no expression?Pieces of flair?
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You know, the nazis had pieces of flair, that they made the jews wear.
`Doc fucked around with this message on 03-09-2005 at 05:01 PM.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Snugglits wrote:
Heh, how exactly would you recommend one expresses oneself, then? Through no expression?Pieces of flair?
I think it's more like we're getting a "I'm going to express my individuality by getting myself pierced just like everybody else" kinda vibe here. Kinda like when kids first started growing their hair long to be rebellious and non-conformist. And it worked too, until everyone started doing it.
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Snugglits said this about your mom:
Heh, how exactly would you recommend one expresses oneself, then? Through no expression?Pieces of flair?
Oh, I dunno, maybe talking? That seems to work pretty well.
Unless you're an "emotionally unstable" teen, of course. Maradon! fucked around with this message on 03-09-2005 at 07:37 PM.
My friend has tons of piercings, in fact, she has her neck pierced and wants the corset piercings eventually. I guess it just doesn't phase me.
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Nae had this to say about pies:
I say go with the labret. If you had to, you could use one of those pieces of plastic to keep the holw open without it looking like a piercing... I mean in case people at work think it's too much.My friend has tons of piercings, in fact, she has her neck pierced and wants the corset piercings eventually. I guess it just doesn't phase me.
Do you remember when we went to Gameworks and that bisexual waitress asked you out?
Good times.
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From the book of Mr. Parcelan, chapter 3, verse 16:
Do you remember when we went to Gameworks and that bisexual waitress asked you out?Good times.
whoa.. long time ago 
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Nae had this to say about Pirotess:
whoa.. long time ago
I remember things well.
Do you remember when you came to visit and my parents were gone and you freaked out my friends by saying you were my online lover?
IT WAS ODD.
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Maradon! thought about the meaning of life:
Oh, I dunno, maybe talking? That seems to work pretty well.Unless you're an "emotionally unstable" teen, of course.
Well, sure, but people express themselves in several ways (for example dressing casual or formal). I don't really see how this is different.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Redmage Darkrayver said:
2. If you want to make your smart ass comments, please take it elsewhere. I asked for a simple opinion
And you got several. There's no need to pitch a hissy fit because they weren't what you wanted to hear.
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Mr. Parcelan had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
I remember things well.Do you remember when you came to visit and my parents were gone and you freaked out my friends by saying you were my online lover?
IT WAS ODD.
I am odd.
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Nae impressed everyone with:
I am odd.
well duh... there's only one of you. Hence the addition of UBT. Now you're a pair, which makes you even.
I still would -really- suggest against a lip piercing, but not because of work issues or social whatever.
Admittedly i've never met an employer who has had a problem with my piercings (A few in the ears and a small ring in my left nostril) and I've been more or less in a job since I could legally work. I also doubt i'll ever really have that problem in my chosen career anyway.
Ares, having my nose pierced only really hurt a little but I don't really have a problem with needles anymore and I know the guy fairly well. I also don't have the issue of my mother throwing me out, she actually paid for it!
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leckzilla! impressed everyone with:Ares, having my nose pierced only really hurt a little but I don't really have a problem with needles anymore and I know the guy fairly well. I also don't have the issue of my mother throwing me out, she actually paid for it!
Lucky.. My mom claims that she'd throw me out.. She wouldn't but she says "OMG I will lose all my trust in you omg".... That hurts. 
It's not like I want something all bling bling sticking out of my nose... I just want a itty bitty stud cause I think they are cute. 
And when I tire of it, I can just remove it.
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Everyone wondered WTF when leckzilla! wrote:
Perhaps it's just me because i'm extremely disorganised and always lose things but make sure you don't pay loads for them, because they go missing a lot. I used to pay about 80p for them, work that out for yourself.
Well, I'd have to buy sterling silver, cause cheap metal like nickle irritates my peircings.
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We were all impressed when Ares wrote:
Well, I'd have to buy sterling silver, cause cheap metal like nickle irritates my peircings.
Sterling Silver will irritate too usually if you react to Nickle. You want Fine Silver (read Pure) or gold to keep irritation away.
Also a tip for people whose body chemistry turns Sterling Silver black. After cleaning your ring and drying it well, find some paste car wax like Turtle Wax, NOT liquid and apply some to the ring. Let dry (follow directions on the can of wax) and wipe it off with a soft dry cloth. This protects the ring and you from the oxidizing reaction your body chemistry is causing. Works for necklaces too. Haven't tried with earrings, I let my holes close up sometime in the mid to early 90's. Kaglaaz How'ler fucked around with this message on 03-10-2005 at 01:26 PM.
