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Ten Ways to Destroy Your Body
10. Toe Shortening
If the shoe doesn't fit, saw off the toe. Women are having their toes shortened to look better in high-heel shoes. The surgery involves removing part of the toe bone. The long-term effect on walking is unknown but will likely result in arthritis many years later. On the bright side, if you can afford the Manolo Blahnik shoes and the $10,000 surgery in Beverly Hills, then you can likely afford someone to carry you around.
9. Laser Hair Removal
Lasers can disable hair follicles, essentially knocking the hair-producing factors out of business. But treatment really only works best on fair-skinned people with dark hair; doesn't remove all the hair; takes months to complete; hurts; often causes scarring when done poorly; and might last for only a couple of years. And you need to stay out of the sun during the treatment. You might reconsider the razor. That technology has advanced to five blades.
8. Body Piercing
Piercing the soft tissue of the lower earlobe rarely causes a problem, aside from an allergic reaction to the metal earring or stud. Not so with all the other delicate places that folks pierce. Nipple piercings can take a year to heal, and the scarring interferes with breastfeeding. Genital piercings can break condoms, cause bleeding and increase the risk of spreading STDs. Tongue jewelry can chip teeth and is swallowed quite frequently. (It only hurts twice.)
7. Grills
A grill is metal jewelry worn across the teeth, popular in the hip hop world, to give you that oh-so classless look, just one notch up from removing your teeth. Aside from the expense -- thousands of dollars, yet more strain for cash-strapped urban youth pressured to keep up with various ostentatious displays of fashion -- long-term use results in accelerated tooth and gum decay.
6. Permanent Makeup
Wouldn't it be great if you could just tattoo your makeup so you wouldn't have to apply eyeliner and lipstick day after day. Sure, assuming the fashion world and your taste in makeup won't change in the next 50 years. The booming business of permanent makeup, using the same technique as tattooing, is generally safe but high on the "regret" level, as final color often doesn't meet expectation. Hey, it's only your face.
5. Bariatric Surgery
At best, bariatric surgery is a last option to lose weight. The surgery modifies the gastrointestinal tract by reducing stomach size or the ability to absorb food. Gastric bypass is the most common technique. Over 40 percent of surgeries result in major complications within six months, such as chronic diarrhea or hernia. Bodies weren't made to be obese, and they don't like our tampering with the mechanism to nourish them.
4. Skin Whitening
Cheap treatments are the deadliest. Some topical whiteners contain mercury, which causes nerve and kidney damage; others contain hydroquinone, a carcinogen banned in Europe that ultimately blotches the skin. Some people lighten skin to hide a birthmark or smooth patchy discoloring from the pigmentation disorder vitiligo. In Asia and Latin America, skin whitening often is a pursuit of a Western ideal of beauty, with the sad reality that whiter skin brings more opportunity.
3. Botox
The notion of injecting deadly bacteria in your face with hopes of paralyzing muscles might sound appealing, but oddly enough, Botox anti-wrinkle treatments carry some risk. Botox, short for botulinum toxin, one of the deadliest natural substances known, is used medicinally to treat muscle disorders. Treatments can cause respiratory failure and death; the FDA now is reviewing the risks and benefits.
2. Penis Enhancement
Want to impress your lover with a lumpy, flaccid penis? Then enhancement surgery is for you. The surgery carries such a risk of deformity and loss of sensitivity that no reputable surgeon will operate on a normal penis. The procedure is best for men who have lost function as a result of an accident or cancer.
1. Liposuction
A lame weight-loss option, liposuction removes only about 10 pounds of fat after four hours of dangerous surgery. You'll have weeks of smelly ooze dripping from your wounds and months of swelling, as capillaries are destroyed and neighboring tissue dies from lack of fresh blood. At least the death rate is down to 1-in-5,000 procedures.
Good to see that we agree that a boob job will not destroy a chicks body!
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Gee, I notice that the "third-rail" subject of tatoos doesn't even make the list.
Nothing says immature lack of judgment or points to your individual weaknesses better than permanently disfiguring yourself with "art".
I didn't realize anyone did toe shortening.
Gee, I notice that the "third-rail" subject of tatoos doesn't even make the list.
