Earrings look unattractive on both men and women.

Firstly: wow, an actual unpopular opinion!
Secondly: I will go so far as to say absolutely tooooons of people wear earrings that I personally find extremely silly, unfashionable, or outright gross.
Sorry ear plug people. They look goofy when theyre in and they look horrifying when theyre out.
Probably this opinion of mine comes from knowing a person who managed to get their ... ear loop? caught on something and tear apart.
Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.
I used to date a person who worked at a Claire's... and they would tell me that they would often, as in multiple times a week, have a family of recent immigrants from... India? Bangladesh? ... come into the store, and they would have to physically restrain a screaming obviously unwilling child to get their ears pierced.
Anyway: I think it is too far to agree that earrings in general are just bad all the time, but there are lots of cases where theyre done poorly.
- Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.
  Tonight's breaking story: Vexikron thinks it's great when a two-year-old is given ear piercings!
  
  Haha!
  The youngest my ex was pretty sure they were forced to pierce was was 3.
  For the record: It's also child abuse to force a 2, 1, 0, or frozen zygote in an IVF lab to get it's ears pierced unwillingly rofl.
- The fools, they should have told that child from the day they were born that they couldn't have pierced ears until they were at least 12. The kid would start wheedling for it at 6 and they could "give in" at 8. The child would still cry after the first ear, but would sit still and say thank you afterwards.
- Also: I think its child abuse to force a 3 to 9 year old to get their ears pierced.
  Here it's normal to do it to your toddler.
  
  In America it's "normal" to cut off part of your kid's dick, doesn't make it right.

Hey this guy has an unpopular opinion! Gonna upvote you and tell you you're wrong
- Yea, I love all piercings and have always thought they were either cute or a good conversation piece.
  Ear, nose, lip, tongue, brow, whatever. Even big gauges are interesting looking and wouldn't stop me from flirting with someone.
  I just think its neat.

Different people find different things attractive, as surprising as it is.
- Internet user discovers what an opinion is.
- What a useless comment
  
  Different people find different comments useful, as surprising as it is.
  
  I have earrings because I like the way they look. That's really all I mean, earrings are sexy. I don't really see how there's an issue with expressing that.

How oddly worded… I understand that this is “unpopularopinion”, but you say “despite them often being unattractive” as if it’s a fact they’re unattractive
- Contextually this is a ... board? Sublemmy?... whatever, the context is obviously opinions, it completely makes sense that in an opinion ... zone... someone would state their opinion frankly or cavalierly.
  
  Contextually this is a … board? Sublemmy?..
  "Community" is the accepted term... that's why the link to them is labeled 'Communities' and why it's /c/. (On kbin, they're Magazines, but kbin is the black sheep.)
  
  Difference between starting an opinion and making a leading statement.
  Manipulative people don't even realize they're doing it.
  ^ example of a leading statement, not an opinion.

Finally an actually unpopular opinion lol

I don't get piercings in general tbh.
Which is ironic because I have tattoos.
Something about just jamming something in your body and leaving it there just seems fuckin weird to me.
Again I get the irony considering I have tattoos ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯
- See I have no tattoos or piercings, and I find adding permanent art to myself fuckin weird. Different strokes for different folks.
  
  The permanent part is what drives me nuts. I can't settle on a color for any of my stuff day-to-day. I would love to have walls, appliances, clothes, etc. all be able to change color at a whim. I would be horrified by any tattoo I had 25% of the time I had it, I guarantee.
- Ha, so you prefer the jabs to be an in and out affair instead of a permanent one 😛

Eh, I’m not a fan of lipstick on women. There is nothing inherently wrong with either. It’s all a matter of personal taste.
- Red lipstick in particular. It makes everyone look like a clown. 🤡
- I find makeup in general, and in fact hair colouring, mousse, etc. not attractive. I'm not saying it's unattractive, but it makes me think, "why would you do that?"
  I suspect it's related to probably being on the spectrum. I find it difficult enough to understand people's unspoken thoughts and emotions, without all the distraction and camouflage.
- A very good "normal" example of body modification, just not as permanent. And there are degrees to that as well...I've seen lipstick colors that just enhance the lip color and give a sheen that I don't think twice about, but even my favorite celebrities look off putting to me when made up "heavily". I'm a bit on OP's side as far as preferring the natural look, although minor studs or a small tattoo somewhere don't catch my attention in a negative way, if I even notice.
- Seconded. Actually the whole "every woman has to wear makeup, earrings, purses etc" thing. Yes, many do and many people find it attractive. But not everybody - let people be themselves...

I don’t know, my wife’s Lego minifig head earrings or dinosaur earrings, where half the dinosaur is in front of the lobe and half behind are pretty legit.
- Your comment reminded me of this awesome person who made some earrings you can play DOOM on: https://www.gamesradar.com/yes-you-can-play-doom-on-these-earrings/ Creative people can do cool stuff

went to a mexican back yard party. loud as fuck mariachi band, fun as hell. did some tequila shots, ate tacos, and danced. looked around and there were people dancing with babies in their arms. the babies had pierced ears. also, you could just pass the babies around apparantly.
- As an American from the Midwest, babies with pierced ears is pretty normal. It wouldn't really get any looks or anything.
- I’m in Canada. Go back not even 20-30 years ago, parents were still piercing their babies’ ears pretty regularly. It’s a pretty recent phenomenon that people started waiting for their children to grow older. Many still do it.
  IMHO… A tiny 18g earring like they’re doing to babies is not particularly invasive, takes a handful of hours to stop being sore, will extremely rarely infect if done by a reputable piercer, and will naturally close back up once removed. As far as controversial practices go, earrings are amongst the most inconsequential. Permanent body altering stuff like non-medical circumcision, now this, I have an issue with…
- My wife is Colombian and her and her sister their ears pierced a few weeks into being born. Just part of the culture.

