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That bloke is typical of someone who doesn't have an 'off' switch.

You will see the same personality amongst those who like to look ridiculously orange instead of nicely tanned.

You will see the same personality amongst those who wish to be 20st gorillas instead of just toned.

To be fair Noseall, you're taking your viewpoint and judgement, and expecting them to wish to share it.

While I agree about "off switches", it may not be the case in the bloke-in-the-photos case: he may aspire to the full body tattoo look, in which case, he's not yet needed his "off switch".
 
What makes you think I'm reluctant to do this? If I encourage the people I love to not look ridiculous, am I being a bad person?
A bad person? No, your heart is in the right place.
However, you have to ask yourself what are you trying to protect them from? Your own judgement not to 'look ridiculous' or are you worried what others will think of them?

I never had that from my parents. Silly fashions were tolerated. When I arrived home with a mohawk my mum thought it was fab and helped me keep with hair dye to keep the bright red. They encouraged us to find our feet our own way and if that meant thinking outside the box or rebelling then so be it. Not once did I have any judgment from them as far as my appearance was concerned. She knew that it was passing and she didn't want us to lose confidence.

We do judge people, but I was saying that I try not to just on appearance. And if I don't sound vain here myself, I think the world would be a much better place if more folk didn't. Thing that makes me sad is that often folk can miss out of a bloomin excellent human being by judging a book by it's cover. We probably wouldn't have as many cases of anorexia that we do, tho I do not think they have ever really found an exact cause. Just a mixture of things, psychological, social and environmental factors. But I think it's fair to say if people stopped judging quite so much on looks alone we'd have less anorexia, as well as less hate crime & racism.
 
Because it's hard enough trying to sensibly discuss what was said on here, let alone discuss what wasn't :)
Fair enough.
But as you'd already figured out it was a mistake from the off, did it really need 3 posts about it?
:-)
 
Back on the "off switch" thing....

Back when I was getting my tatt, my uncle was a good role model for me, in that he didn't have an off switch; he looked like de Niro, in Cape Fear.
Back then, tatts were much more commonly isolated badges; nowadays, the whole body "piece" is much more in vogue.

Of course, fashions change, and tattoos don't (although shares in effective tattoo removal technology might be a good bet).
 
I didn't, but you seemed pretty insistent that you were correct in what you'd said :)
And no offence or nit-picking intended :)
Grins.
I was mistaken but for me the importance was the choice of word that Noseall chose. 'Ridiculous' which by it's very origin means to ridicule, instead of a lesser judgemental word as 'too'.
I didn't think the 'he' was important anywhere to be honest, esp as it was clearly & easily spotted as a mistake by you. I didn't mean to confuse anyone but to be honest, didn't think I did.
 
the importance was the choice of word that Noseall chose. 'Ridiculous' which by it's very origin means to ridicule

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I rest my case.(y)
 
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