Can Anyone Explain Gauged Ears?

BillBrown · 2018-09-19T21:14:36.057Z

I’m not one to know about fads.
Not long ago we saw a teenage girl at the mall with half a head of hair and the hair the had was bright purple.
I thought she was taking chemo therapy. My wife corrected me.

koushi_shinigami · 2018-09-19T21:45:43.084Z

Janet_Miller:

Wierd topic, I know, but can anyone explain the new phenomenon of gauged or stretched ear lobes, or whatever they’re called?

Too many years since the last world war.

armycowboy · 2018-09-19T21:49:37.820Z

I mean, what’s the point of tattoos? Its a unique expression. Not everyone wants to conform and fit in.

koushi_shinigami · 2018-09-19T21:50:22.118Z

Red says it best.

Cynic · 2018-09-19T21:52:36.644Z

They are weird looking IMO, unhygienic (and therefore smell), and cause permanent damage.

Don’t get it.

Cynic · 2018-09-19T21:53:55.509Z

At least tattoos can be very artistic or say something about the person (other than hey, I am different!); they can also be kept private if you want.

armycowboy · 2018-09-19T21:59:51.943Z

BillBrown:

I’m not one to know about fads.
Not long ago we saw a teenage girl at the mall with half a head of hair and the hair the had was bright purple.
I thought she was taking chemo therapy. My wife corrected me.

I have weird hair. I keep the sides and back shaved and the top is long. After 20 years of keeping my hair in regulation, I like doing something different. To each their own.

Candyman · 2018-09-19T22:02:50.488Z

I love when intellectually old people complain about kids. Sure I don’t find gauges attractive. I don’t like country music. I don’t like rap very much. I think anyone who uses “u” or “ur” is just annoying as ■■■■■ I can’t stand Cardi-B and think she’s a total Nikki Minaj rip-off and talks like Rosie Perez.

But in the 80s I liked hair bands. I had long hair. I’ve had my ears pierced 5 times. I like 90s punk pop. And tho I don’t have a tattoo I’m really considering getting a few. So I get gauges. I just don’t like them much. But I’m not gonna stand on my porch shaking my cane at the damn kids who have them.

TriggerWarning · 2018-09-19T23:05:17.986Z

Cynic:

At least tattoos can be very artistic or say something about the person (other than hey, I am different!); they can also be kept private if you want.

Yep. I have two tattoos, both within the last year, and I may well get more. But I can hide all of them when I need to look professional. You can never hide gauged ears.

TheRedComet · 2018-09-19T23:22:59.945Z

I’m not going to get any tats. My friends are all tatted to hell and back but I’ve got a key reason for not wanting them.

I find my skin to be the most attractive thing about me. So I won’t deface it on purpose. I’m a bit of an egomaniacal madman when it comes to my skin. I got blessed, what can I say?

LouC · 2018-09-19T23:30:18.488Z

TheRedComet:

I’m not going to get any tats. My friends are all tatted to hell and back but I’ve got a key reason for not wanting them.

I find my skin to be the most attractive thing about me. So I won’t deface it on purpose. I’m a bit of an egomaniacal madman when it comes to my skin. I got blessed, what can I say?

Not too many places I could get a tat where I wouldn’t have to get something that looks good in a fur coat.

TriggerWarning · 2018-09-19T23:33:38.551Z

LouC:

Not too many places I could get a tat where I wouldn’t have to get something that looks good in a fur coat.

One of my tats is on my leg. I had to shave that area before getting the tattoo two months ago and since then no hair has regrown where the tat is at. I shaved extra not knowing just how much room the tat would take up and the areas without a tat have grown back. I’ve seen people with scalp tatoos grow hair over them so I know it doesn’t completely suppress hair growth but I’m thinking it does limit regrowth.

LouC · 2018-09-19T23:37:45.109Z

TriggerWarning:

LouC:

Not too many places I could get a tat where I wouldn’t have to get something that looks good in a fur coat.

One of my tats is on my leg. I had to shave that area before getting the tattoo two months ago and since then no hair has regrown where the tat is at. I shaved extra not knowing just how much room the tat would take up and the areas without a tat have grown back. I’ve seen people with scalp tatoos grow hair over them so I know it doesn’t completely suppress hair growth but I’m thinking it does limit regrowth.

That has me thinking, instead of a tat, a mini crop circle!

When it grows in I can get a new one.

Woo Hoo!

I’ll bring back the popularity of hirsute men.

calirepub · 2018-09-19T23:40:15.280Z

TriggerWarning:

LouC:

Not too many places I could get a tat where I wouldn’t have to get something that looks good in a fur coat.

One of my tats is on my leg. I had to shave that area before getting the tattoo two months ago and since then no hair has regrown where the tat is at. I shaved extra not knowing just how much room the tat would take up and the areas without a tat have grown back. I’ve seen people with scalp tatoos grow hair over them so I know it doesn’t completely suppress hair growth but I’m thinking it does limit regrowth.

You should just shave the rest to make it uniform. There’s nothing wrong with that.

party-free · 2018-09-20T11:48:51.854Z

Janet_Miller:

Very strange fad, IMO.

It’s not exactly new or created by modern, civilized society.

Ex-Pat · 2018-09-20T13:35:07.602Z

Not sure why any woman would have them. But I imagine guys with them probably get laid more than average.

Forcefield · 2018-09-20T16:46:34.757Z

Hey guys why do people like things that I don’t like? It’s weird.

Janet_Miller · 2018-09-20T19:10:46.875Z

So asking a question makes one “intellectually old”? OK.

I was curious because one young woman, when not wearing the jewelry, at least had a fairly even hole, but the other, who had the bigger jewelry, it looked as if the coyote outside our building had bitten a chunk out of her ear.

Ouch!

FlyersGirl · 2018-09-20T19:11:19.244Z

Yeah, it’s not new. I saw it starting in my college years in the early 90s. Was even friends with some folks who had them. I don’t like the permanence of them (at least with a tattoo, you can hide it during work hours depending on location on your body), but hey, who am I to judge.

And to Native Sun: No. Just no.

FlyersGirl · 2018-09-20T19:15:05.855Z

LouC:

Not too many places I could get a tat where I wouldn’t have to get something that looks good in a fur coat.