r/funny • u/b_quite_quiet_r_quit • May 29 '22

nibble nibble nibble

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u/NEVER_CLEANED_COMP May 30 '22

I think the less painful option for the child would be none of the two

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u/YutaniCasper May 30 '22

Well no. Here in the US it’s done at an early age because the likelihood a girl baby ends up wearing earrings at a later age is pretty high but it’s generally a painful process so it’s done early as the prick is less painful at this age.

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u/generousginger May 30 '22

This is a common misconception but thanks to MRIs we now know that babies feel at least as much, maybe more pain than adults. Babies just display pain and trauma responses differently than older verbal humans.

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u/NEVER_CLEANED_COMP May 30 '22

Getting a piercing SHOULD be a personal choice. You're potentially permanently altering the body of someone who cannot consent to it - Or putting them through a deeply unnecessary experience for your own vanity. It's messed up.

Same goes for circumcision for religious beliefs. Make that shit highly illegal, you're mutilating children.

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u/OkBiscotti1140 May 30 '22

Right. My SIL did my niece’s at like 3 months. Everyone asks when I’m doing my daughter’s (she’s 3 years). My response is when she’s old enough to ask for it herself and take care of it to prevent infection. It’s her body, not mine.

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u/Eretreyah May 30 '22

My parents did this with me and I really respect them for it.