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submitted 6 months ago by King@lemy.lol to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

I’ve never understood why people get earrings, despite them often being unattractive.

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[-] vexikron@lemmy.zip 78 points 6 months ago

Firstly: wow, an actual unpopular opinion!

Secondly: I will go so far as to say absolutely tooooons of people wear earrings that I personally find extremely silly, unfashionable, or outright gross.

Sorry ear plug people. They look goofy when theyre in and they look horrifying when theyre out.

Probably this opinion of mine comes from knowing a person who managed to get their ... ear loop? caught on something and tear apart.

Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.

I used to date a person who worked at a Claire's... and they would tell me that they would often, as in multiple times a week, have a family of recent immigrants from... India? Bangladesh? ... come into the store, and they would have to physically restrain a screaming obviously unwilling child to get their ears pierced.

Anyway: I think it is too far to agree that earrings in general are just bad all the time, but there are lots of cases where theyre done poorly.

[-] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 6 months ago

Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.

Tonight's breaking story: Vexikron thinks it's great when a two-year-old is given ear piercings!

[-] vexikron@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago

Haha!

The youngest my ex was pretty sure they were forced to pierce was was 3.

For the record: It's also child abuse to force a 2, 1, 0, or frozen zygote in an IVF lab to get it's ears pierced unwillingly rofl.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 20 points 6 months ago

The fools, they should have told that child from the day they were born that they couldn't have pierced ears until they were at least 12. The kid would start wheedling for it at 6 and they could "give in" at 8. The child would still cry after the first ear, but would sit still and say thank you afterwards.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.

Here it's normal to do it to your toddler.

[-] NotAtWork@startrek.website 7 points 6 months ago

In America it's "normal" to cut off part of your kid's dick, doesn't make it right.

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I mean, I’m tattooed and pierced, and I still don’t personally agree with piercing children’s ears either. IMHO that’s a rather personal choice and should be made by the person itself, not parents. But IMHO, objectively speaking, it makes no sense to put both on the same level.

A tiny earring like kids get is about 20-18g - in the sub-millimetre range. Unless you go at a shitty venue with terrible hygienic practices, these things stop hurting in minutes, stop being sore after mere hours, a day or two tops, and are pretty much as reversible as can be. There’s very little “bad” about it except a child crying for a minute or two - and that already happens hundreds of times a day, when they get vaccines, when they wait a minute while you prepare their bottle, when they’re tired, or honestly, just cause they feel like shit and can’t tell you cause they don’t speak yet.

Chopping off foreskins has zero use outside religious belief or medically motivated surgeries, and has long-term, irreversible medical implications.

I still don’t agree with the act, but not all evil is created equal…

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[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 60 points 6 months ago

Hey this guy has an unpopular opinion! Gonna upvote you and tell you you're wrong

[-] stembolts@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yea, I love all piercings and have always thought they were either cute or a good conversation piece.

Ear, nose, lip, tongue, brow, whatever. Even big gauges are interesting looking and wouldn't stop me from flirting with someone.

I just think its neat.

[-] Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 6 months ago

Different people find different things attractive, as surprising as it is.

[-] clearleaf@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Internet user discovers what an opinion is.

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[-] fjordbasa@lemmy.world 44 points 6 months ago

How oddly worded… I understand that this is “unpopularopinion”, but you say “despite them often being unattractive” as if it’s a fact they’re unattractive

[-] vexikron@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 months ago

Contextually this is a ... board? Sublemmy?... whatever, the context is obviously opinions, it completely makes sense that in an opinion ... zone... someone would state their opinion frankly or cavalierly.

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 23 points 6 months ago

Contextually this is a … board? Sublemmy?..

"Community" is the accepted term... that's why the link to them is labeled 'Communities' and why it's /c/. (On kbin, they're Magazines, but kbin is the black sheep.)

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[-] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Difference between starting an opinion and making a leading statement.

Manipulative people don't even realize they're doing it.

^ example of a leading statement, not an opinion.

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

I don't get piercings in general tbh.

Which is ironic because I have tattoos.

Something about just jamming something in your body and leaving it there just seems fuckin weird to me.

Again I get the irony considering I have tattoos ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[-] Thassodar@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

See I have no tattoos or piercings, and I find adding permanent art to myself fuckin weird. Different strokes for different folks.