Nothing says immature lack of judgment or points to your individual weaknesses better than permanently disfiguring yourself with "art".
I appreciate the heads up these people give me in advance before dealing with them.
It's like a sign that says "Warning: Might be an idiot."
I appreciate the heads up these people give me in advance before dealing with them.
It's like a sign that says "Warning: Might be an idiot."
Nice. I'm kind of surprised my comment hasn't raised more of a fervor.
One of the people I work with is tatted up. Claims that society has changed, tattoos are now accepted and denies they reveal that he has inner weaknesses.
Of course, of the 9 people I work closely with, he is the only complete and utter ****-knuckle, self-absorbed and abrasive to everyone.
DaBears_85
09-13-10, 22:33
Gee, I notice that the "third-rail" subject of tatoos doesn't even make the list.
Nothing says immature lack of judgment or points to your individual weaknesses better than permanently disfiguring yourself with "art".
Intersting, I've never really thought about it before. Could you explain the pointing to your 'individual weaknesses' thing a little further?
Nice. I'm kind of surprised my comment hasn't raised more of a fervor.
One of the people I work with is tatted up. Claims that society has changed, tattoos are now accepted and denies they reveal that he has inner weaknesses.
Of course, of the 9 people I work closely with, he is the only complete and utter ****-knuckle, self-absorbed and abrasive to everyone.
Tattoo's are more common, I don't think opinions have necessarily completely changed. Tattoo's have never definitively meant anything, they are simply a potential indicator.
My grandfather had some buddies who were Navy guys in the war with some tats. By most accounts they'd be considered decent men by almost any standard. R. Lee Ermy has some tats, I don't think any less of him for it. And I know some people today who have some tats (some even post here) and I don't think it makes them any less or any more of a decent person.
But it sure is one hell of a potential red flag. And in many cases just another moron doing exactly what everyone else is doing to prove they are unique and special. I don't think it reveals weakness so much as poor judgment in the long term. Many people claim they have thought it through and either truly believe they will still look cool when they are 50 or believe they won't care what others think at 50. But I seriously doubt many have truly given it a lot of consideration.
Could you explain the pointing to your 'individual weaknesses' thing a little further?
I can't testify as to the methods involved, but there are studies linking multiple tattoos and piercings with deviant and criminal behaviors.
Valid tribal art just points to the human need to belong.
Lots of military veterans put unit and/or service related symbology on their body. Same thing with sports teams. The need to belong is fairly harmless.
However, fixation on other items can point to potential weaknesses. And it's not something you can just call out, nor is it literal. Triangulation usually works to figure out why someone chooses to permanently put something on their body, based on feelings.
At the very least, it points out that a person with tattoos does not completely understand that feelings are temporary and doing something permanent that they carry around the rest of their life, visible to others.
The great news is, most of the time, the flaws revealed by tattoos is not something that is huge or particularly consequential.
OBTW, everyone has flaws. I'm just pointing out that advertising flaws upfront may not be completely wise.
I worked in prison for 3.5 years and was an interrogator for another 3 years and saw some bad and good guys turn people inside out using their tats as a reference point.
I have tattoos and I think most of the people here who know me would agree that I'm not an idiot, or at least not a complete one.
I thought about what I wanted before I got them, I thought about the future, and I thought about where I had them placed. The first one I got was for my grandma who passed almost 10 years ago and meant very much to me. That turned into a half sleeve on my right arm, and I ended up getting a half sleeve on my left arm. My tattoos go from my shoulder to an inch and a half or so above my elbow, and with the way I dress, unless I pull my sleeves up and show you, you would never know I have them. I'll never get tattoos on my neck, my hands, my face, or anything like that. I may someday get them on my forearms, but I doubt it.
Ten Ways to Destroy Your Body
2. Penis Enhancement
Want to impress your lover with a lumpy, flaccid penis? Then enhancement surgery is for you. The surgery carries such a risk of deformity and loss of sensitivity that no reputable surgeon will operate on a normal penis. The procedure is best for men who have lost function as a result of an accident or cancer.
I've found the best results using a shoe string and a door knob. You simply tie the string to the door knob and wrap the other end around... :stop:
OBTW, everyone has flaws.
