It was my first trip to Disney World and it reminds me of spending time with my family as a child. We all loved the show and talked about it all day.researcher wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:38 amOut of curiosity, what special meaning does a parrot from the Enchanted Tikki Room at Disney World hold for you?
There’s a geographic or locality aspect to that, too. Much more common on “professionals” in some of the places I’ve lived than in others.essbeer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:49 pm I think in upper to upper-middle class neighborhoods it's still considered some sort of signal of either "low" birth or reckless youth. I live around lots of under 40 doctors and lawyers and literally zero have visible tattoos. I don't think a visible tattoo would be unacceptable, quite the contrary I'd bet it would generate excitement and lots of compliments. But it would also silently scream "not one of us."
Nothing screams class like an Exec judging an mployee's character from an ankle tattoo.
that makes having a simple tattoo look pretty good eh?dm200 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:16 pm Very fortunately (in my opinion), our son (now late 30's) never got any tattoos (as far as we know). As a "difficult" teen, he had many strange colors of hair - as well as earlobe piercings - and a few other things as well.
The hair grew back with the natural color and has a nice short haircut, and it seems that the earlobe piercings healed up - and he dresses reasonably.
We are fortunate that no "permanent" body changes, nor any adult serious crimes - just a few traffic things.
Some of his peers as a teen have not done as well - life sentence for murder, HIV/AIDS, drug and/or alcohol addiction, jail/prison, child(ren) out of wedlock, etc.
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I have a huge job at a Wall Street firm and (gasp) a small tattoo. No one cares. Granted, it’s not visible at the office but people have seen it while playing golf.Summit111 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 6:02 pm My oldest son had his fraternity symbol tattooed on his ankle while in college. A little over an inch in diameter, and easily covered by an ankle sock.
He’s 44 and VP of a prestigious Wall Street financial firm. While playing golf with some top executives, one of them noticed the tattoo and gave him an “Unapproving look” and commented, “Didn’t think you were the tattoo type”
That’s all it took...He scheduled tattoo removal and brought his 2 young kids along so they would see and smell the laser doing its job....
When I was a kid, I remember only military members had tattoos...
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Same. Most of my classmates got their ears pierced in late elementary or early middle school. I wanted badly to have my ears pierced but wasn't allowed. When I became an adult, I no longer had the desire.Calico wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:38 pmI don't even have pieced ears which seems to be unusual for a woman. My dad said I couldn't get pieced ears until I was 16 and by the time I was 16 I didn't want to bother with it (the trend by then was to be "different" by getting multiple piercings. I decided to be different by having none).
The defining characteristic of graffiti is that it is done without permission. If tattoos are the equivalent of graffiti there is a lot of unreported battery going on.
Yep. Just like a birthmark on your skin will move or wrinkle as the surface of the skin changes texture. Sometimes the tattoo or part of it might move a bit - the pigment molecules are in among the lower levels of skin cells, and those cells are constantly being replaced. Saw some recent research indicating that immune processes are actually involved in constantly keeping the ink from moving away from the site of the tattoo.
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I like the meme!White Coat Investor wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:03 am Tattoo discussions always remind me of this meme:
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I've seen far more tattoos than most people in all kinds of locations. Some look better than others. I think location usually matters more than what the tattoo actually is as far as how I judge the person for their decision. I mean, are you going to hire this guy to work in your day care business?
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No tattoos - but I notice blood donor rules.ilskeptic wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:19 am I went my whole life without considering a tattoo. For one thing, I give blood, and for many years, a tattoo disqualified you from donating, at least temporarily. Then I went on vacation to a malarial area of Africa in November, which meant I was deferred as a donor for a year anyway. One thing led to another, and at age 70, I’ve gotten the first two tattoos of my life in the last couple of months.
One is the two-word punchline to a family joke (I like to think I’ll confuse the undertaker), and the other is the name of my first grandchild (she was born in January), worked into a heart shape. They’re inconspicuous; I can cover them with my sleeves, though I don’t know why I’d need to. The process was quick and largely painless – the needle pinches more than hurts, and I had only minor itching for a week or two afterwards. And, bogleheads please note: each cost well under $100. My tattoos are meaningful to me, and I think they're pretty cool.
Unexpected bonus: I have a whole new subject to talk about with my nieces and nephews.
A friend of mine, a conservative teacher and musician with seven tattoos, says they’re addictive and swears I’ll get more. I doubt it -– although I did tell my kids I have room on both forearms for other grandchildren.
And it turns out the local blood bank has changed its policy: tattoos are fine, as long as you get them from a licensed tattoo parlor. Sign of the times.
