# Now we're prosecuting teens for piercing? Most of my gen would be in jail then.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 11, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-prosecuting-teens-for-piercing-most-of-my-gen-would-be-in-jail-then/618506 "2012-04-11T23:24:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-prosecuting-teens-for-piercing-most-of-my-gen-would-be-in-jail-then/618506/21 "2012-04-14T15:49:36Z")

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About time somebody put a stop to this lawlessness!!!

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**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-prosecuting-teens-for-piercing-most-of-my-gen-would-be-in-jail-then/618506/22 "2012-04-14T16:02:34Z")

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Prosecution for piercings?

Rather an overreaction, on the hole.

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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-prosecuting-teens-for-piercing-most-of-my-gen-would-be-in-jail-then/618506/23 "2012-04-15T01:09:03Z")

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> [@constanze](#):
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> Similar to how Cecil reported that picking your nose can be harmless, or can result in an infection that quickly kills you (because it’s close to the brain). Unlikely, but did happen.

He also had a column about how insanely risky and dangerous oral sex is, at that point I laugh and throw caution to the wind and decide to live dangerously!

I wonder how fatal a sandwich could be?🙂

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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-prosecuting-teens-for-piercing-most-of-my-gen-would-be-in-jail-then/618506/24 "2012-04-16T20:22:09Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Oh my goodness, the memories. I loved the blacklight posters in the back.

Ha ha, the haunted house, the black panther, the zodiac sign/ sexual positions one! Same deal in California. Ahhh, the 70’s!

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**Author:** ![yahoogle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/848f3c/32.png) [@yahoogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yahoogle)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-prosecuting-teens-for-piercing-most-of-my-gen-would-be-in-jail-then/618506/25 "2012-04-17T09:43:43Z")

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I actually saw this happening 2 years ago in 8th grade social studies. One girl pierced another girl’s ears with a safety pin, I think. In 7th grade, there was a girl in my homeroom who somehow managed to fit up to 100 safety pins in each ear (though to be honest, I can’t remember if they all went through the ear or if some didn’t just attach to others).

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