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You know, as much as I want to agree, it feels a bit shallow to look at life that way. I've got tattoos, sometimes people ask me "What does this represent to yo

by mtrovo 1y ago

You know, as much as I want to agree, it feels a bit shallow to look at life that way. I've got tattoos, sometimes people ask me "What does this represent to you?" and honestly I never really know what to say because I don't overthink them. What I do remember is where I was, what I was doing, and my whole vibe back then. It's a cool reminder that nothing stays the same and that I'm a different person now. It's kind of like asking your grandpa the story behind a scar he has. Now lately I feel like the speed on which trends are born and die, the non-stop over sharing, and that constant itch for "what's next" is really pushing us all to become these kind of formless blobs, scared to show any real "edges." For example: - Cars all kinda look the same now and are mostly some shade of grey. Same deal with phones and pretty much all tech. - Buying clothes with bland colors with almost no originality with the expectation that it will probably be in the bin the next season. - The whole clean girl aesthetic on putting in a ton of effort to look like you put in zero effort. - And don't get me started on how sad beige parenting is not a joke You only live once, there's no scoreboard at the end. Just do what you want with your life. More often than you'd probably like to admit, nobody really cares that much anyway.

NegativeK 1y ago
I got my tattoo when I was about half my current age. I wasn't too worried about not liking it later -- I'd wanted the idea for a few years, and I figured that it'd be a good memory if I changed later. I didn't change later. I had another artist expand the design about ten years ago. And while it had some meaning when I got the first round, I've realized over time that it means a whole lot more to me as I've learned more about myself. But when someone asks me what it means, I just shrug it off. I'm not sharing that kind of thing with people.
- nurettin 1y ago
  I am a disembodied text, you can tell me.
  - nh23423fefe 1y ago
    tell
Wojtkie 1y ago
I approach it the same way. My tattoos don't "mean" anything, and honestly I find the ones that have "meaning" to not be that great. My tattoos do remind me of where I was in my life. I also stick to American traditional style since they tend to age pretty well.
RankingMember 1y ago
I agree with you about overthinking, but the second half of your comment is very broad-brush. If you went back in time to any era of vehicles or other artistic objects, you'd find they all had a similar feel reminiscent of the era. There are plenty of cool modern cars/clothes/etc.! For example, look at Toyota with their wacky 3 cylinder turbo AWD Gazoo Racing Corolla or Hyundai with their angular Ioniq. I will say the arms race going on re: vehicle height/size is a pox on car design, kind of like sealed beam headlight requirements and afterthought add-on 5mph bumpers were a pox on car design in their respective eras.
- __s 1y ago
  Gray shift is real https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/j7yfqb/oc_car_color_distribution_broken_down_by https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/j7yfqb/oc_...
  - RankingMember 1y ago
    That's a bit of a non sequitur and assumes white/black/gray = boring isn't it? > Do you disagree with that? 100%. It's all about the entire package, of which color is only part. Aesthetics are always subjective, but, for example, the Ioniq I mentioned definitely (subjective :P) looks best in gray.
    - NoahKAndrews 1y ago
      Do you disagree with that?
    - __s 1y ago
      I recently bought my first car, Ioniq 6. Gray. It was used, no choice. I'd prefer a splash of color
mvdtnz 1y ago
Yeah when people ask me what my tattoos mean I give the truthful answer - owls are cool as hell, I like the horror/skull aesthtic, gas masks look badass etc. Not everything needs a deep meaning.
rufus_foreman 1y ago
>> It's kind of like asking your grandpa the story behind a scar he has I'm old enough to be a grandpa for many of the people here, I've got a lot of scars, and none of those scars are from going to a scar store, getting out my wallet, and saying, "hey! give me a cool scar, scar artist!". The scars I have on my body are from moments in my life where everything went wildly fucking wrong. If you want that in your life, something is wrong with you, same as it was for me, and I don't what to tell you other than you don't have to pay money for it. You can get scar tissue for free.
- AStonesThrow 1y ago
  I was a member of a group at church that was populated mostly by old retired White men. And many of them were veterans of various military services. They were not the kind of guy who tooted their own horns. They often struggled with various disabilities. One fellow I was very close with, had served in Vietnam, and had significant pieces of shrapnel/flak embedded in his skull that they couldn't pick out. He sometimes had minor memory lapses and PTSD bad enough to require sleep medication, every night. Another fellow was doing well and had a construction job still, but noticeable scarring all along his forearms. And he never made a big deal about it or anything, until once we were all gathered for a meal, and our pastor pointed out that this fellow had run back into a burning building to rescue someone and his arms were set on fire from that incident, and he sustained significant damage to them, but in the end it was indeed an act of heroism and unselfish bravery to save another human being. It was very humbling to be given this new perspective on guys whom I barely knew. There is definitely a story behind every scar on someone's body. Some of those stories may be quite eye-opening! The Monkey's Paw: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4S8rtxPmHTA&si=v607QuxDK112nB-V https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4S8rtxPmHTA&si=v607QuxDK11...
mlsu 1y ago
It’s much deeper than that, I think. The constant sharing actually prevents edges from forming in the first place. People are simply less unique nowadays, full stop.

