Facial And Neck Tattoos, Why?

ClassicRockr

ClassicRockr

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Ok, I don't agree with the numerous tattoos young folks get today on arms, legs, feet and back, BUT, when they are on the face and neck...…..very questionable, to just plain?

National news showed a guy, arrested for child abuse, along with his wife, and he had tattoos on his face and neck. Why on earth would a woman chose a man, let alone marry him, with tattoos in these places?

There was a Buyer on Storage Wars that had tattoos all over him, including his face and neck.

There are those that don't like the look of numerous tattoos on a person at all, let alone on their face and neck. Gives the total impression they are gang members and/or have definitely served time in a prison. There is actually a cable tv show that shows prison inmates with all of these tattoos.

Anyone have any ideas of why tattoos in these places?​
 

ClassicRockr said:
Ok, I don't agree with the numerous tattoos young folks get today on arms, legs, feet and back, BUT, when they are on the face and neck...…..very questionable, to just plain?

National news showed a guy, arrested for child abuse, along with his wife, and he had tattoos on his face and neck. Why on earth would a woman chose a man, let alone marry him, with tattoos in these places?

There was a Buyer on Storage Wars that had tattoos all over him, including his face and neck.

There are those that don't like the look of numerous tattoos on a person at all, let alone on their face and neck. Gives the total impression they are gang members and/or have definitely served time in a prison. There is actually a cable tv show that shows prison inmates with all of these tattoos.

Anyone have any ideas of why tattoos in these places?​
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Tattoos of any kind used to be taboo. The Navy and then the rest of the services helped to remove the shock factor from them. People with any tattoo used to be on the fringe of society. Tattoos were kind of the middle finger to society as a whole.Eventually anyone who fancied themselves a rebel got one and they lost their, "in your face" shock value.
What are you going to do if you think that you are Billy Badass and all the normal ways to advertise your fantasy and piss off the man have been appropriated by cute chicks, expressing their individuality by looking exactly like their friends?

You go to the final frontier, your face your neck with images designed to make the citizen quake with fear and recoil in disgust.

My reaction does include disgust,along with several other decidedly unchristian thoughts. None of which Billy was going for.
 
I completely agree with both posts above. It is still giving the finger to society. If I was still a businessman and such a person came to me for a service, I'd find some way to delay, or mess up their request for service. In other words, I'd give the finger right back to them.
 

I remember, a number of years ago, before rulings came that companies could no longer discriminate against hiring due to tattoos, a young lady in Los Angeles had an interview for an Executive Outside Sales job. She was told the starting salary was $80k a year, with a Sign-On bonus. They seen a couple of visible tattoos on her arms and told her straight up they wouldn't hire her unless the tattoos came off. There was no discussing this, the company was quite firm about what they had told her. She didn't argue, simply said "ok". She found a doctor in Los Angeles that done just that...….removed tattoos. Her parents paid for the removals and she got the job. The doctor stated in an interview that he has done many of these "removals" to young folks who were offered a job, under the same condition this young girl was...…remove or no hire.

Don't know what Sear's tattoo and body piercings policies are today, but a few years ago a sales clerk told me that he couldn't wear his ear ring during working hours. At lunch he could put it in, but that was it.

I'm not totally sure, but I think even "high end" stores today have to hire people with tattoos and body piercings. Perhaps not all of them do, but I'm sure there are some.

Walmart is very famous for hiring folks with numerous tattoos, but haven't seen any facial or neck ones there.​
 
I've become less judgmental and affected by tattoos as I've gotten to know more and more people who have them. (I have many friends and acquaintances in their 20s & 30s.) Tatts are my choice for my body, but I certainly respect the rights of others to choose for themselves. Within the under 45 generations, tattoos are just not suchamuch.

ClassicRockr, I've only been on these boards for a relatively short time, but can't help but notice that in nearly every thread where you are active, you bring up your disdain for tattoos and piercings. Why are you so offended and focused on skin art? Just curious.
 
Rocker, there are always ways to protect a business and "deal" with offensive people regardless of what the law says. A restaurant owner, for example, can mess up their food order, an apartment owner can run in-depth credit/employment histories etc. Failing that, tattooed people can be hired, but put in jobs that are miserable and out of sight of the public.
 
