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I'm general I agree, but I draw the line at face tattoos. If you have face tattoos I assume you are dumb as sticks.
I've seen people describe face and neck tattoos as the "everlasting job stopper"
Depends on the job tbh. I couldn't care less about a software developer with face tattoos even if I think less of their life choices.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/ethan-westbrooks-face-tattoo-2014-9
tl,dr the man got a tattoo on his face because he knew that would disqualify him for any job except playing pro football.
Well that's a risky gamble...
While I'd never do something like that, I can see his point. Sometimes the only way forward is to burn your bridges.
Also, all this talk about face tattoos reminds me of one of the all time great science fiction novels, "The Stars My Destination," by Alfred Bester. One of the subplots is that the hero gets tattoos that make it easy for his enemies to find him.
That was my favorite book when I was a kid. I only learned that it's the Sci-fi version of the classic book "Count of Monte Cristo" as an adult.
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I would actually not care nor measure that into my judgment. At one particular time in their life, this felt like a great idea to them. We didn't live their life, we can't know. It might even make up for a great story to tell.
And on top of that: I see no difference to make-up, except it's permanent. Women paint their faces like they're applying to Clowns college and noone bats an eye. A nice face-tattoo is just more plainly identifieable as paint than good makeup is.
Not talking about a swastika or other stupid messages of course. If you portrait stupid messages I'm forced to deduct you're stupid.
The permanence IS the most important difference though. One requires you to knowingly make the decision you'll have it on your face forever.
So many decisions are permanent. Philosophically speaking, every decicsson is. If you decide to get that burito later you will forever be the person that decided to get that burito in that decision.
Someone decides to go to college and spends 5 years there. That is forever. They can decide to go into a different profession of course or get a second degree in something else but those 5 years are gone. And that decision should be mutch mutch mutch more relevant to somebody hiring you that a cosmetic decision. And yet we say to children that they can change their courses and degrees if they are not right but we say a tatoo is a mark against you forever.
Its 100% prejudice from a time when tattoos were (in western society) mainly related to gang association. A point that is 0% relevant today.
Yes, from a philosophical standpoint, even the water I just drank was a permanent decision.
But face tattoos are a permanent change to your appearance that you KNOW you might be discriminated against for AND can't cover up so making that decision implies that you don't consider potential negative future effects of your actions, or don't care.
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I feel like face tattoos are judged too harshly at one point in time all tattoos were judged as harshly as face tattoos are now. All of it is arbitrary who cares if someone chose to get a tattoo on their face?
I wish people could do what they want to their bodies without judgment but I don't see that ever happening.
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I possibly would allow ones around the edges, and of course Maori face tattoos are fine; but otherwise, yeah.
OK, fine. I will take face tattoos on a case by case basis but they're walking on thin ice.
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They're also patient and willing to push through a bit of pain for a reward
Years ago I was asked by a recruiter if I had any tattoos and piercings - I don’t, but told them I wasn’t interested in working for a client who’d let that get in the way of hiring the right people.
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I've got no problem with tattoos generally, but certain specific tattoos are red flags.
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Tattoos also apparently taste bad, so they are also good at risk management, as they're avoiding cannibals
so they are also good at risk management, as they're avoiding cannibals
Eh, I'd argue it's actually the exact opposite of good risk management. They've spent a lot of time and money mitigating something that's extremely unlikely to ever pose a problem. They should take a step back and reevaluate that risk matrix, maybe get a second opinion on it too.
Mah man, that's just what the cannibals want you to think! /j
Christians are cannibals (they have a ritual), that's why they don't like tattoos.
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"Showing up on time" is the lowest possible bar, isn't it?
I'm reminded of the Chris Rock bit about people bragging about "paying their bills" and "taking care of their family" as if it's a huge accomplishment. These are just things you're supposed to do!
"Showing up on time" is the lowest possible bar, isn't it?
Recently I found an old school yearbook. My entry was written by someone who barely knew me. Said something about me showing up on time all the time. Now, I was like "holy shit that's cringe, I don't want that on my tombstone".
Would you prefer "Was late to his own funeral"?
I think that's what'll be on mine.
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The thing is, people can commit to different things. A classic saying in recovery is "If you put as much effort into your recovery as you did your addiction you would be on top of the world" or whatever. Would you walk 4 hours to make it to a job interview like you would to pick up heroin? etc
Someone might be really into adorning their body with art, but maybe wont show up to crunch data and smile at customers.
With a decent tolerance for pain
An important attribute for people looking to join IT support or retail
According to the Trump administration, the entire population within a specific range of millennials are gang members to the last.
OG Boomers and Silents are gang members, but they're called lodges and esoteric societies, sometimes churches for tax reasons.
Remember that the primary efforts of Black Panthers and Hezbollah are community support (often cooperating with NGOs like Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders), we can expect that other terrorist organizations are similarly extremist.
It depends a lot on the tattoos though. Some tattoos show forethought and patience. Other tattoos show poor decision making. It really just depends.
Yeah, I was thinking the same. It's basically a visible representation of somebody's thought process. It may indicate something important to them, something they're passionate about, or just a point decision without due consideration for consequences.
People get tattoos that are extremely artistic and represent a significant investment in both time and money. Many get tattoos about something they have a passion for. Some to honor deceased loved ones. Some to represent their culture.
Others get a facial tat with prison symbols or to make themselves look like a lizard/devil, which I can only describe as a "look-at-me" tattoo. That may not be the type of personality you want working for you or even to hang out with.
Others it's a "hey we were drinking and just got this cool new tattoo gun" or "I wanted ink but didn't bother to research local artists or pay for someone that does good work or can spell" ...
Or you're a degenerate who lives with someone who owns a tattoo gun and you're the guinea pig for them to practice on.
All I think is "oh, that person is either a tattoo artist (and friends with a bunch of them too), or good friends with one". But thats just based off of my own experience, the people I know that are heavily inked are all tattoo artists or married to one.
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Last week I saw an East Asian guy with sleeves and neck. That hits different.
yeah tattoo culture is really going through a massive shift. in 2010 no one in korea had tattoos, or if they did they kept them secret. the only ones with tattoos were involved in organized crime. if you took your shirt off at the bathhouse, people would get scared, that degree of discomfort.
now you go to korea in 2025 and you see young people with tats everywhere!
That description of 2010 Korea sounds like Japan, except it hasn't changed in Japan as it did in Korea. Some public baths outright ban people with tattoos. Tattoos are still pretty much a taboo (pun intended) in Japan.
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"Shagger Mike's Stag-do '14" above a penis with a top hat.
HR: "This guy's exec material"
“Not where a judge can see”
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