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Honestly I think this is most hetero men, I know a lot of liberal/socialist men who don't find them unattractive.
Feel like this joke works better with tattoos, both because I don't know any lefty people who find them unattractive, and since most people know you need to be 18 to get one, while most assume septum piercings are like any other piercing and you can get them at whatever age.
Makes sense. I just went to an anarchist festival and every single person, bar maybe 5, had septum piercings. So it's definitely popular on the left.
I feel like an anarchist festival in particular probably also has a bit of a data bias.
I love septum piercings, and piercings in general. And tattoos. And weird hair.
Am I the only one low-key annoyed that the photo does not show a septum piercing (I understand it's called a "smiley" piercing--done on the frenulum of the upper lip)? It's Alysa Liu's signature look.
Nah I was squinting at the picture trying to find it.
I just find them unnattractive; generally not into piercings or tattoos. To each their own...
I’m ready for the downvotes
Same.
Although maybe "unnattractive" isn't a good fit because I do understand that it's not a woman's default objective to "be attractive" to me. It's more just that maybe I'm a bit weird about ears and noses. If you have something hanging out of your nose my lizard brain alerts me that it's probably a booger. My more sophisticated hominid brain is aware that it's not, but this creates a kind of unsolvable feedback loop that's unsolvable.
Yesterday I was interviewing a candidate for a job. I'm genuinely trying to listen and engage with this cacophony of booger not-booger booger not-booger going on.
Oh cool I'm not the only one, though for me it's my lizard brain thinking their injured and wanting to fix it. Doesn't apply to tattoos though since those get classified under scars.
I didn't say it was anyone's objective to be attractive to me. And it isn't. I just have (as does everyone else) the agency to decide for myself what I find attractive or not.
Thank you for pointing out the possibly ambiguity of my response though, so I could clarify.
Do you decide what you find attractive? Or just observe and notice? Could you decide that something is attractive for you?
Good observation; maybe 'decide' isn't the best word.
Although maybe "unnattractive" isn't a good fit because I do understand that it's not a woman's default objective to "be attractive" to me.
When you say that something is unattractive , it's your personal opinion which you are entitled to. It's fine. We are people, we are diverse.
Im not so sure about that. Of course its fine to not be attracted to different traits, thats not in question. The problem is what we say.
If someone says they find a phrase impolite, or that they find a meal bland, there's an implication that the thing has not met that person's expectations.
People dont sail around expressing their opinion that they find something unattractive for that very reason.
Same, and it's not something I really care to shout from the roof because why does my opinion matter and I don't want to tell people what to do in the first place, but it's also something I can never say even in passing because of what group of people it puts me in
Ha! I thought the punchline would be something like "they're an effective deterrent."
Reminds me of this gem:
That rainbow hair looks cool af
Unfortunately, not for very long
I'm sorry what? You gotta be over 18 to get a septum piercing in USA? Why???
Infection liability, gotta be old enough to sign that you won't sue for infection or disfigurement.
I think your parent can sign those for you though
Parent can let you get anything if they let you. You mist be 18 to do it for yourself.
You can but you'd need to have a parent present to give permission. Or...you can be me in your teens and just do all your own piercings.
not a fan of the booger piercing, but just a personal taste thing
When my husband got his he said he could smell it healing and that's a no for me dawg. He removed it not long after.
You kidding me? Tons of kids in my highschool had septum piercings