[-] FilterItOut@thelemmy.club 3 points 6 months ago

The permanent part is what drives me nuts. I can't settle on a color for any of my stuff day-to-day. I would love to have walls, appliances, clothes, etc. all be able to change color at a whim. I would be horrified by any tattoo I had 25% of the time I had it, I guarantee.

[-] squeakycat@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

Ha, so you prefer the jabs to be an in and out affair instead of a permanent one 😛

[-] Starkstruck@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

Finally an actually unpopular opinion lol

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

Eh, I’m not a fan of lipstick on women. There is nothing inherently wrong with either. It’s all a matter of personal taste.

[-] iegod@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

Red lipstick in particular. It makes everyone look like a clown. 🤡

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[-] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 months ago

I don’t know, my wife’s Lego minifig head earrings or dinosaur earrings, where half the dinosaur is in front of the lobe and half behind are pretty legit.

[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 months ago

Your comment reminded me of this awesome person who made some earrings you can play DOOM on: https://www.gamesradar.com/yes-you-can-play-doom-on-these-earrings/ Creative people can do cool stuff

[-] SecretPancake@feddit.de 15 points 6 months ago

I think they can look attractive or nice on women and men. Jewelry (and makeup) can certainly improve how people look and therefore feel about themselves. The right amount is very subjective of course. As long as you like your mirror image, it’s good. Personally I find all of that impractical and my „jewelry“ is a nice beard instead.

[-] DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago

went to a mexican back yard party. loud as fuck mariachi band, fun as hell. did some tequila shots, ate tacos, and danced. looked around and there were people dancing with babies in their arms. the babies had pierced ears. also, you could just pass the babies around apparantly.

[-] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 5 points 6 months ago

As an American from the Midwest, babies with pierced ears is pretty normal. It wouldn't really get any looks or anything.

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

I’m in Canada. Go back not even 20-30 years ago, parents were still piercing their babies’ ears pretty regularly. It’s a pretty recent phenomenon that people started waiting for their children to grow older. Many still do it.

IMHO… A tiny 18g earring like they’re doing to babies is not particularly invasive, takes a handful of hours to stop being sore, will extremely rarely infect if done by a reputable piercer, and will naturally close back up once removed. As far as controversial practices go, earrings are amongst the most inconsequential. Permanent body altering stuff like non-medical circumcision, now this, I have an issue with…

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[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago

It’s such a subjective thing, I love the look of most piercings on both men and women lol

[-] frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 months ago

I didn't vote because I have no opinion about this and I'm indifferent about earrings

Though I do find gauges on the nostril or below the lip to be off-putting

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 6 months ago

Indifferent on earrings. Can always take them out when you're bored of the look.

Ear gauges look fucking awful though.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 6 months ago

It's those nose rings that go through that middle part between the nostrils like a cartoon bull that I don't like. I just imagine them being caked with snot all the time.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 points 6 months ago

Ear rings look uncomfortable to wear. Isn't it annoying having them jiggling around on your ears.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Not really, depending on the earrings. Personally I find a nice comfy pair of smaller hoops, usually, that I can comfortably shower and sleep with. I’ll wear those until I get tired of them and then find something else.

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[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

I’ve got small gauges, I just don’t feel them at all. I could see more dangling jewelry being kind of irritating…

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

I haven't worn them recently, but the jingling is actually what got me into earrings. I liked having slightly dangly earrings and so when I shook my head they would jingle delicately.

[-] Shirasho 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Some earrings look incredible and some look...artistic, putting it nicely. Like with clothes, clothes that look good on one person do not look good on everyone. Of course there is also personal preference.

When it comes down to it though I do not think many women wear earrings to make them look pretty. They wear it to give themselves confidence, and I want to encourage and support this behavior whenever possible, even if it goes against my personal aesthetic (that is not to say I dislike earrings - this mostly applies to tattoos for me).

[-] scoops@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Where are you from? How old are you?

[-] The_wild_card@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

Different tastes

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Thank you for saying it!

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What you find ugly, others find attractive. it also changes over time. You hate earrings now, you might like them 10 years from now

[-] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

What about other pricings? Just earrings?

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