I've never liked tattoos at all because of a childhood experience. My dad's family lived in a small town in the country. On our way to visit my grandparents we stopped for gas. In those days someone always came out and pumped your gas. The man who pumped our gas was maybe 70-80 years old, wizened with sunburned leathery skin and tattoos on his arms that were so wrinkled so didn't know what the image represented. It put me off tattoos right on the spot. I was 4 years old. It also made me feel like the only people who got tattoos were lonely marginalized men with low income jobs and no chance for improvement. All of the young people I know who have great careers do not have tattoos. Just and observation.
 
StarSong said:
I've become less judgmental and affected by tattoos as I've gotten to know more and more people who have them. (I have many friends and acquaintances in their 20s & 30s.) Tatts are my choice for my body, but I certainly respect the rights of others to choose for themselves. Within the under 45 generations, tattoos are just not suchamuch.

ClassicRockr, I've only been on these boards for a relatively short time, but can't help but notice that in nearly every thread where you are active, you bring up your disdain for tattoos and piercings. Why are you so offended and focused on skin art? Just curious.
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Why don't you ask the other repliers on this thread about their disgust with both? I won't stand be "picked on" anymore on this forum, not saying you are doing that, but……..like I just stated, there are other folks on this thread that feel the same as I do. Ask them, "why?".
 
chic said:
I've never liked tattoos at all because of a childhood experience. My dad's family lived in a small town in the country. On our way to visit my grandparents we stopped for gas. In those days someone always came out and pumped your gas. The man who pumped our gas was maybe 70-80 years old, wizened with sunburned leathery skin and tattoos on his arms that were so wrinkled so didn't know what the image represented. It put me off tattoos right on the spot. I was 4 years old. It also made me feel like the only people who got tattoos were lonely marginalized men with low income jobs and no chance for improvement. All of the young people I know who have great careers do not have tattoos. Just and observation.
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Just an observation, but a GREAT one!! Two BIG "thumbs up" to you!
 
ClassicRockr said:
Why don't you ask the other repliers on this thread about their disgust with both? I won't stand be "picked on" anymore on this forum, not saying you are doing that, but……..like I just stated, there are other folks on this thread that feel the same as I do. Ask them, "why?".
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Maybe because YOU posted the complaint ?.......Picking on you ?...get a grip.
 
Rocker, you have every right to be personally disgusted by facial/neck tattoos. Stick to your guns.

I feel the same way and I wouldn't have anything to do with such people.
 
StarSong said:
I've become less judgmental and affected by tattoos as I've gotten to know more and more people who have them. (I have many friends and acquaintances in their 20s & 30s.) Tatts are my choice for my body, but I certainly respect the rights of others to choose for themselves. Within the under 45 generations, tattoos are just not suchamuch.

ClassicRockr, I've only been on these boards for a relatively short time, but can't help but notice that in nearly every thread where you are active, you bring up your disdain for tattoos and piercings. Why are you so offended and focused on skin art? Just curious.
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Starsong - You should be warned that any opinion contrary to that of a small group of grumpy old men is strictly forbidden. ClassicRocker, Robusta, Don M, and Traveler are the final authority on all things. You must hate tats and smart phones and, I suspect, women or be roundly condemned. (All of which I like, btw.)

Have a great day!
 
ClassicRockr said:
Why don't you ask the other repliers on this thread about their disgust with both? I won't stand be "picked on" anymore on this forum, not saying you are doing that, but……..like I just stated, there are other folks on this thread that feel the same as I do. Ask them, "why?".
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Perhaps others have the same opinion on this topic, but most have plenty of positive viewpoints on many other subjects. Very few seem to use the forum for 100%-negative fingerpointing at virtually everyone and everything.
 
rgp said:
Maybe because YOU posted the complaint ?.......Picking on you ?...get a grip.
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Listen, when asking people their opinions about something, I don't necessarily call that a "complaint". That thread was specifically about normal arm, legs, feet, back tats, not ugly facial and neck ones.

