Are u sure they will spend money in tats? I doubt it

That was my point...

Oh then u are right 100%

I don't think sleeves have much to do with jobs. At least, anything in the IT/Engineering field, you're going to interview with a long sleeve shirt on.

This is a great thread for me as I've been wanting to get a tattoo for a while now, but have been put off because I've been afraid of being judged because of them.

Disclaimer: I don't normally go to strip clubs, honestly. I had to stop by one last weekend in NJ (a shady looking dive near the new Giants stadium). Every stripper in the place was heavily tatted including a really hot blonde who had her entire back inked up. She was a really beautiful girl (really, really good looking) but the tattoo (massive upper back from shoulder to shoulder) was a major distraction. Pasty IT guys, unattractive women or engineers are a different matter. Get yourselves inked from head to toe, who really cares. I just don't understand what compels a really pretty girl to get a full back tattoo (and large leg tattoo). Does this mean I'm a geezer?

I understand that tattoos aren't for everyone. Thats fine. Its just a different form of expression for some folks. If having a sleeve keeps me out of upper management thats fine. If "upper management" is a place full of people judging your ability to perform a job based on your looks, I don't want to be there anyways.

Yes, actually I have. Even though we technically have a business casual dress code...anyone in management, myself included, wears more formal business attire. Though I am referring to large multi-national corporations not some start-up where everyone goes to work in t-shirts and bleached jeans.

Something tells me that none of these people is sporting a full sleeve.

Nope. Not a geezer at all. The guys I ride with are all my age (late 20's and early 30's). I catch hell all day from them about my sleeve.

Apparently you do.

Geezer.

I assume you are a guy. Please see my comments. I'm in favor of head to toe tattoos for everyone except attractive women.

for me its as simple as wearing a long sleeve button down. im only going to go 3/4 though.

They all might have their nipples pierced for all you know.

That place is called reality. It does matter how you look. No, it doesn't matter if you have brown hair or blonde hair. But it does matter how you dress and present yourself. People have a certain expectation that their leaders project a certain image and that image is defined not only by your behaviors and the words you choose, but how you dress and look.

Just like it is now appropriate for a woman to wear pants when it once not acceptable, it may one day be acceptable to sport inked skin where ever you like in whatever job you like. But that day isn't today.

Why do you think the president of the US almost always wears a conservative suit? Does the color grey or blue make him more effective as a president? Or do the American people expect that their leader looks a certain way?

Thanks for putting that image into my head....

Not a geezer. Just a pervert

So you know the OP is an attractive woman? Because you've been pissing in this thread since post #8. You derailed it in the first place.

Same here.

You shouldn't worry about it. Any damage is easily fixed with a needle and some ball point pens. I much prefer the do-it-yourself tattoos anyway...you know, crosses and LOVE and HATE on the digits.

Ask the experts.

At least you had something to say about the original post. Too bad it was really really stupid.

Tats are so overdone a lot of folks don't even notice them anymore. Kinda defeats the purpose. And one day these tattooed people are gonna get old and that art is gonna look like azz.

But I can understand why racers, or people who fancy themselves as such like them. They cost money and cause pain. Just like bike racing.

That's because they're old. Obviously when they were younger tattoos were not as common, so they would likely not have any. Did you really insert all these images manually?

If you walk around my neighborhood (lots of young folk), you'll see more people with tats than not. I'd personally not get one because there is nothing that I believe in enough but at the same time respect so little that I would wear it on my skin forever. Of course, that is just my opinion! Also, everyone's doing it and it pains me to be a conformist

I think the teardrops tatooed under the eye is still a job killer.
I went to a wedding a few weeks ago, the bride was beautiful
but had a huge dragon or some marine animal tatooed on her back
and shoulders. To each her/his own I guess.

I'm younger than you, but I wouldn't give a damn if you had a tattoo. If you were my friend and thinking about getting one I would probably ask you if you've thought it through and made sure you know of any consequences, but it's your damn arm/body part. Personally I wouldn't get a tattoo anywhere other than the hip, in a traditional swimmer location:

and that only if I had done something that I was extraordinarily proud of and is frequently commemorated that way, like got to NCAA champs or the olympics. Since none of those things are ever happening, I don't forsee myself getting a tat, but I'm not opposed to them.