Well, it's the why part of "Hey! I want that!" For body modifications I'd do, the why is generally, "Because it's pretty." Other people can have other reasons -- liking the pain, liking other results, whatever.
Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Apr 04, 2006 12:26:52 pm PDT #8557 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Rick - Apr 04, 2006 12:28:37 pm PDT #8558 of 10001
On walking on ice:
Their analysis supports the likelihood that a brief blast of frigid air descended over the lake and dropped to 25 F (-4 C) for at least two days,
This reminds me of the sweatshirts that you see back home: "Minnesotans: We Walk on Water."
But Minnesotans don't try to walk on ice formed by two days of 25 F air temperatures unless they want to become ex-Minnesotans. So unless Jesus weighed less than a pound, he would soon be one wet savior.
§ ita § - Apr 04, 2006 12:29:52 pm PDT #8559 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, it's the why part of "Hey! I want that!"
I don't have a why for most of mine, so I haven't been thinking other people need one. I thought the navel would be pretty, and the nipple was part of a control issue I was having. Piercing all up my left ear? Just because I wanted to. How it looks or feels or what it means...zip there. I also kinda want a tongue piercing, but I think the discomfort part of the healing process would drive me insane.
tommyrot - Apr 04, 2006 12:30:26 pm PDT #8560 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Maybe Jesus used a robotic submarine that traveled under the ice and held it up as he walked above it....
Allyson - Apr 04, 2006 12:32:27 pm PDT #8561 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Based on the principles he lays out, we seem to be doing very well. Good for us!
Can we have a rating system like slashdot?????
Rick - Apr 04, 2006 12:33:21 pm PDT #8562 of 10001
Maybe Jesus used a robotic submarine that traveled under the ice and held it up as he walked above it...
Or a submersible Zamboni.
Jesse - Apr 04, 2006 12:33:42 pm PDT #8563 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Piercing all up my left ear? Just because I wanted to.
I think that's enough of a why, though. I just figure that people doing more extreme stuff might have more complex answers. But that's just a guess.
Jessica - Apr 04, 2006 12:33:49 pm PDT #8564 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't think there's any reason to assume that tastes outside societal norms require more complex motivations than tastes within them.
(For me, piercings are out of the question because they tend to result in severe eczema at the site. Unfortunately.)
brenda m - Apr 04, 2006 12:34:30 pm PDT #8565 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Maybe Jesus used a robotic submarine that traveled under the ice and held it up as he walked above it....
Yeah, pretty sure that's in the Book of Kodos. Or possibly Kang, I disremember.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 04, 2006 12:34:59 pm PDT #8566 of 10001
What is even happening?
A digital sign of our times -- at 1:02:03 am tomorrow morning, April 5, 2006, it will be 01-02-03-04-05-06.
Narrator, isn't that cool? I'm ruling in their ruling out of 1:02:03 pm though, just because I like to sleep I can.