You know what grinds my gears? People who have tongue piercings.
I was just watching a game show hosted by Drew Carey called The Power of 10. The female participant was brunette, probably attractive by our shallow culture's standards, and yes, her tongue was pierced. Every time she had to open her mouth to speak, she did it in a most deformed way. This would always flash her tongue ring into the camera. I'm not sure if she did this because she wanted the world to see her emblem of slavery to society or if the piercing made it awkward for her to talk, forcing her to speak that way. I believe the reason is the former. Either way, it really irritated me.
When the girl wasn't speaking, the camera, fixed on her face, showed her anxiety as she was waiting to hear whether she was right or wrong. She showed her anxiety by licking her lips. But this was no normal lip licking, she stuck her entire tongue out of her mouth to lick them. I've seen people do this when they are nervous, but hers was not normal. The first inch or more of her tongue was past her lips and the contact wasn't made until about the second inch (If you have seen the Focus on Beauty II skit on the Best of Chris Farley SNL DVD, think of the way that Christina Applegate does it). This was certainly not a natural gesture and its whole purpose was to flash her immature piercing to the nation.
So here's to that girl on The Power of 10. America is so proud of you for your tongue piercing. Even though you made yourself look like an idiot to show us, we congratulate you!
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
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In other cultures, piercings have meanings. In America, piercings have meanings too, in fact. When a girl has a tongue piercing, it means she wants attention, and to promote herself to others as someone who is very sexual. Probably not the best message to send.
Yeah.
Biblically speaking piercings are a sign of slavery.
Hmm, I didn't know that.
Yeah, loyal slaves would pierce themselves to show submission to their slave owners. Likewise, someone who is covered in piercings for attention is a display of their slavery to our pathetic pop culture.
Although, I'm sure someone can try to make their case that she is displaying her submission to her husband, or maybe Jesus...ear rings have traditionally been a modest way of showing that. Extravagent piercings, or worse, having innumerable piercings no longer shows submission, but shows that you are a slave, unnable to think for yourself.
Piercings were also gifts given by husbands to their wives as a sign of their commitment to them (by Isaac--or rather Abraham's servant in Isaac's stead and by God to His bride, Israel.)
Don't assume all piercings are negative!
Actually, tongue piercing has historical backgrounds as well. It was done by the Aztecs to become closer to their gods. I do not personally have one, and I think the girl was incredibly immature, but to make a blanket statement about piercing makeing people slaves to pop culture makes you a slave to stereotypes. Overall, I think the reason a person gets a piercing matters and how they act about it, not if they have one or not.
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