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Im wondering if its generational. Maybe you "old" heads just dont get it. Lol. Tats are cool for whoever wants them. From bums to PHDs
 
NOT ALL, but most tats, purple hair, and rings in the nose, are that people want to be noticed!
 
Monte said:
NOT ALL, but most tats, purple hair, and rings in the nose, are that people want to be noticed!
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Honestly, I get piercings because I like them — to Hell with everyone else. I like the look and I like the adrenaline rush of getting pierced. A few I’ve gotten in conjunction with specific events in my life or with special people, but I’ve never gotten one so someone else will look at it.

However, for the sake of full disclosure, I got my nose pierced early in my first semester of college and, to spite my father, I changed it to a ring when I went home for Christmas break. When I got back to school, I put my little stud back in. He hated the ring and I loved that he hated it.

Kids these days, man. :rolleyes:
 
trb123 said:
Don't know about tattoos. But I know that a lot of people drill a hole in their noses so that they can smell better.
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I knew guys back in the 70's that did it unintentionally by snorting too much cocaine. Seriously.
 
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Bama fan said:
Interesting subject . But I would worry about how an article on tattoos just suddenly appeared in your feed. What a coincidence! ;)
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It showed up because of the conservation--i.e the conservation of energy! However this conversation with you is one sided!
 
Argonaut said:
Honestly, I get piercings because I like them — to Hell with everyone else. I like the look and I like the adrenaline rush of getting pierced. A few I’ve gotten in conjunction with specific events in my life or with special people, but I’ve never gotten one so someone else will look at it.

However, for the sake of full disclosure, I got my nose pierced early in my first semester of college and, to spite my father, I changed it to a ring when I went home for Christmas break. When I got back to school, I put my little stud back in. He hated the ring and I loved that he hated it.

Kids these days, man. :rolleyes:
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I got one installed the day I got married. As a kid my father's bull had a huge ring so I thought---a ring doesn't have to inhibit anything, it didn't. I still get to see a Women's game now an then.
 
No tats, no piercings, crew bailed out so I have the Telly Savallas look. But I have a very good man chu.

Our youngest son is in the Navy. He has tats, most of which are Navy related. Sailors are noted for their tattos as are musicians. No big deal for us.
 
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bbfanLA said:
When I graduated from the University of Cincinnati, I got a little tattoo on my ankle - the Chinese symbol for rebirth. I just “knew” that I, a small town Ohio boy, was going to work in entertainment in New York or Los Angeles and was going to start a new life. I ended up getting a job in entertainment in Los Angeles and have been here ever since and I still love my tattoo. Now if I had gotten stuck in small town Ohio, not that there’s anything wrong with that but that’s not what I wanted, then maybe I’d hate my tattoo now. But the tattoo, for me, was a symbol to keep pursuing my dreams, no matter how out of the ordinary they were for people where I’m from. People from Ohio are always telling me how unbelievable it is that I go to movie premieres and interview celebrities all the time because that’s just not an option for people in small towns, but that was what I wanted to do since I was a little boy. The tattoo is symbolic of my journey and fighting my way into an occupation that many thought was just a pipe dream.
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Congratulations on doing what you wanted to do and overcoming the odds to do so.
 
JordyG said:
Oh yeah, this is obviously a point of expression and not a cry for attention. Or help.
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I saw a young couple in the terminal and on a flight from Salt Lake City to Seattle a few years ago that almost looked like this guy. No bumps in their foreheads, but probably 30 or more piercings each in their lips, ears, eyebrows, nose and tongue.

Made me wonder how often they lock up with each other's rings and pins or hook them on other objects and tear their skin.
 
Scrutiner said:
I saw a young couple in the terminal and on a flight from Salt Lake City to Seattle a few years ago that almost looked like this guy. No bumps in their foreheads, but probably 30 or more piercings each in their lips, ears, eyebrows, nose and tongue.

Made me wonder how often they lock up with each other's rings and pins or hook them on other objects and tear their skin.
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I also know that this sort of tattoo/piercing over indulgency is going to cause them to be both the laughing stock and embarrassment to their grandchildren. Thankfully piercings can heal up, but those bumps will cause pockets, and of course the only way to remove a tattoo is with a scar.
 
JordyG said:
I also know that this sort of tattoo/piercing over indulgency is going to cause them to be both the laughing stock and embarrassment to their grandchildren. Thankfully piercings can heal up, but those bumps will cause pockets, and of course the only way to remove a tattoo is with a scar.
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Or maybe the grandchildren will love their unusual grandparents and their uniqueness..
There is nothing you know about the emotions of others when it comed to their families. Nothing.
 
