Eye Jewelry...?

[lwood]

Yahoo news -- Dutch surgeons are inserting jewlery in eyeballs.

I expect several classes of reply:

1. Ew!


2. Hmmm... well.. your kink is ok?


3. Oooo... can we get them to do a silver valknut?


4. Er... why?

*grin, duck, and run*

-- Lorrie

Edit: Added fourth option on advice of coyotegrrrl.

Comments

[coyotegrrrl.livejournal.com]

::blinks:: I'll go with "Why?"

Tattooing and body piercing, ok, those have been around as long as tribes have, really. But eyeball insertion? ::blinks again, no pun intented::

Good lord, what if in 20 years I'm saying, "No eyeball jewelry until you're 16! I don't care if Cindi got it when she was 14!"

[lwood.livejournal.com]

*laughs and adds that as a fourth option*

-- Lorrie

[coyotegrrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh cool. You should include blinking in the option. It's appropriate.

[ardaniel]

*nrgh.*

I can just imagine what serious head trauma does to one of those.

[dasubergeek.livejournal.com]

Option 1 includes both *twitch* and *squick*. Also "OWWWWWWW".

I think I'll go with option 1.

[walkyrja.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on this one, followed by a prolonged, perplexed...."the fuck?". I imagine that last part can go under "why?"

The Dread Fiance E wouldn't even let me read more than one sentence of the article to him. He is definitely squeamed out on this idea.

[dasubergeek.livejournal.com]

I lengthened "why?" into "why the FUCK would you want to put a hole in your EYE, jesus FUCKING HAIRY-CHESTED HARVEY CHRIST riding BACKWARDS ON A FEMALE PONY."

[weofodthignen]

I simply felt cheated it wasn't about jewelry made out of eyeballs. Like I wear.

M

[mirgar.livejournal.com]

I can see, to people of a certain age in a certain scene, this being the best fashion accessory to come along in a while.

But everyone gets older, and scenes end. I'm made uncomfortable putting contact lenses in, slicing my eye open for cosmetic reasons... and then slicing it open AGAIN when I can't carry the look any more... not to mention the money I'm paying for the privilege! I can't imagine doing this.

[arc-stormcrow.livejournal.com]

Mark me down in the "I'll pass" category. If having contacts in for an hour drove my eyes batty, having a chunk of silver permanently stuck there would send me over the edge.

[quirkwidget.livejournal.com]

*shudder*

'kay, now I'm gonna have bad dreams.

[tomobedlam.livejournal.com]

It sort of reminds me of "Arturoism" from the book Geek Love By Katharine Dunn, which you should all read, if you havent already, which I hope you have. Also Cruddy by Lynda Barry. Especially the latter, because it is without a doubt, the most messed up work of fiction I have ever read. EVER. And I've read really quite a bit. More than most people even. Read it and then marvel at the fact that this woman wrote it.