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Acton
Like a FCKNG BIRD
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: London
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Jul-30-2012 22:07
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LAdazeNYnights
Crossing Swords
Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Without wishing to pass judgement on anyone's particular designs, I find the whole concept of tattoos extremely bizarre. Let's draw a permanent picture onto our own skin! Such a weird concept. |
I'm with you on this, though I feel that once someone is an adult or whatever, then if that's what makes them happy, good for them. What really boggles my mind is seeing more and more young kids with them. I don't just mean small tattoos in random places, but rather 19 year old kids with those big tattoos that span the whole top of their chest in such a way as to be totally visible when one wears a v-neck or tank-top (and, of course, everybody who has one of them makes a point to wear deep-cut v-necks and tank-tops EVERYWHERE). I can't help but laugh when I see a kid with one of those, or with a tattoo that takes up >20% of his arm..."boy, did you make a bad decision or what. do you not have parents???"
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Jul-30-2012 22:17
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Halcyon+On+On
Liebchen
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: midcoast
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But on the other hand, the more people who have them - especially visible - the less taboo they become. Tattoos, and perhaps to a greater extent, piercings? - are signs that someone has undergone a kind of painful ritual, willingly. So most conservative people wince at what they represent. Essentially, I am hard-pressed to find any essential reason they ought to be a metric to judge someone by, apart from the glaring fact that people get them to signify what kind of social tribe they might belong to; those with tattoos, or those without them, and all of the connotations that might define how each individual is perceived. Really, what difference ought it make if someone decided to have pigmented ink applied to their skin in a permanent fashion? None at all, if you ask me, and further it has the potential to be a beautiful metric of character, when applied in tasteful (subjective, naturally!) fashion.
Also, really awful tattoos are an excellent metric to immediately dismiss someone, you know? I try to hold as few prejudices as possible, but I refuse to relinquish that particular one. You got an arm-sized portrait of Porky Pig on your thigh? That's fantastic, now I don't have to expend an iota of energy considering a single thing you might have to say.
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Jul-30-2012 23:16
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