I’ve never understood why people get earrings, despite them often being unattractive.
Firstly: wow, an actual unpopular opinion!
Secondly: I will go so far as to say absolutely tooooons of people wear earrings that I personally find extremely silly, unfashionable, or outright gross.
Sorry ear plug people. They look goofy when theyre in and they look horrifying when theyre out.
Probably this opinion of mine comes from knowing a person who managed to get their … ear loop? caught on something and tear apart.
Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.
I used to date a person who worked at a Claire’s… and they would tell me that they would often, as in multiple times a week, have a family of recent immigrants from… India? Bangladesh? … come into the store, and they would have to physically restrain a screaming obviously unwilling child to get their ears pierced.
Anyway: I think it is too far to agree that earrings in general are just bad all the time, but there are lots of cases where theyre done poorly.
The fools, they should have told that child from the day they were born that they couldn’t have pierced ears until they were at least 12. The kid would start wheedling for it at 6 and they could “give in” at 8. The child would still cry after the first ear, but would sit still and say thank you afterwards.
Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.
Here it’s normal to do it to your toddler.
In America it’s “normal” to cut off part of your kid’s dick, doesn’t make it right.
I mean, I’m tattooed and pierced, and I still don’t personally agree with piercing children’s ears either. IMHO that’s a rather personal choice and should be made by the person itself, not parents. But IMHO, objectively speaking, it makes no sense to put both on the same level.
A tiny earring like kids get is about 20-18g - in the sub-millimetre range. Unless you go at a shitty venue with terrible hygienic practices, these things stop hurting in minutes, stop being sore after mere hours, a day or two tops, and are pretty much as reversible as can be. There’s very little “bad” about it except a child crying for a minute or two - and that already happens hundreds of times a day, when they get vaccines, when they wait a minute while you prepare their bottle, when they’re tired, or honestly, just cause they feel like shit and can’t tell you cause they don’t speak yet.
Chopping off foreskins has zero use outside religious belief or medically motivated surgeries, and has long-term, irreversible medical implications.
I still don’t agree with the act, but not all evil is created equal…
Did you think I thought it made it okay?
Hey this guy has an unpopular opinion! Gonna upvote you and tell you you’re wrong
Yea, I love all piercings and have always thought they were either cute or a good conversation piece.
Ear, nose, lip, tongue, brow, whatever. Even big gauges are interesting looking and wouldn’t stop me from flirting with someone.
I just think its neat.
Different people find different things attractive, as surprising as it is.
Internet user discovers what an opinion is.
What a useless comment
Different people find different comments useful, as surprising as it is.
I cummed
Different people have different fetishes, as unpopular as it is.
I don’t even know what my fetish is but these prudes want to keep me from finding out. I will fuck everything consensual until my boner is satisfied.
I have earrings because I like the way they look. That’s really all I mean, earrings are sexy. I don’t really see how there’s an issue with expressing that.
How oddly worded… I understand that this is “unpopularopinion”, but you say “despite them often being unattractive” as if it’s a fact they’re unattractive
Contextually this is a … board? Sublemmy?.. whatever, the context is obviously opinions, it completely makes sense that in an opinion … zone… someone would state their opinion frankly or cavalierly.
Contextually this is a … board? Sublemmy?..
“Community” is the accepted term… that’s why the link to them is labeled ‘Communities’ and why it’s /c/. (On kbin, they’re Magazines, but kbin is the black sheep.)
Hey, my wool is white and fluffy, like a cloud!
Difference between starting an opinion and making a leading statement.
Manipulative people don’t even realize they’re doing it.
^ example of a leading statement, not an opinion.
Finally an actually unpopular opinion lol
I don’t get piercings in general tbh.
Which is ironic because I have tattoos.
Something about just jamming something in your body and leaving it there just seems fuckin weird to me.
Again I get the irony considering I have tattoos ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
See I have no tattoos or piercings, and I find adding permanent art to myself fuckin weird. Different strokes for different folks.
