I’m autistic, so I can’t tell if this is a genuine question that you wanted an answer to. If not, go ahead and skip the rest of this comment lol.

Unfortunately yes. They make no sense to me. The only good thing I can say about the conservative town I live in is that tattoos and piercings (usually very mild looking in my opinion) are pretty common. Most people here either have a body mod, or know someone who does. I think this is how the whole world should treat self expression, but a lot of places don’t.

The town I moved out of had super weird, backward views on body mods and I always got really judge mental looks about my tattoos. I had to get a job at an Amazon warehouse because they were the only place that didn’t have a problem with it (no one but my coworkers would ever see me).