This is a subject that pops up with pretty much annual frequency on our forum, just to offer proof, I suppose, of how frustrating it can be to endure the wait for a new season to begin. While I have a blanket dislike for tattoos, what other folks do to "adorn" their bodies is generally a matter of indifference to me. Still, I must cop to a double-standard on the issue: Whoever came up with the idea that these monstrosities constitute a good idea for girls ought, in my very biased opinion, to have to face a firing squad! Vanity license plates, which, I imagine, arise from a similar yearning to be noticed, make much more sense. They're a cinch to remove, once the bearer comes to regret (as we all eventually do) some of the decisions of youth. But tattoos? When these ladies approach my age their "body art" will suggest that the images, alas, were a product of The Salvador Dali Tattoo Studio. But that's just me...let the new season begin!!
 
MDoggie said:
Or maybe the grandchildren will love their unusual grandparents and their uniqueness..
There is nothing you know about the emotions of others when it comed to their families. Nothing.
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Since when have parents not been an embarrassment to their kids? Which generation saw their grandparents as cool? Please, name the generation.
 
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JordyG said:
Since when have parents not been an embarrassment to their kids? Which generation saw their grandparents as cool? Please, name the generation.
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Abraham who begot Issac who begot Jacob.
 
JordyG said:
Since when have parents not been an embarrassment to their kids? Which generation saw their grandparents as cool? Please, name the generation.
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Well mine. My grandpa took me fishing, hunting and camping. He even gave me my first dip of skoal lol. Laughed as I gagged. I never tried that again.
 
eebmg said:
Abraham who begot Issac who begot Jacob.
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MDoggie said:
Well mine. My grandpa took me fishing, hunting and camping. He even gave me my first dip of skoal lol. Laughed as I gagged. I never tried that again.
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I asked for the generation not individual exceptions that prove the rule. Also some grandparents have the enjoyment of spoiling their grandchildren since they hadn't that luxury with their children. Besides, how often did you take Abraham or your grand parents when you went barhopping or partying? Just how cool did Jacob think Abraham was, really? Obligation and coolness are far different things.
 
MDoggie said:
Or maybe the grandchildren will love their unusual grandparents and their uniqueness..
There is nothing you know about the emotions of others when it comed to their families. Nothing.
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JordyG said:
Since when have parents not been an embarrassment to their kids? Which generation saw their grandparents as cool? Please, name the generation.
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JordyG said:
I asked for the generation not individual exceptions that prove the rule.
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Well MDoggie didn't mention cool. You did. And MDoggie was speaking individuals, you brought up generational, which also didn't have anything to do with what MDoggie was talking about.
 
JordyG said:
Since when have parents not been an embarrassment to their kids? Which generation saw their grandparents as cool? Please, name the generation.
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The Silent Generation? Full disclosure the prior generation was pretty impressive by most standards.
 
meyers7 said:
Well MDoggie didn't mention cool. You did. And MDoggie was speaking individuals, you brought up generational, which also didn't have anything to do with what MDoggie was talking about.
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...and my original statement had nothing to do with love. I distinctly said, "I also know that this sort of tattoo/piercing over indulgency is going to cause them to be both the laughing stock and embarrassment to their grandchildren", By grandchildren I meant in general since tattoos have become a generational thing. My parents frequently embarrassed me in front of my friends, but I never stopped loving them. No, when parents embarrass their children it is almost always related to them saying or doing something "uncool" in the eyes of their children. Now when he spoke of "grandchildren" I had to assume he wasn't speaking personally but generally, answering my blanket statement, hence my second statement. Which I stand by.
 
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CL82 said:
The Silent Generation? Full disclosure the prior generation was pretty impressive by most standards.
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Because the silent generation didn't voice their feelings and where beset by hardship didn't make them immune to embarrassment.
 
JordyG said:
Because the silent generation didn't voice their feelings and where beset by hardship didn't make them immune to embarrassment.
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Your original question:
JordyG said:
Since when have parents not been an embarrassment to their kids? Which generation saw their grandparents as cool? Please, name the generation.
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I'd argue that the children of the Greatest Generation, the Silent Generation, were not embarrassed by their parents, many of who were, by any reasonable definition, heros. I'd also say that Boomers saw their Grandparents as "cool." I know that I appreciated what my grandparents sacrificed and all they achieved. I've accomplished quite a bit in my life but I am acutely aware that their sacrifices made those accomplishments possible.

Those are my answers both in macro and micro. Feel free to disagree.
 
CL82 said:
Your original question:
I'd argue that the children of the Greatest Generation, the Silent Generation, were not embarrassed by their parents, many of who were, by any reasonable definition, heros. I'd also say that Boomers saw their Grandparents as "cool." I know that I appreciated what my grandparents sacrificed and all they achieved. I've accomplished quite a bit in my life but I am acutely aware that their sacrifices made those accomplishments possible.

Those are my answers both in macro and micro. Feel free to disagree.
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Of course I disagree.
 
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