We haven't met, I walk on water :D
I can't testify as to the methods involved, but there are studies linking multiple tattoos and piercings with deviant and criminal behaviors.
Jesse James
case closed
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Nothing says immature lack of judgment or points to your individual weaknesses better than permanently disfiguring yourself with "art".
Criminal record.
Drug habit(s).
Absinthe.
Pastel-colored shirts with white collar and cuffs.
Hair gel.
Saying "axe" instead of "ask."
Adding the letter "R" to the pronunciarion of words like "squash" or "Washington."
Embroidered jeans.
Jewelry, other than a watch and dog tags.
Hoplessly ornate Tapout and Affliction shirts (yeah damask patterns ain't gay at all, fellas) (see also hair gel and embroidered jeans, usually all found together).
"Foodies." (includes foreign-beer-only/domestic-beer-only snobs)
I don't have enough ink in my pen to write down all the things that I think of as far more likely to indicate a dense, irresponsible, myopic, sleazy or otherwise low-quality individual than something as mundane and mainstream as tattoos.
The mere presence of them doesn't even come close to being enough, compared to what sort of tattoos they have and how much $$$ they've sunk into them. Can it get ridiculous? Hell, yes, but so does buying guns.
Embroidered jeans.
What about minor pocket stitching?
How about jeans worn down low so that underwear sticks out? I have wondered if that fashion style would impair the ability to move/run quickly, and if it could be a disadvantage in a close quarters scuffle.
http://www.memphisrap.com/mr-uploads/2009/04/saggy_pants.jpg
Bill Bryant
09-14-10, 12:12
The need to belong is almost universal. The need at some later date to leave those one belongs to and belong to others is also almost universal. Tats almost universally make leaving one group and joining another painful or even impossible. I solved this problem myself by getting a specially designed, very large tat (I mean, it's a work of art!) that intertwines a swastika, a crescent moon and star, an eagle, globe and anchor, a star of David, a very good likeness of my ex-wife, a Bandidos logo, Jesus walking on water, and a picture of O. J. Simpson running with a football.
John_Wayne777
09-14-10, 12:13
Hell, yes, but so does buying guns.
Blasphemy.
What about minor pocket stitching?
How "minor?"
http://www.jeansbest.com/crown-holder-c-8.html
Botox is a definite gold-star dumb move. We've got three ladies in the office who have faces like kabuki masks.
Bill Bryant
09-14-10, 12:16
How about jeans worn down low so that underwear sticks out? I have wondered if that fashion style would impair the ability to move/run quickly, and if it could be a disadvantage in a close quarters scuffle.
http://www.memphisrap.com/mr-uploads/2009/04/saggy_pants.jpg
I once saw a squad car video of a trooper arresting a guy who had held up a 7-Eleven in low pants and couldn't run in them. Really funny. Perp got maybe 20 feet.
Nice. I'm kind of surprised my comment hasn't raised more of a fervor.
Really, what were you hoping for?
And I have one small tattoo on my back about 2 inches wide, what do I get stereotyped as?
So, pigeonholing people based on their outward appearance isn't a character flaw?
Not trying to defend tattoos, I don't have any and don't plan on getting any, but many good friends, who'd drop anything they're doing to help me when I need them, do have tattoos. I look at it as "self expression". It's their skin to paint up.
Everyone has flaws... some just choose to put it out there for all to see.
Oh, and yes I see the benefit of assessing people by their outward appearance, I just don't make it a point to call them out on it.
How "minor?"
http://www.jeansbest.com/crown-holder-c-8.html
Botox is a definite gold-star dumb move. We've got three ladies in the office who have faces like kabuki masks.
Yeah, that is not minor...
This is what I would call as far as I would go:
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I dunno, man. That's borderline......:D
Nowhere near as bad as some of the stuff I see around DC itself, Fairfax, Arlington. The sample I cited is pretty accurate, more's the pity.
Tats, not a gigantic deal, in and of themselves.
