tony de wonderful

How about smoke-driving? Is that banned yet?

markjmd

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All joking aside, I think it is banned already in some parts of the EU and/or the US, or is soon due to be, if you have kids in the car.

Snazy

lol nope, but then I havent had it worked on for a long time. Will get round to it one day when I get the piece finished

Snazy

All hidable under a nice tidy suit

pslewis

Top five removal reasons:-

1. Partner's name tattooed and have now split up
2. Women getting married say it would ruin the look of their dress
3. It is not what they expected
4. Becoming a parent
5. It no longer seems cool

pimmo2000

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Actually ..

1. The Lost Love
The only thing that is worse than the breakup you went through is looking at the name of your ex on your body. When we are dating people, we want to believe that we’ll spend the rest of our lives with them. But sometimes that isn’t the way it turns out. An alternative to the daily pain of the breakup is to have that name removed from their body and begin to move on with our lives minus a tattoo.


2. A Change in Career
Many corporations not only frown on tattoos, but in most cases, they will not hire people who have visible body art. Corporate culture is still conservative in America and professionalism is a very high focus. If a person has a visible tattoo that cannot be covered up, getting the tattoo removed may be the only option to level the playing field between them and co-workers.

3. Parental Control
In general most teens don’t think the consequences of their actions through and will give in to peer pressure. No matter the reason they choose to get their tattoo, in the end and they are still their parent’s responsibility. Under some circumstances it is better to have this tattoo removed than to face any stress and frustration that may exist between parent and child.


4. Cleaning the Slate
For a tattoo enthusiast their body is a canvas that is waiting to be filled. When a piece no longer representative of who they are the process of removal is allows them to put a new and exciting tattoo in its place. This is also a very effective tool to use when you want a certain tattoo lightened up.


5. Calling All Kids
Many people may not regret the tattoos of their youth while they are still single, but one they get married and have kids; they feel that it’s time for a change. In some cases getting your tattoo removed is the best answer to avoiding your children’s questions or having them influenced by your past decisions.

Simon K

Tattoos seem to be very fashionable at the moment with the younger generation. Arms covered in them. Also, Ive noticed lots of guys / girls having these large hoops in thier ears too, and lots of piercings.

In my opinion, neck tattoos condem the person to a life of manual work / poor earnings and general negative / aggressive considerations. Okay, I know that this is a pretty general view, but for every one decent guy with a neck tattoo, there are 15 nobbers with them, being yobs, earning thier reputations.

I have several friends with tattoos, and nearly all wished they hadnt got them, either trying to get them removed, or hide them. All of them have told me how once people see them, whether on the fore arms / hands / neck, they are treated differently, i.e. like they are yobs.

I'm 40 years old, when I was 13/15 yrs old, I had a mullet hairstyle which I thought was cool. 25 years later, I realise I wasnt. Therefore a 40 year old man, with kids, going to a parents evening, sporting a nice neck tattoo ?? mmm nice.

To summarise, work in the yard, drive a van, empty my bins, or build me a wall = neck tattoo, earn big cash, board room, director level = no neck tattoo.

SBK

pslewis

The above two posts speak a lot of sense.

The fact of Tattoos is as Simon says, to label the wearer as a 'certain type' ..... whether you consider that fair or not - it is as it is.

I have yet to see a boss with a neck tattoo - hell, it's hard enough to get a decent job with ANY displayed tattoo.

Anger

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I have a mate who is a big stock broker in Hong kong... Is on holiday more than he works, model girlfriend and has a few high end luxury cars and guess what... He has visible tattoos even with a suit on

Lucky the rest of the world isn't as shallow minded as most of you on this thread

Snazy

davyboy

If true it's an exception, nothing more.

Neck tat = drongo

tony de wonderful

He's a stock broker mate. I don't have complete disdain for the financial industry but its not a completely respectable job, just being a more succesful estate agent, recruitment consultant type...even *gasp* a type a crook.

Wealth/money is not the same as virtue.

Hysteria1983

It's been interesting reading this.

It is true that people with tattoos seem to get looked down on, but to be honest, if someone thinks you are incapable of carrying out, or fulfilling a certain job simply because you have one or more tattoos, then I wouldn't want to work for them anyway.

I would hope that most employers can see the bigger picture these days. If they base peoples life skills on stupid things like having tattoos then I would say they need to get out into the real world a mix with people a bit more, rather than sitting at their desk and watching the world merrily go by.

