Tom Heath wrote:PubBurgers wrote: Tattoos becoming so commonplace is a generational thing. I'm willing to bet the percentage of people under 30 with tattoos is higher than it's ever been.I think you could go a step further and say the percentage of all people with tattoos is at an all-time high. Who will fill all those desirable, high-paying positions when everyone is inked?
Obviously at that point we will be living in an Idiocracy type world and desirable, high paying positions won't exist.
Why come you no has tattoo?
PubBurgers wrote:Tom Heath wrote:Obviously at that point we will be living in an Idiocracy type world and desirable, high paying positions won't exist.PubBurgers wrote: Tattoos becoming so commonplace is a generational thing. I'm willing to bet the percentage of people under 30 with tattoos is higher than it's ever been.I think you could go a step further and say the percentage of all people with tattoos is at an all-time high. Who will fill all those desirable, high-paying positions when everyone is inked?
All of the doctors have devoted their time and intelligence to making erections last longer.
carguy123 wrote:poopshovel wrote:My misteak was on purpose. And it appeared to have served the point, at least with you.you learn from your misteak and hopefully go on to make new stupid misteak. The problem with Tats is you can't easily undo that misteak.Mmmmm. Steak. I'm pretty happy with my tats, btw.
Man, am I ever stupid. It must be the tattoos.
alex wrote: I don't want to be around people who pre-judge based on trivial things like body modifications. It works out nicely for both of us.
EXACTLY. It's no coincidence that the people I don't want talking to me are the people that would generally avoid me based on appearance. I know it's gonna sound strange, but I like to walk around the mall. Specifically MOA. Lots of colors and things, and it allows my mind to think outside itself when i'm stumped on a project. I also hate people that are like "Try this, lemme show you this" No, I don't want your stupid berkeleying lotion, leave me alone. Works a lot better when i'm scary. But when I wander into the skate shop to get my Globe on, they're like sup d00d, sweet beard, and then I get mah shoes.
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: As someone currently working in big corporate america... I have: A big nasty fauxhawk. 4 earrings. 1 cartilage ring.
question: what is a "nasty" fauxhawk? i mean, as long as there's hair on the sides isn't it just a poorly proportioned haircut? seems to me that the fauxhawk shows a lack of commitment. 
Tom Heath wrote: Who will fill all those desirable, high-paying positions when everyone is inked?
We will.
All the stubborn, bigoted old crumudegeon's will be depending on the rest to continue to pay our taxes so they can collect their SS benefits.
AngryCorvair wrote:92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: As someone currently working in big corporate america... I have: A big nasty fauxhawk. 4 earrings. 1 cartilage ring.question: what is a "nasty" fauxhawk? i mean, as long as there's hair on the sides isn't it just a poorly proportioned haircut? seems to me that the fauxhawk shows a lack of commitment.
Hence, faux. 
One of our mechanics had a lot of metal installed. One day, he banged into a door when leaving the shop and it seemed to hurt a lot more than it should. Turns out he'd managed to hit his freshly mounted nipple ring. 
That is all.
I was out at a restaurant and saw a couple in their mid-40's age bracket and he had a giant bikini pinup busty young lady down his entire calf............I didn't ask but did wonder.......
Is that your dream lady?
Or is that the wife 20 years (and a few pounds) ago?
z31maniac wrote:AngryCorvair wrote:Hence, faux.92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: As someone currently working in big corporate america... I have: A big nasty fauxhawk. 4 earrings. 1 cartilage ring.question: what is a "nasty" fauxhawk? i mean, as long as there's hair on the sides isn't it just a poorly proportioned haircut? seems to me that the fauxhawk shows a lack of commitment.
This!
I'm not a bad enough dude for a real mohawk anymore.
carguy123 wrote: People judge!
Hate to say this, but sounds like YOU judge. I think you would be surprised how accepted they are becoming. How many people between 30 and 40, working in a corporate job, have already posted that they have them with no issues? And if they end up having issues, it probably won't be with someone their age or younger. Just saying.
It is your opinion, and you are welcome to it. Just realize that societies opinion has shifted a bit. And continues to.
Getting a bit back on track...
I have a couple, got them both at the same time. A good friend had his buddy from back East come in to do some more work on his very extensively inked leg, and while he was in town, I had him put a couple on me. I knew about it well in advance, and spent months planning what I wanted. One of them I personally drew, which is no mean feat, since I'm laughably horrible at that. But it was a mind-over-matter thing, which made it more meaningful.
As soon as the first two had healed I began thinking about my next one. I have what amounts to a full sleeve in mind, which I've been formulating for a couple years now. It will be extensive, and expensive.
Of course, I'm also really tempted to get a few dumb/funny ones, just because.
Maybe my corporate world is sheltered, but nobody in our large corporate office has tattoos that are visible when wearing business casual attire. A couple of times at the office gym, I've seen dudes with silly little fraternity ankle tattoos but that is about it.
I don't care about tattoos much but I suspect I'd find it distracting to try to discuss business matters with somebody that has the grim reaper on their neck much in the same way that I am distracted by cleavage. If it interesting enough for me to stare at, it probably isn't appropriate for the corporate office. Yes, this is just my opinion but I suspect that I am more liberal about this kind of thing than about 98% of the people I work with.
I heard that soldiers can have tattoos provided they are not visible wearing their dress uniform. Is that true?
Dan
I saw a guy with UV tattoos that only appear under black light. I like that idea! But I could never commit to anything long enough to want it on my skin forever.
