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Tattoos signal the tribe you want to belong to.

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Most tattoos just aren’t very nice looking even as art. There are exceptions, but the question is why anybody feels the need to *wear* the art rather than hang it on the wall or print it on some other object. Most tattoos people look like the tattoos are wearing the person rather than vice versa.

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I hate tattoos on women and have only seen one justifiable exception, a nurse with dragon tattoos on her arms because she worked in the hospital burn unit and when weakened by burn victim cases she looked at her arms to remind herself to be strong and help the burn victim.

The saying a tattoo is a live long reminder of a temporary moment of insanity is apt.

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Women are born naturally beautiful. Tattoos only distract from that beauty.

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What a crock of judgemental crap 😂

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One is more rebellious without.

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The woman in the photo doesn’t appear to have “sanpaku” eyes, as far as I can tell. Am I missing something?

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The failure in this analysis is a failure to realize women control hiring now so perhaps men with tattoos trying to fake high status to sluts are more hireable. At least worth a few minutes of ponderage.

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The woman wouldn't have been complaining and trying to normalize her tattoos if that were the case. Nor do men display their tattoos during the hiring process.

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I've been enjoying my way through the Unsubscribe podcasts, which is mainly ex-military, AND nearly all enlisted military: both hosts and guests. Almost NONE have tattoos that would be visible in "business" attire, or a formal military uniform. Many have the tattooed "sleeve" -- full skin-coverage running from shoulder and sometimes the chest down to where a long-sleeve would button.

I'm reminded of a (tattooed) Senior Chief addressing a class of new sailors, and pointing out that getting tattooed was maybe NOT their best choice: because as one ages, those sharp and pretty or manly tattoos 'bleed' ink, and all those sharp lines blur... and what you intended is not where you ended up! He'd show his 'first tattoo' -- a shapely woman... who was now blurred and ... not so pretty.

But, as the only female officer at the (school) command, I also had several young girls come giggling into my office DESPERATELY wanting to show their brand new over the weekend tattoos to SOME 'adult.' {eye roll} You know the type: the seagull on the shoulder, the (oh Lordie!) boyfriend's NAME on the upper arm, and so on. ONE of them had had some wispy grass, several flowers, and a bunny tattooed all the way across her bikini line.

I tried to seem ... lukewarm ... and sent them off to the corpsman to have their new "decorations" put into their medical records. They had not yet been shown the film of the.... oh.. WWI? WWII? Some Texas HUGE explosion where a Naval vessel as being refueled at a (short) dock. Many died, and it's why refueling docks were extended to a half-mile long! Some of the sailors had to be IDed BY their tattoos, cause there wasn't much left of them! Was, (in the '70s and early 80s at least) a Navy rule that any tattoo had to be recorded in your medical record! Kinda the skin version of dental records!

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Tattoos are a symbol of brain dead youth. A bunch of guys in my fraternity went on spring break, got drunk and got tattoos of the Greek symbols on their ankles. 25 years later they all regret it and are terribly embarrassed. At least they can hide it with socks.

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Are you a french female by chance, Have to know.

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I always make the comparison between tattoos and wallpaper, who wants to see the same wallpaper all their life?

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I've been in a lot of long term relationships with beautiful women and I can say, unequivocally, that women with a tattoo or piercing are much more fun and actively engaging when it comes to monkey-business

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And also you never married any of them.

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What a rogue you are! I'm sure all of us appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to talk about yourself and your sexual conquests.

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Right, tattoos mean slut. That was ackshually covered above.

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No fun woman ever needed a trashtoo to be actively engaging.

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The worst is people who say, "I got this tattoo for myself, and nobody else!"

Sure... Just like you have bumper stickers "just for yourself, and nobody else."

If you're going to do something permanent, at least stand behind it. Say something like, "I got this barbed wire tattoo on my arm, because I think it looks badass!"

Meanwhile, everyone who sees it thinks, "I bet this guy got a barbed wire tattoo, to make people believe that he's badass, but he's probably insecure, and needs a push." 🤣😂

Tattoos are a permanent reminder of a temporary state of mind.

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Pretty true considering the one tattoo I have, I got when I was 18. It's on the back of my neck so I keep forgetting I don't have virgin skin.

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I'm thinking about getting a bumper sticker that says that. Ironically, it would have to be mostly accurate for it to be worth it, because most people are too damned stupid to get the joke.

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It’s a generalization with minimal effort to write up any proper analysis. Huge portion of best athletes, majority of richest soccer players, drivers, fighters, boxers, etc., have a tattoo or multiple. Sure you might not be able to get some cubicle desk job, but Ive seen great plumbers, electricians, etc., who have a tattoo. This article makes it sound like if you don’t slave for some big corporation in a mundane job then you’re finished.

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Congratulations on completely missing the point. If you're a rich athlete, you can do whatever you want and it doesn't matter. The same is not true for the tens of millions of young admirers who imitate them.

But good luck with your professional athletic career. I'm sure the tattoos will help immensely.

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Being overweight is horrible for you too, and makes millions of people lose opportunities, so is consuming sugar and processes foods - cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc. I can name a ton of things that can affect people’s lives in various terrible ways. Your generalizations make no sense to me, hence why I pointed out all those professions, but you can make a generalization with almost anything and how it can be a hinderance in life.

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Being grossly overweight is a sign of low economic and social status, poor self-control, and short term thinking, and it can therefore seriously affect one’s job prospects. Come to think of it, just like tattoos. Indeed you can name a ton of things that affect peoples’ lives in terrible ways. And tattoos are one more thing. You basically agreed with the premise of the original post while trying to argue against it.

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And you missed the point completely. I’ll make it easier for all of you.

If you want to judge others on appearance, better make sure you are perfect, but something tells me no one here with all the fake photos isn’t even in moderate shape.

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Do I see a bit of defensiveness?

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Still missing the point...

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The explosion of tattoos among young woman prove another point that Vox raises. Woman are the most easily led and influenced by peer pressure and advertising.

Woman are the voting block that is the easiest to manipulate. That’s why woman should either not be allowed to vote or restricted to voting as their fathers or husbands vote.

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This woman actually has princess peach on her arm and demands people normalize her stupidity.

It is simple, you will not be taken serious by the majority of people if you have tattoos.

I am so grateful my dad hammered into me my whole life that tattoos are for prisoners, criminals and people in the military.

I didn’t understand that generalization growing up, but now that characterization of tattooed people can be even broadened more to the mentally ill, terrible mates, and low IQ people.

The Good Lord does a fantastic job to protect you from danger if you just open your eyes and use your mind.

Stay far away from tattooed women.

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Oh. "tattoos are for ... people in the military" threw up the vision of the young 'disturbed' folks who are 'cutting'; who are trying to feel SOMETHING/ANYTHING through pain... As I understand it, tattooing can be quite painful -- especially if you're undergoing some third-of-a-body coverage.

Be interesting to see if there is any pattern in military men getting tattooed and their deployment histories. Many of them have no need to "prove" their manhood with "skin art," they've done so on the battlegrounds. Could they be trying to "let the pain out," as many of the cutters describe it, through intentionally self-inflicted pain?

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I got a few tattoos when I was 18-21. 30 now and want to have them removed.

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I got three of them from 18 to 22 years old...now I'm looking to have two of them covered up with something more in alignment with my values. At the time, in the Marines, it's just something that you do as part of the culture of "Being a Marine." It was a short list:

Chew tobacco

Get Tats

Get into fights

Drink like a Champion

In any order you'd like, but you weren't a proper Marine without checking all those boxes

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