I think they can look attractive or nice on women and men. Jewelry (and makeup) can certainly improve how people look and therefore feel about themselves. The right amount is very subjective of course. As long as you like your mirror image, it’s good. Personally I find all of that impractical and my „jewelry“ is a nice beard instead.

It’s such a subjective thing, I love the look of most piercings on both men and women lol

I didn't vote because I have no opinion about this and I'm indifferent about earrings
Though I do find gauges on the nostril or below the lip to be off-putting

Indifferent on earrings. Can always take them out when you're bored of the look.
Ear gauges look fucking awful though.
- It's those nose rings that go through that middle part between the nostrils like a cartoon bull that I don't like. I just imagine them being caked with snot all the time.

Ear rings look uncomfortable to wear. Isn't it annoying having them jiggling around on your ears.
- Not really, depending on the earrings. Personally I find a nice comfy pair of smaller hoops, usually, that I can comfortably shower and sleep with. I’ll wear those until I get tired of them and then find something else.
  
  Dont you worry about the spike on the end of the ear ring stabbing your next when you roll over in your sleep?
- I’ve got small gauges, I just don’t feel them at all. I could see more dangling jewelry being kind of irritating…
- I haven't worn them recently, but the jingling is actually what got me into earrings. I liked having slightly dangly earrings and so when I shook my head they would jingle delicately.

Where are you from? How old are you?

Different tastes

Some earrings look incredible and some look...artistic, putting it nicely. Like with clothes, clothes that look good on one person do not look good on everyone. Of course there is also personal preference.
When it comes down to it though I do not think many women wear earrings to make them look pretty. They wear it to give themselves confidence, and I want to encourage and support this behavior whenever possible, even if it goes against my personal aesthetic (that is not to say I dislike earrings - this mostly applies to tattoos for me).

What about other pricings? Just earrings?
- I personally hate all piercing. Just looks wierd. But I will not judge people over it.
  It also dislike jewelry in general though. Capitalist Hate me.
- Nose studs always look like a booger to me. Wear your booger if you like, but it does not look good. I’m not staring because it’s somehow cool, but I keep wondering if you’ll notice e the booger on your face
  
  So you’re staring, to be a judgemental asshole on purpose, and you’re proud of it. Interesting.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What you find ugly, others find attractive. it also changes over time. You hate earrings now, you might like them 10 years from now

I'm with you when it comes to men. To each their own, but I don't like men wearing earrings. Women can usually pull them off. I have the same opinion about long hair. To all men with either long hair or earrings: you do you, it doesn't matter if I like how you look!
- I suppose I have very traditional views on who jewelry looks good on, but ….. when I see hoop earrings, all I can think of are plastic surgeon ads I used to see on the subway, for fixing your ears after it gets caught on something.

I wonder if this is an unpopular opinion. Personally I find them unpractical. They can get caught on stuff compared to things like tattoos so I've never been a fan.
- That's really only something you have to worry about with large hoop earrings (with rare exception).

Mine are kind of mementos and have symbolic meaning.. Oh, and they look nice.

I did not get it for looks. I wanted a piece of jewelry that was not constrictive. I don't like rings or chains or bracelets. Its more of a personal object I keep on me. That being said I don't really use it anymore as I don't feel like having one anymore so I don't bother wearing any. One thing is I never bought a nice one so by and large I just wore garbage. Let me put it this way. A tshirt with some logo on it does not look better than a really nice plain one color tshirt. Sorta looks worse. But maybe I like that band or comic book or whatnot (or maybe I just got it free and it will let me enter a store). EDITED - going further. I have long hair. Many might say that is unattractive but others would not. I like my hair long though so it just becomes a thing that I have relationships with women that find long hair on dudes attractive or at the very least are neutral about it.

You should look at traditional Indian earrings, especially Rajasthani. Thay might vhange your opinion.

If a person wants earrings, I don't have a problem with it, but they should NEVER be put on a baby or an unconsenting child.
And I can say the exact same thing about circumcision.

It was a great way to flash your bling back in the days

It depends for me. I find some of them very cool, and others kinda ugly.

You assume they're solely for attraction.

Depends on the ear ring.
But upvote for the truly unpopular opinion.

As some who has had 20+ piercings over the years and who knows people who have piercings. Generally we don't get them because we think other people will find them attractive, we get them because we think they look good. I'm down to 4 piercings now because of things like jobs, but I do miss them.
Everyone's tastes are different, while I think piercings look cool. I don't think everyone suits them. An eyebrow piercing can look awesome on one person, and awful on another.
And some people flat out dislike them. That's fine. So long as people aren't shoving their opinions down people's throats and trying to force them to change, differing opinions are a good thing. The world would be very boring if we were all the same.
I'm the nerd with tattoos, dyed hair and piercings. A lot of people make shitty comments and I also get a lot of compliments. I don't see the need people have to go up to and say or shout across the street a shitty comment at someone. Their choice in clothing/ piercings/ body art doesn't affect your life. Move on. If someone thinks I look awful, that's fine, that's their view, I'm good with that. But outright going out of your way to voice your shitty comment to someone, that's not cool.
My point is, your opinion is fine. But if you then attack someone because of that opinion, that's not okay.