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Is it a death sentence or do the higher ups just want you to think that? If many people start doing it, the people hiring will just have to accept it. When I was a kid, they said people shouldn't get tattoos because you'll never get a real job. Now everyone has tattoos, even people with real jobs.

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> When I was a kid, they said people shouldn't get tattoos because you'll never get a real job

I'm from such upbringing and then after exiting the study and full time job marathon in mid 30s, I realized that everyone have tattoos including doctors and policemen. Nowadays the first thing kids want when reaching age 17 is tattoo. Some major cultural shift happened when I was stuck in libraries and offices. Now after few years and with gaps in CV I'm the unemployable.

So, what tattoo are you getting?

Thinking about becoming a tattooless villain.

I think most people consider the "social" impact rather than anything else. Other commentors basically boil it down to "if you can explain it as a useful endevour" it's fine.

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