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| Acton |
| Hail, mein furry-er! |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| You live in a tent, Banora? |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| 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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| Halcyon+On+On |
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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| WittyHandle |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenkieee
That's the second time in a couple of posts that I see you using this word. I had to look it up in order to understand what it means. In return for my efforts, I demand that you make a recording of you pronouncing that word! |
You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenkieee
That's the second time in a couple of posts that I see you using this word. I had to look it up in order to understand what it means. In return for my efforts, I demand that you make a recording of you pronouncing that word! |
My egregious pronunciation of egregious
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Jokes aside, did I use it in the wrong context, Witty? I always thought it meant "very bad" in the case of mistakes (such as having bad tattoos)... or so it seems from this definition :conf: |
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| srussell0018 |
| I definitely believe that people who get "flash" tattoos (that is a tattoo they picked off a book on the wall) is completely absurd. However, if that tattoo means something to you, then more power to you. Also, with a lot of them, it's essentially art being permanently part of your body. Who wouldn't want to be covered in beautiful artwork? |
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| Lira |
My toe looks like Munch's Scream guy. True story.
But yeah, I'd love to have loads of works of art covering my body... I'm not sure I'd have the guts to have them permanently though, so props to you for actually having the courage to do that :) |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Apart from the really egregious cases in which the tattoos look nothing like what was originally intended, I'm yet to see someone who regrets having them though. |
I have. And the fact that laser removal exists would suggest there's a good living to be made from regrettable tattoos.
Regarding "egregious", it originally meant "standing out" or "not fitting in" without necessarily having negative connotations. Over time it has come to mean standing out in a notably bad way - most definitions will specify that it means outstandingly or conspiciously bad. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I have. And the fact that laser removal exists would suggest there's a good living to be made from regrettable tattoos. |
I always thought of those as erasers of bad tattoos... maybe I just don't know enough people with inked skins.
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Regarding "egregious", it originally meant "standing out" or "not fitting in" without necessarily having negative connotations. Over time it has come to mean standing out in a notably bad way - most definitions will specify that it means outstandingly or conspiciously bad. |
So I used it in the right context, I guess, as this is what I meant to say. I mean, I did, right? Maybe I've been overusing this word because of TvTropes (they use it all the time), but that's sort of what I had in mind.
Phew, I know my English is far from being flawless, but I was a little confused there for a while :p |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I always thought of those as erasers of bad tattoos... |
What do you mean by "bad"? Is an ill-advised tattoo of a former fling's name a bad tattoo? Or a beautifully rendered drunken whim?
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Who wouldn't want to be covered in beautiful artwork? |
People who have respect for art, I imagine. |
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