Do you look down on people with tattoos?

Lotus Flower · 31-07-2018 08:20PM

kylith wrote: »

Tell me more about the Da Vinci masterpiece you're going to resemble when you're in your 80s. At least people with tattoos will have something interesting to look at other than liver spots.

Your health or whether your pension will be enough to live on is not going to be a worry. Nope, it'll be tattoos

iamwhoiam · 31-07-2018 08:21PM

I am baffled by people who think its a good thing to look down on someone . Be it looking down tattoos or whatever its never a good look to be a judgmental person

Spanish Eyes · 31-07-2018 08:22PM

Oh look.... tattoos are great, I am twenty one, I am expressing my artistic nature.

Thirty years on. I cannot believe I was so fkn stupid to get this stuff on my body FOREVER!

JupiterKid · 31-07-2018 08:23PM

Most gay porn actors have fairly good shoulder and arm tattoos.

Cleopatra_ · 31-07-2018 08:24PM

I'll be doing well to reach my 40s so I guess I don't have to worry about my tattoo getting saggy

iamwhoiam · 31-07-2018 08:25PM

Cleopatra_ wrote: »

I'll be doing well to reach my 40s so I guess I don't have to worry about my tattoo getting saggy

Flaunt it hun !

Mam of 4 · 31-07-2018 08:32PM

Probably shouldn't post a gif in here , but ..

corner of hells · 31-07-2018 08:39PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Oh look.... tattoos are great, I am twenty one, I am expressing my artistic nature.

Thirty years on. I cannot believe I was so fkn stupid to get this stuff on my body FOREVER!

I got my first tattoo at 19 , I'm 49 next year .I'll get back to you about how stupid I feel then.

Westernyelp · 31-07-2018 08:39PM

Spanish Eyes wrote:

Thirty years on. I cannot believe I was so fkn stupid to get this stuff on my body FOREVER!

You really are projecting your own thoughts here. No more than that. We don't all think like you thank feck.

Hellrazer · 31-07-2018 08:40PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Oh look.... tattoos are great, I am twenty one, I am expressing my artistic nature.

Thirty years on. I cannot believe I was so fkn stupid to get this stuff on my body FOREVER!

Doesn't happen.
I'm 43 got my first tattoo at 16.
Dont regret any of them.

Pac1Man · 31-07-2018 08:44PM

When I see a woman with a tattoo on her thigh, I don't know what it is but it makes me fizz.

Stigura · 31-07-2018 08:46PM

Nearly twenty years ago now, living in england, I had a tattoo of my own designing put on me. It says:

There's A Rising Tide Of Shɪt

Any troll trying to look down on me now? Pfftt! Flotsam in the tide

I Am The Prophet! I was right!

Hellrazer · 31-07-2018 08:51PM

Lotus Flower wrote: »

Your health or whether your pension will be enough to live on is not going to be a worry. Nope, it'll be tattoos

In the words of a famous tattoo artist "I'd be more worried about being able to wipe my own arse than what my tattoo's look like when I'm 80"

Deusexmachina · 31-07-2018 08:53PM

forgodssake wrote: »

Honestly... such drivel being spouted here . A tattoo is not a definition of character, it does not define who the person is or how good they are at their job . It does not mean you cannot progress in your career . It simply means you like having ink on your skin . Narrow mindedness is rife here .

I disagree.

It does define you are someone who has a tattoo. (if visible, that can be a limiting factor in your career - whether you agree with that or not).

It does not simply mean you like 'having ink on your skin' - it means that you have chosen to decorate your skin permanently with whatever design you have.

You are making a statement. That is defining (if it wasnt, people would just get meaningless ink blots on their skin).

When someone gets a tattoo of an eagle, or a chinese symbol, or a warrior, or whatever, they are trying to communicate something about themselves.

In my opinion, thats a very shortsighted thing to do. My 25 year old self was a lot different to the person I am today. I shudder to think what I could have ended up with as a tattoo from then!

Ray Palmer · 31-07-2018 08:58PM

Lotus Flower wrote: »

No, that's not what the OP is saying, you're just extrapolating.

People do get tattoos visible or otherwise for themselves but the truth is most tattooed people like how narrow minded people like the OP get wound up. It's certainly a handy filtration system. And anyway, what's wrong with liking positive feedback? If I get a new dress or shoes it's for myself but if someone passes positive feedback there's no harm in enjoying that.

