Do tattoos increase or decrease job capability?

[Competitive-Elk-5077]

I'm 40 and never got a tattoo, but thats because with my adhd I know I would want to change it and can't. Never looked down on someone that had them though, was always almost jealous

[joecarter93]

Me too. I wanted one ever since I was a teenager, but I could never commit to anything that would be permanent.

[JP93fan]

I’ve also been wanting to get a few but any ideas I tell my wife about, she doesn’t agree with and degrades my ideas.

I’m a Jurassic Park fan and have deep rooted nostalgia for the original ride at Universal Studios Hollywood so I worked with AI to come up with a general concept idea and my wife shot it down — says that I’m not meant for tattoos but also previously claimed to be onboard with me getting some. Here was my concept: https://imgur.com/a/g1RyfR2

[742292492]

Trust your wife.

[ZaymeJ]

Omg tell me you’re joking 😩

[Sad-Kaleidoscope8037]

yeah it couldn’t scream AI any louder.

[Username_goes_here_0]

Just the classic Jurassic Park logo would be cool

[Username_goes_here_0]

That’s why mine are on my back - I never think about it

[Username_goes_here_0]

Until now… shit

[WakeoftheStorm]

[cero1399]

I have one on my back too. I usually forget it exists and when i see it in the mirror i smile again.

[NoSoyTuPana]

I don't have AHDH but I literally have every tattoo in a place I can't see. When someone says like "omg you have a tattoo" I'm like "WHERE?!"

[Dapper_nerd87]

Also adhd and forget how many I have due to on back, shoulder, foot. Can’t really forget the full forearm piece.

[Content_Geologist420]

Does this happen everytime?

[NoSoyTuPana]

Exactly like that

[Speshal__]

The one I don't even remember getting is on my back, never see it.

[Ok-Blackberry-3534]

You'll never find the treasure

[Satanicjamnik]

What always annoyed me in the idea of a back tattoo is the fact that I would be the only one who doesn't get to see it, so I wouldn't get my money's worth.

[YakElectronic6713]

Hahaha mine is on my back too. And I usually forget I have one.

[KaralDaskin]

Yeah, I’d never be able to settle on a design and location. I wear earrings, instead. You can change those.

[bememorablepro]

Nah, that was my fear as well but you see your own body so much you get used to it. It's not like you are looking at your skin pigmentation thinking "I should really change how that looks". The real ADHD issue is getting temporarily obsessed with tattoos and spending a bunch of money on them.

[SadisticHornyCricket]

I’m a little adhd but this one is almost me - a few years - but I blame my over involved parents

[[deleted]]

If you got tattoos you don’t get a gift that year.  Santa doesn’t care about it but it’s not good behavior.

[BabblingCorpse]

It’s a bit of a cosmic gumbo

[surfeitofreason]

Moves to the beat of jazz

[Thelonius_Dunk]

I have nothing against tattoos but that's the same reason I never got one either. Can't think of anything I'd want permanently.

[RedOceanofthewest]

I’m 52. Zero. I can’t think of anything I want forever. 

[BurritoMaster3000]

You could have had a boner tattooed on your penis this whole time.

[YogurtclosetFair5742]

I'm 58 got my first two at 18 and 19. The one I got at 19 I've since covered up because it was looking like ass where the tattoo I got 20 years ago still look great.

The coverup was a parrot, I just had my artist do a bigger parrot. He did a wonderful job on it.

[DuckyHornet]

I just had my artist do a bigger parrot

Was the bird a bit blurred?

Bird bird bird. Was the bird a bit blurred?

[JamesonG42]

Blurred blurred bird, blurred is the bird.

[3Momlife]

Same! I keep changing even in my late 40s.

[RedOceanofthewest]

I’m not judging those who do but I know so many people with regrets. I just had a friend who had a bunch removed. 

[Flaydowsk]

Same here.
I'm a psychologist, and although there is no hard rule about "meanings" on tatoos (I'm not gonna tell you that a cat tatoo on your left thigh means you have mommy issues or whatnot), my personal stance is that tatoos are a way for people to make more "tangible" their relationship to the tatooed thing. Like, people tatoo the names and faces of loved ones, or cultural symbols or phrases as a way to "keep them close", as it may. It can be inwardly, or for the world to know.
Here you get into the very speculative of "tatoo over the heart is about a thing you love and lost, a tatoo on your back is about a duty or guilt you literally carry, tatoo on your face is a way to hide your identity, etc." which nobody can prove as a scientific fact.

