PS, well done on the punctuation!!!! I see you've even managed an apostophe
I saw a report about some obssessive/compulsive disorders that he featured in, amongst others who truely believed, for example, that having an arm amputated (or in one womans case both her legs) would make their bodies perfect. I can't remember the exact name of the condition under which these people suffer, (a search for nutters failed to find it) but cat-stalker here was my favourite. His teeth and wiskers are implants. Massive tatooing and plastic surgery has given him the feline face (most of his work was done in sth america as it is illegal to become cat in the states). Now all he needs is a tail!
On a somewhat related note. There's a "Tattoo Art Party" being held at the Sancho Panza Keller in the Volkshaus in Basel on the 8th & 9th March.
Further info can be found at www.orlandos-tattoo.ch
It's called body dysmorphia.
That cat person has some serious issues. How painful it must have been just to have the tats, let alone the rest. I once nursed a young man who had extensive, home made facial tattoos. He'd made them all up himself, drawn them on in biro then got another friend to ink them in for him. The usual tears around the eyes, stitches on the forehead (ala Frankensteins monster) and 'cut here' across the throat. He was lucky, the health authority paid for them to be lasered off because he was at risk of killing himself. I met him in a psychiatric hospital. Poor man; think very carefully before you get something permanent.
people who think ink is fabulous!
And I think it is!Especially on older people, cause it tells the world that you simply have a balls to wear one and also go with a time flow. Job is the problem - if you are looking for conservative ( better payed) jobs tatas are not what they looking for. The other thing - it hurts!
I've got my arm from shoulder to elbow covered in several tattoos. My coworkers have seen them and are fascinated. The boss isn't quite as impressed, but they let my work speak, not my ink.
I get more strange looks on the street than I do at the office, when they're showing.
do you have any idea what you are talking about mom?
If I didn't, I would have kept mom...
I'll see your cat & raise you a lizard ....
got to love that tongue ....
ah, piano wire, great innit?
I believe military parades are quite popular.
Cheers,
Nick
This tattoo is crazy
Not sure I agree with that 100%.
You will most certainly regret tattoos? My father's 61, and got his first tattoo when he was 15. He wants to get another one with me. I got my first one when I was 18... my father took me to get it . I now have half a sleeve on one arm and some on another... because I like tats... like my father does.
I wanted tattoos from since I can remember... It has never been a fashion trend to me, just something I like.
And just to set the scene - I'm not a hardcore biker guy (stereotype). I'm an IT Consultant, I wear a suit to work everyday. You would never guess that I had so many tattoos if you met me...
Hmmm. . . . . so mainly low-wage or unemployed people have tattoos, oh, or porn stars? What the hell am I doing with tattoos if I'm none of those things. I find your assessment that career minded people are rarely seen with tattoos to be more false then anything else.
When I was in grad school there were more chemists with tattoos than without tattoos. And I tend to think people with PhDs in chemisty do alright. Although I am curious about your definition of social status and if that's something that is necessarily important to most people.
Am I wrong or are you doing the PhD in chemisty? Because as other people in this forum we might have not understood this already..
Nope, I'm not actually. That comment was more to the effect that not just low-wage earners, unemployed people and porn stars have tattoos.
In all honesty you may be right - you probably will see a higher amount of tats in the "lower wage bracket". But you could certainly have worded that better.
My groan is because the first people you mention for "most likely to have tattoos" are porn stars and sanitation workers?
Nothing against the above occupations at all, but you are clearly mentioning these jobs as being part of a social stratification.
I am currently in a contract with about ten IT contractors all in the higher wage bracket in the UK. About half the group have tattoos.
We all wear suit and ties into work everyday. We must all be part of the rarity that you describe then.
Nope, I'm simply saying the RATIO of tattooed people is higher in lower wage jobs, or jobs that are "frowned upon" (such as porn actors). I'm not generalizing and saying that EVERY tattooed person if by definition a lower skilled person with a low paying job, (or not career minded), or a porn actor, that's plain silly. Read properly before you blow your top... I base my experience on the fact that I've worked for several multinationals and have played company team football with many high level managers (and thus showered nekkid with them), and not a single one had a tattoo.. however whenever I walk past a construction site I see plenty of tats. Oh, and social status... I could care less about that myself, I'm not a career monkey with CHF signs in his eyes... I just don't want a tattoo because I think they would look gross on my body, besides I'd probably get bored with it... and then have it removed... scar tissue? non merci.
Well, I have a "Native American" style tatoo on my upper arm - feathers, claws, and band around the arm, in full colour.... now my grandkids are getting tired of their bubble-gum tatoos that wash off ... they want one like Gran has!
I must say, what an investment! Nowadays I would think twice about spending what it would cost for one this size!
Perhaps, you should also read what I had written. I think it was far far away from 'blowing my top.' My only point was that in my experience 'social status' had nothing to do with the people I've seen that have tattoos.