QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 06:57 AM)
Usually for something to be ironic you need to compare several items that are somewhat related, and I can't see how cruelty and 'self-mutilation' (which you associate with piercings and tattoos) are similar. Everyone entering the door will be willing participants for whatever they want done to themselves.
Both are injury that causes pain.
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