Every one else is getting their tongue pierced so you should too.?

When I was a teen, my mom used to say to me, "If everyone else was jumping off of cliffs, would you?" In other Words, be yourself. You don't have to do anything just because everyone else is. You are an individual. You CAN get your tongue pierced, but you also need to think of whether or not you want this twenty or thirty years from now. Is it that important to follow the crowd?