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03-29-2009, 03:40 AM | #11 |
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Well, the tats will definitely be with you longer than the toys...I would still go toys. Needles and all.....I have neither.
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03-29-2009, 03:50 AM | #12 |
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Marilyn?
I'd prefer Joes to tats. My opinion, as it is, has seemingly gotten me into hot water today, so I'll refrain from sharing too much... I guess I look at it this way... What would I NOT mind having on my body when I'm 80?
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03-29-2009, 03:54 AM | #13 |
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GI Joes are much easier to get rid of one day if you decide you don't like them.
It's nothing religious or anything, but I'm cool with piercings, but think tattoos are often tacky and end up being a regret later on for a lot of people once they're not in that "cool" age. Piercings generally leave a small hole or scar when removed, unless it's one of those retarded dime-sized gauge earrings, which I'm sure one day a bunch of 50 year old former punks will look in the mirror at their hoolahoop of an ear and wonder what the hell they were thinking. Many of my friends have tattoos, but they often keep them in strategic places that could be covered up if they were to work in a professional office one day. My friends with full-on sleeves are pretty much locking themselves into careers that involve music, art or bartending. Which, if that's their thing, is fine. But I have a cousin who got an eagle tattooed across her chest when she was 19, and at 28 wonders why she can't land a job at a doctor's office as a receptionist. Unless she plans on wearing Amish traditional dresses or turtlenecks, she probably won't be working behind a desk of her top choice any time soon. |
03-29-2009, 04:04 AM | #14 |
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GI Joes are much easier to get rid of one day if you decide you don't like them.
It's nothing religious or anything, but I'm cool with piercings, but think tattoos are often tacky and end up being a regret later on for a lot of people once they're not in that "cool" age. Piercings generally leave a small hole or scar when removed, unless it's one of those retarded dime-sized gauge earrings, which I'm sure one day a bunch of 50 year old former punks will look in the mirror at their hoolahoop of an ear and wonder what the hell they were thinking. Many of my friends have tattoos, but they often keep them in strategic places that could be covered up if they were to work in a professional office one day. My friends with full-on sleeves are pretty much locking themselves into careers that involve music, art or bartending. Which, if that's their thing, is fine. But I have a cousin who got an eagle tattooed across her chest when she was 19, and at 28 wonders why she can't land a job at a doctor's office as a receptionist. Unless she plans on wearing Amish traditional dresses or turtlenecks, she probably won't be working behind a desk of her top choice any time soon. I work in management and see folks (especially now) get turned away because of body art. Piecing is the same way... I can't stand the hoop ears, or tons of earings in one ear, or nose piercings or lips or anything apart from a two to three each ear.. Not knocking anyone, personal preference, but a lot of my friends and family sport several of the piercings and tattoos I have mentions... In some cases both. They do seem to go hand in hand.
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03-29-2009, 04:13 AM | #15 |
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wow... stars.... how original.....
Sorry, but I don't want to sound like a dick but if you are going to get something as permanent as a tattoo don't you think you might want to put a bit more thought into it? I mean, I am all about people getting things that are personal but stay away from the flash art and stars are about as #1 "out of the book" on the parlor counter you can possibly go. Again, don't mean to be rude but you are going to be stuck with this for quite sometime. How many people in SF have stars? I could throw a rock blindfolded on any street and hit like 20 people with "those" stars inked on them.... its a fad. It took me 3 years and two artist friends to even get my first one done and now 10 years later I still have no regrets. I have been working on my latest one for the last 2 years so I know it will be right and I will be happy with it when I am 60. When someone asks me about my art there is a story to tell and people understand them, when someone asks someone about their stars all they can say is "they looked cool on someone else". All I am saying is as it is your first you cant imagine what permanent really means until you get it. Take some time and be absolutely sure STARS is what you want down your chest when you are 60.....
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03-29-2009, 04:17 AM | #16 |
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Not to knock those who have large tattoos that show, but it's true that they lock themselves into particular careers as a result even though they may be very good at what the job requires. But unless you plan on working in a garage, take care in how far you go. Unfortunate really, since a tattoo shouldn't put a bad mark (bwahahaha) on your career potential, but ultimately it's not professional...unless that profession is tattooing.