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:z31maniac wrote:This! I'm not a bad enough dude for a real mohawk anymore.AngryCorvair wrote:Hence, faux.92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: As someone currently working in big corporate america... I have: A big nasty fauxhawk. 4 earrings. 1 cartilage ring.question: what is a "nasty" fauxhawk? i mean, as long as there's hair on the sides isn't it just a poorly proportioned haircut? seems to me that the fauxhawk shows a lack of commitment.
I don't have enough HAIR for a mohawk anymore. Seriously. I tried to rock one a couple years ago only to find there was a 'blank' spot between the front & back. 
mine is a dedication to me, my wife and our son.. so i can go thru life with it.. even if something ever happened to my wife and i.. she will alway sbe his mother.. so i have no issue with her initial on me.. even though i have had alot of people tell me not put her name or initial on me permantly.. i am now workin on my second.. its gonna be the outline of space mountian at disney land just cuz it is my favorite ride and this one is for me. and i may even have a mickey mouse done also.
barnca wrote: mine is a dedication to me, my wife and our son.. so i can go thru life with it.. even if something ever happened to my wife and i.. she will alway sbe his mother.. so i have no issue with her initial on me.. even though i have had alot of people tell me not put her name or initial on me permantly.. i am now workin on my second.. its gonna be the outline of space mountian at disney land just cuz it is my favorite ride and this one is for me. and i may even have a mickey mouse done also.
Good call on Space Mountain, that ride rules. I got to see inside it once with the lights on.... truly impressive.
You can kid yourself all you want and try to ignore the facts, but ALL people judge as you guys just proved. It's just that most of the time you guys are on the wrong end of the stick. I have enough going against me to not want to purposefully add more misery to my life.
I haven't seen figures recently, but about a year ago the tattoo removal business was making much more money than the tattoo application business.
My big issue is that it's forever, even if it does become just a big blob, which it does.
Which brings me to a question I've always had, how come if your skin is always growing and renewing does the tattoo stay there for as long as it does? Obviously it doesn't all stay there because old tattoos are hardly legible.
carguy123 wrote: You can kid yourself all you want and try to ignore the facts, but ALL people judge as you guys just proved.
The thing I see coming through again and again in people's comments is that they are not kidding themselves about that point. They/we've made a conscious decision after considering the upsides and downsides. Nobody's ignoring anything.
It's just that most of the time you guys are on the wrong end of the stick.
In the urban pacific northwest, I just don't think that's true. Maybe where you are it's true. I think it's up to the individual to make that call based on where they are and are interested in going. Unexpectedly, my more obvious tattoo ended up being a great icebreaker on a trip to Tokyo, where very few people have them. Same thing happened there for friend of mine.
I haven't seen figures recently, but about a year ago the tattoo removal business was making much more money than the tattoo application business.
Given that tattoo parlors are low-volume purveyors of art, and tattoo removal is a medical business, I'm dubious that this indicates a large shift to removal over application.
My big issue is that it's forever, even if it does become just a big blob, which it does.
Yep, they do deteriorate. SPF six billion helps, and they can actually last quite well if you don't abuse them.
Which brings me to a question I've always had, how come if your skin is always growing and renewing does the tattoo stay there for as long as it does? Obviously it doesn't all stay there because old tattoos are hardly legible.
Two parts there: As noted above, sun damage speeds things up a lot. This explains some of the mechanism.
914Driver wrote: I heard that soldiers can have tattoos provided they are not visible wearing their dress uniform. Is that true? Dan
My brother in law has some crawling up his neck that are visible in his boot camp graduation photo. I think they're visible in his dress uniform as well from the back. I remember him saying that there had been a change in policy.
He had the tattoos when he enlisted. He had to go for some extra psychological testing before they'd let him in as there was concern he had some self-destructive tendencies thanks to the combination of his tattoos and a lot of broken bones. Hopefully they figured out the bones after finding out he'd been a running back.
I read through this thread and I am contemplating a tattoo. All 4 of my children are inked, some more than others. My wife can't stand them, I think they're ok. I have never gotten one because I have always been deathly afraid of needles or other objects stuck in my skin, probably a result of being a regular at the ER as a growing boy. However, I have overcome the needles issue and think it's time.
I'm looking at getting a reaper's limp body in the mouth of a gargoyle perched on a cross with the date 12-25-2003 underneath.
Yes, it's significant to me and my family, and a reminder that life is short and unpredictable.
The story, back in 03 on Christmas I was rushed to the ER with complications resembling a bad flu. Condition deteriorated rapidly and the ER doctors had no clue what was the cause, and could find nothing conclusive, except all my organs were shutting down,quickly. As some miraculous twist of luck would have it, a doctor that I had just seen for the 1st time the day before (with flu like symptoms) was in the hospital checking on a patient of his, while leaving through the ER he observed the commotion, asked if he couldhelp and realized he had just seen me and after a quick look determined I had meningicocul meningitis, ordered a barrage of medication and did a spinal tap to confirm. All this time a priest had been summoned to offer my last rites, who I promptly told to get the f outta here, I ain't leaving yet. Pretty optimistic with a 5 to 10% chance of making it out of here alive. For a day and a half while in a coma, I saw a white gargoyle sitting above the door in a field of purple flowers watching me, and I believe protecting me from the reaper.
Hence the idea for the tat....
Supercoupe wrote: For a day and a half while in a coma, I saw a white gargoyle sitting above the door in a field of purple flowers watching me, and I believe protecting me from the reaper. Hence the idea for the tat....
Good reason for one.
mtn wrote:Supercoupe wrote: For a day and a half while in a coma, I saw a white gargoyle sitting above the door in a field of purple flowers watching me, and I believe protecting me from the reaper. Hence the idea for the tat....Good reason for one.
Agreed. That sounds like a well-considered piece with a meaning that's not likely to fade from importance.
Congrats on telling the reaper he'd have to come back later.
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