Millennials and Gen Z have ruined it.
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I did a lot of interviews for employees that would be the 'face' of our company. No visible tats was the word from upstairs, and I turned down a lot of applicants. (Something tells me that wouldn't fly today, but that was the 1980/90's.) I remember hiring one sweet little girl that about a year later lifted her hair in the back and did an about face.... There on the back of her neck was an extra set of eyes. She said "I have my eyes on you!" That was the beginning of an odd relationship.
I have no ink, although life isn't quite over yet. My wife has a few that are somewhat discrete and I appreciate them. I still contend that an employer has the right to select people on appearance if that employee will be projecting an image of their employer. Call me old-fashioned if you must, it won't hurt my feelings..... I like things better the way they were about ten or twenty years or so ago anyway.
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Sorta like my niece. She got a tattoo in a very, very private spot. Mentioning it would get me benched for a few days. Anyway, it said, "Property of Buck." (Not his real name.) Anyway, she and "Buck" broke up and didn't get married after all.
To make matters worse, (if that can be possible) she got engaged to some other clown...and his name wasn't Buck. She talked my brother into paying to have the tattoo removed as quickly as possible...hopefully before the wedding night.
I suppose this would be considered a somewhat serious situation, but I just couldn't help laughing about it. Heck...what am I saying?? I'm still laughing about it!
Some people just don't think ahead.
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NFrameFred
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OK - I'm a target. Raised in a different time and the mores, morals, and certain things pertaining to style were impressed upon me at a young age, so I've been told I'm "judgmental". Guess what ? We ALL are. If you have any common sense you have to make value judgments every day about things that affect your health, safety and personal preferences on what you find attractive AND repulsive. After seeing myself in the mirror for almost 70 years I'm the first to admit I have no right to "make fun" of the way anyone else looks . . . but people who go out of their way to be seen should not expect universal admiration in their choice of off putting style statements.
Kind of off the track here, but a simple telling illustration is a well endowed woman who insists on wearing low cut form fitting tee shirts with cute, pithy, enigmatic or humorous statements printed across the breast level, and then taking umbrage when someone looks. If you don't want to be looked at don't put it prominently on display with a big sign that says "LOOK HERE !".
I'm from the age where tattoos were seen only on sailors and Marines for the most part and considered 'low class' on most anyone else. Times change, styles change, minds change. But when you ink up your face, neck, hands and any usually visible area with trashy looking and or profane images you don't get to play the "I'm sensitive ! Don't look at me !" card.
My personal "judgmental" issue I'm puzzled by is someone (usually a female but many times who can tell these days ?) who is not generally considered to be 'attractive' to begin with, wearing an unflattering haircut, with a frame carrying twice the weight it was designed for, metal piercings all over her face and the fashion sense and hygiene of a person living under a bridge who seems to think that having hummingbirds or butterflies tattooed on their calves and ankles is going to make them a sexy catch.
Hey, like the kids like to say these days, "you do you". Doesn't affect me in the least. Just don't demand that I accept your choices without reservation and exercise my choice to avoid dealing with you as is my right to be left alone or decide I'd rather not have someone who looks like an escapee from a hepatitis ward preparing my food. We are free to make our own choices. Doesn't mean we're free from the consequences of those choices.
Kind of off the track here, but a simple telling illustration is a well endowed woman who insists on wearing low cut form fitting tee shirts with cute, pithy, enigmatic or humorous statements printed across the breast level, and then taking umbrage when someone looks. If you don't want to be looked at don't put it prominently on display with a big sign that says "LOOK HERE !".
I'm from the age where tattoos were seen only on sailors and Marines for the most part and considered 'low class' on most anyone else. Times change, styles change, minds change. But when you ink up your face, neck, hands and any usually visible area with trashy looking and or profane images you don't get to play the "I'm sensitive ! Don't look at me !" card.
My personal "judgmental" issue I'm puzzled by is someone (usually a female but many times who can tell these days ?) who is not generally considered to be 'attractive' to begin with, wearing an unflattering haircut, with a frame carrying twice the weight it was designed for, metal piercings all over her face and the fashion sense and hygiene of a person living under a bridge who seems to think that having hummingbirds or butterflies tattooed on their calves and ankles is going to make them a sexy catch.
Hey, like the kids like to say these days, "you do you". Doesn't affect me in the least. Just don't demand that I accept your choices without reservation and exercise my choice to avoid dealing with you as is my right to be left alone or decide I'd rather not have someone who looks like an escapee from a hepatitis ward preparing my food. We are free to make our own choices. Doesn't mean we're free from the consequences of those choices.
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I was thinking those generations killed the stick shift... manual transmissions are a dieing breed... sad really
I'm a GenXer. I don't have any tattoos - but at one time I wanted one or two.
That was until I worked with former Navy guy who had tattoos that were decades old. This was the mid 1990s he was in his 60s. Those tattoos looked horrible. I don't know if it was the inks, time, wear, whatever, but they looked like dark blobs. Then I realized how much of a fad tat styles are and it'd be like wearing clothes I could never change.
I saw one of my friends who had the then trendy barbed wire tattoo on one bicep and the band with the feather on the other bicep that he had. They looked horrible and the Tatts were only 20 years or so old. I'm glad I never got any.
That being said, I don't care what other people do to their bodies. They are so common I don't notice anymore unless they are VERY unusual or on their face or head. Then, I'll look and while I'm looking, I'm wondering about their decision making skills.
