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Anonymous wrote:Our pediatrician briefly had a receptionist with multiple piercings (nose, eyebrow, lip), many tattoos, and strangely colored hair (this was 10 years ago, long before the current trend, which I think is odd). I thought it an bizarre choice, and was happy when she was no longer there. It is about being in a position of a role model, and sorry not sorry, but tattoos and piercing are not what I want as a role model for my children.
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agreed

Disagree. I am teaching my kid to be accepting and not judge people for their tats, piercings, or how they look. You should try it.

People who have tattoos do not have the right not to be judged.

It's your decision to get a tattoo and I support your right to get it, but you must also support in exchange my right to make fun of it, to describe it as ugly and comment on the stupidity of it, and to use you as an example to my kids of what not to do because older people with tattoos never look great. The skins turn blotchy and hideous, the tattoos fade, and to be frankly honest, the multiple piercings and septum piercings are silly and distort your appearances. And it causes many people to judge you without knowing you. People will not judge you by your intelligence or your accomplishments but by your silliness and vanity.

Telling me to not to be judgmental is only imposing your views on me, which is ironic. You can't have it both ways.

That's some interesting mental gymnastics there, bud. I personally don't care what you think of tattoos or piercings, and I have no tats and only ear piercings. The only one being a judgmental dick here is you. Read what you wrote. You spent a paragraph going on about it and in pretty nasty terms.

This isn't about "right not to be judged" whatever that means. It means being a decent person. No ones tattoos or piercings affect you. It says nothing about their morality, integrity or intelligence. I'm not "imposing" anything on you other than telling you to be a decent person. You don't have to like what other people do to their bodies - somehow requiring that would be imposing something on you. But, yeah, I judge you for what you've wrote, which is unkind and a little ignorant. You just don't like hearing it and having someone tell you what kind of an ugly person you are. That's something else entirely.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, if it comes up, tell the truth. Tattoos cost a lot on money and involve a lot of needles. I have never gotten one because who wants more needles? The art is permanent, but styles change. Think Kate Gosslyn with Tweetie Bird on her ankle. I personally don’t judge others who get tattooed, but I think it’s a terrible investment.


- Millennial blank slate

LOL - that is exactly the same conversation I had with my 10 year old a few weeks.
"How come Ms Smith has a tatoo?" Because she wanted one and it made her happy.
"How come you don't have any tatoos?" Because they use needles and it would hurt and be super expensive. There are other things I want to spend my money on, and it's not worth the pain to me.
"OK, cool. What's for dinner?"