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Do you look down on people with tattoos?

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    #632
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    pawdee wrote: »
    The best tattoo I ever saw was one of a fox hunting scene that covered a fella's entire back.....red jacketed huntsmen, horses, beagles the lot, and the fox about to disappear down the crack of his arse.

    Better than a beaver coming up out of it.


    Some tattoos are epic works or art, a credit to both the artist and the stoicism and tolerance of the "wearer".
    Some are absolutely brutal scratchings on skin. Probably regretted with 12 months of getting it.

    Other than one on your head, they're grand, i wouldnt judge someone with a visible taboo


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    #633
    aroundthehouse
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭aroundthehouse


    Hellrazer wrote: »
    No mental health issues here!!!!
    Now yourself on the other hand could be debatable.

    denial, i feel sorry for you


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    #634
    aroundthehouse
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭aroundthehouse


    K.Flyer wrote: »
    What, you brought in the tea and biscuits?

    i dont eat biscuits they are bad for you


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    #635
    aroundthehouse
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭aroundthehouse


    Hellrazer wrote: »
    Don’t be so stupid.

    Facts are never stupid i'm afraid


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    #636
    Conservative
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Conservative


    Nothing worse than seeing a beautiful woman who has destroyed that beaity with tattoos. Very small ones I can just about abide but in general they're for lowlifes and cretins.


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    #637
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    Conservative wrote:
    Nothing worse than seeing a beautiful woman who has destroyed that beaity with tattoos. Very small ones I can just about abide but in general they're for lowlifes and cretins.


    And god bless each and every one of them. They pay this vandal.


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    #638
    Conservative
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Conservative


    Shame on you.


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    #639
    kylith
    Registered Users Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Conservative wrote: »
    Nothing worse than seeing a beautiful woman who has destroyed that beaity with tattoos. Very small ones I can just about abide but in general they're for lowlifes and cretins.

    You, in your biases, can't appreciate when a person takes their body and uses it as a canvas. Whether as a form of expression, or asserting control over the one thing they will always have; whatever the reason they may have.

    You lack the culture to appreciate this art form. And i pity you.


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    #640
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    Conservative wrote: »
    Shame on you.

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    #641
    Dick Pickle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Dick Pickle


    Usually there’s a bit of a lack with people who tattoo themselves. Particularly those who get words printed on their bodies - they’re not books ffs !


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    #642
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    Dick Pickle wrote: »
    Usually there’s a bit of a lack with people who tattoo themselves. Particularly those who get words printed on their bodies - they’re not books ffs !

    There's nothing quite like having your own Executive Order though...


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    #643
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,903 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    anyone who would think any less of a person because they possess a tattoo or any type of body art is a ****wit pure and simple. I don’t have any but I can admire tattoos as art and if I see one I like great. If something isn’t to my taste ? So what ? Other people and their individual life choices / artistic expressions are not always going to be everyone’s liking... I would however look down upon the type of absolute cretin who would look down on someone for having body art.


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    #644
    twowheelsonly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,268 ✭✭✭twowheelsonly


    Conservative wrote: »
    Nothing worse than seeing a beautiful woman who has destroyed that beaity with tattoos. Very small ones I can just about abide but in general they're for lowlifes and cretins.


    So nobody in your family or circle of friends has one ? I can only presume that you'd either disown them or tell them that they're lowlifes if they did ?


    I don't have any but have no problem with those that do and I can appreciate the artistic merit in a lot of them. A lot of crap regrettable ones out there as well but I wouldn't tar them all with the one brush.


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    #645
    Sassygirl1999
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 409 ✭✭Sassygirl1999


    No but I do look down on people who look down on people or people who use that phrase


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    #646
    RonanP77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭RonanP77


    I'm 41, I have 8 tattoos, got my first 29 years ago and I have a few more planned, currently trying to come up with a nice design that will actually mean something to me. I come from a good family, have an alright job, I'm not a scumbag or layabout. I really don't like face or neck tattoos.

    My wife doesn't have any and never will but I actually really like them on girls.


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    #647
    witchgirl26
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    Conservative wrote: »
    Nothing worse than seeing a beautiful woman who has destroyed that beaity with tattoos. Very small ones I can just about abide but in general they're for lowlifes and cretins.

    Nothing worse than seeing an attractive guy who has destroyed that beauty with ignorance. A few close minded opinions I can put up with but in general opinions like that are for lowlifes & cretins


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    #648
    Dick Pickle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Dick Pickle


    witchgirl26 wrote: »
    Nothing worse than seeing an attractive guy who has destroyed that beauty with ignorance. A few close minded opinions I can put up with but in general opinions like that are for lowlifes & cretins

    That’s gibberish. Try again.


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    #649
    pawdee
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    Popeye had tattoos of anchors. One on each arm.


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    #650
    aroundthehouse
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭aroundthehouse


    twowheelsonly wrote: »
    So nobody in your family or circle of friends has one ? I can only presume that you'd either disown them or tell them that they're lowlifes if they did ?


    I don't have any but have no problem with those that do and I can appreciate the artistic merit in a lot of them. A lot of crap regrettable ones out there as well but I wouldn't tar them all with the one brush.

