I don’t necessarily find them unattractive but I find that I don’t have confidence to approach women with them.
That’s Alysa Liu and iirc she did that piercing herself.
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.
your wife walks by
400X view of some girl’s nose on your monitor
“…I don’t even wanna know”
Great ! Another thing to add to my aposematism.
I mean, I’m an anarchist and I don’t find women with septum piercings sexually appealing.
Then again, I am a gay man.
How about men with septum piercings?
Pretty hot, ngl. 🤷♂️
Then again, I am a gay man.
Small detail.
Barely worth mentioning.
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 always voted left and don’t have piercings or tattoos. Nothing wrong with them and many people have really awesome pieces of art.
But just wanted to point out that the left, by definition, is all about diversity and welcoming all flavours of self expression, so trying to box us like that doesn’t work so good.
In case it reads weirdly, this was not an attack, just an observation.
I always voted left and don’t have piercings or tattoos. Nothing wrong with them and many people have really awesome pieces of art.
Same here!
But just wanted to point out that the left, by definition, is all about diversity and welcoming all flavours of self expression, so trying to box us like that doesn’t work so good.
Totally agree.
In case it reads weirdly, this was not an attack, just an observation.
I didn’t take it as an attack. My original comment was an observation in a bit of jest too. I even play in a couple of very leftist punk bands and having no body mods is both very rare and totally welcome.
Also, outside of the weird world of Christian, white supremacist fascists obsessed with purity culture, every ultra right winger I’ve personally met has been heavily tattooed and even pierced.
I feel like an anarchist festival in particular probably also has a bit of a data bias.
Where I live I think you can get these kinds of piercings at 16. And I’ve never met anyone that still have these that over age 25.
When I see these I automatically think the person is a teenager.
I know plenty of bisexuals in their 30s with one
I have one I’m 39. But I don’t wear a ring in it. Just a tunnel so I can stick stuff through my nose and freak people out
Right, so I wouldn’t be able to see it if I met you in person? Did you have a ring in it in the past?
Wait I thought the septum was another name for the gooch
Aww come on, I think that was funny, downvoters. XD
It’s ok I was punching down (toward the gooch)
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.
I don’t know what’s wrong with me but septum piercings on women are the sexiest thing ever, for some reason I don’t feel the same way about them on men.
No offense but I don’t like piercings on men. Pierced women are so hot though.
Septum rings were originally used to control livestock.
Real ones love people with septum rings because they’re submissive and breedable.
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i can tell you that’s not true at least for me personally
i have a strong aversion to all piercings of the skin, especially ear-rings. first of all it just feels wrong. it feels like societally-accepted socially-encouraged body-self-mutilation. in any sane universe, people would think that you’re crazy if you intentionally drive a nail through your skin, because that’s what it is.
other piercings are slightly less bad because i feel like people actually thought about it instead of just doing it out of social pressure so at least it’s their own conscious choice. still don’t like it though.
it’s just doing what you like with your body and decorating it. I wouldn’t personally get a piercing, but i can see why people like them.
I feel like getting piercings and tattoos is very human.
Decoration that causes no actual harm? Literal insanity.
no actual harm
Around 20% of piercings get infected. It’s weird to me that someone will cut their finger, wash it, apply antiseptic, and put a bandaid over it. Then that same person will intentionally poke a hole in their skin and shove a foreign object in the wound so it can’t heal properly. From a purely biological perspective piercings don’t make any sense at all.
From a purely biological perspective
If you ignore the entire “humans are a social animal” part of it I guess, but that’s an invalid basis.
People get mild infections from all kinds of normal behavior. Eating food, walking outside, existing near children.
If you ignore the entire “humans are a social animal” part of it I guess
That’s what “from a purely biological perspective” means, yes. How many other social animals intentionally injure themselves?
People get mild infections from all kinds of normal behavior. Eating food, walking outside, existing near children.
Injury from those activities is an unplanned side effect. Injury is the entire point of piercings. Not really an apples to apples comparison.
How many other social animals wear adornments of any kind? And it’s inaccurate to say that behavior is detached from biology which is what I mean by “invalid”.
The “entire point” of piercings is decorative. Social signalling, personal aesthetics, religious practice, ceremony, whatever the reason. They join the long list of things we do with physical drawbacks but mental and interpersonal benefits. Tattoos, sun tans, restrictive shoes/clothing, smoking, drinking, and so on. You can live your life of bodily purity but don’t pretend like your way is more sane or natural.
How many other social animals wear adornments of any kind?
None of them. Who’s trying to hand-wave clothing by saying that humans are social animals? I don’t understand where you’re going with this.
You can live your life of bodily purity but don’t pretend like your way is more sane or natural.
Don’t strawman me. I don’t give a shit what people do to their bodies. I said it doesn’t make sense from a purely biological perspective, which is accurate. Either engage with what I actually said and stop extrapolating or fuck off.
I said it doesn’t make sense from a purely biological perspective
Which is wrong because social behavior is part of our biology. The specifics differ but the impulses are as much a part of our genetics as habing thumbs is.
I love septum piercings, and piercings in general. And tattoos. And weird hair.
Almost every girl whos ever shown interest in me had a septum piercing lol
Please tell me the secret to your success
I have no tattoos or piercings
Be a piercer
Thinking back on it now I’d say in 4 outta 5 serious relationships she had a nose ring of some kind, 2 were septums and 2 were side of nostril. I believe one of the nostril piercers also later got a septum piercing. I find nostril more attractive but neither is a deal maker or breaker for me.
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.
