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Originally Posted by klmrocks
Good for you. I actually don't like tattoos. So many people have them that is no longer edgy ... just tacky and more often then not suggests you have poor judgement or are a poser.
If anyone is thinking of a good business to invest in .... I would consider getting in the Tattoo removal business !
My feelings are the same for people with excessive piercings.
My point is that 30plus years ago, a male with piercings was considered a 'freak'. Now the tables have turned. Again, I am an Empirical observer and just based on what I see on sidewalks and on customers at my job. And it seems the majority of males, at least in the part of the country where I live, have at least one piercing - in an ear, eyebrow, nose, etc. From 16-60, some wearing Brooks Brothers suits.. ! I personally find ear piercings in men to be kinda... barbaric!
Just where is it that you live? Outside of a certain age group (say 18-25), I hardly ever see men with earrings or piercings and certainly precious few wearing "Brooks Brothers suits". Even in the aforementioned age group, I don't see that many piercings.
I have no piercings, on ears or otherwise, and no tattoos. Neither do my paternal cousins.
I'm guessing your young and your friends and peers have a lot.
IME, It depends a lot on your profession (creative types tend to have more), SES, and many many other factors. I'm somewhat commitment phobic so I don't indulge in that stuff.
My point is that 30plus years ago, a male with piercings was considered a 'freak'. Now the tables have turned. Again, I am an Empirical observer and just based on what I see on sidewalks and on customers at my job. And it seems the majority of males, at least in the part of the country where I live, have at least one piercing - in an ear, eyebrow, nose, etc. From 16-60, some wearing Brooks Brothers suits.. ! I personally find ear piercings in men to be kinda... barbaric!
I live in Toronto and I seriously am getting disgusted by this tatoo and piecing trend. It is lame. I am in my 30s. The thing is when EVERYONE is doing something it is no longer cool. It is just makes you a poser. It is not cool and more. Also what people dont seem to get is that when you are writing poems and expressions that suggest you are mentally unstable on your body for everyone to see WHO IS GOING TO HIRE YOU for a good job. People want to employ people that are not flaky. They need to go show up do you job etc. When you are painting your body suggesting your might be mentally unstable .... no one wants to take the chance hiring you for something the requires you to actually be there and on time consistently. Writing stuff suggesting you are depressed or having emotionally issues is just stupid. Someone with common sense literally does not wear their heart on their selves. The thing about fashion and trends is that that change. If you over invest in a trend too much later you will likely look stupid. That is what I see in my city. It is no longer cool, hip or edgy ... that boat has long sailed. It not just highlights you have super bad judgement, are flaky and likely a poser/ want-a-be/ copy cat.
The peicings kill me. Those f-ugly circles people are putting in their ears it just gross. Who knew self mutalation was cool. This is another example of people taking a trend too far. When it goes out of style you are just going to look like the loser with ugly ears and be the poster child for people that say THANK GOD I was not dumb enough to do that.
If you want to do body art try henna or temp tatoos. Why? Because it COMES OFF!!!
The best when I say this week was a girl who had the Chanel logo tatooed on her ankle. If I was Chanel and I saw that I would demand she have it removed. Nothing about her was anything Chanel..... so if I where her I would have held out on the tatoo and invested in something Chanel actually maid.
To each his own.... but seriously I am totally feeling there is going to be some serious cash to be made in the tatoo removel business in my city.
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Just where is it that you live? Outside of a certain age group (say 18-25), I hardly ever see men with earrings or piercings and certainly precious few wearing "Brooks Brothers suits". Even in the aforementioned age group, I don't see that many piercings.
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I'm guessing your young and your friends and peers have a lot.
IME, It depends a lot on your profession (creative types tend to have more), SES, and many many other factors. I'm somewhat commitment phobic so I don't indulge in that stuff.
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Originally Posted by klmrocks
I live in Toronto and I seriously am getting disgusted by this tatoo and piecing trend. It is lame. I am in my 30s. The thing is when EVERYONE is doing something it is no longer cool. It is just makes you a poser. It is not cool and more. Also what people dont seem to get is that when you are writing poems and expressions that suggest you are mentally unstable on your body for everyone to see WHO IS GOING TO HIRE YOU for a good job. People want to employ people that are not flaky. They need to go show up do you job etc. When you are painting your body suggesting your might be mentally unstable .... no one wants to take the chance hiring you for something the requires you to actually be there and on time consistently. Writing stuff suggesting you are depressed or having emotionally issues is just stupid. Someone with common sense literally does not wear their heart on their selves. The thing about fashion and trends is that that change. If you over invest in a trend too much later you will likely look stupid. That is what I see in my city. It is no longer cool, hip or edgy ... that boat has long sailed. It not just highlights you have super bad judgement, are flaky and likely a poser/ want-a-be/ copy cat.
The peicings kill me. Those f-ugly circles people are putting in their ears it just gross. Who knew self mutalation was cool. This is another example of people taking a trend too far. When it goes out of style you are just going to look like the loser with ugly ears and be the poster child for people that say THANK GOD I was not dumb enough to do that.
If you want to do body art try henna or temp tatoos. Why? Because it COMES OFF!!!
The best when I say this week was a girl who had the Chanel logo tatooed on her ankle. If I was Chanel and I saw that I would demand she have it removed. Nothing about her was anything Chanel..... so if I where her I would have held out on the tatoo and invested in something Chanel actually maid.
To each his own.... but seriously I am totally feeling there is going to be some serious cash to be made in the tatoo removel business in my city.
In the last 10 years, two of the men who interviewed me were in suits, and each had a small stud in one ear. Would one in one of mine have scored me a job? Who knows, in this new century where appearances are everything?
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