If not letting a strange man dig hooks into my back to gouge out strips of flesh in an irreversible and eventually-regrettable (not to mention illegal) operation is lame, then I guess I'm just a big lame.
I don't see how you can assert regrettable with any degree of certainty (it ain't your back), and I'd appreciate a source on the legality. I was under the impression that some places it was fine, some it wasn't.
P.S. "A strange man?" Come on, this isn't happening in an alley.
[14:18] Boiskov: the man says, "i can breathe and run and think and fuck." the dust replies, "i once had a wife and children in st. louis."
When she's 60 she'll still be herself and if that is the kind of thing she likes then she'll either still like it or have it as a reminder of who she was when she was that age.