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groet@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

So many decisions are permanent. Philosophically speaking, every decicsson is. If you decide to get that burito later you will forever be the person that decided to get that burito in that decision.

Someone decides to go to college and spends 5 years there. That is forever. They can decide to go into a different profession of course or get a second degree in something else but those 5 years are gone. And that decision should be mutch mutch mutch more relevant to somebody hiring you that a cosmetic decision. And yet we say to children that they can change their courses and degrees if they are not right but we say a tatoo is a mark against you forever.

Its 100% prejudice from a time when tattoos were (in western society) mainly related to gang association. A point that is 0% relevant today.

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boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yes, from a philosophical standpoint, even the water I just drank was a permanent decision.

But face tattoos are a permanent change to your appearance that you KNOW you might be against for AND can’t cover up so making that decision implies that you don’t consider potential negative future effects of your actions, or don’t care.

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- real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You can absolutely cover up face tattoos. It’s even easier in colder climates. Also, and I know it’s a bit of a reach, but coming out publicly is a permanent change that you know you might be discriminated against for. Should everyone stay in the closet because it brings fewer negative future effects?
  
  Let people do what makes them happy, after all, it doesn’t hurt anyone (except themselves for a bit while getting it).
  
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  - boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    There are positive aspects to coming out if you’re in the closet. What’s the positive aspect of face tattoos?
    
    And I know about life in colder climates. When did you last have a job interview outdoors though?
    
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    real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    There are positive aspects to coming out if you’re in the closet. What’s the positive aspect of face tattoos?
    
    It makes one happy?
    
    Yes, everyone is free to do it. Everyone else is also free to judge them for it though.
    
    What’s the point though. They are already judged enough, I don’t think it’s a good idea to worsen that.
    
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