I like your theory of tattoos being the Broken Windows of a person’s social attitudes and behavior. It’s baby’s first step to being an obnoxious, demanding, loud person. They’re daring people to call them out on this act. Tattoos clearly are graffiti for your skin which then people have to see daily just as the graffiti in cities created constant eye sources. One last item would be to ban certain areas of tattoos or to hold the tattooist liable for any health problems that arise from them. I’m thinking face, neck and wrist tattoos. I read an article, probably just a meme, that said top athletes have been recorded as dropping in performance after getting a large or series of tattoos. It might be biological result or the attitude of the bell with everyone else I’m doing what I want to do that translates to worse performance.
things that are uncomfortable for people and especially politicians to talk about but that obviously need to be greatly restricted: weed, porn, gambling, tattoos. Also, alcohol should not be sold in literally every store and gas station in certain states like CA. We also need a SEVERE crackdown on littering and noise pollution. Dress codes should also be far more common than they are
My state recently introduced alcohol sales in grocery stores (while they used to be restricted to beer or wine and spirit stores). Now, my friends in my men's Bible study who are recovering alcoholics can't just avoid the wine and spirit stores. Instead, they are confronted with the drinks that ruined their lives for years as soon as they walk into get some groceries each week. It's a policy that was clearly pushed by lobbyists without regard to the social collateral damage. Par for the course.
I'm an unapologetic frequent drinker, so I'm not saying this from a position of prudishness, it's just honestly insane that in CA where I live every corner store, gas station, grocery store, pharmacy, etc. sells not only beer and wine but also hard liquor.
The most disturbing trend for me is the increasing amount of people i run into with facial tattooos, just like scribbles and shit on the forehead, above the eyes, and on the upper neck. It was not like this when i was a child in the early 2000s. Something especially grotesque to mar your own face.
Young guy at my church recently converted, and he is steadily removing his tattoos starting with his face. Still has several ones on the face and neck along with full sleeves. But yeah, it’s pretty shocking the before and after already. It’s like the demons are literally and figuratively leaving his body.
I think that you're absolutely right, and your post reminds me of George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" from the 2000 election (which was quickly jettisoned as a priority with the War on Terror). I really do think that there's a there there, and this is one way of improving people's lives.
I need to look into the crowdfunding websites to see if "tattoo removal" is a thing, and if so, to start kicking in some of my own money to make this happen.
Conservatives are naturally more compassionate in their actual charity giving (research by Pew bares this out) and daily lives. It's just that we don't shout the "right" slogans about compassion, caring, and kindness toward minorities (while actually giving charities that help those same minorities). W really set us back far in conveying that message.
I think Vance, with his personal background, will be an excellent vehicle for advancing the true message that conservatives care both with their money but also in their expectations. They want high standards and for everyone to live up to those standards as a society, so we don't all collapse to SF street levels.
Prisoners could also benefit from this program. You could train trusted and well behaved prisoners how to remove tattoos. They could be the manpower for prison clinics who work every day removing tattoos from prisoners.
They would basically have a guaranteed job waiting for them after serving their sentences.
Great article. I was just talking about this after looking at a bunch of photos of wanted petty criminals and almost all of them had horrible and very visible identifying tattoos. A great boon for catching these guys when paired with a small reward. Let’s create stigma on Tattoos and end the stigma on Androgenic Anabolic Steroids. Gynocracy wants them allowed only for the old broken man and the pshyco lady who lops off her tits or whatever. We need more studies so we can become healthier and more beautiful. To be healthy and beautiful is to be good and pure. To be Good and Pure is to be Godly.
I think really harsh measures would create a reflexive oppositional response, especially if tens of millions of people would be left “holding the bag” with their existing tattoos. Public has to believe you’re trying to help rather than control or punish them. I think you’d accomplish more by making good decisions (which people are already sympathetic towards) as easy as possible to make.
I hear you. But if the "broken windows" theory of tattoos is correct, and I think there is something to this, then zero tolerance should be the goal. I also think there is more going on with the uptick in number of people getting tattoos, that it can indicate demonic influence, a sign of real re-paganization. It's not everyone, or even a majority of those who get tattoos, but I think there is a significant number who do so because of malign spiritual influences. an uptick in tattoos signals an uptick in the to which the population is becoming oppressed by the demonic. Why would you give demons the means to mark their victims?