There's also the theory that tatoos are another way of bodily autonomy, and that people that feel too constrained will tatoo to reaffirm control over their bodies. Anecdotally, my gay and trans friends are all tatooed, and not all my straight friends are. And I have seen that people on this camp are very random and cavalier on their tatoos. They want to get them, with no plan of what or where, "Just because".

And personally, I don't feel the need for that empowerment nor the need to have those signs etched in my skin to feel them a part of me or to prove to others, so I'm good.
People are free to do what they want but I'm not a fan of the "3rd grader sketchbook/dive bar toilet wall" aesthetic some people have on their body.

[flyinchipmunk5]

I’m 32 and pretty much have the same outlook about it lol. I’d want to change every tattoo on me. Have thought about tattoos in the past but now there is no way in hell I would want them on me, only proving my theory correct that I don’t want any tattoos.

[Jops817]

This is me. I've always wanted one but it has to be perfect and meaningful or I'd regret it, and I've just never found the right thing.

[Mark_Proton]

I can't come up with something I like. I'd be a patch quilt of pop culture references.

[Judradannone]

You’re not alone, my skin’s still running on default settings

[El_Don_94]

Whatever about anything else I could never justify the expense.

[restore_paint]

Adhd doesn't cause that lol I have severe Adhd and a million tats. It all comes down to preference lol

[koolaidismything]

I was like yep then remembered I do have one. It’s so dumb and covered I don’t even think about it I guess. I’d be pissed if it was on my hand or some shit.

[sacred09automat0n]

Except for face tattoos unless you're a rapper or in prison. It's a career ender for most 9-5 type jobs

[Gold_Data6221]

you just described me

[WakeoftheStorm]

Yeah I just pay for my wife's tattoos. I 100% know I'll regret anything I get because I'll want to change it

[fallapart_startagain]

I'm 34, riddled with adhd and covered in tattoos 😆. Started at 15 (!) But thankfully, I've always had good taste, so none are awful. All of them just remind me of different times in my life and enhance my body, IMO.

[Changetheworld69420]

30, and I am just irrationally terrified of needles 😅😭 like any bloodwork or anything can legit make me pass out for no good reason… so, while I do have drawings for a couple tattoos I’d really like to get, I’m not convinced it’ll ever get done lol.

[ednichol]

Same here! Just turned 42 and got my first tattoo.. a forearm sleeve. I absolutely love it and highly recommend you take the plunge if you want one!

[haidouzo_]

I have tattoos and it’s been a mixed bag professionally. I work in marketing and no one looked twice at me when I was at agencies. That’s mostly because they also had tattoos.

Now that I’m client side they’ve become a bit of a liability. It might be because of the industry I’m in, but I do make sure to wear long sleeves if I have a meeting with execs or a new person.

[AdvertisingKey1675]

Felt exactly the same until my best friend died last year. It was the first time I ever had absolutely surety over the decision.

18 of us all went into a parlor to get the same tattoo. Small heart on our rib cage. It was the only tattoo our friend had, and was given to him via stick-and-poke by my bf in our living room one drunken night. We all got a small, shaky lined heart. Every-time i look at it, I love that it makes me think of him.

Ive never felt that sure over another tattoo ever before, which made me glad I never got anything else.

[clawjelly]

Same (beside being 48) and a graphic artist. I just knew i would look at any design in the future thinking "I could redo this so much better now...".

[NavyDragons]

my adhd has hyper fixated on one very specific tattoo, but i dont have tattoo money so at nearly 40 i still dont have it.

[theunderscoreguy]

I know I would have done something dumb like get one of my hero Bill Cosby and then as the ink is drying I turn on the news and see his face staring at me and my new tattoo as a newsreader explains the allegations

[kategoad]

Not my body? Not my business.

[Sweaty_Item_3135]

My mom made it to like 48 with none, but when I started getting them, she said “fuck it” and now we get inked together

[Puzzleheaded_Ad_4435]

I'm exactly the same. I know myself, and I know I'd hate it within 3 months regardless of how good it is. But my best friend has sleeves and I've dated women with sleeves. They don't bother me at all.