Piercings/Tattoos

[Caropooh]

Not to be answered here, but which exact one do you have?

there are differant types of what she has?

 

[FayeW]

I think tattoos and multiple piercings are tacky. I am always a little shocked when I see a tattoo on somebody unexpectedly. It does change how I think about them. My husband has joked over the years about getting a tattoo; I always told him: "I hope your next wife will like it!" I would be very unhappy if my children got tattoos or came home sporting a bunch of facial hardware.

I know.."judge not lest ye be judged". I'm just being honest.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

I think tattoos and multiple piercings are tacky. I am always a little shocked when I see a tattoo on somebody unexpectedly. It does change how I think about them. My husband has joked over the years about getting a tattoo; I always told him: "I hope your next wife will like it!" I would be very unhappy if my children got tattoos or came home sporting a bunch of facial hardware.

I know.."judge not lest ye be judged". I'm just being honest.

See, everyone? My post is so buried in this thread, but this is exactly why I want mine removed.

 

[foolishmortal]

piercings and tats...now we are talking!!!!

I have 5 piercings and 5 tats...no more piercings for me but I am getting 1 tat touched up this weekend and possibly another whole new tat added.

is there a certain person...NO!

I know people who are 100 % unlike me but still have them.....I know people that are 100% like me and don't have any....so no there isn't a certain type of person.


My piercings aren't hidden, most my tats aren't hidden...I work an office job where I have changed the stereotype, and as a "hobby" I am a very high up employee in a company and noone has said a thing!

To those that do thing it is a distraction, or a negetive thing, then those people really need to look at themselves first because who are they to judge something of someone else...that's worse than having any tat or piercing if you ask me.


I pay alot of money for my tats 1 because I appreciate the art, and the art form of tattoing....2..they are all personal to me and my personality....I do not have a tat anyone else would consider unless you were very much like me.....out of 5 tats 4 are 100% custom.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

there are differant types of what she has?

See, everyone? My post is so buried in this thread, but this is exactly why I want mine removed.

I can sure understand that and is the main reason I haven't gotten one--don't want to regret something so permanent. However, it doesn't make that sort of attitude "right". (and Faye, thank you for giving your honest opinion--I know that you're not alone in your thinking).

One of my DD's boyfriends had a lip piercing and I admit I was a little taken aback by it, but I figured the problem was mine.

 

[kaw1218]

there are differant types of what she has?

yup.

 

[kaw1218]

I think tattoos and multiple piercings are tacky. I am always a little shocked when I see a tattoo on somebody unexpectedly. It does change how I think about them. My husband has joked over the years about getting a tattoo; I always told him: "I hope your next wife will like it!" I would be very unhappy if my children got tattoos or came home sporting a bunch of facial hardware.

I know.."judge not lest ye be judged". I'm just being honest.

Thanks for being honest.

I wonder how many DISers are reading that....and agreeing, yet, they don't want to say anything

 

[kaw1218]

See, everyone? My post is so buried in this thread, but this is exactly why I want mine removed.

That's why it took me so long to get my first Tattoo. I was afraid I wouldn't like it anymore.

piercings and tats...now we are talking!!!!

I can sure understand that and is the main reason I haven't gotten one--don't want to regret something so permanent. However, it doesn't make that sort of attitude "right". (and Faye, thank you for giving your honest opinion--I know that you're not alone in your thinking).

One of my DD's boyfriends had a lip piercing and I admit I was a little taken aback by it, but I figured the problem was mine.

Piercings aren't THAT permanent.....

 

[Mysteria]

Just look at the lower back tat thread to see how many people feel. I don't mind people being honest and saying they don't like tat's FOR THEM. I don't like people making judgements about others based on outward appearances.

 

[kaw1218]

Just look at the lower back tat thread to see how many people feel. I don't mind people being honest and saying they don't like tat's FOR THEM. I don't like people making judgements about others based on outward appearances.

I missed that thread...I'll have to look for it.

And if people don't like me cause of my tattoo, well....I hang out somewhere else.

 

[foolishmortal]

Just to show how custom mine are.......

this is a mixture of the old and new broncos logo's....the artist was also a broncos fan so it was a fun one getting done

this one here is VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY original...lol it's a mixture of 2 other pics I liked with my favorite movie zombie of all time!

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

That's why it took me so long to get my first Tattoo. I was afraid I wouldn't like it anymore.

I got mine on my honeymoon, and if I would have gotten something more meaningful, I'd probably not care whether I had it or not.

