If you got a tattoo, what would it be?

wisenior said:
Nothing says, "Tramp", like a woman with a tattoo on her breast.
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I almost freaked out a while back when my son and his girlfriend came into our house with their legs and arms covered in tattoos. I was about ready to throw a fit until I realized they were fake tattoos. My son told me they were going to a party on the beach and the tattoos would wash off in the surf.
 
oslooskar said:
Good grief! Sounds like you thrive on feeling attacked, even when no attack exists.



Well then, why in the name of God would you post it on a public forum? Truly amazing!
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Find someone else to get the attention you want. You've crossed the line. Continue and you will have admitted and will have proved it. No one here should be subject to your harassment.
 
oslooskar said:
How could you respect someone who wanted you to disfigure yourself?????
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Excuse you but your value judgements are showing and off topic. I see your simple question as a loaded question. The thread title is an example of a simple question.
What some see as disfigured others see as enhanced.
What would you get?
 
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hollydolly said:
Despite the fact that I dsilike tattoos ...my own daughter has them

She's an intelligent woman, classy, well dressed, but she has tattoos...
I don't like the fact she has them but she's a grown woman she can make her own choices..

Fortunately she doesn't have them on her hands, face or neck.. but she does have them on her feet..which I think spoils the look of very pretty shoes... she has on her wrist, and on her back...

They're not, again fortunately for me as her mother..... big coloured tattoos, instead they're string tatoos..with her pet dog names... and small hearts

this kind of style...

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Very artistic, IMO. Lovely, really.
 
oslooskar said:
Calling it "enhanced’" doesn’t change the fact that it’s still disfigurement. The body is permanently altered. Whether someone sees that as positive or negative is a matter of opinion, but the definition remains the same.
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Disfigured implies harmed, so you and your spun appear to be a value judgement. It's a matter of opinion whether we see it as enhanced, beautified or graffitied...
Enjoy the view from the high moral ground.
 
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Rakaia said:
Disfigured implies harmed, so you and your spun appear to be a value judgement. It's a matter of opinion whether we see it as enhanced, beautified or graffitied... Enjoy the view from the high moral ground.
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"Disfigurement" refers to a permanent alteration of the body's natural state—it doesn’t inherently mean harm or ugliness. That’s why I didn’t use ‘mutilation.’ You can call it enhancement, beautification, or graffiti, but the fact remains: the body is permanently changed. If pointing that out feels like moralizing to you, maybe that says more about your own biases than mine.
 
oslooskar said:
"Disfigurement" refers to a permanent alteration of the body's natural state—it doesn’t inherently mean harm or ugliness. That’s why I didn’t use ‘mutilation.’ You can call it enhancement, beautification, or graffiti, but the fact remains: the body is permanently changed. If pointing that out feels like moralizing to you, maybe that says more about your own biases than mine.
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I guess that would include, clothing, ear piercings, hair cuts, shaving, dentures, glass eyes, etc.

And before we go down the road that not all of these are permanent they do all disfigure your body's natural state for a time.
 
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Gardenlover said:
I guess that would include, clothing, ear piercings, hair cuts, shaving, dentures, glass eyes, etc.And before we go down the road that not all of these are permanent they do all disfigure your body's natural state for a time.
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No, temporary changes aren’t the same as permanent ones. Clothes, haircuts, and shaving are reversible. Dentures and prosthetics restore function rather than alter the body for aesthetic reasons. A tattoo is a permanent mark on the skin. That’s the distinction. If you reject the term ‘disfigurement,’ fine—but let’s not pretend a tattoo is as fleeting as a haircut.
 
Seems like a whole lotta people on this thread actively reinforce stereotypes of old people being cranky, judgy, superior and stuck in their ways. Well done, members of the "Hey you kids, get off my lawn" club.

As typically happens on SF, the usual suspects line up in the usual ways.
 
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