CliftonGK1

Made my afternoon. hehehe

Chitown_Mike

No way better to connect with your child then balled fist to eye socket.


I kid, I kid. I work in the automotive world and can tell you the more tatted you are, the more money you make it seems.

Chitown_Mike

Lot less painful I am sure of that.

iforgotmename

agreed...odd place for so much judgement.

Judge not...

CliftonGK1

Recent trends in dining seem to show this is true in the culinary world, too. A spatula or wire-wisk forearm tat could be the in-road to a career as a chef.

deeth82

Knowing how social media has made me crazy: I searched for almost a full minute to find the "Like/UpVote" button after I read this post. Change is the only constant...I think there are some solid principles to parenting (loving them even when they test you, etc), but what many people forget when judging others' parenting habits, is that every kid/situation is different. I was a wayward child that needed some tough love earlier in life...my girlfriend of over 2 years never needed a spanking/stern talking-to in her young life. We both have decent full-time jobs, a home, and share a great love and respect for one another, regardless of our disparate upbringings. OP, if you have a kid who's a solid student that likes to spend time outdoors (and with his family, no less), I'd say you're doing something right, and that the rank Puritans on this site need to jump into their time machines and head back to the dark ages.

rebel1916

I am tattooed from my neck to my wrists. When I put on a shirt and tie, I look like everyone else. I have a solid middle class job in a lab. I regularly wear short sleeves to work. My wife has elaborate tattoos on her lower leg. She is a therapist and a manager at a large social service agency. She regularly wears skirts to work.

She actually has an awesome sugar skull. Not bike related

avance

I'm a teacher in the East St. Louis district and I see kids, 14-19 years old, all the time with tats everywhere. Some are homemade, some are professionally done. Sure there is a "stigma" around the tats, but I feel that this has gone away as they have become far more accepted and mainstream. You cannot turn on a reality tv show(every thing is reality nowadays) and not see at least one or more.

InTheRain

While many people don't think that tattoos should keep them from being hired for a job, the truth is that it still happens. However, I haven't heard of any cases where a person was not hired because they didn't have ink. Where I work, I don't know of anyone that has a tattoo that is visible... or if it is, it doesn't draw much attention because I haven't noticed. I'm not an ink person myself, and it doesn't bother me if people have some tattoos, but some people take it too far for my tastes. For people that get them, I hope they are solely for your own purposes, because I can't think of a single tattoo that I have seen that I can call "memorable." Most of them, I have no idea what they are... of course, I don't believe that I have ever spent more than 2 seconds looking at someone's tattoo.

InTheRain

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chasm54

Personally I have never liked tattoos, or wanted one. Others are, of course, perfectly entitled to make different aesthetic choices. But the picture posted above, and now deleted, of a young man with a shaven head and elaborate tattoos all over his face leads me to think about some of the statements that have been made in this thread.

Lots of people are suggesting that the stigma associated with tattoos is a thing of the past. Yet others are saying that there's no problem with tattoos as long as one can hide them under clothes. These statements are contradictory. If tattoos are no longer stigmatised, if we think they are OK and simply a matter of personal taste, then the heavily-tattooed face and neck are fine, right? Nobody will judge this guy by the choice he has made, right?

I think not.

Hydrate

WOW the tattoo are on there arms easaly covered by a shirt for any job interview if so desired. But lets face it, all this judging by people would mean they could also be judging on hair style, color, what type of jewlery you wear or do not wear, do you wear glasses what style are they what kind of clothes you wear it really never stops
Thats why its a good thing if you really dont give a f--k what others think about you we all have likes dislikes quirks thats what makes life so intersting.
Nice Tattoos there yours for you I think its great ride often ride free
The diffrence between tattoed people and non-tattooed people, Tattoed people really dont care that you dont have a tattoo

InTheRain

I deleted the picture because I noticed that it had a "copyright"

chasm54

No problem, I think the point is easy to understand. Three things:

1: Anyone who thinks others don't judge them by appearances is hopelessly naive. They are right to think it shouldn't happen, but foolish to imagine it doesn't.

2. Fashions often look foolish twenty years on.

3. If people don't want to hear contrary opinions, it's best not to post on internet forums

tergal

Always liked that saying,

I would never get a tat , but it is a personal choice . So +1 for doing something with you son

tergal

I think the stigma of tattoos being dirty and performed in dirty shops is passing, but on a professional workplace level it is still up to the employ to present him self for the job . You don't go the work unshaven yet there isn't a stigma against beards ( i hope).

Homeyba

There probably is but don't you dare point out that people still judge others or you will be accused of judging others yourself (even though you never actually gave an opinion on tattoos in the workplace) but I'm sure those accusing others of judging never judge others themselves.

tergal

On tats in workplaces, doesn't bother me i never even noticed one of my work mates has one up the side of his neck .

The only thing i don't like on people is piercing , and that is more because of my wus factor than anything


Thinking about it, my nan has a tat on her left ankle !!! bloody old rebel people . whats the saying? Punks don't die they just smell like it

Neil_B

Yes, its interesting how we are informed in one post that people with tattoos never form negative opinions on those of us who lack ink, and in another post we are called "Puritans" and told to "get back in our time machines."

tergal

Not sure if you are referring to my post

Neil_B

Nah, wasn't you.

tergal

Good, i think old people are a curiosity that should be preserved in a jar , like pickles




Kidding

OiS

Naturally it ought to be the later! (If you can!!! )

In terms of the Tattoos, in my opinion (not asked for I know, but given freely, even without charge!), I think it is very cool, but who cares, the main thing is that you AND your son both think it is cool, and that is GREAT!

Will people judge you, or your boy? Hell YES! Everyone will judge you, your son, and EVERYONE else based on their own preferences and prejudices, some favourably, some not so favourably, and most of it nothing to do with tattoos at all. I'm sure people will read this and judge me because I insist that "favourable" should have a "u" in it!

contango 

Forearm isn't a problem, just wear a long sleeved shirt to work. Anywhere informal enough to wear short sleeves is informal enough to have a tattoo.

I worked with guys in investment banking who had tattoos, just far enough up their arms that you wouldn't see them when wearing formal dress. Had I not hung out with them at the weekend when they were wearing T-shirts I'd never have known about them.

tmeisky

This thread is a riot. Thanks for the entertainment. Really. I consider collecting tattoos my main hobby and passion above all else (including bicycling). I travel the country to get work made by the best of the best. (I have an amazing job btw) I also consider myself a completely 100% non judgemental person no matter what the issue. I have always said if someone doesn't want to hire because of my tattoos then I probably wouldn't want the job anyway. If someone old young black white green wants to look down on me for ANY of my choices, tattoos included, I probably would benefit from or enjoy their company anyway. There is a seat for every a**. I think this is all slightly hypocritical coming from the group who pines for universal acceptance the most. I realize I'm no one in this circle and if this is general vibe than it might be better that way.