I have way less of an issue, personally, with somebody who I think might have gone overboard with coverage than with the halfwit that waxes long on gripes about being behind on bills this and crappy economy that, then spends an equal amount of time waving around sketches of the totally sweet back-tat he's gonna get over the weekend...and costs Jeebus only knows how much money. THAT'S the guy that I work with.
But I'm the jerk who gets glared at for asking if it's to give his IRS auditor something to look at while he lubes up. It's not right.
I think it is safe to say that most of us would identify the same people we see the same way, regardless of their tattoos or clothing styles. The way you carry yourself means a lot.
ETA: If you have seen Tropic Thunder I think you will agree my signature applies in this case.
I know of several good people with tattoos. I also know of many more complete dumbasses. When I see someone with tattoos, they won't be discriminated against, but will be looked at a little more closely. When I see someone with piercings all over, it screams they are someone to usually distance myself from; this is just from personal experience. I'll give most people the benefit of the doubt, it may just come with more scrutiny.
So, pigeonholing people based on their outward appearance isn't a character flaw?
There was a study done; people with more than 3 tattoos are something like 5x more likely to commit felony offenses. A member on this board posted it here a while back.
There was a study done; people with more than 3 tattoos are something like 5x more likely to commit felony offenses. A member on this board posted it here a while back.
Oh, I don't doubt it, but studies have a lot more to do with location, location, location, even more than real estate does.
Back in the late 1800's, there was a "study" about the size of a persons head (small) along with the proximity of their eyes to the center line of their head that showed criminal propensity as well. (Territorial prison in Wyoming). My point? If you look at something long enough, you'll find a pattern.
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I think it is safe to say that most of us would identify the same people we see the same way, regardless of their tattoos or clothing styles. The way you carry yourself means a lot. carries a lot of weight with me. The people I know, many with more than 10 tattoos, carry themselves in a fashion that is almost disarming. They're good people, they live clean lives and they'd give you the shirt off their back. Mostly, MY experience with tattoo laden individuals has been fairly mundane. Whereas, if I lived somewhere besides Wyoming, I just may very well have a different opinion of tattoo'd people. Tomato, Potato I guess.
I'll also add, just for fun, that the jackoffs I avoid around here for being general nuisances are usually wearing Tapout shirts and embroidered pants. Looks like Jersey Shore but with cowboy boots! ;-)
Oh, I don't doubt it, but studies have a lot more to do with location, location, location, even more than real estate does.
Back in the late 1800's, there was a "study" about the size of a persons head (small) along with the proximity of their eyes to the center line of their head that showed criminal propensity as well. (Territorial prison in Wyoming). My point? If you look at something long enough, you'll find a pattern.
This was on a national level, with no weight or bias towards socioeconomic differences. The irony is that the majority (yes, there are exceptions) of people with more than 3 tattoos were blue collar, uneducated/GED-only inner-city inhabitants, so as you pointed out, it would make it appear that the samples came from predominantly crowded, low-income urban areas. That is not the case; it's simply the reason why stereotypes exist: they're usually true.
And I know of the study you're referencing about human head size and criminal dispositions - they never found a correlation. While I appreciate your point, that study openly failed.
When people ask me how many tattoos I have I usually just say, "One, but it just keeps getting bigger and bigger". I'm partial to the large coverage japanese style of tattooing. :dirol:
How about jeans worn down low so that underwear sticks out? I have wondered if that fashion style would impair the ability to move/run quickly, and if it could be a disadvantage in a close quarters scuffle.
From personal experience when I worked in a HUD housing project, yes, it does impede them when running and it doesn't help them in a fight. But you would be amazed at how quickly some of them can hike those pants up and take off like a track star when they need to.
I remember a shooting here at the Silver Nugget Casino a couple years ago (the Silver Nugget is in a very bad part of town). The shooter was caught on video firing gangsta-style with the gun turned sideways, hopping up and down, and holding his shorts up with the other hand. Amazingly enough, he actually hit someone and killed them. Not sure if it was his intended target though.
If I can find video I'll post it.
ETA: Found a pic off the survelliance.
http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab278/Rider79/Primary_LG.jpg
I'll also add, just for fun, that the jackoffs I avoid around here for being general nuisances are usually wearing Tapout shirts and embroidered pants. Looks like Jersey Shore but with cowboy boots! ;-)
Same here, that's mostly where we have the problems at the club I work at. When I kick them out one of my favorite things to tell them is "just because you put an Affliction shirt on it doesn't make you an MMA fighter".
