Well according to one of my good friends, who seems to call these things pretty accurately, Cosmetic Amputation!
Not content with tatooing your entire face and body? Not happy with putting metal “jewelry” into every orifice and non-orifice of your body? Bored of dying your hair hot pink or neon purple? Howzabout cutting off a finger or a leg or an arm? Wouldn’t that be the ultimate way to give everyone the finger? Oh yeah, I guess you wouldn’t be able to, because you’d be missing that finger.
Maybe kids could tatoo, dye, pierce and then cut off their exposed ass. Wouldn’t that be awesome and super-cool and hip?
And maybe, just maybe (and wouldn’t this be sick and twisted?) kids would actually wear regular clothes and not feel the urge to “stand out” or be“unique”. They might just be interested in going to school and learning stuff rather than trying to “shove it to the world” or “trying to show their individuality by following the latest trends.” Maybe being smart and kind and thoughtful and useful will actually become super-popular.
But who am I kidding?