On my original post, I told about two guys that have the facial and neck ones. It just looks ugly to many of us and some that don't mind regular/normal tats, sure don't like the facial and neck ones. Is there any reason we should like them?
 
I've just noticed that tatts and piercings are a recurrent theme.

You make a good point, ClassicRockr, and I apologize for calling you out personally. I meant no offense. So yes, in response to your posting, I will ask others why they are so offended by tattoos, especially given that our generation was so heavily criticized for waving our own freak flags. As I recall, we took great umbrage at being judged by older generations based on our appearance.
 
JaniceM said:
Perhaps others have the same opinion on this topic, but most have plenty of positive viewpoints on many other subjects. Very few seem to use the forum for 100%-negative fingerpointing at virtually everyone and everything.
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That is just your perception of me, Traveler and some others sure don't see me as that. I happen to be VERY positive, and like many, that just depends on what the topic is. There are those that simply "go with the flow" about everything. I'm darn sure not like that and neither is my wife.

"Fingerpointing", so what? I got judged for being a "rodeo cowboy" type in So. California. "Go back to the barn you came from", I was told. They had every right to judge me as I judge others. Wife and I moved to Colorado and were totally accepted there.
 
StarSong said:
I've just noticed that tatts and piercings are a recurrent theme.

You make a good point, ClassicRockr, and I apologize for calling you out personally. I meant no offense. So yes, in response to your posting, I will ask others why they are so offended by tattoos, especially given that our generation was so heavily criticized for waving our own freak flags. As I recall, we took great umbrage at being judged by older generations based on our appearance.
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Ah yes......thank you! Funny thing is, we talk about the drug scene that goes on today, but what about all the drugs, at Woodstock and other places, back when? Guess many Baby Boomer don't want to look in the mirror at their past, whether they used or not.

Sorry, it just sounds so funny to me...…..the "drug" thing, that is.
 
Traveler said:
Rocker, you have every right to be personally disgusted by facial/neck tattoos. Stick to your guns.

I feel the same way and I wouldn't have anything to do with such people.
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Would Rep you, but forum won't let me, because you were the last person done it to. They tell me, "spread the love", for-to-say.
 
I don't have a problem with Tattoo's except for ones on the face and neck. There are a lot of my family members that have more than one tattoo including my son and his sons and even my daughter. One of my nieces that had breast cancer has a tattoo on her ankle about cancer. I really wonder though why people would want them on the face or neck.
 
Here we go, again: As the founder and former owner/operator/tattooist/piercer at the first licensed tattoo shop in Texas, I can tell you that the reasons folks get tattooed are as varied as the number of people on this planet. No universal theme runs through a given client base. The person who posted that tattoos of any kind used to be taboo, needed to add: in more modern times, in certain parts of this planet. Tattoos were badges of pride, indicators of social status, marks of authority, indicators of clan/tribe affiliations, etc. in times past, and are still such, in parts of this world. That being said, my shop refused to do any facial tattoos because of established societal norms: Once you have a tattoo on your face, for everyone to see, you are definitely limiting your job options, out there, for better or for worse, and we didn't want to be a party to that. Still, I had folks come in with facial tattoos, and most were good people who simply wanted to be whom they wanted to be. Were they flipping off society, at large? I never got those vibes from any of them, although I'm sure those folks are out there. We did lots of facial piercings, some that I wasn't crazy about, but the people getting those piercings were happy with them, and that was what mattered most. I always knew that if businesses prohibited those piercings, they were easily removed, and (nearly invisible) retainers could be used to keep the piercings open.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Listen, when asking people their opinions about something, I don't necessarily call that a "complaint". That thread was specifically about normal arm, legs, feet, back tats, not ugly facial and neck ones.

On my original post, I told about two guys that have the facial and neck ones. It just looks ugly to many of us and some that don't mind regular/normal tats, sure don't like the facial and neck ones. Is there any reason we should like them?
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Listen...they way in which you word your 'questions' it sure as hell is a complaint style. And, there is no such thing as 'normal' tattoos ....if there were we would be born with them.

As for......."Is there any reason we should like them?"

No one is saying you should....but there not on YOU .
 

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