I agree that zero tolerance is the goal, but we must consider the different approaches to arrive at that zero: new criminal laws or social pressure. The broken windows policy works best for actual crime against people and property. The social pressure I believe works better for social and spiritual matters. Take alcohol for instance. The criminal rules against alcohol sales of Prohibition caused some good but also spawned an entire black market ecosystem with networks we have yet to get rid of. Alcohol was the forbidden fruit that people craved even more intensely after it was banned. However, recently, the social pressure of Zoomers not wanting to get videotaped doing dumb things while drunk and losing their future careers made alcohol appear as low class coded. Now the drinking rates of younger generations is the lowest it has ever been. Certain things that can harm others or families I think should be just completely banned (i.e. online gambling on phones), but others I think can be addressed by changing the public's attitude toward it. Like you said, I also think that there is a spiritual element to tattooing that lets in toxins and marks a person as open to bad influences, but I would not ban it based on religious grounds.
I do hear you in regards to legislating, looking for political solutions, what is essentially a spiritual, social and moral problem. But there are situations where a simple ban would be beneficial. Alcohol was really the wrong problem for this kind of solution. It is probably more of a both/and. Pornography is another thing that simply could be banned.
I think the argument of higher scrutiny and regulation on foreign manufacturers holds true for the vast majority products that can enter the human body. The pandemic still left this glaring hole that pharma, food, supplements, etc. all need to be restored for national security.
I think in part a lot of allergies are springing up because we are importing food/spices from abroad that are either rotten or contaminated to add bulk. For instance, a lot of kids now have cinnamon allergies when that was very seldom before and look that up to see the countries of origin. Yikes!
I miss when a tattoo meant you were in the military or a biker. If you get a face/neck tattoo and are unwilling to take a padlock at the end of a handkerchief to a man's face for being disrespectful, you should have them shaved off.
As a dad of young kids, what really gets me is how it seems that most other parents my age have tattoos, regardless of if you’re at a public swimming pool or at a fancy restaurant
Funny you wrote this today, I went to the fair yesterday and the entire population looks like absolute trash. Complete and utter trash.
I noticed a couple typos in this piece, and it can only be due to second hand heavy metal poisoning from accidentally shaking hands with a Tattootsie.
I was tired!
👏🏿HE👏🏿WAS👏🏿TIIIIREEED👏🏿
Tattoo shedding is real, and I’m tired of being called a conspiracy theorist for saying it.
Tattootsies come from Tattooine. What we think is a phenomenon of bad taste is actually just an alien invasion in disguise. Wake up Sheeple
Unvaxxed. Untatted. Unmoisturized.
I like your theory of tattoos being the Broken Windows of a person’s social attitudes and behavior. It’s baby’s first step to being an obnoxious, demanding, loud person. They’re daring people to call them out on this act. Tattoos clearly are graffiti for your skin which then people have to see daily just as the graffiti in cities created constant eye sources. One last item would be to ban certain areas of tattoos or to hold the tattooist liable for any health problems that arise from them. I’m thinking face, neck and wrist tattoos. I read an article, probably just a meme, that said top athletes have been recorded as dropping in performance after getting a large or series of tattoos. It might be biological result or the attitude of the bell with everyone else I’m doing what I want to do that translates to worse performance.
"Graffiti for your skin" - I like this turn of phrase and the analogy. Will be stealing it.
There's a reason why Tom Brady and Michael Jordan don't have tatts
things that are uncomfortable for people and especially politicians to talk about but that obviously need to be greatly restricted: weed, porn, gambling, tattoos. Also, alcohol should not be sold in literally every store and gas station in certain states like CA. We also need a SEVERE crackdown on littering and noise pollution. Dress codes should also be far more common than they are
My state recently introduced alcohol sales in grocery stores (while they used to be restricted to beer or wine and spirit stores). Now, my friends in my men's Bible study who are recovering alcoholics can't just avoid the wine and spirit stores. Instead, they are confronted with the drinks that ruined their lives for years as soon as they walk into get some groceries each week. It's a policy that was clearly pushed by lobbyists without regard to the social collateral damage. Par for the course.
I'm an unapologetic frequent drinker, so I'm not saying this from a position of prudishness, it's just honestly insane that in CA where I live every corner store, gas station, grocery store, pharmacy, etc. sells not only beer and wine but also hard liquor.
Policy proposal endorsed.
The most disturbing trend for me is the increasing amount of people i run into with facial tattooos, just like scribbles and shit on the forehead, above the eyes, and on the upper neck. It was not like this when i was a child in the early 2000s. Something especially grotesque to mar your own face.
Young guy at my church recently converted, and he is steadily removing his tattoos starting with his face. Still has several ones on the face and neck along with full sleeves. But yeah, it’s pretty shocking the before and after already. It’s like the demons are literally and figuratively leaving his body.
Tattoos are just permanently dying your hair blue. Kids screaming into the void to get the attention they never got from their parents.
I think that you're absolutely right, and your post reminds me of George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" from the 2000 election (which was quickly jettisoned as a priority with the War on Terror). I really do think that there's a there there, and this is one way of improving people's lives.
I need to look into the crowdfunding websites to see if "tattoo removal" is a thing, and if so, to start kicking in some of my own money to make this happen.
