men and women with tattoos, hot or not?

[johan]

Yawn. People who live life avoiding regrets in every damn thing just in case seem insipid, IMO. I’m not talking about different tastes here, I’m talking about people who’s reason for their dislike of tattoos is simply, “I’ll regret it when I’m old and so will you, dummy!” 

Well first of all, you're using quite a few words here that I did not. As long as you agree that the inferences you're making in the above statement are yours and not mine, I'm fine with it. If that's not the case then you're claiming i said things that I did not say and I did not say them for a reason.

Just like everyone else, I've made lots of decisions that I've come to regret. Some of them were big, life changing decisions. That is the risk one must agree to take in order to avoid a life that is, as you so eloquently put it, snooty and dull. 

The thing is, we're not talking about robbing a liquor store with a clam rake or becoming the guitar player for Nickelback here. We're talking about body mutilation. Its one thing to choose to avoid any endeavor that you might regret later on. It is something else entirely to avoid an endeavor that you might regret and will then have to look at every day for the rest of your life. Just because you're comfortable assuming that risk, doesn't mean everyone else should be too. And it also doesn't mean anyone who isn't must therefore live a life that is snooty and dull.

I prefer to do what I want if it doesn’t hurt anyone and it won’t affect my goals in life, 

I feel the exact same way. The thing is, I've never had life goals that weren't subject to change and I've never been any good at predicting what those changes will turn out to be.

The founder of my company is someone I respect and admire. He is a very successful and well respected business man. And it was not until I given the task of sorting through a collection of historic company related photos for our website that I realized I've never once seen the man wearing short sleeves. A few pics of him doing paperwork at home with the kids on his lap in the early days revealed that he's got tats on both arms. But I never knew that because he NEVER wears short sleeves in public. I've seen him stop into the building on Saturday when the office is closed and no one was expected to be around. Despite the summer heat, still in long sleeves. Is that because of the tats? Dunno. But I do know that maintaining a professional company image at all times is extremely important to him and I also know that visible tattoos are most definitely not what he would consider to be a professional company image. I'd be surprised if being able to maintain a professional company image at all times was a life goal of his at 20 years old. Just sayin'.