You like to assume things about others and their reactions and judge them the same thing you are accusing them of. The difference is you are doing it intentionally.

Not everybody gets a tattoo for that reason but I don't think either side are wrong about the other just not all.

Hellrazer · 31-07-2018 09:00PM

Deusexmachina wrote: »

I disagree.

It does define you are someone who has a tattoo. (if visible, that can be a limiting factor in your career - whether you agree with that or not).

No it doesn't. Tattoos are so much accepted nowadays that it doesn't hinder a career unless the employer is a small minded person.

It does not simply mean you like 'having ink on your skin' - it means that you have chosen to decorate your skin permanently with whatever design you have.

I'm sorry to break your untattooed bubble but that's exactly what it is.

You are making a statement. That is defining (if it wasnt, people would just get meaningless ink blots on their skin).

No they're not. They're getting a design because they like it.
Not one of my tattoo's have a meaning. They are there because I liked the look of it.
Why can people not understand that it is actually that simple?

Deusexmachina · 31-07-2018 09:02PM

Hellrazer wrote: »

No it doesn't. Tattoos are so much accepted nowadays that it doesn't hinder a career unless the employer is a small minded person.

I'm sorry to break your untattooed bubble but that's exactly what it is.

No they're not. They're getting a design because they like it.
Not one of my tattoo's have a meaning. They are there because I liked the look of it.
Why can people not understand that it is actually that simple?

Newsflash from Hellrazer: There are no small minded employers out there.

Lotus Flower · 31-07-2018 09:04PM

Deusexmachina wrote: »

Newsflash from Hellrazer: There are no small minded employers out there.

Small minded employers might not like the look of people for a multitude of other reasons, not just tattoos

corner of hells · 31-07-2018 09:05PM

Deusexmachina wrote: »

Newsflash from Hellrazer: There are no small minded employers out there.

There are less and less small minded employers and the reality is an employer who prepared to judge someone on the basis of tattooing is probably not worth working for.
Like it or not tattooing is becoming more and more accepted in the a variety of work places.

Deusexmachina · 31-07-2018 09:06PM

Lotus Flower wrote: »

Small minded employers might not like the look of people for a multitude of other reasons, not just tattoos

Thats right. To posit that employers dont judge candidates from their appearance is completely stupid.

Hellrazer · 31-07-2018 09:06PM

Deusexmachina wrote: »

Newsflash from Hellrazer: There are no small minded employers out there.

Plenty of employers out there who have no problems with tattoos.
We've moved on from the 1900s

Deusexmachina · 31-07-2018 09:06PM

corner of hells wrote: »

There are less and less small minded employers and the reality is an employer who prepared to judge someone on the basis of tattooing is probably not worth working for.
Like it or not tattooing is becoming more and more accepted in the a variety of work places.

And is totally unacceptable in others.

Deusexmachina · 31-07-2018 09:07PM

Hellrazer wrote: »

Plenty of employers out there who have no problems with tattoos.
We've moved on from the 1900s

Plenty have.

Lotus Flower · 31-07-2018 09:07PM

Deusexmachina wrote: »

Thats right. To posit that employers dont judge candidates from their appearance is completely stupid.

That's not what Hellrazer said. He said "No it doesn't. Tattoos are so much accepted nowadays that it doesn't hinder a career unless the employer is a small minded person"

Lackey · 31-07-2018 09:07PM

I miss Aonghus Von Bismark

corner of hells · 31-07-2018 09:07PM

Deusexmachina wrote: »

And is totally unacceptable in others.

Less and less nowadays.

Deusexmachina · 31-07-2018 09:09PM

Lotus Flower wrote: »

That's not what Hellrazer said. He said "No it doesn't. Tattoos are so much accepted nowadays that it doesn't hinder a career unless the employer is a small minded person"

I know what he wrote. The point is that there are plenty of emplyers who would not be happy to employ people with conspicuous tattoos.

I am not judging them. Its just a fact.

Hellrazer · 31-07-2018 09:09PM

Same level of small mindedness every time one of these threads pops up.

Deusexmachina · 31-07-2018 09:10PM

Hellrazer wrote: »

Same level of small mindedness every time one of these threads pops up.

Dont be too hard on yourself.

Lotus Flower · 31-07-2018 09:12PM

Hellrazer wrote: »

Same level of small mindedness every time one of these threads pops up.

It's the same tired arguments over and over! As I said, it's hilarious

Do you look down on people with tattoos?

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