The permanent part is what drives me nuts. I can’t settle on a color for any of my stuff day-to-day. I would love to have walls, appliances, clothes, etc. all be able to change color at a whim. I would be horrified by any tattoo I had 25% of the time I had it, I guarantee.
Ha, so you prefer the jabs to be an in and out affair instead of a permanent one 😛
I don’t know, my wife’s Lego minifig head earrings or dinosaur earrings, where half the dinosaur is in front of the lobe and half behind are pretty legit.
Your comment reminded me of this awesome person who made some earrings you can play DOOM on: https://www.gamesradar.com/yes-you-can-play-doom-on-these-earrings/ Creative people can do cool stuff
Eh, I’m not a fan of lipstick on women. There is nothing inherently wrong with either. It’s all a matter of personal taste.
Red lipstick in particular. It makes everyone look like a clown. 🤡
I find makeup in general, and in fact hair colouring, mousse, etc. not attractive. I’m not saying it’s unattractive, but it makes me think, “why would you do that?”
I suspect it’s related to probably being on the spectrum. I find it difficult enough to understand people’s unspoken thoughts and emotions, without all the distraction and camouflage.
A very good “normal” example of body modification, just not as permanent. And there are degrees to that as well…I’ve seen lipstick colors that just enhance the lip color and give a sheen that I don’t think twice about, but even my favorite celebrities look off putting to me when made up “heavily”. I’m a bit on OP’s side as far as preferring the natural look, although minor studs or a small tattoo somewhere don’t catch my attention in a negative way, if I even notice.
Seconded. Actually the whole “every woman has to wear makeup, earrings, purses etc” thing. Yes, many do and many people find it attractive. But not everybody - let people be themselves…
went to a mexican back yard party. loud as fuck mariachi band, fun as hell. did some tequila shots, ate tacos, and danced. looked around and there were people dancing with babies in their arms. the babies had pierced ears. also, you could just pass the babies around apparantly.
As an American from the Midwest, babies with pierced ears is pretty normal. It wouldn’t really get any looks or anything.
I’m in Canada. Go back not even 20-30 years ago, parents were still piercing their babies’ ears pretty regularly. It’s a pretty recent phenomenon that people started waiting for their children to grow older. Many still do it.
IMHO… A tiny 18g earring like they’re doing to babies is not particularly invasive, takes a handful of hours to stop being sore, will extremely rarely infect if done by a reputable piercer, and will naturally close back up once removed. As far as controversial practices go, earrings are amongst the most inconsequential. Permanent body altering stuff like non-medical circumcision, now this, I have an issue with…
My wife is Colombian and her and her sister their ears pierced a few weeks into being born. Just part of the culture.
I think they can look attractive or nice on women and men. Jewelry (and makeup) can certainly improve how people look and therefore feel about themselves. The right amount is very subjective of course. As long as you like your mirror image, it’s good. Personally I find all of that impractical and my „jewelry“ is a nice beard instead.
It’s such a subjective thing, I love the look of most piercings on both men and women lol
I didn’t vote because I have no opinion about this and I’m indifferent about earrings
Though I do find gauges on the nostril or below the lip to be off-putting
Indifferent on earrings. Can always take them out when you’re bored of the look.
Ear gauges look fucking awful though.
It’s those nose rings that go through that middle part between the nostrils like a cartoon bull that I don’t like. I just imagine them being caked with snot all the time.
Ear rings look uncomfortable to wear. Isn’t it annoying having them jiggling around on your ears.
Not really, depending on the earrings. Personally I find a nice comfy pair of smaller hoops, usually, that I can comfortably shower and sleep with. I’ll wear those until I get tired of them and then find something else.
Dont you worry about the spike on the end of the ear ring stabbing your next when you roll over in your sleep?
It’s not sharp. You’d need some kind of freak accident.
I’m unlucky enough to be the one who dies to an ear ring
I’ve got small gauges, I just don’t feel them at all. I could see more dangling jewelry being kind of irritating…
I haven’t worn them recently, but the jingling is actually what got me into earrings. I liked having slightly dangly earrings and so when I shook my head they would jingle delicately.
Where are you from? How old are you?