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Kaglaaz How'ler had this to say about Knight Rider:
Sterling Silver will irritate too usually if you react to Nickle. You want Fine Silver (read Pure) or gold to keep irritation away.Also a tip for people whose body chemistry turns Sterling Silver black. After cleaning your ring and drying it well, find some paste car wax like Turtle Wax, NOT liquid and apply some to the ring. Let dry (follow directions on the can of wax) and wipe it off with a soft dry cloth. This protects the ring and you from the oxidizing reaction your body chemistry is causing. Works for necklaces too. Haven't tried with earrings, I let my holes close up sometime in the mid to early 90's.
Well.. I'm a bit weird.. My 2nd ear peircings, I can only wear gold in...My first, I can wear anything in although sometimes they may become irritated, although not often... I'm a freak. OMG...
My skin only turns black if I actually rub the ring or whatever hard on my skin
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`Doc stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
I know a couple people who can't wear silver, gold, or nickel. They have to get jewelry made from surgical steel.
So far I have found that I can only wear Platinum. Gold and silver make my ears totally swell up and get irritated.
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Ares had this to say about Cuba:
If anything, get the lip peircing.. The other is just too extreme for my taste..
*laughs*
I'm not getting a Dual Labret Piercing like that pic. just a simple stud/spike, and high enough that I can A. Hide it in my goatee and B. put a lip ring into it if I want to change.
I've wanted to get a new piercing for a while, and I've decided on either one. So I'm just looking for prefrence of one over the other.
If I get another one beyond this, it'll be one more, and only the tongue.
I won't go anywhere below my chin for piercings, and nothing above my back/shoulders for tattoos 
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`Doc had this to say about pies:
Mortious added an important point too; piercings inside the mouth (and genitals) can get infected.
Any kind of piercing can get infected. Though generally, tongue piercings heal the fastest because they get the most bloodflow to the area, but while you're waiting for the swelling to go down you have to worry about your teeth, of course. After it heals (2-4 weeks or so I believe) you can switch to acrylic jewelry, which is not nearly as dangerous to your teeth. The biggest pain in the butt for anything above the neck is usually cartilage piercings... on the upper ear, that is.
Though the ear is the only thing I know of that you can legally get pierced at the "Piercing Pagoda in the mall", it's probably one of the worst candidates, or at least the cartilage is. Those little hole punchers they use can fuck up your ears. A reputable piercing parlor would have sterile needles and an autoclave to sterilize the tools, and surgical steel jewelry (or the resources to get whatever you need, if they don't already have it).
Piercing Pagoda... p'eh!
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Monica thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
Though the ear is the only thing I know of that you can legally get pierced at the "Piercing Pagoda in the mall", it's probably one of the worst candidates, or at least the cartilage is.
Too true. My ex (we'd mostly all remember her) got her ear cartilage pierced with a gun at a "Piercing Pagoda" or some place that sells girly stuff, and hers was super sensitive for a whole month. Mine however, since it was done by a licensed piercer, was fine within a few weeks...Healed enough that I could literally pull my ear and twist it by the piercing and there was no pain at all.
See, without going to a licensed Piercer (ususally at a Tattoo Parlor), you're not getting a good piercing. The guns only shatter through the cartilage and you're left with very little room (if any) with those damn studs to let the piercing area swell and heal up.
Getting it done 'professionally,' means you're literally punching a hole out of your ear for the piercing, thus giving the piercing ample room to be turned (for easier cleaning) and the healing process is just so much easier.
Best bet is to ask around to see who's got the best reputation, and cleanest facility (I'd rather not go to a place that has a malfunctioning Autoclave...Which, apparantly a place in town...Their autoclave wasn't functioning for 6 months 
That's scary)
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Redmage Darkrayver had this to say about Punky Brewster:
Too true. My ex (we'd mostly all remember her) got her ear cartilage pierced with a gun at a "Piercing Pagoda" or some place that sells girly stuff, and hers was super sensitive for a whole month.
More than that. She had to actually remove the peircing and let it heal over. She still can't lay on that side of her head in certain positions without being uncomfortable. She now had this hard bump on the back of her ear.
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Ares painfully thought these words up:
More than that. She had to actually remove the peircing and let it heal over. She still can't lay on that side of her head in certain positions without being uncomfortable. She now had this hard bump on the back of her ear.
Seriously?
Wow. Probably should have listened to me then
That does suck though.
