Why is simple decoration so rare in recent work?

Re:Why is simple decoration so rare in recent work? by mongol on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @01:21AM (#40219783)

Is this a weird thread to bring up tattoos? Those are certainly often ornamental and have become much more common than in the days of that streetlamp he describes. Also, they are lasting and very personal. They buck the trend the author describes. Why?

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Re:Why is simple decoration so rare in recent work? by bruce511 on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @01:34AM (#40219835)

I dont have tattoos, but I would suggest that it's a way of expressing individuality in a world where the people all around me are increasingly homogeneous.

Our living spaces, work spaces, and public spaces seem less able to express our individuality, but our body space remains our own.

Ironically when they become ubiquitous their value and interest diminishes. In a recent visit to Florida the number of folk with visible tattoos was -much- higher than I'm used to at home. Here visible tattoos aren't "rare" but uncommon. In Florida I could see 10 people with tattoos just by swivling my head.

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Re:Why is simple decoration so rare in recent work? by 082349872349872 on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @01:52AM (#40219966)

With tattoos that they can't even appreciate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lmojePnA0&t=71s

(chicas, he's not into the botox; dudes, she's not into the glasspacks)

[yes, I'm too old; I'm sure you all can properly update the observation for me]

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