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Posted: 2/27/2008 6:41:57 AM | | Its a tattoo or a piercing... its not a big deal!!! So what... they really are sooooooo ordinary these days... sorry... but they are.... everyone has one... if they dont.... they are getting one... build a bridge .... get over it | |
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Posted: 2/27/2008 6:54:07 AM | | I am over it. I'm simply stating that alot of people DO find them offensive and unprofessional, and don't want their checkout operators to look that way. I just wish people were more accepting of others differences, and that we could express ourselves as we desire with our body art. | |
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Posted: 2/27/2008 9:31:47 AM | I really don't mind what other people choose for their bodies..... (to some degree)...., but find it a little funny when someone says
"It's a form of self expression"......, Bl##dy hell ...., learm to communicate ...., it will be cheaper....,. and you will have less chance of contracting one of those hepatitis thingys down the track ...., etc etc and etc.   | |
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Posted: 2/27/2008 3:28:37 PM | Everyone's entitled to self expression.
That is a choice.
But the world is broken up into segments. These segments have different standards.
If you go into the the corporate or business segment, then this segment doesn't like stubbies, thongs and blue singlets in the same way it doesn't like full body tattoos and peircings.....It's just the way it is.
It's all about choice. You have to determine what you want from life and where you are heading. Sometimes your choice will mean you have to change other factors, and one of those could be the difference between some tasteful peircings, or looking like you fell head first into a tackle box.
And because it's a choice, you have to live with it.
I'm a bit p1ssed off that people find it offensive for me to do 160kph through town on my motorcycle....When will people realise that it's my form of self expression......
But the reality is, I need to travel within a speed that OTHER people find acceptable.
SO, I think my message is, make a choice and stick with it. It's not a god given right for every door of opportunity to be opened for you regardless of the effort or lack of effort you make to fit a certain criteria..... Sometimes you have to take responsibility for your decisions and the closing of some doors. | |
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Posted: 2/27/2008 7:15:31 PM | i just have to ask, how many of you have actually ever met, or got to know, heavily tattooed/pierced people? we are no different or inferior in any way, than those of you who choose to colour your hair, wear trendy clothes, listen to certain styles of of music, ride a motorbike etc etc its all about personal choice and as the old saying goes "the only difference between tattooed people and non tattooed people is that tattooed people dont care if youre not tattooed". personally i am well on the way to a full body suit, hold down a good job and always have, including running my own successful business for ten years and secretarial/personal assistant jobs for another ten, own my own home, have great friends from all walks of life who are open minded enough not to judge my by my appearance and put me in some ridiculous pigeonhole
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Posted: 2/27/2008 8:48:13 PM | | *puts hand up! I'm forever enquiring about other peoples body art! Especially bouncers at pubs/venues and what not. And they love the attention too i might add. | |
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Posted: 2/27/2008 8:51:44 PM | i dont mind people asking if they are genuinely interested in the artwork and not just gawking at me like some kind of circus freak
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Posted: 2/27/2008 8:53:56 PM | That's what a headbutt is good for purplefish
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Posted: 2/27/2008 9:16:45 PM | pmsl is that what ive been doing wrong?
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Posted: 2/27/2008 11:04:20 PM |
puts hand up! I'm forever enquiring about other peoples body art! Especially bouncers at pubs/venues and what not. And they love the attention too i might add.
Im exactly the same, find its a great way to start convos. I seem to be able to see tattoos really easily in a crowded room, same as people with mine. | |
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Posted: 2/28/2008 7:11:08 PM | yeah it seems to be some kinda bond or something, or maybe a chemical attraction lol
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Posted: 2/28/2008 8:07:05 PM | One day when i have enough cash, I will venture out and get my first one done  | |
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Posted: 2/29/2008 12:53:47 AM |
I'm a bit p1ssed off that people find it offensive for me to do 160kph through town on my motorcycle....When will people realise that it's my form of self expression......
But the reality is, I need to travel within a speed that OTHER people find acceptable.
I don't think that is the best analagy
I have yet to see a tattoo jump loose control and plow into a group of pedestrians. Speed limits are about safety not self expression.
