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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
To me most of the mods that people invest their time and money into a product that over time becomes worthless, and their work didn't add anymore value or useablity to the item.
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But how do you define value or worthlessness? Is it sheerly in terms of society's determined market value? If this was the case then there would be no need for many of the sentimental stuff we do on a daily basis.
I know in my case, I have a 1992 S10 that books for around $2,000 in it's current condition. I have somewhere between 12-15K in it, with another 10-25K in work planned. It's not really helping my chances of reselling the vehicle, but I have no plans of ever putting it on the market. It makes ME happy. I love to create, to make something my own. For me, modifications (visual and functional ) do just that.
And another thing, don't all modifications serve SOME function? Even if that function is just to get people staring or to amuse oneself in some manner, it's still serving a purpose.
As for bodymodifications, I'm pierced and tattooed and it's something I plan on going into professionally. Why? Because when I look at myself in the mirror, my piercings and ink look good to me. I feel better with them. It's the same reason that someone gets their hair styled a certain way or bothers to shower, workout, or wash their face on a regular basis. It makes them feel attractive/confident/just-plain-good.
I guess some people are happy with something the way they got it, but for myself (and many others) there's always some little detail that can be changed to make an object (or my body) more to my liking. It's not because I'm a pessimist or overly critical (I'm far from either), it's just that I like to know that I've made something uniquely mine. It may not be one-off, it may not even be that different from everyone else's, but I've done something to closer align the reality with the ideal that I've set in my head.