When I see the MMA shirts, I like to say something along the lines of, "Hey man, I roll too, where do you train?" I usually get a sheepish look and a "I just like the shirt" response. As was said before, putting on a MMA shirt doesn't make one a fighter. These guys don't realize they look like ass hats. When they're covered in tattoos, it's even worse.
How about jeans worn down low so that underwear sticks out? I have wondered if that fashion style would impair the ability to move/run quickly, and if it could be a disadvantage in a close quarters scuffle.
http://www.memphisrap.com/mr-uploads/2009/04/saggy_pants.jpg
The new fad is skinny jeans, of course still with the ass hanging out.
And I have one small tattoo on my back about 2 inches wide, what do I get stereotyped as?
As long as it's not a tramp stamp, nothing. :jester:
wild_wild_wes
09-14-10, 21:22
Hooked
Blood, masochism and the shocking thrill of human suspension
(Sept. 9, 2010) Standing outside Ink Addiction Tattoo and Body Piercing in Eureka, Kat, a third-generation local and social worker by day, says a few things that are frankly hard to swallow. For one, she claims to have a needle phobia, yet her body is festooned with surface piercings. Stainless steel balls cling to her sternum and rows of them run down the back of her neck. But give her a TB test, she says, and she’s likely to pass out cold. Nonetheless, inside the tattoo parlor at this very moment, Ben Ragains, Kat’s trusted piercer, is getting ready to insert four massive tuna hooks under the skin of her back.
The anticipation has made her hyper. Kat’s in her mid-30s but looks younger, with an athlete’s body, an easy smile and dirty-blond hair to her shoulders. She keeps taking slugs of water from a plastic bottle and shifting nervously from one foot to the other. She can’t stand still. Her body is swimming with endorphins. Dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin — she knows them by name, and she knows their effects. In fact, she’s become rather addicted to them. “It’s really cool,” she says in a jittery voice. “It’s fun. It makes you smile.”
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/media/cache/issues/090910/cover1_jpg_405x246_crop_upscale_q85.jpg
She also says she’s scared of heights, yet in less than three hours she’ll be dangling from a ceiling beam in a back-alley Eureka art gallery, swinging athletically from a nylon rope that’s been looped through a pulley and tethered to the hooks in her back. A crowd of 50 or so will be gaping, gasping and cheering as she kicks off walls and soars through the air like some repertory Peter Pan — aside from the blood that will be dripping down her back.
This will be Kat’s seventh suspension. (Kat asked us not to use her full name. Her dad doesn’t know she does this, and she really doesn’t want him to find out.) She’s been suspended at HumBrews, in the basement of the Eureka Veterans Hall, at an erotic ball and a fetish party. Each time she’s gotten a bit more comfortable with it. On the last couple she even let other people hold the rope, leaving her hands free. That was a difficult mental hurdle because she’s a control freak, she says. Lately she’s been thinking it’s time to take things to the next level. She got into suspensions because the rush of getting pierced had grown diluted over time. It did the trick: The euphoria she felt after her first few hangings lasted a week or more. Now, though, she’s begun looking for new frontiers, new phobias to overcome. “For some reason I have this thing against getting pierced in my legs,” she says. “I think I need to open up and do the Superman style — two in the upper back, two in the lower, one on each thigh and one on each calf.”
Her craziest claim — the one that really stretches credulity — is that being hung from hooks in your skin, like some sort of torture victim, doesn’t really hurt. “A paper cut is way worse than a suspension,” she says. “A paper cut — you’re gonna get lime in it three days later. You’re gonna keep bumping it.” A piercing, on the other hand, is just one deep breath away. “You inhale,” she says, taking a deep lungful, “you exhale, and it’s done. I mean, how bad is that? I feel it for like three seconds.”
OK, but the hanging. The stretching.
That’s nothing, she says. Like grabbing a cat by the scruff of its neck. On the other hand, she admits, “My idea of pain might be a little skewed.”
