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When tattoos make you look ridiculous

#301
Well, that's quite a few minutes of my life I won't be getting back!
I haven't liked tattoos, never have and probably never will. To my they look dirty and the person who has then appears to me, to be dirty.
There a number of pics in this thread and I have to be honest, I don't see the attraction.
Piercing, well, here's my take on it... as I grow older, I'll be pushing 50 in a while, I've found that the good lord has a sense of humor as it seems to me anyway, that the orifices' I was given a birth, seem to work less well every year, so why temp fate and create yet another potential problem area.
FRom a business perspective, I have been a "headhunter" fro the last 20 years and in my experience, Tats can certainly be a deciding factor in a competitive recruit.
Think about it this way... if you walked into an investment firm, say, with a large sum of money, would you feel confident in giving that money to an individual covered in tats... well some of you may, but I certainly won't!
And yah, my wife got a tat and in all honesty, it was probably the worst argument that we have had in the 25 years we have been together... her argument was that it's her body and she should be able to do what ever she wants... my argument being, I'm the one who has to lokk at that dirt on your skin (It's on the back of her neck)
fishheadjoe
 
#302
Fishheadjoe said:
Well, that's quite a few minutes of my life I won't be getting back!
I haven't liked tattoos, never have and probably never will. To my they look dirty and the person who has then appears to me, to be dirty.
There a number of pics in this thread and I have to be honest, I don't see the attraction.
Piercing, well, here's my take on it... as I grow older, I'll be pushing 50 in a while, I've found that the good lord has a sense of humor as it seems to me anyway, that the orifices' I was given a birth, seem to work less well every year, so why temp fate and create yet another potential problem area.
FRom a business perspective, I have been a "headhunter" fro the last 20 years and in my experience, Tats can certainly be a deciding factor in a competitive recruit.
Think about it this way... if you walked into an investment firm, say, with a large sum of money, would you feel confident in giving that money to an individual covered in tats... well some of you may, but I certainly won't!
And yah, my wife got a tat and in all honesty, it was probably the worst argument that we have had in the 25 years we have been together... her argument was that it's her body and she should be able to do what ever she wants... my argument being, I'm the one who has to lokk at that dirt on your skin (It's on the back of her neck)
fishheadjoe
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Most have been bred to think that those with tattoos are low lifes who're out to harm you or steal your money. By that reasoning I shouldn't leave my children at Sunday school because every Priest is a child molester. European influence has always been hugely against tattoos, when finding new civilizations they were deemed primitive, savage, heathen.... often noting their tattoos and other rituals with negative connotations.

If my significant other of a long time was unable to accept my personal choice for something non-life threatening that revolves around my own personal body... I'd strongly have to look at why I married them in the first place.

-Benny
 
#303
An open question to those who are against tattoos, and I only ask this out of curiousity, not to prolong an already beaten dead argument with clearly two losing sides:

Are you of the persuasion that there is no such thing as a classy tattoo?

Because, as I said before, Ive seen a lot of people with dumb tattoos (which I believe is what this thread was originally about) and then Ive seen some people with quite the opposite, very elegant and meaningful tats.

Would you say that ALL tats are, as fishheadjoe puts it, dirty?

Would you go so far as to consider anyone with a tattoo a delinquent, rebel, scum, or what have you?

And what about nonvisible tats? As the one I have now could never be seen if I wore a shirt, as the other tattoos that I would like to have done would all be in easily concealable locations, with the exception of a smaller one that I want on my inner wrist.
 
#304
Dude, marriage is another word for compromise and when you make a life long committment to someone, you have to expect to compromise.
I'm sure she would have a fit if I came home one day and had shaved my head bald! (not dissing bald folks, just using it as an example! (I know for a fact she doesn't like that look, so as a "professional compromiser and yes I can say that after 25 years of marriage, I an inclined to accept her needs/desires.
Not a wonder the divorce rate in North AMerica is a 51%!

Matt, I've seen some tats that are probably to some "works of art" and I would probably like them if they were on a canvas... and I'll admitt, that my feelings are probably not anywhere near to many, but they do look dirty to me. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know.
fishheadjoe

PS... the whole tattoo craze began, and do feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, during the early 80's, recessionary times. Yes people had them before that time, but IIRC, they became more mainstream from that point forward.
Typically when a trend starts, it's started by some form of pop culture. Anyone more knowledgable know when tats became mainstream? And to add to that, can anyone tell me which opo icon pushed it forward?
I'll speculate at the risk of being slammed, but my recollection has that time frame in and around GnR's Appetite for Destruction.
Your thoughts?
 
#305
Right on, Joe, youre totally entitled to your opinion on the matter. I find it funny, these people who can't listen to the other side and insist on defending their point of view.

