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    10 months ago

    Graffiti is a spectrum: on one hand, you get beautiful murals that add something to the structure, making it more than what it was.

    On the other hand, you get dicks and swastikas.

    Tattoos are the same way. There’s a difference between someone having a beautiful sleeve done and someone who has TRUMP tattooed on their forehead.

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      I was stuck at some train tracks in my area, and some of the graffiti on the trains left a gap around the safety information about weight limits and such.

      Not all of them did. Those that didn’t had to be painted over and re-written, but only the safety section. They left the rest alone.

      There was some mutual acceptance happening on both sides of the effort that warmed my heart.

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        As a graffiti enthusiast, I can say that is definitely part of “the rules”. Graffiti has a code of conduct, depite it appearing like anarchy. Many new writers are ignorant of it. Don’t tag:

        • Personal property
        • Places of religion
        • Memorials
        • Shipping or cargo data (like those train cars)
        • Places that are kept clean/painted (it’s going to get covered frequently)
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          Anarchy isn’t a synonym for chaos my dude. If graffiti has a code of conduct that isn’t enforced by a government, that’s definitely Anarchy.

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        It drives me nuts when people graffiti over the street signs on the freeway. Like damn, you’re hurting you community when there’s vast stretches of concrete retaining walls 20 feet away you could be spray painting.

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    10 months ago

    Why is it always femme people this bullshit is directed at? Why aren’t the hyper masculine tattooed manosphere influencers ever chastised for their jingoistic tribal alt right nazi sigils engraved on their bodies?

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    I’ve never been a fan of tattoos. They look awful and, in the case of women distract from beauty, not add to it. That said, they can do whatever the hell they want. It’s not my body or problem and they ain’t hurting anyone.

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      They look awful and, in the case of women distract from beauty, not add to it.

      You did the thing where you gave a very personal, subjective, opinion as if it was a pure fact. You probably meant “it distracts me from their beauty” but you wrote it as if it’s a universal truth that applies to everyone.

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        Ehh I dunno… I don’t agree with him but we don’t have to preface our opinions with “this is just how I feel, but…”.

        If I say “this pizza is horrible”, it’s clear that it’s just something I think and not everyone has to share that opinion. The subjectivity of the statement kinda speaks for itself y’know?

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            What if I said the same thing about a painting in a museum? If I said “wow that thing is hideous”, no one would take that to mean “everyone must also think this is hideous”. Just because it’s a cultural norm doesn’t change anything I think.

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          “this pizza is horrible” isn’t misogyny though, so it doesn’t benefit from the distancing.

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        10 months ago

        You did the thing where you policed the way someone else phrased their opinion by purposely misunderstanding their intent. He literally began his post by stating an opinion.

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      10 months ago

      depends on the tattoo, there’s some adorable ones out there, this one is what me and my sister are gonna get because I love frogs (username) and hers is gonna be a black cat because she has a black cat

      Random tattoos that are full black just for the hell of it aren’t that interesting, however, you do you boo.

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      Maybe not all women actually want you to be looking at them thinking ‘Wow, beautiful, yum.’ So many women get so much shit from men every day all the time, often since they were still wearing school uniform. Like you say, it’s not your body and they ain’t hurting anyone. I just think it’s really easy to understand why some women want to take ownership of their skin when there’s so many arsehole men thinking they’ve got a right to stare and touch it.

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        Did you stop reading after the second sentence or are you saying that he’s not allowed to have that opinion because some girl somewhere might disagree with it

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            Woman does something.

            Someone thinks it’s not good.

            “WOW MISOGYNY”

            Plot twist: these tats would also be ugly AF on a guy. Now what, mfer.

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              Plot twist: these tats would also be ugly AF on a guy. Now what, mfer.

              They didn’t just say tattoos are ugly. They went out of his way to focus on how they detract from a woman’s beauty. Not men’s beauty. The subtle “women should look beautiful for me” is what’s not good here.

              Their take could have been worse. They acknowledged that it’s harmless and not their body. That’s good.

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      I’ve seen tons of tattoos on women that I feel profoundly add to their beauty. Emphasis on the “i feel” since it’s subjective.

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    10 months ago

    She would look way better without the tats. Even this shitty building would look better without this artless crap. And how is this a political take?

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      Because it’s essentially saying that her decision to get tattoos is the equivalent of her vandalizing her body. It’s a meme criticizing a woman for choosing what she wants to do with her body, which is just a tamer version of “your body my choice”.

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        10 months ago

        I saw that more like a criticism of the tattooing style, not her life decisions. Your body my choice is downright authoritarian. I don’t see how it relates to this.

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          Even if it is a criticism of the tattooing style it’s still likening it to vandalism. It doesn’t change the message behind the meme.

