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AIBU?

to issue a helpful ear piercing decision making flowchart?

64 replies

ICBINEG · 07/05/2013 12:48

Here it is:

Do the ears you are thinking of piercing belong to you?
Yes = go to [A]
No = go to [B]

[A] Are they located on your own personal body?
Yes = go to [C]
No = go to [D]

[B] What the fuck? You want to pierce ears belonging to someone else? Are you mad? Other people should really have the choice over the state of their own ears don't you think? I mean would you be okay with someone randomly attacking you with a piercing gun in the street? No I didn't think so. Do NOT do this.

[C] Good luck with your decision, I couldn't care less what you choose to do. I hope you enjoy the outcome.

[D] What the fuck? You think someone else's ears belong to you? Are you into owning people? Or slavery? Or do you have some other sort of issue that makes you think that other people's bodies belong to you? Do NOT do this and remember that evil starts with treating people as possessions....and that includes children.

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ICBINEG · 09/05/2013 13:21

theo I agree it is a tiny thing by itself, but to me it indicates a whole attitude that I find repulsive.

I personally would never permanently modify my DD's body for any reason other than medical. Because from the moment she was born I respected her rights as an independent human being. I don't own her or her body in any possible sense.

When someone decides to pierce a babies ears they are saying that their own fashion/aesthetic preferences are more important than the child's autonomy of it's own body.

That truly is a repulsive attitude to me.

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theodorakisses · 09/05/2013 12:59

I know this was a lighthearted thread and didn't really mean to tell you personally to fuck off, I just don't really get why people care so much. There are some really shitty parents out there who don't deserve children, I personally don't think ear piercing is an example of shittiness. Each to his own though, no offence.

ICBINEG · 09/05/2013 10:33

I said it loudest...

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theodorakisses · 09/05/2013 10:18

I said it first.

ICBINEG · 08/05/2013 09:36

nina yes - but it is going to start smelling bad very very soon....

theo [A] = fuck off yourself.

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NinaHeart · 08/05/2013 09:34

I am Van Gogh and have given a hastily removed ear to a prostititute. Or maybe Gauguin.

Could either of these people legitimately pierce it?

eminemmerdale · 08/05/2013 09:17

ditto - jokes about artificial ears

eminemmerdale · 08/05/2013 09:16

Actually, the mouse that had an ear grown on its back was for people like me and my dd who were both born with only one ear, so she wouldn't have to go through 16 years of painful reconstructive surgery like I did as a child so I get a little pissed off when people start making ear jokes

theodorakisses · 08/05/2013 09:10

Do you
[a] mind your own business? = Go to [c]
[b] post attention seeking threads that have been done to death? pick [d]

[c] = normal person
[d] = fuck off

sashh · 08/05/2013 01:38

It's an old belief, more to do with sailors than Cornwall.

www.factfixx.com/2011/11/10/superstitions-ear-piercing-improves-eyesight/

ICBINEG · 08/05/2013 00:43

What now? Did people in cornwall think that ear piercing was linked to sight?

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sashh · 08/05/2013 00:39

What about artificial ears? If someone only has one ear and wears a fake do they need to match.

What about number of piercings already?

What if you are from an old fishing family in Cornwall and you want the next generation to have good eyesight?

ICBINEG · 07/05/2013 23:25

hmmm yes I suppose even spare ear growing could be move above the poverty line for the average mouse...

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ICBINEG · 07/05/2013 23:24

right parking.

So, you are thinking of parking in the P&C spot:

Are you travelling with a child who needs help getting in and out of the car?

No = go to [A]
Yes = go to [B]

[A] Are you intending to pick up a child who needs help getting in and out of the car in the shops to take home in the car? (no - this isn't a child selling shop )

Yes = go to [C]
No = go to [D]

[B] Are you intending to get the child out of the car and into the shops?

Yes = go to [C]
No = go to [E]

[D] Do you, or anyone travelling with you have disabilities that might mean the extra space is useful for you?

yes = go to [C]
no = go to [F]

[C] Okay best of luck with that...although shopping is never fun is it?

[E] = what the fuck? Don't leave your children in the car! They could be kidnapped or smashed into or just simply unexpectedly explode. Do NOT do this.

[F] = get out of the freaking P&C you able bodied (currently) childless scum! Or else someone IS DEFINITELY going to tut at your or something...

NB: this might need work....

Although I would rather move onto using the wheelchair space on a bus....

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quoteunquote · 07/05/2013 23:23

Well the mouse was touting for work, I thought I would be doing it a favour,

I just thought you should include this possibility in your most excellence flow chart.

TheChaoGoesMu · 07/05/2013 23:17

What if I want to pierce dd's barbie dolls ears? Where do the ears of an inanimate object fit into your flow chart?

ICBINEG · 07/05/2013 23:05

quote what did mice ever do to you? grow your own extra ear you lazy sod!

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ZebraOwl · 07/05/2013 21:53

Am trying to work out if OP is very brave, very foolish, or some charming mixture of the two.

Good luck with this one, ICBINEG...

quoteunquote · 07/05/2013 21:36

ICBINEG

If I grow an ear on the back of a mouse to transplant on to my head, can I pierce it in advance?

ICBINEG · 07/05/2013 21:32

Just warming up the grey cells for the P&C parking version...

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TheVermiciousKnid · 07/05/2013 21:14

I think you are ovearthinking this.

ICBINEG · 07/05/2013 20:51

Right well it's not like it is actually up to me...but in the world according to ICBINEG, Anyone younger than 12 yos need protecting from making choices they are not old enough to understand....because your brain is not done baking till you do puberty etc.

some 14 years and over have a fair stab at making informed choices, but not all....

and the whole 12-14 is something I am going to wait and see on.

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ICBINEG · 07/05/2013 20:47

Okay we shall also need to add 'is ear piercing part of your professional role?'

Yes = consider getting a real Job that doesn't involve cashing in on the cosmetics industries deliberate undermining of peoples body confidence.

ooohhhh that stings...like a bee....or a ripped out 5 year olds piercing...

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foreverondiet · 07/05/2013 20:44

Ears belonging to 9 year old dd begging to have them done? If child wants to have them done with no pinning down or bribery and the parent us happy with it then surely it's fine??

ICBINEG · 07/05/2013 20:43

gnghghgh okay how about if I insert

'Is the ear human and attached to its original owner?'

Gah that is all manner of weird...no-one not on MN would EVER start a flow chart with that!

I am sure MNHQ would back me up on that...

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