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Dec 3, 2021Liked by Good Citizen

Good article. I like anybody who isn't afraid to write stuff that is likely to be unpopular or controversial.

My take is that all tatoos are basically attention whoring. If you are uninsteresting as a person, no tatoo will fix it and in fact will make matters worse overall.

This said, I also find tramp stamps on a tramp's back to have a certain allure of kink to them, I don't know exactly why. I think those are pretty much the only ones I could understand.

Small comment about tolerance.

I think it is part of the reason that the world continues to turn to shit. Too much tolerance.

In the sense that people have grown afraid to speak their minds so as to not risk offending someone or being perceived in a negative way.

Criticism is good. It's good for the individual, it's good for society.

The woke have corrupted many things including this. Now everything is dismissed as "shaming", while ignoring the very core of the criticism.

fat shaming, tatoo shaming, etc. insanity

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Nov 16, 2021Liked by Good Citizen

One of my favorites: a tattoo on a young pretty woman looks as good as a bumper sticker on a ferrari

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As a tattooer for twenty years, I couldn’t agree more. Damnit.

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Jan 24, 2022Liked by Good Citizen

"the dermally defiled" "walking human billboards of regret" ... priceless

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Me and my brother were talking to each other

'Bout what makes a man a man

Was it brain or brawn, or the month you were born

We just couldn't understand

Our old man didn't like our appearance

He said that only women wear long hair

So me and my brother borrowed money from Mother

We knew what we had to do

We went downstairs, past the barber and gymnasium

And got our arms tattooed

Welcome to my life, tattoo

I'm a man now, thanks to you

I expect I'll regret you but the skin graft man won't get you

You'll be there when I die

Tattoo

My dad beat me 'cause mine said "Mother"

But my mother naturally liked it and beat my brother

'Cause his tattoo was of a lady in the nude

And my mother thought that was extremely rude

Welcome to my life, tattoo

We've a long time together, me and you

I expect I'll regret you but the skin graft man won't get you

You'll be there when I die

Tattoo

Now I'm older, I'm tattooed all over

My wife is tattooed too

A rooty-toot-toot, rooty-tooty-toot-toot

Rooty-toot-toot tattoo too

To you

Radio London reminds you, go to the church of your choice!

THE WHO https://youtu.be/rI0cfzAF4as?si=VjpPsr95iOyWN99P Enjoy

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GC, you have a way with words that makes my inked skin tingle with delight.

"Walking human billboard of regret", "burgeoning narcissistic generations advertisiing their impulsively conformist socio-cultural bona fides", "the awful stamp of nihilistic incontinence polluting their outer thigh or smeared across their entire forearm like some kind of completely unnatural birth deformity or dermal malady". I sometimes can't stop grinning when I read your articles.

From counterculture to mainstream conformity, we find yet another art form that has been rendered devoid of soul. You gotta hand it to the nihilist system overlords: they sure know how to suck life out of every expression of human creativity.

Some trivia from chatgpt:

- The earliest known evidence of tattooing dates back to between 3370 and 3100 BCE with the discovery of Ötzi the Iceman, a naturally mummified human found in the Alps near the Italy-Austria border. His skin bore 61 tattoos consisting of simple dots and lines, which some researchers speculate could have been applied for therapeutic reasons.

- Many ancient civilizations practiced tattooing. In Egypt, tattoos were found on female mummies dating back to 2000 BCE. These tattoos often held symbolic significance, possibly denoting status, fertility, or protection. In Polynesia, tattooing (known as 'tatau') was a rite of passage that symbolized cultural identity and social status.

- In ancient Rome and Greece, tattoos were often seen as a mark of disgrace or punishment. The Latin word for tattoo, 'stigma,' underlined this negative perception. However, in some cases, tattoos were used to denote ownership of enslaved individuals.

- For many Indigenous tribes in North America, tattoos were deeply symbolic, often connected to spiritual beliefs or signifying achievements, status, or tribal identity.

- During the Middle Ages in Europe, tattoos became less common and were often associated with criminality or barbarism due to prevailing religious and cultural norms. However, in the 18th century, tattoos began to re-emerge among sailors and explorers who encountered tattooed cultures during their voyages.

Etc., etc.

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