Anyone else anti-tatoo?

[Scurvy]

As I said upthread, I think anyone who has kids has made a hideous choice. Does that give me the right to judge you?

. . . biting my tongue . . .
. . . really really trying to resist. . .

Do you know how hard it is not to make a comment about that statement?!

Okay, I give up.

Nothing personal, roomthreeseventeen, but I always find comments like yours to be hilarious, given that everyone who makes those comments had parents who apparently made a hideous choice to have them! I bet you're glad they did, though!

But sure, judge away. You judge me, I'll judge you, and we'll both be happy!

 

[elmo2wdw]

I am not a fan of tatoos either. They do nothing for me. I just don't find them attractive at all - on men or women. Just not my thing.

I always think, "Imagine what that thing will look like when that person is in their 80's"

Many people like them, but I don't.

Who cares...I am not goign to care what it looks like then? I think people are too judgemental!! I think many people would be surprised who has tattoos that cannot be seen..... I work with a very intellgent woman who is well looked upon where I work. Our boss hates tattoos...he critisizes mine (very small with very special meaing). He has no idea she has one and I would never tell him...it is none of his business but I know he would look at this woman totally different just because of a tattoo! RIDICULOUS!!!!!! Some people need to get a life and worry about world poverty or something. JMO

 

[MineMail]

Well, that's sort of the point. Why have an anti-tattoo thread then? Should we have anti-mullet threads? (OK, probably yes). Should we have ugly outfit threads?

Making people feel bad about their appearance is never okay.

I think there are some already, but I'm not sure. I know there's a Disney Tattoo thread and I thought there was a Pro-Tattoo thread as well. Unless you're going to complain about the supportive threads, you can't complain about the unsupportive threads.

No one can "make you feel bad" about your appearance. If you're really comfortable in your skin, you can ignore people who disagree with your choice.

Anyway, no one's trying to make anyone feel bad about their appearance - we're just discussing why we don't like tattoos. It could be an enlightening experience for tattoo-wearers if they kept an open mind.

The Hepatitis thread drift could open up people's thoughts as to why their business isn't doing well, why the demographics of a show haven't taken off as expected. On television, appearance is EVERYTHING.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

No one can "make you feel bad" about your appearance. If you're really comfortable in your skin, you can ignore people who disagree with your choice.

Silliest post in the entire thread.

And regarding the hepatitis from food workers with tattoos... come on. I suppose you believe you can get autism from a vaccine, too.

 

[MineMail]

As I said upthread, I think anyone who has kids has made a hideous choice. Does that give me the right to judge you?

No, it just means that no one took you up on your flame-baiting challenge, so you had to try it again, huh?

I'm still wondering what makes people today get tattoos, other than the traditional tattoo-wearers.
Is it common in other countries or cultures and has crossed over? It seems to have become rather common in the last fifteen years or so, in my experience.

 

[Scurvy]

No one can "make you feel bad" about your appearance. If you're really comfortable in your skin, you can ignore people who disagree with your choice.

Very true!

 

[Geoff_M]

But sure, judge away. You judge me, I'll judge you, and we'll both be happy!

Yep, go right ahead! And forty years from now we can compare notes to see if we feel the same about our mutual choices down the road!

"Twilight" tattoos, anyone?

 

[Robinrs]

No, it just means that no one took you up on your flame-baiting challenge, so you had to try it again, huh?

 

[cteddiesgirl]

Like a PP said, I think you're missing the point. Some of the comments here about tattoos are, "how dumb" "disgusting" "repulsive" "unprofessional" "hepatitis" people making judgements about others. What you are saying is that you don't like white cars, you are not saying that you think everyone who drives a white car is "unprofessional" you are not calling the lady down the street in capris "repulsive" being judgemental and having likes and dislikes is apples and oranges.

I don't think anyone has said that people themselves are repulsive, but the tattoos themselves are to some.

As for being considered unprofessional, etc, yes. Those are judements made by many employers because of the history of tattoos.

In my area, most people who are covered (not just 1 or 2) in tats, have tats the celebrate their gangs, their hate, their pride in having been in prison or their pride in doing some sort of violent act.

This is why many people today still tend to judge people with tattoos. Especially in somewhat conservative areas like mine.


