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September 28, 2008
Being authentically
authentic can be a struggle.
My attitude toward the
"modern primitive" style
of modification such as Still! Even after
tattoos, is that they're major mainstream On the other hand,
"cool" and sexy. penetrarion of the I'm sick of the
practice. damn tongue studs
already.
But my reaction to the
now ubiquitous boob job Thank you,
is somewhere between "Pulp Fiction"...
"who cares?" and
actively repulsive.
Expensive, invasive
surgery to achieve DEPRESSING_CURVE
a standardized Sexy.
How tacky, But what, *really* is the
how shallow. fundamental difference
between spending thousands LOST_IN_BEAUTY
on a boob job, and hundreds
on elaborate tattoo work? COSMETIC
The idea that human
modification itself
crosses some moral
barrier does not
work with me --
I'm not so phobic
of technology, MONSTERS
nor so puritanical.
There is some difference
in style between the two
forms of modification that
seems crucial to me,
however subtle it might
seem to someone else.
Possibly: a display of
individuality, vs. a The themes
desire to match a of tattoos
standard form. may indeed
run in
standard
Notably, I have a little grooves,
more respect for women but there's
who've gone all the way clearly
into a thoroughly absurd more variety
Big Tit look -- I once there than
saw a woman who was in the
literally sporting fashionable
soccer ball sized boob.
breasts, and my reaction
was much more accepting
than if she'd just gone WRONG_BATTERIES
for the basic D-cup look.
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