Though I would say that tattoos started becoming more of a mainstream thing in the 50s or so, maybe even before then, with sailor tats which spread into biker culture, and from there maybe became a musician thing... a wikipedia search on the history of tattoos in western culture resulted mostly in information about europeans and natives in around 1577.
 
#306
Fishheadjoe said:
Dude, marriage is another word for compromise and when you make a life long committment to someone, you have to expect to compromise.
I'm sure she would have a fit if I came home one day and had shaved my head bald! (not dissing bald folks, just using it as an example! (I know for a fact she doesn't like that look, so as a "professional compromiser and yes I can say that after 25 years of marriage, I an inclined to accept her needs/desires.
Not a wonder the divorce rate in North AMerica is a 51%!

Matt, I've seen some tats that are probably to some "works of art" and I would probably like them if they were on a canvas... and I'll admitt, that my feelings are probably not anywhere near to many, but they do look dirty to me. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know.
fishheadjoe

PS... the whole tattoo craze began, and do feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, during the early 80's, recessionary times. Yes people had them before that time, but IIRC, they became more mainstream from that point forward.
Typically when a trend starts, it's started by some form of pop culture. Anyone more knowledgable know when tats became mainstream? And to add to that, can anyone tell me which opo icon pushed it forward?
I'll speculate at the risk of being slammed, but my recollection has that time frame in and around GnR's Appetite for Destruction.
Your thoughts?
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I understand the synonomous coralation between marraige and compromise, healthy relations in any light are about compromise. My point was that if my spouse though I was "ugly", "looked dirty" or lumped me in with all sorts of hoodlums... I'd have to think long and hard why I'm with them. What you speak of goes further than just compromise, theres a negative slant towards that person now based upon your views... The way you came off in your post was that you "tolerated" it rather than compromised. I mean if my wife was to say "Well I'm the one who has to look at it" then I'd say don't look at it... but I want my spouse to want to look at me, for me. I'd probably take quite the offense to that, it's negative If I was viewed as "ugly", "looked dirty" and correlated to the guy you wouldn't give your money to, then that is now stuck in my mind. Not that it bothers me that much what others think, but I guess I value how my spouse views me... I guess in that instance I couldn't tolerate that in the back of my spouses mind they dispise a piece of me based upon my choice. That's disjointed.

I mean no cut towards your relationship. I'm just reading your words rather than hearing them... it makes a difference. I hope you can see my point, I mean nothing cross, it's just how I'd feel in that instance.

-Benny
 
#308
MatticusMania said:
Are you accusing me of spamming this forum?

Im also at work, whats that matter? I only asked if you meant without because the post you left made quite the opposite impression. Jerk. If you had noticed, and actually read any of my posts in here, you would see that im actually on your side. Jerk. :rollno:
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If our comments supported each others, which they did, why would think anything derrogatory would be aimed at YOU!??? It was directed at the those lobbing the flames...

You owe me an apology! :eyebrow:
 
#311
McHack said:
If our comments supported each others, which they did, why would think anything derrogatory would be aimed at YOU!??? It was directed at the those lobbing the flames...

You owe me an apology! :eyebrow:
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Ah, yes, well then my most sincere apologies good man.

The one I have now is a reminder to me of when/where in my life I found faith, and its not really a religious tattoo by any means.

The one I plan on getting next is a memorial dedicated to my son who passed away 20 hours after birth.
 
#317
I just got a tattoo. Thought about it for years and finally decided to get it (24 years old).

It's on my inner left arm in an area that will most likely not sag to horrid proportions.

I also have a lot of piercings in my ears (will probably get more).

I also have a BSc in Math and Physics and am working on a masters degree.

I don't WANT to work for a person or company that will look at me at face value and think that because I have piercings and a tatoo that I am lesser.

The next generation is going to be far more accepting to tattoos and piercings. It's already happening.

The only negative thing I have about tattoos and piercings is that I have to wait 6months after getting either before I can give blood again. SO all of you out there who DON'T have tattoos or piercings and are eligible to you had BETTER be giving blood!
 
#318
Yea, this whole dirty thing is just a very close minded perception. I give blood to the red cross every time they have blood drives here at work... Would they take my blood if it were "dirty"?

Sorry, if the fact that I'd like to remember why my parents died, offends anyone. :spit:

:smug:
 
#319
Ok, I need to clarify.
I feel they look dirty, not the people, the tattoo's!
Your potential boss could care less about what you look like, he cares about what his customers are going to think of you, as you represent their business. Are you going to make him/her money, or cost them money?
My wife knows I don't like her tattoo, she actually does't like some of the things I do, again, it's a compromise.
I have a very good friend who lost a child and he has a picture of him tattooed on his chest. He's never asked me what I thought of it because, well, I don't bring it up. It's none of my business.
I have given blood plenty of times, it's a good feeling to help.
Fishheadjoe
 

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