Branding: "represents the lifelong commitment"

[33girl]

Originally posted by kddani
Sorry to you GCers who do it, but the ear stretching thing really annoys me, personally.

But Danielle, you can put a corn dog in it.

Whatever someone wants to do...different strokes for different folks. Quite frankly, I think I'd rather see people with tats/brands/etc that are taken care of than people fake-baking their skin 3 times a week and thinking it's "safe" because it's not the actual sun.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by DST4A00
Se I wasn't posting it to be disgusting. I understand where you're coming from but My picture was to show what the brands look like.

Sorry about the miscommunication. As I said before, there were several men in my classes who had the Sigma branded on them. IF I were to be into branding (which is ever so unlikely, for the reasons I stated above), those Omegas look pretty decent.


33girl, you're really trying hard to get me on my skin cancer soapbox!!

[AchtungBaby80]

Originally posted by 33girl
Whatever someone wants to do...different strokes for different folks. Quite frankly, I think I'd rather see people with tats/brands/etc that are taken care of than people fake-baking their skin 3 times a week and thinking it's "safe" because it's not the actual sun.

Oh, Lord, yes. Great point!

Most everyone I know with 'body modifications' has done it responsibly with full consideration of the amount of aftercare needed, the placement, and so forth. It's great if people do it that way. But yes, I really hate seeing these young ladies with tattoos on their hips and places like that...it's like, "c'mon...did you think about what that's going to look like in 40 years?"

[allsmiles_22]

Originally posted by kddani
I guess it is each person's own body, but it bugs the shit out of me that people don't seem to think about what's going to happen down the road. Yeah it's fine to do some of this stuff in college, but what's it going to look like down the road? Like the lower back tattoos- do you know how ugly that's going to be after several kids and as you get older and wider/saggier?

I think most people do think about the long-term effect, but don't really care. Those factors could be the reason why people place their tattoos in certain places. I had people ask me the same question and my response was and still is what difference will a tattoo make when my skin is already wrinkly and sagging? I know that at 50 or 60, I will not be making an effort to put my aging body on display let alone any of my tattoos.

Because my head doesn't rotate 360, I've got to contort my body in a mirror just to see my tattoo. So not seeing it everyday causes me to forget about it and not be annoyed to the point where I'm thinking why did I do this. I could very well get annoyed at the thought of having them when I get older and if I do there's the option of laser removal. Given the many other ailments older people can fall prey to, my tattoos will be the least of my worries.

[honeychile]

Somewhat off track, but I once heard about a TriDelt who had a dolphin tattooed near her navel. Once she had a child, though, it looked more like Shamu!

[AOX81]

Originally posted by 33girl
Quite frankly, I think I'd rather see people with tats/brands/etc that are taken care of than people fake-baking their skin 3 times a week and thinking it's "safe" because it's not the actual sun.

I remember all the girls and guys in high school and college that tanned on a daily basis. I can't wait for my 25 year class reunion. I will be one of the few there that actually look their age or younger! Damn, I should have been a dermatologist!

[Kevlar281]

Originally posted by Dianne
When I was in college, I hung out with a lot of Pi Kapps, and almost all of them had some type of Pi Kappa Phi-related tattoo. The letters, or the crest, or that star/sword symbol. It was a way to show pride and loyalty to their fraternity.

My chapter has a star shield branding iron…























for our boots.

[Erik P Conard]

neuri la gumbahdah, Wilton Norman Chamberlain, se lancagos,
ondo es carrasco, Alpha Phi Alpha. Nacupenda.

[SPersuasion]

It's not your body, you don't have to look at it, you don't have to endure the pain...Sooo I'm failing to see why it's a big deal?

I think getting anything besides your ear pierced is quite useless but I don't assume the person who CHOOSES to do so is silly nor can I assume that he or she is "misguided" as many of you have eluded to. As was stated earlier; NPHC members do not recieve brands during their process and branding cannot be equated with being ignorant because my otolaryngologist friend has a huge one on his right arm.

[Erik P Conard]

There just might be one stupid laryngologist.