I got two stupid (small flowers), but in retrospect I should have gotten a maltese cross there instead, since my husband is a firefighter. I have no plans to ever get another one, but I think this would be a pretty one:

I sell real estate though, and people have to trust me, and for anyone to have any preconceived notions about me... well, that takes $$$ out of my pocketbook.

I can't even begin to tell you though, how many times I've worked with clients and after awhile I'll tell them I have it, and I ask them if it bothers them, and 9 times out of 10, they'll laugh and show me their own.

 

[Camicar]

Warning: here is my honest opinion. If you don’t want to read a negative opinion about piercings and tattoos, stop reading now.

I do not like tattoos and facial piercings. As a matter of personal taste, I think they are unattractive and often downright disfiguring in that they make the person look far less attractive than they truly are.

I have seen hundreds of tattoos and I have not seen one I consider attractive or adding positively to a person’s appearance. Most, IMO, detract from the person's appearance. And I do think they are very distracting -- I know, for example, that when Carly Smithson is singing on AI all I can see is that huge tattooed sleeve on her right arm -- what was she singing again? So while I don't care one way or the other about anyone's personal taste in graphics whether they are on their bodies or the walls of their home, I am not a fan of tattoos and I find them distracting. So if someone were to walk in for a job interview with visible tattoos, I'd have to work at ignoring the tattoo to focus on their other attributes. If you do something -- whether it's dress or body modifications or personal quirks -- that distracts from selling your qualities during an interview, you are doing yourself a disservice.

I don’t like facial piercings at all and mouth piercings actually disgust me because I believe them to be unhygienic -- I kinda of have the same feeling about them as when I see someone picking their nose or spitting.

To me, these are fads, fashion fads -- IOW, they are no different than any other fad from Pet Rocks to Webkinz to this season's floral dresses. And I cannot imagine why someone would want to permanently alter their body for a fad. It’s kinda like if the Farrah Fawcett hair and polyester shirts I wore in high school in the 1970s were permanently affixed to my body and I couldn't remove them. So, when I see a younger person sporting these current fads, I just think they are part of the herd of faddists adn that they are just one in a crowd, nothing special.

When I see a middle aged man or woman sporting a new tattoo or piercing, I have the same reaction I do when they get a **** job or buy the red Corvette – midlife crisis and a desperate attempt to forestall the hands of time.

Or to quote PJ O’Rourke; “The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.”

Yes, facial piercings and tattoos do affect how I view a person initially. And in fact, aren’t they supposed to? If a person weren’t trying to make a statement about themselves thru their fashion choices, then they wouldn’t be modifying their body to begin with.

Like it or not, how we present ourselves to others visually has always had an impact on how we are viewed and always will – the visual impact we make is the first clue to others about who we are. Our built-in survival instincts cause us to make snap judgments about others as we try and figure out if the stranger approaching us is a friend or a foe -- that is something that is hard-wired into us in order to enable us to survive. You can rail against reality as much as you want, but it doesn't change reality.

 

[FayeW]

I missed that thread...I'll have to look for it.

And if people don't like me cause of my tattoo, well....I hang out somewhere else.

I just want to clarify that I don't dislike people with tattoos, I just don't like tattoos. I have very good friends who have tattoos.

Camicar: That was one of the most well thought out posts I have ever read. You have expressed my own thoughts perfectly.

 

[foolishmortal]

Warning: here is my honest opinion. If you don’t want to read a negative opinion about piercings and tattoos, stop reading now.

I do not like tattoos and facial piercings. As a matter of personal taste, I think they are unattractive and often downright disfiguring in that they make the person look far less attractive than they truly are.

I have seen hundreds of tattoos and I have not seen one I consider attractive or adding positively to a person’s appearance. Most, IMO, detract from the person's appearance. And I do think they are very distracting -- I know, for example, that when Carly Smithson is singing on AI all I can see is that huge tattooed sleeve on her right arm -- what was she singing again? So while I don't care one way or the other about anyone's personal taste in graphics whether they are on their bodies or the walls of their home, I am not a fan of tattoos and I find them distracting. So if someone were to walk in for a job interview with visible tattoos, I'd have to work at ignoring the tattoo to focus on their other attributes. If you do something -- whether it's dress or body modifications or personal quirks -- that distracts from selling your qualities during an interview, you are doing yourself a disservice.

I don’t like facial piercings at all and mouth piercings actually disgust me because I believe them to be unhygienic -- I kinda of have the same feeling about them as when I see someone picking their nose or spitting.

To me, these are fads, fashion fads -- IOW, they are no different than any other fad from Pet Rocks to Webkinz to this season's floral dresses. And I cannot imagine why someone would want to permanently alter their body for a fad. It’s kinda like if the Farrah Fawcett hair and polyester shirts I wore in high school in the 1970s were permanently affixed to my body and I couldn't remove them. So, when I see a younger person sporting these current fads, I just think they are part of the herd of faddists adn that they are just one in a crowd, nothing special.

