like you mfers really getting tattoos of video game characters and pickle rick? corporate commodity fetishism, but you go through a painful process to permanently etch it into the largest organ of your body

  • CrimsonDynamo [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I tend to agree, but I think most tattoos are strange. I appreciate them sometimes, but I've just never been so into something, I needed a picture of it permanently on my body. My tastes change too quick.

    I don't want that to sound like a judgement on other people's ink, it's just why I don't feel like it's for me.

    • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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      3 years ago

      That used to be how I thought as well. But then I came out as trans and suddenly it's a HUGE priority for me to feel ownership of my body. I don't even know what I want tattoos OF (except an estradiol molecule), I just want tattoos

      • CrimsonDynamo [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I could totally see that. Maybe I'll have some experience one day that changes my mind.

        Not having a tattoo is like the same effect as having a tattoo had like 40 years ago. People are stunned to find out I don't have any.

        I also really like what my mom said about it. She started getting more and more once she crossed middle age. She says that her skin is getting all "ugly" anyway, so why not decorate it like crazy? Possible body issues aside, I think that's a nice perspective on getting old. I could see myself doing things differently just because I'm approaching the finish line..

    • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Wanting to get tattoos of consumerist personal identity tastes is a uniquely modern phenomena of liberal subjectivity. Historically, most tattoos weren't random things the individual liked or found meaningful. They were more culturally and socially grounded in the groups with which they lived. Tribal tattoos, sailor tattoos, slave tattoos, soldier tattoos. You got it with a group of people to symbolize a connection, or it was imbued with sacred meaning.

      • CrimsonDynamo [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        That's a good point. On the one hand, modern tattooing is a neat art form, but on the other hand, it's culture vultures preying on people who feel like they share an identity with people just because they like the same superhero.

        It's also weird how things get appropriated. Look at the punisher logo for example.