Ceridwen
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Post by Ceridwen on Nov 19, 2003 4:39:35 GMT -5
*nods*
Reminds me of a girl I used to live with in college, who was wealthy enough, and whose parents did everything for her (if she had asked them, I'm sure they'd have given her plastic surgery, too!) She once told me her criteria for the perfect partner in life would run thus: Lots of Money, the Perfect House, the Perfect Car, The Perfect Job, Looks. Which is so far removed from what I look for in people that it's not even funny. She also once told me, earnestly, that she wouldn't dream of going out with a guy if he couldn't keep her 'in the quality of life she was accustomed to'. *shudder*
I don't think the girl in question has any clue what love is. She certainly wasn't a very good friend, as it turned out. Unconditional love is the best and most precious gift you can give a child.. I really believe that.
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Post by En on Nov 20, 2003 15:23:06 GMT -5
As for the father...do you mean HE did the nose job, or paid for one? He himself. That's the freakish part. He's a plastic surgeon practising on his own child.
Yeah... so... this is a bit of a sore point with me. I really don't think Stuff makes anybody's lives better. I recognize that I'm really biased because of what I experienced as a kid (long story), but seriously, practically, I really haven't seen any cases in my immediate vicinity where wealth or poverty was a predicting factor in how people's kids turned out. So people without Stuff deal with various forms of frustration (I don't want an SUV, but I'm annoyed that my insurance rates are adjusted for all the idiots around here who own them but can't figure out how to drive them), and people with stuff worry about getting it stolen, and their kids are going to rebel anyway, so nobody's happy. [/rant]
*takes a moment to be thoroughly grossed out and horrified by this girl Ceri met* Quality of life? Quality of life? Sounds like what she wants is quantity, NOT quality.... I'll shut up before I get going again, shall I?
As for wax and other scary methods of hair removal... I'd just like to point out that if I wanted to date a lizard, I'd date a lizard, but I happen to like mammals, and mammals come with hair
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Post by MagPie on Nov 20, 2003 19:52:04 GMT -5
Well, En, I definitely agree that "Stuff" isn't a predictor of how your life will turn out, but your socio-economic status (or rather, that of your parents) certainly is. If for no other reasons than health care and education opportunities. It's funny, I know some not-so-well-off people who behave like the disgusting people we're talking about, but I also know some VERY well-off people who act like your regular middle-class family. It's more about your values and how thos values lead you to spend your money than your actual money.
And while it's refreshing to hear someone say they like their...partners? hairy, I must admit I subject myself to some of these har removal procedures b/c I don't like being hairy...but I don't think I quite reach lizard status...
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Post by KoNeko on Dec 10, 2003 11:22:30 GMT -5
Lizards? But they have scaly skin, not just hairless (but then again, so do fish. I'll shut up)
Hey, speaking of lizards- another weird animal fetish body modification in the vein of that leopard guy is the lizard man! Like, this guy got the skin on his temples sort of slit open and they inserted like, little marbles or ball bearings or something under his skin so that he had a more bumpy brow ridge, like lizards do. Oh, and this is the guy who cut his tongue in half so he could have a forked tongue like a lizard.
Some people I really, really, really don't get where they're coming from.
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Post by En on Dec 10, 2003 15:33:25 GMT -5
Well, En, I definitely agree that "Stuff" isn't a predictor of how your life will turn out, but your socio-economic status (or rather, that of your parents) certainly is. If for no other reasons than health care and education opportunities. *nodding* Quite true, and well said. I suppose what we're both getting at (and I didn't express well) is that there is no direct correlation, and no necessarily indirect correlation either, between socioeconomics and who you are. Socioeconomics, as you say, creates a context. And context is largely what you make of it, but not all; because it affects how you choose to make something or nothing of it.
I'm in a weird mood. I spent part of this morning in the UN forum of NationStates, and it... really tripped my cynical trigger. So meh, ignore me if I sound waffly and hyperlogical at present.
Hm... that's rather... icky, Ko. I mean it's pretty gross to put wads of silicone in one's body to accentuate what's there, but at least the usual spots for silicone are, you know, like, built to be sticky-outish... As a person who occasionally suffered bad facial boils as a teenager, I just can't imagine how that would feel, you know? Meh.