When I see a middle aged man or woman sporting a new tattoo or piercing, I have the same reaction I do when they get a **** job or buy the red Corvette – midlife crisis and a desperate attempt to forestall the hands of time.

Or to quote PJ O’Rourke; “The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.”

Yes, facial piercings and tattoos do affect how I view a person initially. And in fact, aren’t they supposed to? If a person weren’t trying to make a statement about themselves thru their fashion choices, then they wouldn’t be modifying their body to begin with.

Like it or not, how we present ourselves to others visually has always had an impact on how we are viewed and always will – the visual impact we make is the first clue to others about who we are. Our built-in survival instincts cause us to make snap judgments about others as we try and figure out if the stranger approaching us is a friend or a foe -- that is something that is hard-wired into us in order to enable us to survive. You can rail against reality as much as you want, but it doesn't change reality.

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in fact Carly is more attractive to me because of her life choice in having tats and having a great vocal, being attractive, AND open minded to the world.....attractive!


mouth piercings unhygenic.......talk about being uninformed...but hey at least I'm not the one uninformed.


going into interviews....you do know these things are able to be covered right???? long sleeves..put in a clear retainer for the piercing, etc... again..UNINFORMED!



built in survival instincts...about tats and piercings....oh man you can't buy comedy like this!

 

[foolishmortal]

Camicar: That was one of the most well thought out posts I have ever read. You have expressed my own thoughts perfectly.

thought out???

that was the classic post of someone with an uniformed bias!


every single part in the post that is critizing is uninformed....while the part trying to justify them selves is just that..TRYING to justify their position.

 

[kaw1218]

Just to show how custom mine are.......





this one here is VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY original...lol it's a mixture of 2 other pics I liked with my favorite movie zombie of all time!

I like the zombie one!!!

I got mine on my honeymoon, and if I would have gotten something more meaningful, I'd probably not care whether I had it or not.

I got two stupid (small flowers), but in retrospect I should have gotten a maltese cross there instead, since my husband is a firefighter. I have no plans to ever get another one, but I think this would be a pretty one:

I sell real estate though, and people have to trust me, and for anyone to have any preconceived notions about me... well, that takes $$$ out of my pocketbook.

I can't even begin to tell you though, how many times I've worked with clients and after awhile I'll tell them I have it, and I ask them if it bothers them, and 9 times out of 10, they'll laugh and show me their own.

Where is your tattoo? I know you said it before, but I just can't remember.

Warning: here is my honest opinion. If you don’t want to read a negative opinion about piercings and tattoos, stop reading now.




Or to quote PJ O’Rourke; “The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.”

on your honesty!!! nicely done.
And that's the 4th time I've seen that quote lately. weird.

I just want to clarify that I don't dislike people with tattoos, I just don't like tattoos. I have very good friends who have tattoos.

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[kaw1218]

thought out???

that was the classic post of someone with an uniformed bias!


every single part in the post that is critizing is uninformed....while the part trying to justify them selves is just that..TRYING to justify their position.

yes it was. They don't like tattoos...and nicely put their opinions.

Do I agree? Nope.

Did it change my mind about adding to my collection? Nope.



In fact, I've been shoppping for new jewelry

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

I like the zombie one!!!
Where is your tattoo? I know you said it before, but I just can't remember.

It's on my inner left ankle. It's about the size of a nickel. It's two flowers, and some small leaves. The centers of the flowers were supposed to be white, but apparently I'm one of the strange ones that white doesn't "take" on. The white is now flesh colored.

If only the whole tattoo could have been white.

 

[FayeW]

thought out???

that was the classic post of someone with an uniformed bias!


every single part in the post that is critizing is uninformed....while the part trying to justify them selves is just that..TRYING to justify their position.

Look, the OP asked how people view multiple piercings and tattoos. I took that to mean that she wanted honest opinions. Obviously, people who have them appreciate and enjoy them. Those of us who don't, may choose not to tattoo or pierce for a variety of reasons. I gave my honest opinion as did Camicar. Whether or not facial piercings, particularily in the mouth, are or are not hygenic is irrelevant. Camicar "believes them to be unhygenic" and would not choose to have one. She isn't asking you to believe her, or to remove yours if you have them. She was giving her honest opinion, which was what the OP asked for.

Whether we like it or not, and whether it is right or wrong, is irrelevant. We are all judged by our appearance everyday. How you present yourself to the world is absolutely your choice. What I think about it is mine.