Public interest will lead to public policy.
So, doing a quick search through GiveSendGo, I came across this post:
https://www.givesendgo.com/redinkallergyrelief
Really heart wrenching, and deals with many of the issues that MG brought up in his post: poor quality ink, unqualified artist, etc.
I'm going to donate $100 and suggest that she move to becoming a Paid Subscriber to the Conundrum Cluster substack.
Conservatives are naturally more compassionate in their actual charity giving (research by Pew bares this out) and daily lives. It's just that we don't shout the "right" slogans about compassion, caring, and kindness toward minorities (while actually giving charities that help those same minorities). W really set us back far in conveying that message.
I think Vance, with his personal background, will be an excellent vehicle for advancing the true message that conservatives care both with their money but also in their expectations. They want high standards and for everyone to live up to those standards as a society, so we don't all collapse to SF street levels.
Of course this is posted just when I scheduled my first tattoo appointment
Don’t do it, you have too much to live for!
Prisoners could also benefit from this program. You could train trusted and well behaved prisoners how to remove tattoos. They could be the manpower for prison clinics who work every day removing tattoos from prisoners.
They would basically have a guaranteed job waiting for them after serving their sentences.
Great article. I was just talking about this after looking at a bunch of photos of wanted petty criminals and almost all of them had horrible and very visible identifying tattoos. A great boon for catching these guys when paired with a small reward. Let’s create stigma on Tattoos and end the stigma on Androgenic Anabolic Steroids. Gynocracy wants them allowed only for the old broken man and the pshyco lady who lops off her tits or whatever. We need more studies so we can become healthier and more beautiful. To be healthy and beautiful is to be good and pure. To be Good and Pure is to be Godly.
I need to submit the “Stop drawing on yourself you dumb bitch” tweet from earlier today to the Mystery Grove Archivist.
Why not just ban them? Or at least make tattooing illegal?
I think really harsh measures would create a reflexive oppositional response, especially if tens of millions of people would be left “holding the bag” with their existing tattoos. Public has to believe you’re trying to help rather than control or punish them. I think you’d accomplish more by making good decisions (which people are already sympathetic towards) as easy as possible to make.
I hear you. But if the "broken windows" theory of tattoos is correct, and I think there is something to this, then zero tolerance should be the goal. I also think there is more going on with the uptick in number of people getting tattoos, that it can indicate demonic influence, a sign of real re-paganization. It's not everyone, or even a majority of those who get tattoos, but I think there is a significant number who do so because of malign spiritual influences. an uptick in tattoos signals an uptick in the to which the population is becoming oppressed by the demonic. Why would you give demons the means to mark their victims?
I agree that zero tolerance is the goal, but we must consider the different approaches to arrive at that zero: new criminal laws or social pressure. The broken windows policy works best for actual crime against people and property. The social pressure I believe works better for social and spiritual matters. Take alcohol for instance. The criminal rules against alcohol sales of Prohibition caused some good but also spawned an entire black market ecosystem with networks we have yet to get rid of. Alcohol was the forbidden fruit that people craved even more intensely after it was banned. However, recently, the social pressure of Zoomers not wanting to get videotaped doing dumb things while drunk and losing their future careers made alcohol appear as low class coded. Now the drinking rates of younger generations is the lowest it has ever been. Certain things that can harm others or families I think should be just completely banned (i.e. online gambling on phones), but others I think can be addressed by changing the public's attitude toward it. Like you said, I also think that there is a spiritual element to tattooing that lets in toxins and marks a person as open to bad influences, but I would not ban it based on religious grounds.
I do hear you in regards to legislating, looking for political solutions, what is essentially a spiritual, social and moral problem. But there are situations where a simple ban would be beneficial. Alcohol was really the wrong problem for this kind of solution. It is probably more of a both/and. Pornography is another thing that simply could be banned.
Yes, ban pornography immediately. That is not a victimless crime and causes nothing but ruin.
I think the argument of higher scrutiny and regulation on foreign manufacturers holds true for the vast majority products that can enter the human body. The pandemic still left this glaring hole that pharma, food, supplements, etc. all need to be restored for national security.
I think in part a lot of allergies are springing up because we are importing food/spices from abroad that are either rotten or contaminated to add bulk. For instance, a lot of kids now have cinnamon allergies when that was very seldom before and look that up to see the countries of origin. Yikes!
A lot of people and things gotta go man
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/2AT9Ou0y2yU
I miss when a tattoo meant you were in the military or a biker. If you get a face/neck tattoo and are unwilling to take a padlock at the end of a handkerchief to a man's face for being disrespectful, you should have them shaved off.
As a dad of young kids, what really gets me is how it seems that most other parents my age have tattoos, regardless of if you’re at a public swimming pool or at a fancy restaurant