Body Modding or what the hell is wrong with people?!

[Subbies]

What the hell drives people to do this to themselves? Do they think it looks good or cool? Do they realize that shit like this will forever fuck up their lives, that they will never have decent employment, and that things done to this extreme cannot by undone?

I mean hell, I've seen a picture of a guy who tattooed his entire penis, and then cut it in half lengthwise so that it forked. WHY?! Why would someone do this?

Is there anyone here who can help me understand why anyone could possibly think that this is a good idea?

I don't know about the other two but the guy on the first picture actually does have a decent employment. His name is Etienne Dumont and he works as a society/culture journalist in an important newspaper and is also a philosopher (I know cause he lives in Geneva). So just saying, you have done irreversible "damage" to yourself but may still find a good job.

 

[BanthaFodder]

"NOTICE MEEEEEEEE!!!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NOTICE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! I'M SO NON-CONFORMIST AND DEEP AND STUFF, I DON'T CARE, JUST NOTICE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

People have the right to do whatever they want with their bodies and evidently there are people who enjoy modifying themselves in unconventional ways. Why? It's something that I'd be interested to understand the psychology behind, because I don't know really.

 

[zehydra]

Why are you proud of your tattoos? Seems like a silly thing to be proud of

Troll much? Already explained it in my post. Try reading the ENTIRE post next time.

Ok fair enough, I understand that the tattoos are something you've worked on for years yourself so that makes sense to me. I apologize for not reading your post as thoroughly as I should have, though I am not a troll. A troll is trying to purposely make somebody mad.

 

[Arizona Kyle]

People are all different. These people must feel very strongly about what they are doing in order to change themselves this drastically. Don't judge. :/

thumbs up my friend

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

Eh, it's there body, they can do what they want with it. While some of that stuff is a bit weird and I wouldn't be surprised that some of them do it to feel special or get attention; I've got no problem with it and don't think their total freaks. I think body modding is pretty interesting to be honest. Tattoos and piercings are body modifications, these just take it to a more extreme level. The main reason why I wouldn't do something like this willy nilly is that it's permanent, so you better be goddamn sure you can live with it the rest of your life.

So go ahead an do what you want with your body. Don't let yourself be limited by society's view of what's "beautiful" or "pretty". You want horns growing out of your head, go for it. In fact I wouldn't be surprised that with the march of technology, body modification will become even more and more interesting and perhaps even more common.

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

Each to his own.

I'm getting plugs/gauges/whatever they're called nowadays, but I'll only being going as large as 0's so I'll have a chance of them healing up haha.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

LSD is one hell of a drug.

 

[annoyinglizardvoice]

All that metal attached to the body has got to increase a person's armour-class, isn't that reason enough

I don't find these folks any worse to look at than obese folks or those with sun-bed tans (those don't look healthy or natural), so I don't see what the fus is about. Their body and their cash = their choice.

 

[Uzbekistan]

[Insert right/'your opinion' answer here]

I don't know. I don't want to know. I think most body modification is horrible. Yes I have earrings, and I'm thinking about getting a tattoo, and I do occasionally dye my hair flaming red, but I wouldn't want something as extreme as huge body modification.

 

[Exterminas]

Your body = Your life
Controll about your body = Controll about your life
= Immortality

At least that's the way I would explain such behavior.

While I personally don't share this kind of hobby I wish to adress the TEs Point "They will never get a decent employment" which I think is nonsense. There are plenty of jobs that don't requirre you to be easy on the eye or to be seen at all.

When was the last time you saw the Tax accountant of a major company? Most people in today's economy spend their time sitting in some kind of office, remainding unseen.

Sure being tatooed all over can make for a bad impression at a job interview but then again if these people are qualified professionals they can also be the eye catcher that sets your resumee appart from a dozen other qualified preofessionals.

 

[DirtyBurgers]

People are all different. These people must feel very strongly about what they are doing in order to change themselves this drastically. Don't judge. :/

It is human nature to judge everyone and everything. I judge them just the same as they would judge me.

Same reason Wolves abandon the weak. If we gave everyone a fair chance what kind of world would this be?

Ill tell you

Spoiler

COMMUNISM

 

[Drake_Dercon]

It's all self-expression. While I find those images slightly disturbing to look at, there's nothing inherently wrong with it. I think the fact that it does screw up your life evidence of distinct societal issues, rather than society's rejection evidence of personal issues.

I say good for them, it's mainly my own disgust that I have problems with. It pisses me off when how I (re)act ant how I think are completely different, but que sera sera. I'll just have to try to change and deal with it until I manage to.

 

[littlealicewhite]

Their body is theirs. They can do what they want with it. As to why... well, I'm sure they have their reasons. Most see it as art, self expression, or just to be different.

I could smear myself in the excrement of animals and parade naked through the town. I would be different. Id also be a naked idiot covered in crap. Who on earth equated different and good. This man should be slapped. Then asked to fulfill the aforementioned task.

Please note that I did not say that any of that was good. The word good was not used in that post. I just said they have the right to do it and we cannot stop them merely by not liking it.

 

[skywalkerlion]

image no 1: Insane Scientist

image no 2: Mutant, primary enemy

image no 3: effin' Satan

Boys, we have ourselves a vidja game

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Their body is theirs. They can do what they want with it. As to why... well, I'm sure they have their reasons. Most see it as art, self expression, or just to be different.

I could smear myself in the excrement of animals and parade naked through the town. I would be different. Id also be a naked idiot covered in crap. Who on earth equated different and good. This man should be slapped. Then asked to fulfill the aforementioned task.

Please note that I did not say that any of that was good. The word good was not used in that post. I just said they have the right to do it and we cannot stop them merely by not liking it.

No one said anything about stopping them, I was just pointing out that they're stupid.

 

[Silent Biohazard Solid]

I think there's way too much of that, "Oh, we must never judge anyone and accept everyone, and never even as why, just blindly accept every person and everything they do because it's their business."
You gotta draw the line somewhere. Frankly, I think some of those people are pretty grotesque, and regardless of how they feel about it, what I've seen can't be unseen. That's damage to my psyche.

 

[Twilight_guy]

People have different opinions on beauty and concepts of taste. What's weird to you is normal to someone else. That said, my entire body hurts looking at those pictures.

 

[FalloutJack]

Put simply, they don't want to be what they are. People who change their bodies feel their bodies are inadequate in some way, lacking that certain zeal in their lives. No matter how bizarre, that's the reason. That's the world of today. Don't like something? Change it.