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Is this a weird thread to bring up tattoos? Those are certainly often ornamental and have become much more common than in the days of that streetlamp he describ
by mongol 2y ago
Is this a weird thread to bring up tattoos? Those are certainly often ornamental and have become much more common than in the days of that streetlamp he describes. Also, they are lasting and very personal. They buck the trend the author describes. Why?
- bruce511 2y agoI dont have tattoos, but I would suggest that it's a way of expressing individuality in a world where the people all around me are increasingly homogeneous. Our living spaces, work spaces, and public spaces seem less able to express our individuality, but our body space remains our own. Ironically when they become ubiquitous their value and interest diminishes. In a recent visit to Florida the number of folk with visible tattoos was -much- higher than I'm used to at home. Here visible tattoos aren't "rare" but uncommon. In Florida I could see 10 people with tattoos just by swivling my head.
- 082349872349872 2y agoWith tattoos that they can't even appreciate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lmojePnA0&t=71s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lmojePnA0&t=71s (chicas, he's not into the botox; dudes, she's not into the glasspacks) [yes, I'm too old; I'm sure you all can properly update the observation for me]