Generations

Each generation must find a fashion statement that outrages its elders. I've been waiting for some time now for dismemberment to come into fashion. For example, independent young men and women can amputate the ring finger on the left hand, thereby declaring eternal independence from marriage. Kind souls can declare their pacifism by removing both middle fingers, making it impossible to give anyone the finger. (But not true: as a young man on the road, I met a one-armed woman who told me the advantage of her situation was that she could give the cops the finger without their knowing it.)

Always putting your foot in your mouth? Well, you can ... you get the idea.