The only time in my life I have actually said anything to a person about their tattoo was to my niece who put a huge one on her leg with her grandmother's name. Only because her grandmother (my mom) would have been probably rolling in her grave at this and would not have wanted to be "honored" by a tattoo. But heck, she hated piercings of all kinds and told my sister she was crazy for piercing her baby daughter's ears.

As I said upthread, I think anyone who has kids has made a hideous choice. Does that give me the right to judge you?

Stop being so sensitive. You make a choice. You know that people will judge you based on your choices. Everyone does it. You're being judgemental about someone because they just don't like tattoos.

If someone went up to you and said something to you about being ugly, then you have the right to get upset.
You also have a right to get upset if someone says they don't like you just because you have tattoos. I don't think anyone here has said that.

 

[MineMail]

I remember back in the 1980's or 1990's in NYC, tattooed EYELINERS were the latest thing. That was a failed experiment - eyes are just too delicate and the skin stretches just too much. As people got older, the eyeliner looked awful.

 

[MineMail]

"Twilight" tattoos, anyone?

She who laughs last, thinks slowest. I just "got" that remark - very funny.

I really do like Harry Potter, but not enough to get it inked into my skin.

 

[Scurvy]

"Twilight" tattoos, anyone?

 

[crz4mm2]

I do feel that tattooed food service workers are a health risk. Having bested two Hepatitis scares and still being able to donate blood, I stand by my opinion. So far, none of the Health Code experts have convinced me that a food service worker is immune to contracting, and passing on, the Hepatitis disease. It's like salmonella poisoning - there are too many gaps in the system and by the time the health dept reacts, it's usually too late to stop the transmission.

So only tattooed food service workers are a health risk????
wow.

 

[threecrazykids]

So only tattooed food service workers are a health risk????
wow.

PP didn't say that ONLY food service workers who have tattoos are a health risk. That was just an example I believe.

 

[MrsPete]

As I said upthread, I think anyone who has kids has made a hideous choice. Does that give me the right to judge you?

Sounds like you already have; however, because I feel very secure in my choice to have had two children, I couldn't care less whether anyone else approves (other than my husband).

 

[crz4mm2]

PP didn't say that ONLY food service workers who have tattoos are a health risk. That was just an example I believe.

Ok, I'll give you that. WHY are tattooed workers a health risk? Got some research?

 

[MrsPete]

Ask my grandmother - she got her first tattoo at the age of 85...

From a logical point of view, her skin isn't likely to stretch much more; thus, her design isn't going to change. On the other hand, a 20-year old has years of skin-changing years ahead of him.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

From a logical point of view, her skin isn't likely to stretch much more; thus, her design isn't going to change. On the other hand, a 20-year old has years of skin-changing years ahead of him.

So what? Is your un-tattooed skin going to look awesome when you're 85?

 

[MineMail]

PP didn't say that ONLY food service workers who have tattoos are a health risk. That was just an example I believe.

Thanks, but I did single out food service workers as an example, because the food network show show from last night was fresh in my mind. Tattoos are really common in the food service industry, but I'm not sure why. However, when someone hands you food they just prepared and their knuckles say "DOA" in shaky handwriting, it's stomach-churning to realize it's an amateur tattoo and this guy just made your sandwich.

I know of people who have been reassigned in hospitals because of fresh tattoos and piercings. I also know others who've kept it a secret from their bosses by "covering up" so the risk is real there as well, although I would expect a health care worker to be more likely to "do their homework" and pick a tattoo parlor with excellent sanitary ratings.

 

[MrsPete]

So only tattooed food service workers are a health risk????
wow.

There is a connection between recent tattoos and hepititus.

A couple years ago we had a major disruption because of a guy who worked in the deli of a popular grocery store. He had hepititus, so everyone who had had anything from that deli had to go to one particular health department (private doctors didn't have the vaccine) to get a shot. The health department literally had to cancel ALL their appointments for everything except this mess. I heard about it on the news but didn't pay much attention 'cause I don't shop there . . . then I went to school the next day and found out that the fruit/cheese trays we'd enjoyed at a school meeting a few days before had come from . . . you guessed it. So all the teachers had to go after school. We waited HOURS to get in there, and then we all had to go into one big room and drop our pants to get our shots.

Did the guy at the grocery store, the guy who started all of this, get his hepititus from a tattoo? I don't know . . . but IF he did, his personal choice certainly hurt a lot of people. And it does sound like a person with a recent tattoo might be a public health risk if he's working with food.