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              And the meme completely breaks down if the building is considered art so let’s not play dumb. We both know in this meme the building isn’t representing art.

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                The meme suggests that this beautiful woman made herself less attractive by getting tattoos. People who tend to agree with that statement are not necessarily nazis fascists sexists Trump voters rapists church goers and so on, despite the fact that many of that ilk share similar sentiments (but for completely different reasons). Believe it or not, not everyone likes this aesthetic and this is not political.

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                  If you think “I don’t like tattoos on women” is the same as “women with tattoos look like vandalized buildings” then you’re missing the nuances necessary to have this discussion.

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      Comparing women to objects tends to be more frowned upon by civilized people, which excludes the right.

      You’re welcome to find whatever you like attractive. She clearly doesn’t care about your opinion.

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        I’m sure my opinion is as worthless to her as hers is to me. And btw nobody is comparing the woman to the object, the point is that the aesthetic is similar. Applies to all sexes and objects. Imho the building tags are not art, or at least not good art. And her snakes, bugs and Japanese masks are so tired and trite, everyone does the same stuff. Yay.

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    Her tattoos do specifically have that “Here’s a blank spot where I can put some shit” feel to them.

    Like I’ve seen cool tattoos, hers aren’t. Shitty tattoos look like graffiti. And those aren’t even “I’ve got pieces of a BIC pen and some rubbing alcohol, you can draw, right?” shitty tattoos, those are “Hey man it’s your forehead. Keep this bandage dry for three days then wash it when you take a shower. That’ll be 80 bucks.” grade tattoos.

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    Have you seen those cars that have every bumper sticker imaginable on them? Also covered with lots of hand-scrawled signs with every random religious/cultish phrase possible. That’s the vibe I get from these tattoos.

    Just like the vehicles, those body adornments tell me all I want to know about the occupant.

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        I was applying the claim to something else

        If you are talking about graffiti on buildings then you haven’t been to Frankfurt if you’ve not seen nazi imagery

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          Lemmy cannot handle abstract reasoning. If you change the scenario at all to make a point, they shit circuit

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            We really didn’t need to bring the “criticizing our community in the third person” farce over from reddit. You are Lemmy too, and I suspect you can handle abstract reasoning, yes?

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              Thinking you’re a special online community is also a reddit trope.

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            If you have to change the scenario to make your point then your point doesn’t belong in this comment section.

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              It’s a common way to illustrate a point, by describing it with other variables.

              Your reply is telling lol

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                Telling of what? The dude brought up something that didn’t happen in the image and being like “Oh yeah well you’re wrong because of something irrelevant”

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            I’m not bothered by the amount of tattoos. I’m bothered by the nazi swastika front and center. I would be just as bothered if they were just wearing a nazi arm band or Trump hat.

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              You’re pretty close to the point.

              The point is that it’s subjective, and given the right content or quantity, it looks bad to you.

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                No, I think I’m on the point. I don’t care about other people’s appearances and I don’t care to subject other people to what I think self respect looks like. I’m bothered by what their morals are and how they’re going to make that my problem. Nazi tattoos mean that person wants to make life worse for other people. I’m not bothered by the dye, but by the ideas they represent. The woman in the picture doesn’t have any hate symbols that I recognize.

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                  You find the tattoos distasteful for a reason of your own. I share such a reason, but it’s your own. Therefore you find the display graffiti-like: a blight on the visual landscape (in that interpretation of grafatti)

                  Edit The significance of Nazi iconography being distasteful is an easy one, and that’s why it was used as an alternative display to prove the point.

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          I was applying the claim to something else

          What are you applying the claim to?

          Why the reference to illegal Nazi iconography in Frankfurt? The building posted looks to me to be in the contiguous US.

          You posted an image of a person’s mugshot who has a swastika on their forehead and I assumed you were conflating their tattoos to the person in the original image of this post.

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            What are you applying the claim to?

            People with nazi tattoos

            Why the reference to illegal Nazi iconography in Frankfurt? The building posted looks to me to be in the contiguous US.

            I thought you might not have known racist graffiti existed

            were conflating their tattoos to the person in the original image of this post.

            Oh no, nothing about her. Just the “Tattoos = graffiti, guys” part was applied to the person I posted

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      How do you think old people feel about all the actually old and saggy things? Our actual skin becomes something unrecognizable why would what’s on it be expected to stay perfect?

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        I guess what I’m saying is do they still feel it was worth it. Seeing the canvas warp over time.

        I’m also wondering if there are parts of my body that would be better if I wanted to preserve the integrity of a tattoo like my back. I dk.

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    Both looks bad. It’s too many tattoos on one hand, and pretty scrambled a bad looking graffiti on the other hand.