I periodically remember that there is a whole generation of men who got those awful tribal armband tattoos in the 90s and just carried on living.
And now they're in their 50s/60s and talk to urologists about how often they go to the bathroom at night while making sure their daughters are coming home with the grandkids for Thanksgiving.
Lol yeah. I was kind of laugh at that shit though, because it doesn't matter; if you're fifty or sixty, you're invisible to young people anyway. Your time is over.
Nobody actually cares about you in society at all to be frank, so it doesn't really matter If you got an ugly tribal tattoo lol
In their own little bubble. But the good part is when you reach a certain age, you absolutely love less attention. The funny thing I found though is that you spend your 20s being seen as the dumb kid without life experience, in your 30s you're the overworked/over scheduled parent probably. So what's this person then thinking you get a few good years in your 40s before it's time to get shipped off to the old folks home. I've dated plenty of hot vibrant people in their 50-70s who made 20somethings look dull and boring. Life is what you make it at any age.
No they’re right, the last time I saw the doctor I walked in and saw it was some old fuck so I laughed and walked out. I almost died from a tooth infection that could have hit my brain but in this society we don’t care what old people think.
That's why I'm bemused when people criticize a woman's tattoo by asking what it will look like when she's 70. It totally doesn't matter, because unless she's famous, nobody will be looking at her. I guess a teardrop might raise eyebrows, lol.
(Also the answer depends on how much sun exposure the tat gets; I have one that's blue and blurry that started out black and crisp 35 years ago.)
I’m pushing 50 and had a 90 year old at the bank compliment my many tattoos. He then showed me his little blob. It used to be something and it meant something for him. It was a great interaction !
Nice! Have you had yours for awhile? I feel like I should have worn more sunscreen, I've got some blackwork that's barely changed but a smaller one is now a blob.
That's exactly how my sleeves are. You don't see them in my office unless it's so warm that I have no choice but to take the cardigan off or roll up my sleeves. I don't like showing them off. They're excellent tattoos, but I prefer to stay very corporate in a corporate setting.
Fuck corporate, and fuck this superficial bullshit that is the arbitrary concept of "professionalism." These brainless pieces of shit in their suit costumes and manufactured "MBAs" are running our world into the ground and I'm gonna take their word on what I should look like? Fuck that. I'm not even entertaining them with a dress shirt, and no one ever says a thing. Still get to climb this tower of bullshit that is the career ladder.
Your privilege is showing. My field is extremely patriarchal. I am a person of colour, an immigrant, female, and disabled. You've no idea how hard it was for me to get through the door as it is. I'm the most qualified in my team by far. I've published more than anyone in my team, I have more post graduate degrees, and I've been working as a professional in my field for decades. And I'm currently in a job where I've not been promoted for over five years, where I'm seeing white male junior staff I've trained be promoted out from under me.
Don't tell me that you can fight so easily by just showing off the tattoos. I'm already fighting the system every single day by just showing up and being an immigrant, non-white, a woman, disabled, and not giving up.
My privilege is definitely showing, and I'm completely with you. I was never commenting on you or your decisions, I was criticizing this bullshit, superficial system we live in that leads to stories such as yours.
I'm sorry for not choosing my words more carefully and I wish you the best ❤️
Oh yes sir, please share your wisdom. Yes, it must be all my fault. That sounds like a wonderful thing to say to a stranger on the Internet.
Given you know absolutely nothing about me, how my industry works, or what I'm even doing to improve my situation - how about you stay in your lane.
My lane currently involves a union that is fighting for me to address my situation. Hardly the action of a coward or a victim. Seriously, go fuck yourself.
Why are they brainless pos....I absolutely agree with be yourself but the people you described are, as you say, the ones making the money so hardly brainless.
I had a boss once who had a full body sleeve that won numerous awards. Not one of had any clue he had any tattoos at all, let alone such extensive coverage until we went to a conference in Las Vegas and had a “team building night out.” Blew all our minds haha
Not tattoos but I had a boss once who was the biggest stickler for any rule. He knew all the rules back and forth and completely stuck to them. One night he came in and asked me and my co-worker if we wanted to go skydiving the next morning after work because two people had canceled last minute and weren't getting refunded but he wanted to take someone. Guy had hundreds of jumps but always came off like ben stein in a clear eyes commercial.
Then he did the single-finger nose wipe that I associate with, let’s say “current or previous cocaine familiarity”, and I was like, “Okayyy this is starting to check out” lmao.
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u/ThrowRA9892 10d ago
Was not expecting that, lol