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I Will Never Complain About My Kids Again!!!

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Old 03-18-2012, 04:12 PM
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Imagine these kids in let's say 30 years! Everything will be hanging low. Ooooooooo
Like the kids song do your ears hang low?
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Old 03-19-2012, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen View Post
So you think the soda can thru his ear would keep him from running a backhoe? Or maybe a roughneck on a drilling rig? Or how about a machinist? A lathe operator? Meat cutter? Welder? Truck driver? Tire specialist? Plumber? I could go on and on. There are millions and millions of jobs where looks are totally unimportant. And they make good money in those jobs too.

It must suck to be so insulated in your tiny little white world you never even look outside of it and see the millions and millions of people around you that are different. Not wrong, just different.
Thank you for saying the words I could not get out appropriatly! I was not going to read this thread any more , I am glad I did read it one more time so that I could see that there are others that do not judge

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Old 03-19-2012, 07:18 AM
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I'll bet they'll be sorry at 70!
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Old 03-19-2012, 07:23 AM
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Looks aside, a soda can through the ear would be a safety issue in many non-desk jobs. I would be very disappointed if my son made a spectacle of himself like that. I would prefer that he distinguish himself in productive ways, contributing to the betterment of the world. What is gained by looking like that?????? It seems like an attention getting attempt.

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Thank you for saying the words I could not get out appropriatly!
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Old 03-19-2012, 07:29 AM
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Looks aside, a soda can through the ear would be a safety issue in many non-desk jobs. I would be very disappointed if my son made a spectacle of himself like that. I would prefer that he distinguish himself in productive ways, contributing to the betterment of the world. What is gained by looking like that?????? It seems like an attention getting attempt.
I have an alcoholic schitzophrenic son that looks like the all American cowboy . I would take a soda can in his ear over that anyday! I know people like this and they are NOT all the slime of the earth you all make them out to .Speaking of the betterment of the world the young adults I know that look diffrent are some of the "greenest" people I know!

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Old 03-19-2012, 07:29 AM
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Well, if the metal is removed and left out of the piercings, the hole will grow back together. I do not know about the stretched ear lobes. And I had not seen the brow built up like that.

It IS shocking when your child comes home with that sort of thing. Sometimes it is done for the shock effect. And sometimes it is done so the parents actually pay attention to the child. (I speak from experience.)

So hold your children, listen to them, take time with them as they grow. And if you are a grandparent, do what you can to let those precious grandchildren know you love them. It will help. (It doesn't preclude ALL rebellion, sad to say.)
Only in some places---like the tongue. I've not worn earrings in 6 years and still have holes in my ears. The big hOles in the ears (or anywhere else) never go back together. Only surgery to remove the flappy skin can make them similar to normal but the lobe will be mostly gone.
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Old 03-19-2012, 07:42 AM
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The Pentacostal in me is against all body alterations---piercings, tatoos, hair coloring, make-up, etc. However, the artist in me has a different opinion. Some body art is beautiful, some piercings are interesting.
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Old 03-19-2012, 07:44 AM
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I have to say, I'll always stand up for what's right. Judging people by how they look is wrong, period. You can not like how the people in the pictures look but you don't get to ascribe to them all sorts of nefarious characters because of it. You do not know them and know absolutely nothing of their character.

Prejudice means pre-judging. As in judging someone before you know anything about them. If you are judging the people in the pictures based on their looks, you are pre-judging them. You are prejudice.

If you're mad at me because you feel like I might have called you prejudiced then you probably need to do some introspection and look at your own character.
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Old 03-19-2012, 11:38 AM
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I have to say, I'll always stand up for what's right. according to whom? is it your judgement that you're the right one? Judging people by how they look is wrong, period. You can not like how the people in the pictures look but you don't get to ascribe to them all sorts of nefarious characters because of it. You do not know them and know absolutely nothing of their character. nor you of the people on the board . the things that you believe to be true of us are also true of you. you don't know us but you presume to know what we think. and sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. if you see a naked woman with half-closed eyes, being attacked by a naked man, you know it's not "anne of green gables". and when i see a nice young man, with metal peircings and skin bumps all over his forehead, i don't want him babysitting my child. not because he's a bad person, but because that's not the example i want set for my child. there are higher stars to shoot for. we're all entitled to an opinion of our own. don't slam the ones whose opinions are different from yours.
Prejudice means pre-judging. As in judging someone before you know anything about them. If you are judging the people in the pictures based on their looks, you are pre-judging them. You are prejudice. to pretend that the world is any different is foolish and untrue. because you feel like I might have called you prejudiced then you probably need to do some introspection and look at your own character.
what's needed is a reality check. you won't change the world. accept that.

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Old 03-19-2012, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Lizzytish View Post
Imagine these kids in let's say 30 years! Everything will be hanging low. Ooooooooo
Like the kids song do your ears hang low?
I remember that!
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