Did I miss it?
I mean the part where somebody points out that Omni only expresses contempt for women with bad tattoos?
So it’s still perfectly ok and still cuttting-edge if a man gets a cliche Chinese character/Celtic weave/blade, skull, etc?
What an idiot.
Insofar as saying “What a shitty day” is insulting to others, I see what you mean. In other words, no, I don’t.
Actually, in this thread about a shitty day, I responded with sympathy. No one was condemned, and no one needed defending.
Of course I knew that Ace’s snotty post was not what you meant. You did, however, accuse me of insecurity, and my question about that is what I had mostly hoped for a response to. But I thought we had agreed to “leave it at that.” Honestly, I’d prefer to. None of this seems important enough to get upset about. I’m aware that my behavior here is more suited to GD than to IMHO, and for that, my apologies. I should have just rolled my eyes and gone to a different thread.
Done and done then.
Shake.
[sub](Not trying to get the last word here, but it seems rude not to return a shake.)[/sub]
Shake.
Eww! You virtually touched a tatooed person!
Well, now, that * is * rude.
The OP did not express contempt for women with bad tattoos. He did express dismay for the current trend for women to get bad tattoos. At least to me there's a distinction.
I can’t speak for the OP, but I tend to notice tattoos on women more, possibly because it’s more common for them to wear clothing that reveals shoulders, ankles, and the small of the back. And guys who are attracted to females would tend to notice the women more anyway. You don’t need to read much more into the OP than that.
Sheesh. You’d think people with tattoos would be less thin-skinned.
Hey, a little came off.
Just kidding.
I know I’m jumping in late. I tried to post this last Fri, but the hamsters regurgitated it. What follows is my personal opinion - certainly not to be confused with any objective or reasonable perspective.
For a long time, I operated under the assumption that there were some loosely accepted near universal standards of attractiveness. Not in a fashion model or athlete extreme, but along the lines of healthy, clean, and reasonably groomed. To the extent most people I knew paid attention to their appearance, they seemed to aim toward these sorts of common appearance ideals. Some people were more successful than others, and some put more effort into it than others.
There were always those who said, “To heck with convention,” and refused to follow the common practice. But their actions were generally of omission, rather than action. For example, guys who would let their hair grow or grow beards. Or women who would not shave or wear makeup.
In the last couple of decades, it has been increasingly more common for people - generally younger people - to, in you word, modify their appearance through intentional efforts. Whether by piercings, tattoos, or colorful hair. This strikes me as qualitatively different than the passive nonconformism of the past.
As I am always interested in wondering why my fellow species-members act as they do, I wonder about their motivations. I really could not care less what an individual (other than my immediate family) does with their body. But I admit that I do not understand why someone would affect their appearance in this manner.
For one thing, I personally do not consider it attractive, nor does it comport with any idea of “attractiveness” I am familiar with. It surprises me that modifiers often take active steps - often expensive and painful - to pursue their goals. It strikes me as curious that members of the same species as I can differ so much on what we consider desirable appearance. Finally, tats and many piercings are permanent. I know I do not view things the same as I did when I was 20 - half my current age. Looking back at things I did when I was younger, I wonder whether modified folk will one day regret their choices. A moderate tat here or there can be downplayed. A pierced ear can be allowed to close up. But a large tribal or ear plugs are forever.
Enjoy it. I don’t understand it. But there is no reason you should conduct your life, or treat your body, in a manner I choose or understand.
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You’ll always have mementos of your previous self and your tastes in styles and things will always change as you grow older. Should it matter that part of your past self is embedded on your skin as opposed to being embedded in your mind, in a letter, through a song, etc. My past is part of what made me the person that I am today… tattoos and all. I wouldn’t get rid of my tattoos for anything in the world… just like I wouldn’t want my memories erased of the life I led 5 years ago. My life has changed drastically since I got my first tattoo 9 years ago and it will continue to change but I don’t regret getting my tattoos. I have three so far and plan to get more. They are beautiful to me and I love them. When I’m 50 years old I’ll still have these tattoos on my body and I will be as proud of them then as i am of them now.
I, for one, have never understood the appeal of getting a boquet of roses starting on the lower back, and supposedly ending within the hindquarters. Why, exactly, would someone decide that roses growing out of such a place represents them?
They’re implying that their defecations smell like a bed of roses, silly.
Well, I have a tat, that while not often visible can be seen when I wear a tank top. (Picture: http://www.jinwicked.com/images/pics/woods03.jpg) I did the artwork for it and got it shortly after I turned 18. I had a rather stormy life in my mid & later teens and it kind of signified to me not just the end of a part of my life, but a sort of cleansing, and while I wouldn’t want to be the person I was then now, and I’m nothing like how I was, I think it’s important for me to remember the things that happened to me and what I went though. I’m at a point now where I am considering a second tat, but I haven’t decided on its location or what it will be yet, I just feel like it’s getting close to the time that I give myself another mark as a reminder of the progress I’ve made.
Someone watching me on the street might assume I just did it because I thought it was sexy, and maybe many people do get them for that reason, but you can’t assume that’s always the case. As for regretting getting inked… you only get to live once. I’d regret living my life always worried about what other people thought and never really being able to express myself freely, but I’m never going to regret a little bit of coloured ink under my skin.
I put it there so I would never forget exactly why I put it there.
I like the tattoos that woman have on their lower back. That way they can’t get mad at me if I’m checking out their butt.
I, myself, want a tattoo that says “This is not a tattoo”. I think that would be funny - for about, ohhh, six months.
