Poll: I want to split my tongue.

[Yegargeburble]

Um...ow?

In all seriousness, do whatever you feel you should. Just remember that no matter what you do, you may end up regretting it. Or not. Who knows?

 

[PyroZombie]

Don't you think that this is a fad? Like grills, or the third Reich? both were fads that lasted a long time, and left a terrible time-mark on the planet.

Hit the rim shot! Honk-Honk!

But seriously this is just a stupid idea, if not a gimmicky way to pick up chicks that are also snakes.

 

[shwnbob]

Sounds painful but do it!

 

[ScarlettRage]

Ignore all the naysayers. That is awesome.

agreed.
if you want to look stupid in X years
go for it
lol
the second video wasn't as bloody as i though it would be
it might also hurt a little getting it done as well
you might want to think about that too

 

[molester jester]

all good untill you wake up and its all gone wrong and you have no tounge

 

[Dys]

Well, y'know what they say about girls with peirced tongues *wink*

..I wonder what it would feel like if it was a split tongue.
...interesting.

 

[ward.]

I want to get my tongue split.

Don't ask the escapist, find a surgeon or practitioner capable of reversing a split tongue before you get it done and make sure the person that does it for you has stayed in contact with other people they've performed the procedure for.

It not really like it can't be reversed though, so why not.

 

[timetuner]

How far back can it be cut? something about the vid made me think TENTACLES!

 

[Maggotworm]

i just see it as a cry for attention.

in that case, i should get one...

 

[Rigs83]

You'll almost certainly lose the job because you will have a lisp, which may become permanent, and unless you plan on being a circus freak or cunnilingus professional it serves no other purpose but to make you have another regret and man is it going to be hard to explain to your kids.

 

[mooncalf]

I want to get my tongue split.

That proceedure video made my toes curl! I went with no opinion on your poll, because while I wouldn't say it was cool, and neither could I empathise with such a desire, I recognise that not everyone is quite so precious about keeping their body in mint condition.

I would suggest that the potential for social stigma would make it essential that you were someone who could earn money without having to first find someone willing to employ you with such a modification, I wouldn't assume that your current boss would be cool with the change.

Beyond that, what is it you wish to say with two tongues, that one feels insufficient to express?

 

[Johnn Johnston]

It would be damn difficult to be taken seriously in the workplace, and picture yourself when you're (a lot) older with a split tongue. You wouldn't be able to take yourself seriously either.

 

[riskroWe]

Don't listen to 'em, you'd be the coolest grandmother ever!

 

[solidstatemind]

le sigh.

I suppose I should attempt to inure myself to the nonsense, but it seems I cannot.

To all my fellow Escapists out there: I respect your opinion on things that you have experience with, but do yourself (and everyone for that matter) a favor... please do not try to provide value judgements regarding issues with which you have no experience!

What do I mean? Very simply this: I see many posts passing judgment what is being discussed... and then I look at the profile of the posters and discover that the person making this sweeping statement is a student who isn't even 21 years of age yet, and they freely admit within the post that they haven't done anything even remotely similar.

So I ask you... upon what grounds are you basing your authority? Have you been a hiring manager and passed over someone for a job because they had a body-mod? Probably not: truthfully, all you have to fall back upon are the values and beliefs upon which you were raised, and it is ludicrous for you to assume that you share those with the OP.

I appreciate that you have an opinion regarding what you think is the right thing to do, but... honestly? It is absurd for you to present your opinion as being worthy of consideration by a person who is making a potentially life-changing decision, based simply on the fact that you THOUGHT it, when the only thing you have to offer is conjecture!

I hate to sound like a tedious know-it-all (although I recognize that I, frankly, excel at that), but the first responsibility of a member of a community is recognizing when he or she does not have the experience or authority to contribute to a conversation!

Otherwise, you are just increasing the Noise in the Signal-to-Noise ratio... and that is not a good thing.

{Stands back and waits for the flaming to begin, but GODDAMN some of our younger Escapists need to know this stuff, before they get destroyed in the 'Real World' for this sort of behavior}

EDIT: and just to clarify... I work at a software developer that I'm sure everyone here knows, and to provide a short-and-sweet example, if I went in to a planning meeting and made the statement "Oh, I don't think we should do that" about a proposed course of action, and when they asked me "well, have you done this sort of thing before?" and then, "what are your experiences with this sort of proposal?" and I replied 'No...' and 'None to speak of...', I promise you, I wouldn't be working there for very much longer.

 

[PyroZombie]

Another thing,

Don't get it unless your going to become satan in the near future, and last time i checked, he's still hovering over cheney.

 

[Aedrial]

Nah, silly idea, like big tattoos, you will most likely regret it later on.

 

[vampirekid.13]

Ignore all the naysayers. That is awesome.

I knew there'd be naysayers aplenty. So far, responce has been about on par with what I expected.

DO IT, and tell me where you live, ill travel for a kiss...seriously that would be some insanely weird/authentic/fun kissing!


on a serious note, i woudlnt do it...seems like ud have to learn to talk again, and then....u will have a lot of social reprecussions which might outcast you and so on....u see where im going w/ this. falling in love and the guy doesnt like it or thinks its weird. yea. i woudlnt do it.

 

[Firia]

I updated my mini faq.

 

[ArchBlade]

It actually seems really neat. I wouldn't do it, but if you really wanna, hey, more power to ya.

See, it's not the tongue that bothers me. The tongue seems badass to me.(Then again, I am fourteen.) What bugs me is the procedure. I have this thing where I'd much prefer it if any part of my body was never touched with anything that altered the shape of it or penetrated my tissue or damaged it in anyway. Of course, this ends up happening anyway, medical things, blood tests, simple vaccinations and a series of other things.

Long and short, here's the middle.

It seems cool, if there's no risk then I say do it if you want to. I wouldn't if I were you, I'm touchy about my bodily status.

 

[Sark]

Do it. It's your body so have as much fun as you like. I would recommend using a hole puncher for cheap home surgery.