This ^^^. When I was a youth, tattoos were simply not something anyone other than bikers, heavy metal guitarists, and old-timey sailors got.
The answers in this thread give you a glimpse. The quick answer is that some regret it, some don't. I imagine it depends a lot on what the tattoo is, where it is, and your motivation for getting it at the time. Unless it's the name of an ex or some other regrettable design, prominent, and/or done when drunk or impulsive, most people don't regret their tattoos. They might not love them, but the vast majority don't regret them enough to get them removed.
Yes - while we have discussed a lot of things in recent years - including how pleased we are that he is a "productive" and reasonably "financially responsible" member of society - I need to ask him about why his resultant path has turned differently than many of his peers years ago. No tattoos, no remaining piercings or scarring from previous ones, not in prison, no drug or alcohol addiction/dependence, not HIV positive or having AIDS, no arrests - as an adult - for anything serious, not in a "bad" marriage. Two of his "peers" in the past have been convicted of murder - one of his mother and one for killing a toddler. I would like to conclude it is because my wife and I were/are good parents - BUT most of the other parents seem or seemed to be just as 'good" as my wife and I.sawhorse wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:14 pmThe answers in this thread give you a glimpse. The quick answer is that some regret it, some don't. I imagine it depends a lot on what the tattoo is, where it is, and your motivation for getting it at the time. Unless it's the name of an ex or some other regrettable design, prominent, and/or done when drunk or impulsive, most people don't regret their tattoos. They might not love them, but the vast majority don't regret them enough to get them removed.
There is a pretty clear generation gap in tattoo acceptance. Few younger people hold the deeply judgemental and prejudicial views against tattoos that many old people seem to. I found it amusing and a bit sad how relieved you are that your son doesn't have a tattoo considering that he was on track to perhaps turn out a lot worse than merely having a tattoo.
My cousin is an oncologist and thus deals with a lot of old people. He has a large tattoo covering his back. It's not visible under clothing. I bet several of his patients who think he's a good doctor would change their tune if they knew about his tattoo even though it makes not one iota of difference in his care toward them.
A great ob/gyn I saw has green and pink hair and a big colorful full sleeve tattoo. She looks to be in her 50s. She holds a high position at a university medical center. If the people who hired her were deeply prejudicial against tattoos, they would have missed out on a great employee. It should be said, though, that as an ob/gyn the majority of her patients are probably under 50.
But statistically probably at least some of them do have tattoos that are covered up by ordinary clothes (and I presume that the majority of tattoos are indeed such). Seems a little hard to extrapolate when in most social situations you won't see most tattoos.essbeer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:49 pm I think in upper to upper-middle class neighborhoods it's still considered some sort of signal of either "low" birth or reckless youth. I live around lots of under 40 doctors and lawyers and literally zero have visible tattoos. I don't think a visible tattoo would be unacceptable, quite the contrary I'd bet it would generate excitement and lots of compliments. But it would also silently scream "not one of us."
Interesting, I didn't know that. I'm surprised that they use tattoo ink on these immunocompromised patients. I was told that I can't have a tattoo due to being immunocompromised.
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To some, the glass is half full. To others, the glass is half empty. To an engineer, it's twice the size it needs to be.One of my friends is an Egyptian Coptic Christian. People in that community get their wrists tattooed when they are young kids, as young as a few months old. Historically it was a way for them to be identified as Christian if they died and someone found their body. Now it has sort of evolved into a defiant declaration of their faith in a country in which they face discrimination as a religious minority.Tamarind wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:06 amI'm a bit surprised by the "class" comments up thread. Ötzi the Ice Man had tattoos done when he lived, 5300 years ago. Many cultures from around the world have used tattooing and other body modifications for hundreds of years for self-expression or the very opposite, to connect a person to their family origins. Sure, people can and do get tattoos that seem dumb to others or that they themselves regret, but tattooing has a long history with humans. The idea that life permanently changes your body, and that people want might to participate in that process, is not really so strange.
I know a lot of people that get their first tattoo in their 50s. I don't think getting older should be a reason to regret tattoos. Unless you get something inappropriate which is bad no matter what age.
No, I want mine to be a lifelong commitment. I have many more tattoos in my "ideas" folder than on my body. No clue how many more I will get but I am in no rush.sawhorse wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:21 pm Did any of you with tattoos find that it was mentally easier to get a tattoo because they are now removable? The removal process is expensive and painful, but the option is there. I wonder if the popularity of tattoos among younger people is in part due to the fact that tattoos no longer have to be a lifelong commitment.
How were you tattooed involuntarily?
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