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Thursday, December 6th, 2007Unadvisable Grooming Behaviours
Facial Piercings
I have a mathematical scale set up for determining the tipping point where piercings go from cool and trendy, to scary and intimidating. Sadly it applies only to men, but women tend to look better in everything, so I can forgive them this simple transgression. Each type of piercing carries a certain weight: a ring is a 2, a stud with a ball is a 1, a spike is an automatic disqualification and any sort of spacer or plug that you plant in your face carries a minimum weight of 3 points. That number goes up with the size and complexity of whatever unfortunate piece of graphite you have stuck through your anatomy. Piercings hidden by clothing are a zero on the point scale, except for nipple piercings on men, which are just plain silly.
The point system goes from OK to No-K when it hits 7 points or goes over 3 piercings. That is, 1 spacer and a nose ring will bring you to a point value of 5, but adding one more spacer, which will bring you up to 8 points, is totally out. Conversely, if one has a lip ring, a nose stud and an eyebrow stud, barring the use of spikes, it's still totally cool under the point system.
You can argue with me folks, but you can't argue with the figures.










