The person usually tells you more with body language than their tattoos do. Face tattoos are exclusively on people with serious emotional problems, however, and I avoid them like leprosy.
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It depends a lot on the tattoos though. Some tattoos show forethought and patience. Other tattoos show poor decision making. It really just depends.
I love shitty tattoos.
Not on myself, mind you.
We once spend nearly an hour going through the tattoos on tattoo shop (in a nearby town popular with bikers) Facebook page.
Every single one looked like it had been done in prison by somebody who had never done one before, and indeed had never drawn anything before.
I thought that was a double amputee for a second.
If I had tatoos that ugly I would seriously consider becoming one.
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" ...
"Shagger Mike's Stag-do '14" above a penis with a top hat.
HR: "This guy's exec material"
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.
That is a great way to put it, actually
"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!
That's a real struggle for a lot of people. I'll admit to habitually coming into the office at 8:15 or 8:30. But I found a career where that works, so it's okay. In an old job where punctuality was more important (shift work), I had to buckle down a bit more.
Meanwhile, my parent's housekeeper that comes in once a month or so for a deep clean absolutely cannot hold a regular job, because I've never known her to arrive within 3 hours of when she planned. The first time she was hired was for a make-ready on their house that was being built while we were all living in campers on their property during Covid. I went over to the new house to grab some ice from the freezer at like midnight, and found her dusting the master bedroom because she hadn't arrived until like 5pm and make-readies take all day.
That being said, she does and I'd recommend her to anybody, so long as they're okay with the housekeeper occasionally being there at like 7 or 8 at night when they were supposed to be there from like 10am till noon.
"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.
I home i'd be 'late' at my own funeral. The late rumba. I ain't holding that shit while I'm alive.
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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.
I still laugh at recruiters who ask if I'm okay that the company has a dress code.
I laugh even harder if it's a remote position.
With a decent tolerance for pain
An important attribute for people looking to join IT support or retail
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.
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"
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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.
People change throughout their entire lives, and ideas that seemed effin' cool when we were young and pretty, well, maybe they felt less cool as we sobered up and aged. I think most of us can relate to the feeling that once or twice, the younger version of ourselves sure was a goddamned idiot who made some dumbass decisions that made our future life twice as hard as it needed to be.
But yeah, nothing screams cool like a 50+ year old with face tattoos.
why judge them for it though? as long as the tattoo itself isn't hateful or something I don't really care about what or where they get tattooed. If they regret their tattoo its still their choice to do what they want with their bodies. what if they don't regret it? we all make bad choices sometimes but there are a lot worse things you can do than get a bad tattoo.
But then I don't get to judge other people for their decisions that have no effect on me whatsoever. How would I make myself feel better about my terrible existence?
I just hit 50 this past year. I am old now. No work to answer to. I have an appointment for a face tattoo in the next while. I already have hand and high neck tattoos. I'm glad you hate the idea. It makes me happy. I despise bigots.
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.
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I've got no problem with tattoos generally, but certain specific tattoos are red flags.
Literally this.
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They're also patient and willing to push through a bit of pain for a reward
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.
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“Not where a judge can see”
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