Discussions About Being Bald > Tattoos and Piercings
To tattoo or not a sly thing?
Southworth14:
I have two half sleeves and have been sly for about 1 1/2 years. They are visible only if I wear a T-shirt, but a regular short sleeve dres shirt hides them well. I would stay away from a tribal arm band. Go to a good artist and get a good custom piece designed. I have one that is an eagle snake, scorpio and dragon with Jesus looking down on all of them. The other is a St. Michael from the top with an american eagle flying up rising from the ashes. I wouldn't trade them for anything else.
RyanJP:
I think tattoos are great, I got mine when I was out of boot camp and while I was in the Corps and never thought that it could effect me in the civilian world ten years later but my advice is to keep them hidden, I'm thinking about getting some of mine removed that are shown.
Rusty Shackleford:
--- Quote from: Mikekoz13 on April 13, 2009, 04:23:03 AM ---I think tats and SLy do sort of go together.... but I believe that it has a lot to do with the fact that both are sort of working outside the norms of society. If you shave your head, which many paople don't do, I think you're more likely to do other things that most people don't do....... like get a tattoo.
I got my first tattoo at 47.
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How can tattoos be considered outside the norm of society? Having a tattoo has gone beyond mainstream and become the norm anymore. Sometimes I feel like the only adult male on earth who neither has one or has any plan on getting one. At this point the only thing that can make a tattoo "outside the norm" is the choice of site or the image.
This basically answers the question on whether or not a tattoo goes with a bald head. Since just about every adult male seems to have one they sort of go with bald heads (and any hairstyle) simply by default.
Mikekoz13:
--- Quote from: Rusty Shackleford on October 10, 2009, 09:32:00 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mikekoz13 on April 13, 2009, 04:23:03 AM ---I think tats and SLy do sort of go together.... but I believe that it has a lot to do with the fact that both are sort of working outside the norms of society. If you shave your head, which many paople don't do, I think you're more likely to do other things that most people don't do....... like get a tattoo.
I got my first tattoo at 47.
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How can tattoos be considered outside the norm of society?
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Well pick any 10 guys on the street and I guarantee you the majority will not be tattooed. Also, I work in a business where there are a lot of degreed scientists, engineers, etc.....I am the only one out of literally hundres of people that I work with that is tattooed. And yes I ask when people ask me about mine.
Trust me Rusty...they are still outside the norm.... if you live with visible ones it is very obvious this is true. That's not to say thay are not more widely accepted because I believe they are.....but most people still would not get one.
I get the sideway glances all the time and people sometimes swing a wide arc when approaching me....it makes me smile.....
Sly Red:
--- Quote from: Mikekoz13 on October 10, 2009, 11:05:20 PM ---Well pick any 10 guys on the street and I guarantee you the majority will not be tattooed.
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Well Mike, I guess it depends on which street you walk down, 'cause around here (metro Chicago) the streets are teeming with young people (the under thirties) who are both visibly tattooed and pierced. Is that a cross section of American in general? Probably not, but somewhere between your view and my view lies the true story. Last night I was in a restaurant in the suburbs and 90% of the male wait staff had pierced ears. I'd imagine this is not true in your area.
When I go out into large gatherings in Chicago (in the summertime when more skin is exposed) I see that the vast majority are tattooed.
Red
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