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[conuly]

And Lizziey is gonna kill me over this one too...

She pierced Seth's ear. The left ear. And when I saw it, the first thing I said was "isn't that the gay side?" This is NOT to say "how could you get him a gay piercing" or anything, I was just showing off my knowledge. This starts off a huge debate, where she swears the right side is the "gay side" and other people say it's the left. There's no consensus.

So, a completely informal poll, so informal that it's not even a real poll:

Which side used to be used to indicate homosexuality? The left or the right? Or don't you know/care?

Comments

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

"Right is wrong" which means right is the gay side. That's how I heard it. It really doesn't matter anymore, anyway.

I had my ears pierced at six months, and despite what other people say-- I don't bloody care that it was done. Having pierced ears is like having fingers. They've always been that way. ::shrug.:: Probably a good thing, as more piercings make me nervous and I doubt I'll get anymore. Though I do want a massive tattoo on my back. Go figure.

I'm not really pro or con piercing baby ears. I don't think it's cruel because it doesn't hurt (the nerves aren't connected enough for it to really hurt like it would someone older-- and anyone that's gotten their ears pierced later knows that it's really not particularly painful) and it doesn't impair their ability to live like other forms of body mods do.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

I always heard "left is right and right is wrong." So I agree with you, hee.

I don't really mind babies having their ears pierced, but I sort of lean toward the side of not wanting that, because I think it should be their choice. I, for one, scar easily; people like me might not want permanent marks on their ears if they decide they don't want them pierced.

But maybe if my parents had let me get my ears pierced earlier in my life, I wouldn't have such an affinity for it now. I'm not full of metal or anything, but let's just say my parents don't approve of me. ;)

Wow, what a touchy subject overall.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

I think giving someone a choice is always better. But my general apathy on the subject is because the holes in my head have always been there, I don't feel much about them. Don't feel like wearing earrings? I don't! Feel like wearing them? I do! No wonder I'm such a screw up in life. Heehee.

It is a touchy subject. Bring up Santa Clause if you want another surprisingly touchy subject. So many people think it's wrong to tell kids that Santa exists, and every time it's mentioned, some heated debate flares up.

I'm not a piercer. I'm a tattoo-er. Luckily, mum is going to spring me the cash if I get a tasteful tattoo. Right now when I describe it she goes all dreamy eyed and says "wish I'd go get a tattoo..." funny folk, my family.

[literalgirl.livejournal.com]

They've always been that way. ::shrug.::

That's a common excuse for circumsision, too.

I *especially* enjoy the "I had it done so he should look like me" argument, since at SOME point in time there was a father in the lineage who HADN'T had it done but was talked into it, and he and HIS son would have "looked different". Lame reason.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

....It's a common reason to not care about being circumsized? I'm saying I don't care that my ears weren't pierced, to me it's like caring that I have fingers. I'm not saying everyone should go out and pierce the ears of babes. People just make it sound like I should be outraged that this choice was out of my hands.

I think the "I had it done" reason is stupid.

[literalgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wasn't commenting on how you feel about your ears. :-) Sorry if I gave that impression. They are your ears! :-)

I wouldn't pierce my kids' ears - I think that is a decision they should make responsibly when they are old enough to do so. And if my son wants to get circumcised when he's 18, then I'm all for it. But *I* wouldn't do that to him unilaterally.