Tattoos

[6'9"Witha69]

Piercings and Tattoos are a cognitive decision. You must be aware, as True pointed out, that it goes both ways. I grew up a skater and punk rocker. I still love my punk music. I have tattoos. I had a tongue piercing as well as others. I learned very early on that those decisions hampered my development in society as there was a large section of people who didn't like it. So I made the decions to remove any piercing that may be seen (or even percieved) and to keep the tats easily covered.



And think about it, what kinds of people are usually tatted up? What are those tats of/about? Often times the person may have no objection to the existence of tattoos, but the content may be particularly offputting.

I guess it comes down to, "there's a time and a place for everything". In a professional environment is not exactly the time or place for showing off your creative individuality. WHat you have to say about the topic at hand based on your line of work / topic of the day should be the focus. Don't let things you can easily control cloud other peoples thoughts.

but would you say if some young white young man had a pigment augmentation to make him black that it's ok to say this person's "look" is wrong because he wasn't born as a black man, but became one?

The real question is, what would that person be trying to say or prove? That is often the most time/thought consuming part of looking at people, What are they thinking/trying to prove with that statement?