Black men and earrings. Can we let it go already?

[Fear Itself]

So why isn't he pitting white hipsters who gauge their ears with those silly plugs and rings?

[digs]

Originally Posted by Smeghead

Done. I've let it go. In fact, I let it go quite a while ago. Now that I think of it, I don't know exactly when, because I can't remember a time when I was hanging on to it. But consider me in compliance with your instructions.

Actually, I didn't let it go until Stink Fish Pot told me to.

And I feel so... free. Younger, healthier, certainly taller.

Hmm, what else can I let go?
Rednecks wearing their hats in nice restaurants. I'm lettin' it go.

Oh, kids who like say "like" (and you're all like "What?" and they're like "What. Ever." And you get all like "I don't like that" and their friends go like "Dude, do you just not like it, or not LIKE like it? Or not +1 Like it?"...)
I am SO like letting go of all that.

And people who say "It's all good". It's never all good. Often, nothing is good.

But y'know what? I am lettin' it GO!

:::whew:::

... is it just me, or are all the colors outside suddenly brighter?
I'll be taking a walk if anyone's looking for me.

[pikey pete]

you know, after taking a bullet through the calf in Afghanistan...I never wanted any other non-OEM holes in my body. Anyone else who wants accessory holes...go for it. Its your body, modify it as you see fit.

[pikey pete]

lemme tell ya, a .223 at close range sucks, but pulling the butterfly closures off my hairy legs was what really sealed the deal. that hurt like a bastard.

[Farmer Jane]

I think black men wearing stud earrings - especially the large fake ones - is tacky as hell. There's nothing wrong with the complaint. It would just appear that the overly PC Dope isn't gonna have it.

[Farmer Jane]

Originally Posted by Kimstu

Try this: Nineteen percent of males in a 2004 survey of Americans between 18 and 50 years of age reported having pierced ears.
Now admittedly, men older than 50 are probably much less likely to have ear piercings, so that's not equivalent to 19% of the entire US male population. But it still sounds like a lot more than "very few" or "almost nobody" to me.

If you mean that "very few" or "almost no" white males wear the particular type of paired, matching, large-ish, more stereotypically "feminine"-looking earrings that seem to be the only thing you're willing to call "earrings", that would be plausible. But if you're trying to argue for the position that only "very few" of them have pierced ears at all, I think you're kidding yourself, at least when it comes to the US male population.

But do they currently wear metal ? I have lots of piercings. They aren't being utilized.

[Jenaroph]

Originally Posted by Cubsfan

To pile on though I think worse than the fake earrings are the flat brimmed hats with price tags still on them that are so popular with the urban crowd (white and black).

I thought this was a Minnie Pearl thing. Is it back?

[Cowboy Brett in Windsor,Can.]

Have you ever sen diamond stud earrings (or ANY "boy bling" or "dude-cessories") on a cowboy????

[Really Not All That Bright]

Yup.

[pikey pete]

Originally Posted by Cowboy Brett in Windsor,Can.

Have you ever sen diamond stud earrings (or ANY "boy bling" or "dude-cessories") on a cowboy????

yup. I live in Texas. Fort Worth. Rodeo buckle of the bible belt. Cowtown. Where the west begins. Home of the worlds largest honky-tonk. and yes, I have seen plenty of cowboys with diamond stud earrings.

[foolsguinea]

I am of very northern European descent. I have a WASPy cousin, about 40, preacher's kid, married with children, who wears rings in each ear. I have no clue why. Maybe he got them pierced when his daughter did, I can believe that. I suspect his wife is annoyed by it, but I honestly don't know.

Even if it is a "black" thing, who cares?

Good grief, it's just jewelry!

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by pikey pete

yup. I live in Texas. Fort Worth. Rodeo buckle of the bible belt. Cowtown. Where the west begins. Home of the worlds largest honky-tonk. and yes, I have seen plenty of cowboys with diamond stud earrings.

I also live in a place nicknamed "Cowtown," and if you see someone with bling and/or diamond stud earrings on, they definitely aren't an actual cowboy.

[Shot From Guns]

The Cowboy Police actually make you turn in your Cowboy License if they catch you with metal in your ears. True story.

[Cat Whisperer]

I believe it. You don't mess around with the Cowboy Police.

[Jack Batty]

I love their song, "Every Breath Y'all Take."

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Jack Batty

I love their song, "Every Breath Y'all Take."

This made me snort out loud.

[Joez]

no matter how trendy the stupids think men wearing ear rings is , it looks very feminine, and show off, like in idiots, it is true that they also need to wear matching lingerie. doesn't matter if they have money or not sissy is sissy here and in Japan.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Thanks you for contributioning. I does inform stupids.

[UFC Is Sux]

Mr. Clean, you got some 'splainin' to do ...

[Drunky Smurf]

Originally Posted by Really Not All That Bright

Thanks you for contributioning. I does inform stupids.

Make sure inform in small words.

[Cartooniverse]

Originally Posted by Laudenum

Very few white guys wear earrings.


For that matter, most black men don't either.

I'm a white guy. No wait, there's more. I'm breathtakingly white. I'm the fucking Arctic Circle of White. My genetic map is so devoid of color that that ultraviolet rays pound down on my lack of melanin and bounce back up into the universe, screaming across the cosmos in search of some receptive dermal layers.

I've had an earring since about 1987. First a silver stud of one variety or another. For many years, a small loop. Silver. Thicker on the bottom.

--Shrug--

So I have an unrequited crush on Ed Bradley. What of it??

Can't say I wear lingerie. Leastways, none that match.

[Lust4Life]

My take on the O.P. is, that if it doesn't harm other people then new and different, fashions, whether you find them esthetically pleasing or not, make the world a more interesting place.

Personally the fashion for wearing trousers half way down your arse to show off your underpants to others, strikes me as totally naff, and makes the wearers look silly.
But if THEY'RE happy with it, then good for them.