If someone looks like this they most likely are a tattoo artist themselves or have a job in a similar industry. Everyone always jokes about how they will be unemployed but only people extremely dense would do this and then realise they can't have a "normal" career.
I've always felt sad for people with tattoos. I mean, I get why someone would get ink to commemorate being shipwrecked, or a gang member doing life in prison and need the ink to show affiliation or getting a friend/family member's name.
But if you think you are so incomplete without painting yourself permanently with symbols in a language you don't understand, tramp stamps on your lower back so some guy won't get bored whilst doing his business behind you, you are the reason why people are sad or fearful around you. Sad that you were dumb enough to do this to yourself and fearful that you have so little self-control that maybe you can't be trusted around normal people.
Or something like that.
Why is it bullshit? It seems entorely plausible to me.
How are tattoos any different that loading yourself up on makeup like Snookie or Tammie Faye Baker, or getting fake boobs or butt implants? Why hide behind all of the body modification? Granted, tats are less expensive than therapy, but inking doesn't solve the problem. It just masks it with a a new problem.
And it really depends on the piercing/body modification. If its a religious thing (or again, if you're shipwrecked, tradition says you're allowed an ear piercing), then all is cool. If its a spike through the septum, a Nefertiti or a Price Albert, you've undoubtedly got some issues:
"Tattoos promise to make you attractive, as if you have a personal force akin to gravity. Notice me. The more attraction you command, the more attention you get, and the more life you have — as we see in the public's devotion to celebrities and leaders."
- Dr. Kirby Farrell
I wonder how no one argued against @hexy ... people have different senses of aesthetic, and that's it. Why do you cut your hair a certain way? Why do you wear the style of clothes you like? Because you like your appeareance like that and you feel good like this. Same goes for tattoos and piercings. If people want colours in their skin, just let them. It's their choice and they like their looks like that. It's that easy. Period.
and not every person gets a tattoo because they are trying to "cover" up a problem. I have quite a large portion of my body covered and they are not because of problems I had. it was a time in my life that I connected with and a visual memory is something that helps me remember it. I have my mother's name tattoed on me because she's near to my heart. that's not a problem. I think your idea of tattoos are different because you have a different way of expressing yourself. which is fine. you don't bash mine and I don't bash yours...fair enough?
But if you think you are so incomplete without painting yourself permanently with symbols in a language you don't understand, tramp stamps on your lower back so some guy won't get bored whilst doing his business behind you, you are the reason why people are sad or fearful around you. Sad that you were dumb enough to do this to yourself and fearful that you have so little self-control that maybe you can't be trusted around normal people.
Or something like that.
How are tattoos any different that loading yourself up on makeup like Snookie or Tammie Faye Baker, or getting fake boobs or butt implants? Why hide behind all of the body modification? Granted, tats are less expensive than therapy, but inking doesn't solve the problem. It just masks it with a a new problem.
And it really depends on the piercing/body modification. If its a religious thing (or again, if you're shipwrecked, tradition says you're allowed an ear piercing), then all is cool. If its a spike through the septum, a Nefertiti or a Price Albert, you've undoubtedly got some issues:
"Tattoos promise to make you attractive, as if you have a personal force akin to gravity. Notice me. The more attraction you command, the more attention you get, and the more life you have — as we see in the public's devotion to celebrities and leaders."
- Dr. Kirby Farrell