That was until I worked with former Navy guy who had tattoos that were decades old. This was the mid 1990s he was in his 60s. Those tattoos looked horrible. I don't know if it was the inks, time, wear, whatever, but they looked like dark blobs. Then I realized how much of a fad tat styles are and it'd be like wearing clothes I could never change.
I saw one of my friends who had the then trendy barbed wire tattoo on one bicep and the band with the feather on the other bicep that he had. They looked horrible and the Tatts were only 20 years or so old. I'm glad I never got any.
That being said, I don't care what other people do to their bodies. They are so common I don't notice anymore unless they are VERY unusual or on their face or head. Then, I'll look and while I'm looking, I'm wondering about their decision making skills.
I'm female (duh!), and old. I got my first and so far only tattoo a couple of years ago. It is on my upper chest, just above the "parts" that sag when we get old. It isn't small, about 9 inches across and 4 inch high. I can cover it or show it off. I have posted a picture of it on the forum previously. The artist that did it is very good, each piece he does is individually designed. I told him I wanted guns, roses and angel wings.
What he drew up was perfect. I'd get more except at my age most parts sag or wrinkle or will at sometime in the future.
In my business I see a lot of tats, many excellent ones and some horribly done ones. Myself I find the excess piercings and the ear gauges to be more of a yuck factor.
What he drew up was perfect. I'd get more except at my age most parts sag or wrinkle or will at sometime in the future.
In my business I see a lot of tats, many excellent ones and some horribly done ones. Myself I find the excess piercings and the ear gauges to be more of a yuck factor.
I'm diabetic. I get enough needle sticks every day.
No tattoos for me. My son told me a few of years ago that he wanted to get a tattoo when he turned 18. I asked him to do me a favor and wait until he's 21. Then if he still wants it to go ahead. To my surprise he agreed. Now approaching 21 he told me a few days ago that he's definitely getting a sleeve done on his left arm after his birthday.
It's okay with me. I just didn't want him to do something at 18 that he'd regret at 20. Hope he won't get anything done on his face or neck, though. That seems to be increasing in popularity recently. He says he won't. He's a man of his word, so I believe him.
It's okay with me. I just didn't want him to do something at 18 that he'd regret at 20. Hope he won't get anything done on his face or neck, though. That seems to be increasing in popularity recently. He says he won't. He's a man of his word, so I believe him.
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For awhile way back when I was a lot younger I thought about getting a tat. Now I'm glad that I didn't.
In today's world, they will need to start tattooing their preferred sexual identity.
pawngal, I remember a girl who sat across from me on a commuter train in Berlin who had a wonderful dragon tattooed across her upper bosom. Probably 20 years ago now and I still remember it as one of my most scenic commuter train rides.
pawngal, I remember a girl who sat across from me on a commuter train in Berlin who had a wonderful dragon tattooed across her upper bosom. Probably 20 years ago now and I still remember it as one of my most scenic commuter train rides.
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Well, you've been lucky. Every time I see a metal or ink adorned individual I expect bad customer service and they always prove me right.
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I see way more tatoo than I care too working retail. Not a fan of tatoos or piercings. A small, artful tatoo is one thing but so many seem to be covered in "artwork" that is often, at best, poorly done. And it doesn't age well, colors fade or run together. From a distance they just look dirty. Many young women slathered in ink that just detracts from their own body, what will they look like on twenty or thirty years? One lady I know personally has been back more than once to have a tat lasered off, have to wonder about long term effects on her skin.
As to the piercings, so long as they stick to something basic. at least if they take them out the skin will eventually heal. The extreme examples though would require quite a bit of cosmetic surgery to ever have any kind of "normal" appearance again. I suspect the ones that go overboard are more excited about "shocking the normies" and never consider the effects of aging (and being able to make a living) that their bizarre mods may have down the road. Much like facial tats they seem to say "I will never fit in to society at all"!
As to the piercings, so long as they stick to something basic. at least if they take them out the skin will eventually heal. The extreme examples though would require quite a bit of cosmetic surgery to ever have any kind of "normal" appearance again. I suspect the ones that go overboard are more excited about "shocking the normies" and never consider the effects of aging (and being able to make a living) that their bizarre mods may have down the road. Much like facial tats they seem to say "I will never fit in to society at all"!
We walk the beach daily.
At peak summer time it is remarkable what some
of the young ladies wear or don't wear.
Basically a Vag patch and nip covers and that is it...
The tats are from one end of their bods to the other.
Makes me wonder when dignity was cancelled.
At peak summer time it is remarkable what some
of the young ladies wear or don't wear.
Basically a Vag patch and nip covers and that is it...
The tats are from one end of their bods to the other.
Makes me wonder when dignity was cancelled.
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My dad had a bluebird on his left bicep with a solid blue ribbon under it. He got it in Korea. When I was about to get married he told me the ribbon originally contained the name of my fiance. (Same name, different woman). He had it altered when he met my mother.
About 15 years ago the Sgt. in charge of background investigations for CHP told me that their regs prohibited visible tats. Said it was really tough telling a Marine with the EG&A on his forearm that he'd be spending his entire career in winter shirts.
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"I try my best to be just like I am
but everybody wants you
to be just like them"
Bob Dylan
from "Maggie's Farm"
He is worthy of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.
