I am pretty tolerable when it comes to looking at things that might disturb or make ill a majority of the population. Looking at male genitalia, swollen or covered with scars and scabs from some venereal disease doesn’t bother me much. I begged to watch the doctor cut off my toenails completely during some light surgery I had many years ago. Seeing a picture of the blood and flesh and tissue of a human being scattered across the highway from a horrible accident doesn’t even really make me flinch. I didn’t even budge when a girl pierced her own nipple at my dining room table with a safety pin, and stayed perfectly still (until I realized how incredibly drunk she was) to let her do mine. But seeing this (caution… do NOT click before reading what it is) and KNOWING that she actually cut her own tongue down the center with a razor blade on purpose actually makes me stomach bubble up.
Maybe, as Jaclyn would probably say, I’m just not open minded enough.
Truly, I don’t mind people who have this modification. I’ve seen it before. It’s not really a big deal. I can’t say I prefer the way it looks, but it certainly doesn’t disgust me to see it. In fact, looking at that same tongue (and forcing myself to forget how it was done) at a very different angle doesn’t bother me at all. Again, I don’t particularly like the way it looks. But it isn’t my body, it’s hers. But it certainly doesn’t bother me to see it.
But these pictures along with the knowledge of HOW it was done absolutely makes me shiver.
Jess, don’t get ANY ideas, you hear? *wink*
[via evan]