    If anyone in my family got one i would disown them, we are not football hooligans, convicts and dockers


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    #651
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,105 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    aroundthehouse wrote: »
    If anyone in my family got one i would disown them, we are not football hooligans, convicts and dockers

    But you are very judgmental


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    #652
    SusieBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    Conservative wrote: »
    Nothing worse than seeing a beautiful woman who has destroyed that beaity with tattoos. Very small ones I can just about abide but in general they're for lowlifes and cretins.

    I have a tattoo, I'm not a low life or a cretin. I'm just a normal, average member of society. I've worked since I was 16, am degree educated & have never been in trouble with the law.
    So your sweeping generalisation is incorrect.

    Can't figure out whether you're trolling for a reaction is just being a judgmental, sanctimonious snob.


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    #653
    aroundthehouse
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭aroundthehouse


    SusieBlue wrote: »
    I have a tattoo, I'm not a low life or a cretin. I'm just a normal, average member of society. I've worked since I was 16, am degree educated & have never been in trouble with the law.
    So your sweeping generalisation is incorrect.

    Can't figure out whether you're trolling for a reaction is just being a judgmental, sanctimonious snob.

    personally i just cant understand why you would do such a thing


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    #654
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,105 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    aroundthehouse wrote: »
    personally i just cant understand why you would do such a thing

    Personally I don't understand why you would be so judgmental really. Its not a nice trait at all


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    #655
    corks finest
    Registered Users Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭corks finest


    Resverathrole wrote: »
    A lot of people won't like what I'm about to say. I'm in Dublin at the moment and it's almost as if, that if you want to be cool and modern then you need to get a tattoo. I even find myself seeing guys with tattoos who don't seem to fit the stereotype for getting a tattoo! I even over heard a conversation recently where by a group of lads were confused why Ronaldo doesn't have tattoos!!

    When I see senior managers with tattoos I often think to myself "fair play to you for getting so far, it's a pity you had to let yourself down with that disgusting ink marking on your wrist. That's how I know this is far as you'll get". They won't get to be CEO! Especially if they also say "I done"

    When I see tattoos, all I think is that such a person is likely from a certain social class, that they're a trend follower, that they probably smoke, or that they're seeking validation of some sort. Effectively, tattoos all look the same, and all look horrible. I don't think much people pay attention to what the tattoos are, and more so "oh he's got a tattoo"
    I don't drink, smoke,come from a middle class area of Cork,have tattoos,so stereo types don't always ring true,,,p.s. if you knew anything at all of Irish,or indeed Celtic history you'd probably understand a bit more ref the history of ppl putting them on their skin ,do you wear a shirt and tie to work,or a uniform of any kind,,,,then you also are guilty of following a trend,,mine are political ,and don't particularly care what other people think,I'm secure and happy enough in my own skin


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    #656
    corks finest
    Registered Users Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭corks finest


    aroundthehouse wrote: »
    tattoos will forever be associated with jailbirds and sailors
    Wow how modern,,,,the most narrow of views


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    #657
    SusieBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    aroundthehouse wrote: »
    personally i just cant understand why you would do such a thing

    You don't need to worry about understanding why I would do such a thing. Its irrelevant to you & your life.
    I don't know why you'd even feel entitled to need to understand the decisions someone else makes about their appearance? Who made you (or anyone) the judge and jury of what is & isn't acceptable?
    Seems like a massive waste of energy.

    I would never ever judge another person based purely on how they look, dress, or present themselves.
    I would judge someone's character if they portrayed judgmental, ignorant traits, though. No time for anyone who carries themselves in such a manner.


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    #658
    Hellrazer
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hellrazer


    aroundthehouse wrote: »
    denial, i feel sorry for you

    No denial here.

    aroundthehouse wrote: »
    Facts are never stupid i'm afraid

    Care to share where you got your "facts " from.


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    #659
    freddie1970
    Registered Users Posts: 519 ✭✭✭freddie1970


    Resverathrole wrote: »
    A lot of people won't like what I'm about to say. I'm in Dublin at the moment and it's almost as if, that if you want to be cool and modern then you need to get a tattoo. I even find myself seeing guys with tattoos who don't seem to fit the stereotype for getting a tattoo! I even over heard a conversation recently where by a group of lads were confused why Ronaldo doesn't have tattoos!!

    When I see senior managers with tattoos I often think to myself "fair play to you for getting so far, it's a pity you had to let yourself down with that disgusting ink marking on your wrist. That's how I know this is far as you'll get". They won't get to be CEO! Especially if they also say "I done"

    When I see tattoos, all I think is that such a person is likely from a certain social class, that they're a trend follower, that they probably smoke, or that they're seeking validation of some sort. Effectively, tattoos all look the same, and all look horrible. I don't think much people pay attention to what the tattoos are, and more so "oh he's got a tattoo"
    Thankfully this type of narrow minded thinking is nearly in the past ...Let people be and let them express themselves any way they want ..wouldnt it be a boring world if we all dressed and look the same ..


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    #660
    Hellrazer
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hellrazer


    aroundthehouse wrote: »
    If anyone in my family got one i would disown them, we are not football hooligans, convicts and dockers

    If I was a member of your family Id be delighted to be disowned by an idiot like your self.


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    #661
    aroundthehouse
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭aroundthehouse


    Hellrazer wrote: »
    If I was a member of your family Id be delighted to be disowned by an idiot like your self.

    i think your the idiot if you draw all over yourself


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