by mtrovo 1y ago

NegativeK 1y ago

I got my tattoo when I was about half my current age. I wasn't too worried about not liking it later -- I'd wanted the idea for a few years, and I figured that it'd be a good memory if I changed later. I didn't change later. I had another artist expand the design about ten years ago. And while it had some meaning when I got the first round, I've realized over time that it means a whole lot more to me as I've learned more about myself. But when someone asks me what it means, I just shrug it off. I'm not sharing that kind of thing with people.

nurettin 1y ago
I am a disembodied text, you can tell me.
- nh23423fefe 1y ago
  tell

Wojtkie 1y ago

I approach it the same way. My tattoos don't "mean" anything, and honestly I find the ones that have "meaning" to not be that great. My tattoos do remind me of where I was in my life. I also stick to American traditional style since they tend to age pretty well.

RankingMember 1y ago

I agree with you about overthinking, but the second half of your comment is very broad-brush. If you went back in time to any era of vehicles or other artistic objects, you'd find they all had a similar feel reminiscent of the era. There are plenty of cool modern cars/clothes/etc.! For example, look at Toyota with their wacky 3 cylinder turbo AWD Gazoo Racing Corolla or Hyundai with their angular Ioniq. I will say the arms race going on re: vehicle height/size is a pox on car design, kind of like sealed beam headlight requirements and afterthought add-on 5mph bumpers were a pox on car design in their respective eras.

__s 1y ago
Gray shift is real https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/j7yfqb/oc_car_color_distribution_broken_down_by https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/j7yfqb/oc_...
- RankingMember 1y ago
  That's a bit of a non sequitur and assumes white/black/gray = boring isn't it? > Do you disagree with that? 100%. It's all about the entire package, of which color is only part. Aesthetics are always subjective, but, for example, the Ioniq I mentioned definitely (subjective :P) looks best in gray.
  - NoahKAndrews 1y ago
    Do you disagree with that?
  - __s 1y ago
    I recently bought my first car, Ioniq 6. Gray. It was used, no choice. I'd prefer a splash of color

mvdtnz 1y ago

Yeah when people ask me what my tattoos mean I give the truthful answer - owls are cool as hell, I like the horror/skull aesthtic, gas masks look badass etc. Not everything needs a deep meaning.

rufus_foreman 1y ago

>> It's kind of like asking your grandpa the story behind a scar he has I'm old enough to be a grandpa for many of the people here, I've got a lot of scars, and none of those scars are from going to a scar store, getting out my wallet, and saying, "hey! give me a cool scar, scar artist!". The scars I have on my body are from moments in my life where everything went wildly fucking wrong. If you want that in your life, something is wrong with you, same as it was for me, and I don't what to tell you other than you don't have to pay money for it. You can get scar tissue for free.

AStonesThrow 1y ago
I was a member of a group at church that was populated mostly by old retired White men. And many of them were veterans of various military services. They were not the kind of guy who tooted their own horns. They often struggled with various disabilities. One fellow I was very close with, had served in Vietnam, and had significant pieces of shrapnel/flak embedded in his skull that they couldn't pick out. He sometimes had minor memory lapses and PTSD bad enough to require sleep medication, every night. Another fellow was doing well and had a construction job still, but noticeable scarring all along his forearms. And he never made a big deal about it or anything, until once we were all gathered for a meal, and our pastor pointed out that this fellow had run back into a burning building to rescue someone and his arms were set on fire from that incident, and he sustained significant damage to them, but in the end it was indeed an act of heroism and unselfish bravery to save another human being. It was very humbling to be given this new perspective on guys whom I barely knew. There is definitely a story behind every scar on someone's body. Some of those stories may be quite eye-opening! The Monkey's Paw: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4S8rtxPmHTA&si=v607QuxDK112nB-V https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4S8rtxPmHTA&si=v607QuxDK11...

mlsu 1y ago

It’s much deeper than that, I think. The constant sharing actually prevents edges from forming in the first place. People are simply less unique nowadays, full stop.