Body mods

[lnr]

From a conversation on irc...

To me all of the below are in some way the same sort of thing, although I didn't see it that way until Richard pointed it out a year or so back. It made me feel a lot less bitter at people who I don't see as overweight who still want to be thinner. I instinctively still find the cosmetic surgery more distasteful than most of the rest, and wonder if others feel the same.

NB More what you find acceptable in others than what you would consider doing yourself.

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Comments

[ali-in-london.livejournal.com]

Since I could think of a good reason that people would want any of those, I ticked them all.

Not got the time at the moment, but it would be interesting to see whether the modifications to make yourself look less normal (lots of piercings, tattoos, etc) are more acceptable to our group than modifications to make yourself look more normal (dieting, teeth straightening, etc).

Also wondering whether people have a specific person in mind when voting for or against deliberate scarification. *grin*

You could run another poll: what would be an acceptable reason for doing $body_mod, and what would be an unacceptable reason.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Normal is a relative term, not an absolute. Just saying like.

[j4.livejournal.com]

modifications to make yourself look more normal (dieting, teeth straightening, etc)

So normal people are all thin and have perfect teeth. Right. Just checking.

[oldbloke.livejournal.com]

now now, there's a diff twixt "thin" and "not obese" and twixt "perfect teeth" and "no longer unable to eat because nothing fitted right".

[j4.livejournal.com]

But if you're having your teeth straightened because you're "unable to eat" then you're not just doing it "to make yourself look more normal", really, are you?

[ali-in-london.livejournal.com]

Yes, dear.

[j4.livejournal.com]

I'm just trying to make you think about the gross assumptions you appear to be making, dear.