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I'm aware of some bias on this matter - so it's a little difficult to separate, but think I judge people on their clipart tattoos, or performative ego/masculinity.
If you've gota dreamcatcher on your thigh/calf and what appears to be a child's name in flowing script underneath your ear, I'll judge you.
If you're a 24ish barista covered in tatts, yeah I'll not think highly of your choices.
With tattos, you're not joining a team (unless it's a gang tatt, and that's a whole other situation, lol). Yet people keep getting clip art rubbish because it's cool.
I've been thinking of investing in tattoo removal businesses, to be honest!
Yeah, fuck baristas. Get a real job right?
Not at all! Maybe consider why spending money on trivial, painful and permanent art isn't helpful when one is likely paid poorly.
I do get caught up in the thinking that people are trying to join a club by looking like a 'type', but that's just my own shallow and judgmental thinking...