>>11823436Taken from /r9k/:
"The dyed hair is often an abstraction from manga or anime and is an attempt to escape the ordinary or in extreme cases, reality. However most have horrible senses of direction when dealing with neon greens or blues and tend to fail to balance these in any meaningful form. Thus the "damaged look".
Piercings beyond the ear such as nose rings, especially the cow ring is to mark the person as a cow of "the system" thinking it's rebellious to point that out but really it just reaffirms weakness. The tattoos, especially if not discreet mark alot of things. Sometimes a lover or even an event or belief. Make your own assumptions when you see them. Mental illness is what some of these people wish they had in order to justify their life choices. The majority of them, however, bank off edgy looks and the real "damaged" of society in order to harvest "pity points" from strangers."