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Post by KoNeko on Dec 11, 2003 0:02:20 GMT -5
*tries not to snigger like a 3rd grader* Yeah, I suppose. I'll have to find a picture of this guy. He used to be in the Jim Rose circus for a little bit I think, so he'd know that Enigma guy, who I think is sort of cool but still can't understand why someone would get their whole body tattooed.
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Post by Nie on Dec 12, 2003 3:03:14 GMT -5
I give you the Lizard Man.
If you go here you can see a whole heap of the dangerous and disturbing things he does to himself for fun. If you look you can see the numerous ball bearings that have been inserted under the skin of his eyebrows.
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Post by KoNeko on Dec 12, 2003 6:44:02 GMT -5
What, besides slicing his tongue, having ball bearings on his brow ridge, filing his teeth to points and having no eyebrows whatsoever?
Seriously, that list is disturbing. I mean, stuff like:
and:
Imagine having him at a kid's birthday party!
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Post by KoNeko on Dec 19, 2003 23:33:46 GMT -5
Right. I have had these silly rings put in my ears (for an industrial piercing) since August, and they STILL haven't healed yet. Like, they swell up, get yellow crusty stuff on them, bleed sometimes... just like when I first got them done, and I've put antiseptic, tea tree oil, saline solution etc. on them and nothing seems to work! What should I do? I dont really want to take them out and then repierce them though.
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Post by Nie on Dec 20, 2003 0:03:56 GMT -5
Have you tried taking them out and cleaning the rings then putting them back in? Maybe the rings weren't entriely sterile when they were put in. If you aren't too afraid of them closing up I'd boil up some water and put a good amount of salt in it, preferably sea salt, then put the rings in the boiling water and let it boil for ten minutes. After that, get them out, dry them on a clean tissue and put them back in. You cna clean the holes properly while the rings are boiling.
That's what I'd do and have done with piercings that didn't seem to want to heal.
My tattoo on my lower back has been itching heaps the last week for some reason. It's getting really annoying.
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Post by KoNeko on Dec 20, 2003 0:38:18 GMT -5
Cool, I'll give that a try... Oh, do you know how to take rings out and put them back in? Mine are really small so I have a really crap time getting the ball back in place
Maybe your back is itching because the weather has been dry or something? Do you have to moisturise your tattoo?
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Post by Nie on Dec 20, 2003 1:34:13 GMT -5
No, I've never had to do anythign with my tattoo before which is why it itching is weird. Maybe I should put some moistuiser on it and see if it helps.
Umm...I dunno. I'd have to actually see the rings to tell you how to get them out and back in. Maybe you can get Neko to help you get them out and putthem back in, just make sure he really scrubs his hands.
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Post by KoNeko on Dec 20, 2003 10:00:36 GMT -5
They're like, rings with the balls on them that are kept there in place by pressure from the sides of the ring, if that makes any sense... like, the really basic ones because I haven't changed them since I got them done.
Neko's a wimp, he'd freak at the thought of touching something bloody and/or with pus oozing out of it.
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Post by Nie on Dec 20, 2003 10:17:02 GMT -5
Oh, those nasty ones. You will need to get someone to help you with them, and you'll need an pair of clean, sterilised needle-nose pliers to pry the ring wider to get the ball out, then to squeeze the ring closed again when you put it back in. It's not that hard, you just need someone with patience and a steady hand.
If it sounds like too much trouble you can probably go to a piercing parlour and ask if they'll take them out and clean them and your ear for you then put them back in, but they'll prolly charge you for it, if they don't just say you should take them out and get them re-pierced.
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Post by KoNeko on Dec 20, 2003 10:26:52 GMT -5
Yeah, don't those rings with ball things suck? I had a belly button ring one like that (and it was really pretty and shiny and blue) and I couldn't for the life of me get the damned thing to close, and the ball kept flying off because it wouldn't sit properly, and in the end I just put the barbell back in.
I'll go and talk to some piercing places about it I think. There's the place I went to to get my ear measured- hey, do you think that it'd be easier to look after my ear if I got the bar in? Because that way I could take it out and clean the holes and stuff myself whenever I wanted?
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