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Here's a theoretical conversation between myself and a friend which relates true occurances.
Me: Hey
Friend: What's up?
Me: Not much. Guess what I did last night!
Friend: Ate cantaloupe.
Me: No, dufus.
Friend: Ok, what?
Me: I stretched my ears!
Friend: ...
Me: You still there?
Friend: Why?
Me: Because I wanted to.
Friend: So there's like a big gaping hole in your ears now?
Me: No, re-re. You can't even tell at this point. Normal earrings are like 18ga and I just stretched up to a 14ga. It's the same size hole that most people have their navels pierced at. They seriously just look like regular earrings unless you look really close.
Friend: Then what's the point?
Me: Because eventually I'll have big gaping holes.
Friend: Gross.
Me: Yeah, well, I'm still friends with you aren't I? And you're pretty fucking gross. Rude, too.
Friend: Sorry. Did it hurt?
Me: Not really at all, actually. They were just kinda tight when I first put them in.
Friend: And you did this on your own?
Me: Yeah, I read up on it first.
Friend: What'd you have to do?
Me: Well, since it was actually a really small stretch, not much. Took out my old earrings, cleaned everything up, used anti-bacterial soap to lube the jewelry and basically just slid them in.
Friend: That's it?
Me: That's it.
Friend: Cool.
Me: I think so.
Now, wasn't that educational, kids?
Me: Hey
Friend: What's up?
Me: Not much. Guess what I did last night!
Friend: Ate cantaloupe.
Me: No, dufus.
Friend: Ok, what?
Me: I stretched my ears!
Friend: ...
Me: You still there?
Friend: Why?
Me: Because I wanted to.
Friend: So there's like a big gaping hole in your ears now?
Me: No, re-re. You can't even tell at this point. Normal earrings are like 18ga and I just stretched up to a 14ga. It's the same size hole that most people have their navels pierced at. They seriously just look like regular earrings unless you look really close.
Friend: Then what's the point?
Me: Because eventually I'll have big gaping holes.
Friend: Gross.
Me: Yeah, well, I'm still friends with you aren't I? And you're pretty fucking gross. Rude, too.
Friend: Sorry. Did it hurt?
Me: Not really at all, actually. They were just kinda tight when I first put them in.
Friend: And you did this on your own?
Me: Yeah, I read up on it first.
Friend: What'd you have to do?
Me: Well, since it was actually a really small stretch, not much. Took out my old earrings, cleaned everything up, used anti-bacterial soap to lube the jewelry and basically just slid them in.
Friend: That's it?
Me: That's it.
Friend: Cool.
Me: I think so.
Now, wasn't that educational, kids?