I work in management and see folks (especially now) get turned away because of body art. Piecing is the same way... I can't stand the hoop ears, or tons of earings in one ear, or nose piercings or lips or anything apart from a two to three each ear.. Not knocking anyone, personal preference, but a lot of my friends and family sport several of the piercings and tattoos I have mentions... In some cases both. They do seem to go hand in hand. I am in design and advertising, where our IT guy had a mohawk and half the creative directors have a sleeve or arm band or two, and nobody cares. But they also don't sit in on many meetings with clients either, or when they do, they cover them up. I think people can express themselves and be smart about it. But if you are in a band and want to look like a biker/rockstar in 2009, but by the time it's 2015 and you've moved on to an office job or a management position, dyed hair or trendy hair styles can grow out, and piercings can be removed, but if you have a fuchsia fighting dragon tattoo that snakes up your neck and covers half your face, it sort of limits the professions you could work, and isn't so easily removed. |
03-29-2009, 04:26 AM | #17 |
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Yeah, I'll agree tatooing may lock you out of certain professions. With mine, there's a morbid practicality in having them. For example, if I'm rolling around and my vehicle gets hit by an RPG or a roadside bomb etc. and I get blown apart, they know to send my wedding band back to my wife. 'Cause it was on an arm with a Taurus symbol, armband, crown, roses, doves and the goddess Venus tattoos that identify this arm as belonging to Sgt. M
The rest of mine: a sword-weilding angel tattooed on my right shoulder, a black dragon on my right arm. I don't do ink on my face, neck, hands or legs. I can cover all mine with a long sleeve shirt. Sort of thinking ahead to when I'm retired military at age 45 and have to find something to do for the 20 years 'til retirement #2 at age 65. Every one of mine has a personal meaning to me and I think carefully on each one giving myself weeks to deliberate on whether or not to do it. Got my first one at 32 years old in 2006, but probably won't get anymore after this year. Last edited by Wylde Weezle; 03-29-2009 at 04:34 AM.. |
03-29-2009, 04:27 AM | #18 |
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Mandingo_Rex and Fred21 both bring up interesting points.
But I never intended to do office work. From the time I entered college, that was always something I've wanted to avoid. I initially studied biology/engineering, but then moved into the arts. Even my desire to eventually go into concept art has made me want to avoid that style of dress. Hence the reason, why I've kept my job at Great America and done bartending. But beyond that, I'd like to go into the artistic fields. I've never had a desire to live up to that whole office worker look. I'm actually considering giving cosmotology school another try, since thats where I would feel the most comfortable. But as for having tattoos and piercings in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. I think that each generation becomes younger. 40 is the new 30 it seems and if a person does good work do the tats really matter? |
03-29-2009, 04:30 AM | #19 |
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I mean, Zartan got two big black things tattooed over his eyes. I'm sure he applied for other jobs, but he's stuck being a Dreadnok and running errands for terrorist organizations. He could perhaps moonlight with a Kiss cover band.
Zandar chose poorly too, except he got neon lighting bolts tattooed all over him. Not as cool, hence he's not management material like Zartan managed to pull off. And Zartan's his his brother and Zandar is at best second or third in command of the Noks. Zarana was smart, she went with zany hairstyle, but that shit can be changed with time, scissors and a rinse. Shipwreck's a sailor and will probably die a sailor due to that creative Popeye tattoo, and Gung Ho just won't wear a shirt to cover up his tat, but I think that's the point. He likes his men to know he's burly and a Marine, so he wears it proudly. Come to think of it, that may be why Cobra Commander wears a mask, to cover up some ill-conceived tattoo he got when he was 19 and really into Howdy Doody. Who knows, the man may have Norman Rockwell art painted over his entire body. I think Destro tattooed his entire chest orange. |
03-29-2009, 04:39 AM | #20 |
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No, but also keep in mind it's hard enough right now getting hired without having anything potentially working against you.
I work in the design world, and know many artists, and personally will never work a job that requires a coat and tie. I will always work in an office—though not your typical office—but if you really want to bring attention to yourself or showcase tattoos all over your body in areas that are difficult to conceal when necessary, then your work better be damn outstanding. At least that's my experience. I think a creative field respects and encourages expression and style, but there is also a time and place for it as well. I'd stay away from the neck and chest if I were you. Arms are fine, but I had a well-tatted female friend tell me one time she didn't get a tattoo that she'd feel awkward wearing a dress to her mother's funeral in, or being in her sister's wedding. Anyways, time for bed. Good luck with the decision! |
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