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96 responses to “Is that ASTM spec?”
ur doin it wrong!!!
ur doin it wrong!!!
#9 For The Win!
#9 For The Win!
damn.
damn.
This made me laugh so hard.
Consequences be damned!!
This made me laugh so hard.
Consequences be damned!!
Back In The Day we *all* pierced our ears with safety pins ācause it was ātrashyā to have more than one hole so it was DIY or nothing. Nobody lost a head. š
Back In The Day we *all* pierced our ears with safety pins ācause it was ātrashyā to have more than one hole so it was DIY or nothing. Nobody lost a head. š
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THANK YOU Elizabeth. I was trying to point out something similar a few weeks ago on a different post (about a roadside tattoo artist in Nepal) and got yelled at by several people. Not to minimize the threat of HIV, hepatitis, or MRSA (or assorted other nasties), but for most other bugs we do have something called an immune system.
THANK YOU Elizabeth. I was trying to point out something similar a few weeks ago on a different post (about a roadside tattoo artist in Nepal) and got yelled at by several people. Not to minimize the threat of HIV, hepatitis, or MRSA (or assorted other nasties), but for most other bugs we do have something called an immune system.
i can has safety pin?
i can has safety pin?
Looks like he has eye make up.
He doesnāt seem serious about it. Maybe having fun. did a dare. lost a bet.
Really, who decides in the woods, āhey, i think iāll get my bottom lip and monroe done, becky have anything i can pierce myself with?ā
becky:āā¦.uhhhhh safety pin?ā
dude: āand that will do backy, thanks.ā
Looks like he has eye make up.
He doesnāt seem serious about it. Maybe having fun. did a dare. lost a bet.
Really, who decides in the woods, āhey, i think iāll get my bottom lip and monroe done, becky have anything i can pierce myself with?ā
becky:āā¦.uhhhhh safety pin?ā
dude: āand that will do backy, thanks.ā
jesus, half the people on here are sheep you bitch and moan when someone sticks a safety pin in their lip yet are all about defending the rights of people cutting off their junk with rusty crap, if this kid got an interview would be be doin it right or wrong then?
jesus, half the people on here are sheep you bitch and moan when someone sticks a safety pin in their lip yet are all about defending the rights of people cutting off their junk with rusty crap, if this kid got an interview would be be doin it right or wrong then?
I agree with #30, I pierced my nostril, and lobes⦠a few times, with safety pins that I filed to a sharper point, disinfected then as much as possible with what I had (the moms a nurse yay) and guess what
NO HEP FOR ME! WOOT WOOT!
oh and p.s. piercing DIY with a safety pin canāt be that much worse than our grandmothers piercings their own ears with god knows what, and healing them with craptasticly cheap costume jewelry.
I agree with #30, I pierced my nostril, and lobes⦠a few times, with safety pins that I filed to a sharper point, disinfected then as much as possible with what I had (the moms a nurse yay) and guess what
NO HEP FOR ME! WOOT WOOT!
oh and p.s. piercing DIY with a safety pin canāt be that much worse than our grandmothers piercings their own ears with god knows what, and healing them with craptasticly cheap costume jewelry.
I remember my mom telling me about her piercing experience-a needle (non-hollowed), piece of straw and chunk of apple. That was in the 60ā²s and just for lobes.
I remember my mom telling me about her piercing experience-a needle (non-hollowed), piece of straw and chunk of apple. That was in the 60ā²s and just for lobes.
stonedā¦
stonedā¦
Warren, oh Warren! Where is your 6 paragraph explanation of why this is wrong? Please enlighten us, I have a safety pin in my hand and a strange urge to stick through my flesh!
Warren, oh Warren! Where is your 6 paragraph explanation of why this is wrong? Please enlighten us, I have a safety pin in my hand and a strange urge to stick through my flesh!
Iām not going to read any commentsā¦too often, in the past, Iāve gotten re-crankied by people taking stuff like this way too seriously.
Iām just going to post ROFL and move on.
Bij deze.
Iām not going to read any commentsā¦too often, in the past, Iāve gotten re-crankied by people taking stuff like this way too seriously.
Iām just going to post ROFL and move on.
Bij deze.
LMAOOO. š Bit silly, but hey, itās his body. I donāt know him, why do I car eif he gets a raging infection? Gave me some lolz. š
LMAOOO. š Bit silly, but hey, itās his body. I donāt know him, why do I car eif he gets a raging infection? Gave me some lolz. š
lolz @ #9
meh I guess I canāt say much, if he didnāt already have healed piercingsā¦I must admit I have some safety pin done piercings from when I was like 11..Their all healed now tho and I still have em
lolz @ #9
meh I guess I canāt say much, if he didnāt already have healed piercingsā¦I must admit I have some safety pin done piercings from when I was like 11..Their all healed now tho and I still have em
Sadly I knew a guy in high school who would do something like that. I mean he had my friend stick a safety pin in his eyebrow. Blah.
Though rofl @ 9. ;p
Sadly I knew a guy in high school who would do something like that. I mean he had my friend stick a safety pin in his eyebrow. Blah.
Though rofl @ 9. ;p
Sometimes it seems like folks are afraid DIY piercing will collapse an industry. If so⦠so what?
Sometimes it seems like folks are afraid DIY piercing will collapse an industry. If so⦠so what?
i still enjoy this.
i still enjoy this.
#9 pwnz all!
i love it
#9 pwnz all!
i love it
haha.
haha.
When I was 11 or 12 I pierced my eyebrow with a sewing needle and rammed a safety pin into it. I knew nothing about piercing and just really wanted an eyebrow ring. It ended up getting horribly infected and almost rotting out of my face. I still have a pretty nasty scar from the huge puss bubble that I ended up with. Iāve learned a lot since and I now buy sterilized hollow needles right from BME shop when I have to poke a new hole. š
When I was 11 or 12 I pierced my eyebrow with a sewing needle and rammed a safety pin into it. I knew nothing about piercing and just really wanted an eyebrow ring. It ended up getting horribly infected and almost rotting out of my face. I still have a pretty nasty scar from the huge puss bubble that I ended up with. Iāve learned a lot since and I now buy sterilized hollow needles right from BME shop when I have to poke a new hole. š