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/news/2010/09/09/hooked/?c=56173
4 more pages of that at the link....
Adding the letter "R" to the pronunciarion of words like "squash" or "Washington."
Really? So, you see regional dialects as low-brow? Especially mid-western dialects, which is where "nucular" and the added "R" come from?
You'll also note that midwestern states still produce, on average, a better educated individual than from anywhere else in the US. Despite the added "R" and an incapability to pronounce "nuclear".
On the subject of tattoos, I don't see anyone here saying tattoos = scum. The issue is, tattoos are a permanent adornment that reveal things about the wearer. I've also noticed a tendency toward a childish hyper-sensitivity of their permanent life-choice.
Really? So, you see regional dialects as low-brow? Especially mid-western dialects, which is where "nucular" and the added "R" come from?...
...I've also noticed a tendency toward a childish hyper-sensitivity of their permanent life-choice.
Childish hyper-sensitivity? The same can be said about your comment above.
On the subject of tattoos, I don't see anyone here saying tattoos = scum. The issue is, tattoos are a permanent adornment that reveal things about the wearer. I've also noticed a tendency toward a childish hyper-sensitivity of their permanent life-choice.
This is nothing more than another antagonistic shot at people you deem unworthy for whatever simplistic reason. Having fun, are you?
For the record, someone covered in tattoos likely has issues, no doubt. But the vast majority of folks have one or two and are not self loathing, so your lumping technique is highly flawed and inaccurate.
And Rider79, hell no. It is a small skull and crossbones on my right shoulder blade. As the say on ESPN too much these days: Come on, man....!
:D
Childish hyper-sensitivity? The same can be said about your comment above.
How? I fail to see how you get hyper-sensitivity from my comments regarding regional dialect. I could just as easily state that saying Caah, instead of "Car" is an example of something negative (which I don't).
My objection is that there is a difference between possessing regional dialect and voluntarily doing permanent "body art".
This is nothing more than another antagonistic shot at people you deem unworthy for whatever simplistic reason. Having fun, are you?
Huh? I don't understand your reaction. What about me saying that permanent, voluntary adornments in the form of tattoos reveals something about people, namely weaknesses?
You did note that I stated that all people have weaknesses, right?
Unless, of course, you are merely exhibiting hyper-sensitivity.
I don't think my reasoning is simplistic at all. I think it's rather nuanced, in fact. Perhaps too nuanced to be developed properly in an internet forum.
Safety- No rose around your belly button?:D
As far as dialects go, I love my southern accent. It is wonderful since some people tend to associate the "twang" with no education, being close minded, and little exposure to the outside world. Big whiff on all three. Their assumptions let me sneak up on them when there is/was a deep discussion.
Even better: I didn't even need a pickup line while living in NYC or on Sint Maarten. Just a simple "Hey" with an accent usually led to, "Where are you from?" which I followed with, "Let me buy you a drink and tell you." My accent got me laid. Isn't that what it's all about?:p
Really? So, you see regional dialects as low-brow? Especially mid-western dialects, which is where "nucular" and the added "R" come from?
You'll also note that midwestern states still produce, on average, a better educated individual than from anywhere else in the US. Despite the added "R" and an incapability to pronounce "nuclear".
So, chalk it up to the category of pet peeve if you want, but no, I see dogmatic adherence to crap info as low-brow. Accent is just another way of saying "tradition for no better reason than the sake of tradition." People are assuredly free to wallow in it if they want to, and I am equally capable of making mock of it.
Plus, I think I gave more than one example of such. So, maybe you wanna take up for the more urbanized aspect I mentioned, as well? Somehow, I don't think you will, as you're intentionally ignoring the message because an aspect of the medium rubbed you the wrong way.
Also, spare everybody the glittering generalities, especially ones that attempt to make "better educated" sound as if it's the same as "intelligent." There's no shortage of folks that speak impeccable English, yet are still oxygen thieves.
Going to college does not mean one is intelligent. I met some really stupid people there. Education does not automatically mean intelligent. Maybe it falls under the category of, "Common sense isn't so common."
Going to college does not mean one is intelligent. I met some really stupid people there. Education does not automatically mean intelligent. Maybe it falls under the category of, "Common sense isn't so common."
