Re:Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around
by yCombLinks on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:50AM
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I think of tattoos completely differently than you. I only have one(small, not visible). I view it more as a group identification than any sort of interesting personality. I've met plenty of boring people covered in tats. I also know and spend time with several interesting people covered in tats. It's more of a social identifier.
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Re:Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around
by ryandrake on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @03:33PM
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Since tattoos are so mainstream and common now, they probably send the opposite signal today than they did in the past. When I meet people under 40 or so -without- tattoos, my first impression is they might be more interesting, trend-bucking, counterculture, free thinking, etc.
Obviously tattoo/no tattoo is a bad, low-signal way to size someone up, just pointing out the signal itself has phase-inverted from say 20 years ago.