While I agree with you that the reality is that people do get judged on the way they look, Idon't believe people should stop pushing the boundaries of whats socially acceptable, so long as it's not hurting anyone. After all if people didn't push boundaries women wouldn't be able to vote, men wouldn't be able to stay home and look after the kids, aboriginals would still be considered part of the fauna and many other neccessary changes wouldn't have happened. | |
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Posted: 2/29/2008 1:13:12 AM | | ^^^ Please excuse my spelling I haven't figured out how to edit yet | |
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Posted: 2/29/2008 5:30:22 AM | | I wasn't saying it was right or wrong...It's just how the world seems to go around...I don't care if a person has tattoos or not. It makes no difference to me personally. | |
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Posted: 2/29/2008 11:41:49 PM | well said julian. i have a t shirt that says "do my tattoos bother you? good!" but other than that, i dont think they ever actually hurt anyone except me getting them lol cant believe what a hornets nest this subject still is with so many more important/offensive things to worry about, and we havent even touch on the really scary body mods like cutting, implants, branding, scarification, the list goes on and on, if youre curious checkout bmezine.com itll open your eyes
ronda :)
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Posted: 2/29/2008 11:45:56 PM | | ooooo, i want a top that says that!! | |
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Posted: 3/1/2008 12:05:20 AM | lol its my favourite, closely followed by "tattooed white trash" funnily enough i just got an email with pictures of "the latest new craze", carving, where they actually excise slabs of flesh to form of pattern of scar tissue, looks awesome, kinda messy tho
ronda
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Posted: 3/1/2008 12:20:35 AM | To tatt or not to tatt, that is the question... and it's a personal one.
I personally don't feel the need to parade that kind of obvious idividuality on myself but others do. To me some tatts look good and some don't, it's a matter of taste. If some of us were brought up to consider tattoos yukky then we will react accordingly.
I do concede however that in many instances body art should be concealed with appropriate clothing. The same goes for body piercing. If you are in the public eye and it may make customers or colleagues squirm then think before you act. How you dress in your own time is really nobody's business, but in the workplace it often needs to remain compatible with the accepted dress codes.
We once interviewed an electrician for a job, and he came buttoned up to the wrists and to the collar. He had a long flowing beard but was aware of how to deal with that around machinery etc. He had the right credentials & experience so we hired him on the spot. On his first day at work we found that he was covered in tatts, thanks to a few years spent with monks in Tibet. He described himself as a reformed 'bad dude'. It was a positive subject of discussion in the workplace and it helped explain his modest and accomodating ways. He turned out to be one of the most productive tradesmen we ever employed, and went on to train apprentices for the regional TAFE mob.
Conversely a receptionist who meets and greets customers should present herself/himself in a manner suitable to the arena the employer is in. It's horses for courses folks. Just consider that when you choose your particular style of body art. | |
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Posted: 3/1/2008 12:28:10 AM | i wish i wasnt soo addicted to body mods!!!
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Posted: 3/1/2008 6:00:33 AM | well thankgod he was "reformed" lol and thankgod some of continue to be "badguys"
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Posted: 3/4/2008 4:09:32 AM | | I am just not to keen on doing anything to myself, but if I became involved with a lady and she wanted me to get my tongue pierced, I would probably do it for her. But I would never go the Prince Albert, not this little black duck. No way! | |
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| Tattoos and body piercings
Posted: 3/4/2008 11:01:52 PM | There's an 18 year old apprentice at my work, who bought himself a tattoo gun off e bay. Today I saw he had been practicing on his front thigh. I saw it when he sat down...looked like something you would doodle on a pad when talking on the phone... He has a huge "LP" for Lincoln Park" (rock band) and on the other leg was a smiley face. If you know the Nirvana smiley face you will know what I'm talking about, but it looks a little like this  Personally, I would rather be shot in the leg with a musket ball  than have some Niko pen doodle on my leg for the rest of my life. I almost went into shock, I couldn't belive anyone could be so stupid | |
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| Tattoos and body piercings
Posted: 3/5/2008 6:32:59 AM | | ^^^ I agree that does sound stupid..and yet I seem to recall being one of a bunch of silly schoolgirls who brutally carved initials into the flesh of our ankles with the sharp end of a compass, hoping to create a tattoo to mark forever the initial of our destined true love. Mine was an "A". Thank god it didn't last. It would have made dating that much harder to only be able to date people whose names started with A. | |
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Posted: 3/5/2008 7:23:20 AM | ^^^ Oh I don't know you could have worked your way through the alphabet....depending on how thick your ankles were.
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