EPTSure, it's your personal choice. But it becomes naive when you then complain about other people judging you for these choices.... Same goes for strange or just plain bad hairstyles... You might not care yourself, but then you better also don't care about the opinion of strangers or dimishing job opportunities...
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Velr
Switzerland10632 Posts
Sure, it's your personal choice. But it becomes naive when you then complain about other people judging you for these choices.... Same goes for strange or just plain bad hairstyles... You might not care yourself, but then you better also don't care about the opinion of strangers or dimishing job opportunities... | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
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killy666
France204 Posts
On July 08 2013 20:16 KingAce wrote: I prefer battle scars myself. You know getting in street fights, skate boarding accidents, sports accidents etc. You know marks on your body you can actually be proud of, because you got them doing something passionate. The whole concept of altering your body for some kind of identity to show the world, is a bit to shallow in my opinion. Scars tell a story. Paint jobs or piercings are kinda forced, and usually lead to people misunderstanding what you're about. Or maybe it's a mask or something. I have a scar very close to my left eye for example. Looks badass, in my opinion. Tattoo tell a story too, a story of something you may have lived doing something passionate. And scars can lead to misunderstanding too. Once again those are really subjective points. Also please, I'll repeat it in this thread as many times as needed (or not I'll prolly get tired of it before that). Please stop assimilating every tatooed person with insecure attention seeking personalities willing to show off. Body modification before it became a fad was here to tell a story, a personal story, or is something cultural to certain movements / populations. Please stop discarding thousands of years of history for a couple decades of selfie-taking douchebags. Tattoos tell a story as much as any other scar. And the lack of battle scars doesn't necessarily mean there is a lack of passion in what we do of our lives. Also I have a scar on my head it looks BADASS. When i was a kid barely walking i pulled a string and something heavy attached to it fell on my head. (I am not in any case mocking you as I believe you raise a valid point in the sense that we should experience more and show less, I just wanted to prove my point about scars while telling a story of stupid kid me!) | ||
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vndestiny
Singapore3438 Posts
On July 08 2013 06:44 MarklarMarklarr wrote: True, but tattoos have become associated with stupidity, or at least I believe so. In your country it might, but it's not the case for the rest of the world. Also your belief is stereotyping, which is bad. | ||
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Prog455
Denmark970 Posts
On July 08 2013 06:44 MarklarMarklarr wrote: True, but tattoos have become associated with stupidity, or at least I believe so. Where i come from, presenting personal believes as facts is associated with stupidity. I don't think getting a tattoo is a wise decision, but making a stupid decision does not make you stupid, such as making a good decision does not make you smart. I don't have any tattoos myself but i don't give two flying fucks about what other people do with their body, as long as it does not affect my life. And honestly i think less of people that does not care about how they dress than people who have tattoos. I think that wearing running shoes at any point in time when you are not running, or wearing a fedora hat, looks more stupid stupid than having two full sleeves tattoos. | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
Dermal implants, I feel are a bit excessive just based on the techniques used to do them. Not to suggest that all tattoo shops are filthy or all artists poorly equipped to do such a procedure but I think that doing this in a non-medical environment is potentially dangerous. I don't mind how it looks but I think there should be a bit more regulation for health codes and licensing for this stuff. (There may be I am no expert) Scarring is just a bit beyond me, I don't understand the motivation behind it and I think it is probably the least helpful bit of body art you could get depending on location. You can explain a tattoo or even gauges, but scarring doesn't really say, "employ me," or something like it. To each their own I suppose. | ||
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10340 Posts
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