Do all parents have trouble letting go?

[Wisemon]

(1) Piercings are stupid.

This one is subjective, and thus is as true as the person saying it believes it to be.

I meant that as a concise topic sentence, not so much as an opinion.

Most of these statements are untrue and I would appreciate if you think of someone as different for once not a " dumbass"

I'm calling you a "dumbass" if you steadfastly insist on making a decision that I have proven to be injudicious. The part where I call your decision "stupid" and call you a "dumbass" are not parts of my argument. If you took them to be argumentative points, I'm sorry for your confusion. The ugly thing was my opinion, and the opinion of the majority, and when it comes to beauty, majority opinion matters.

I will only say this:

"we the modified hold that we are a distinct subcultural group with an established history and way of life. we take part in these activities and perform these body modifications for the betterment of ourselves, of our peers, and of the world in general. Piercing, tattoos, scarification, and other modifications are active political protest and lead to positive cultural reform. we demand the right to treat our bodies as our own, and we strongly urge all to do the same."

Like I said, you're just conforming. You might as well join a cult while you're at it. You sound like you already drank the Kool-Aid.