In all my years, I was oy ever judged by one person about my tattoos. A 'school run mum' who I beleive just wanted to pick something out that made her better than me.

Basically we had been chatting in a group, and it was not long after my dad died, my clothes were a bit baggy, and she spotted the one on my 'hip area'
She quite openly said she didn't think I was THE TYPE, to have a tattoo! Lol!!
I explained I had several, and she just seemed to snigger to herself.

I haven't spoken to her since, what's the point?

pslewis

WOW! Just imagine, for one moment, how successful he COULD have been had he not shown to the world that he had a tattoo!!

No amount of money in the world will buy your childrens repect and admiration .... they will, of course, ask why you marked yourself - just to follow the crowd?

Cut your own furrow through life, be an individual, show a strength of character and don't abuse your body ....... just because everyone seems to be doing it doesn't mean it's cool.

Simon K

Whether right or wrong, the world does judge. And as much as people say that they wouldnt want to work for someone like that, well okay.

Im not talking about tattoo's in hidden places, tummys, bums, etc etc. Im not even talking about ones on shoulders / arms or fore arms. But, Im referring to neck tattoos as the person who has it done, knows that its looked upon as trashy within society and in a way rebel and have it done.

Ive never recruited anyone with a neck tattoo. Sorry, but that image doesnt suit my type of business, or how I want my company percieved. In a fantasy world we would all be equal, friendly and see each other as individuals and get along. However, we arent, and life isnt fair.

Neck tattoos look yobby / rough and aggressive. I only need one example to back up my view. . . . . . Dappy from N DUBZ.

SBK

Hysteria1983

Yes, I said that.

What of it?

Hysteria1983

To be honest Pete, my children are more likely to wonder what all the marks on my left arm are from.
The tattoos they can easy understand.

pslewis

Yes, point taken ... are they old enough to know that the Tattoo abuse was a choice?

Hysteria1983

Tattoo abuse :suspiciou lol!!

Yes, they know I chose to go and get my last tattoo. The one that my father would have got for his 60th birthday. If hecwas still alive.

zip106

tony de wonderful

Depends how you define success Pete. His mate works in finance so is a kind of Gladiator in an arena, the only measure of virtue there is making money.

J4CKO

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I think that there is an element of some people with neck tattoos getting it deliberately to opt out of normal society or possibly work, ther eis a lot of emulation of celebrities who get stuff like that done but remember, generally if you are in a Successful Rock Band it isnt really goign to affect your earning potential, its all very well being a bit edgy and cool but if nobody will give you a job because they are so square then you can be edgy and cool at the "Job Club" for a few hours a week, like it or not the Squares run the world and do many worse things than a Tattoo on the neck but they are the ones with the vacancies and the cash.

There also seems to be an underclass thing to hand tattoos, Salford seems to have more than its fair share of shaky old fleggers with love/hate on their knuckles, spot tattoos on their knuckles, a tear on the face tattoo or a Dove on the back of the hand, it does seem to provide a qualification for one thing though, hanging round a Wetherspoons in the middle of the day, coughing and bumming **** off people.

Hysteria1983

J4CKO - I agree with you to a certain extent on the issue with jobs, that is the general way it goes. There will always be exceptions to the rule.

Maybe I feel differently because I am unemployed through choice? It's not everyones situation.
Perhaps if I needed a job, and I was being held back for that reason, and that reason ONLY, maybe I would feel differently.

But like I said, if I couldn't outshine that one negative in other areas, then I think a few tattoos are the least of my worries.

chocolate_o_brian

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DCI Gene Hunt

I have a tattoo, had it done when I was 16... had it recently re-done when I was 40-something... same style, just 'enhanced'

I look well feckin cool

pslewis

Don't you think that a Power Ranger Tattoo is still suitable when approaching 50?

zip106

I knew a bloke with 'Love' and 'Hat' on his hands.

Unfortunately he lost one of his fingers.

J4CKO

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You dont have one on your neck though do you ?

Bubba po

I can only guess at what Hysteria was hinting by the phrase "other marks", but if I'm right, Lewis was only pointing out that her tattoos are just a less extreme manifestation of the mental illness that caused the "other marks". I'm inclined to agree with him.

Bubba po

Why are you unemployed through choice? The choice to be unemployed simply should not be available, unless you are incapable of working or choose to forego benefits. Am I paying towards your idleness, or do you have a good get-out clause?