+1. Some of the dumbest people I met were A+ students in college. On a similar note, I'll go as far as to say that the average A+ 4.0 honors student isn't as smart as your average B / C+ student who works full time.
What I found was the people who studied 24/7 in college and did nothing else had little to no real life application or experience. They simply knew book facts that they memorized.
And don't get me started on the feel-good liberal arts types who think that they're entitled to a great job just because they "went to college."
Moose-Knuckle
09-15-10, 19:21
Let the oxygen theives do as they will, thin the herd so to speak. ;)
It always amuses me when the subject of wearing one's pants down below their arse comes up as most do not know how the act came about. It originated in the prisons, if an inmate was a "bottom" a.k.a. catcher or reciever they would advertise this to the bulls by lowering their britches showing the cleaveage of their buttocks. And to think these homies look at themselves as so hardcore! :D
variablebinary
09-15-10, 22:07
I've got plenty of guys in my unit with shitty tattoos.
Many of them are damn good soldiers too, and until they do something wrong, they can show up looking like a Maori for all I care.
Obviously gang tattoos and swastikas need not apply.
I hate this fag ass corporate America HR mindset that is creeping into the military.
We should be allowed to punch HR managers in the face on principle.
The internet - the only medium where people can angrily agree with you.
Obviously gang tattoos and swastikas need not apply.
I think people over react to the swastika. It is really just on par with the Russian flag and the Chinese flag is you consider the number of innocents killed. Now I am not saying that I would like to display the swastika, but I wonder why people flip out when they see a swastika but other symbols of repression and death do not generate a reaction.
I don't know about the rest of it, but that bit about Botox is so wrong, it calls the whole thing into question.
Bill Bryant
09-16-10, 12:12
I think people over react to the swastika. It is really just on par with the Russian flag and the Chinese flag is you consider the number of innocents killed. Now I am not saying that I would like to display the swastika, but I wonder why people flip out when they see a swastika but other symbols of repression and death do not generate a reaction.The elite culture shapers in America's academia and media have been naively rationalizing their Marxism for almost a century now. They still can't reconcile their ivory tower economic theory with real-world expressions of it in Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, and so on, and thus focus all their hatred of despotic tyranny on Nazism to the exclusion of all leftist regimes. The swastika has become the unique symbol of statist evil run amok because our self-annointed elite still can't their heads around the reality that Stalin was as evil as Hitler and that the statist totalitarianisms of the left are as oppressive as the statist totalitarianisms of the right.
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I have a decent amount of ink on me. I don't particularly care if someone else likes them or not. I've long since resigned myself to wearing long sleeves in, 'normal' work environments. Nothing on my hands/neck/etc. I like tattoo's but don't like, 'tattoo people' all that much (don't know if that's the best wording to portray what I mean).
When I meet someone in the wintertime and they only see me in long sleeves, they are often shocked come springtime t-shirt weather and say things like, "You don't seem to be the type to have so many tattoos!". Like, WTF am I supposed to be like? A rapist or something?
Older guys at pistol matches will sometimes eye me suspiciously. When I notice this I invariably say, "hey, I'm a veteran--I get a pass!" and that usually disarms them and they have a chuckle.
I can see why a prison guard would have a different outlook on tattoos than others, as many inmates are covered with gang garbage (though there are some very good prison artists who do good things with cobbled single-needle machines--few and far between).
I think heavily tattooed women is a bigger indicator of crazy than men but I'm biased as my ex-wife had a full chest piece and half-sleeves :p
variablebinary
09-16-10, 15:57
I think people over react to the swastika. It is really just on par with the Russian flag and the Chinese flag is you consider the number of innocents killed. Now I am not saying that I would like to display the swastika, but I wonder why people flip out when they see a swastika but other symbols of repression and death do not generate a reaction.
Try showing up at MEPS with a communist flag on your body.
I like tattoo's but don't like, 'tattoo people' all that much (don't know if that's the best wording to portray what I mean).
I know exactly what you mean. I also agree with your crazy tattoo chick theory but some of them can be pretty hot though. :D
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wow...what a moron...
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