Tattoo's, Piercings and Employment

coinxoperated

Lilac soon! Working on getting a white base first! In the meantime a raspberry semi-perm colour will have to suffice!

Hermia

coinxoperated wrote: »

What an interesting set of replies!!

Do you think there's a difference in personality between the 'types' of people that dress in certain ways?

I think there might be confirmation bias in that if you feel warmly towards alternative people you may see positive attributes in their behaviour. If you don't feel warmly to someone dressed in a chavvy way you may put a negative spin on their behaviour.

coinxoperated wrote: »

If I met a girl with blue hair, a big 'ol set of artistic tattooed wings down her back and her cheeks pierced, I would instinctively feel warmer towards her.

How odd!

I also instinctively read XxxMessedUpxxX posts on other threads I read, as I not only can relate to her style, gothic and alternative (tattoos, piercings - not 'fashion') people just tend to be able to communicate better, seem to have a higher level of overall intelligence and I also find them interesting.

It's odd who gets the 'alternative' label applied to them though. I have a friend who dresses in Victorian gear head to toe and he doesn't get any love from a lot of people in the 'alternative' community who don't see him as one of them even though he is just as unconventional.

Gleeful

coinxoperated wrote: »

What an interesting set of replies!!

Do you think there's a difference in personality between the 'types' of people that dress in certain ways?

I also instinctively read XxxMessedUpxxX posts on other threads I read, as I not only can relate to her style, gothic and alternative (tattoos, piercings - not 'fashion') people just tend to be able to communicate better, seem to have a higher level of overall intelligence and I also find them interesting.


On that note... I'm off to dye my hair pillar box red! Haha!

I don't think alternatively dressed people are on the whole, any more or less intelligent than other people. Stupid comes in all forms.
I think being 'alternative' in appearance is something that people either grow out of or tone down as they get older. This is partly because they realise that in order to succeed (mostly) then you need to portray a professional appearance. I have to say that in most circumstances, a face full of metal and brightly coloured hair is not a professional appearance, no matter how open minded employers are now becoming.

This is going on my own experience of the people I know and also because I used to be one of them; dreadlocks, mad coloured hair, piercings, corsets, clumpy boots etc. Feeling like I didn't fit in contributed to a large period of depression in my younger years. I think you are possibly more likely to have feelings of depression, low self worth etc if you are 'alternatively' dressed. Intentionally making yourself stand out and look different from the norm is alienating and this compounds these feelings of low self esteem, combined with a low wage as you are fairly (but not completely) unemployable.

I now still dress differently than most of my peers but not in the way I used to. My clothes are smart and unique. My hair is fairly different, in an edgy cut, but the dreadlocks are long gone and it is a sensible colour. I am now as successful as most of my friends. The girl with the pink hair is a distant memory. Looking the way I did was making myself unhappy and I have never looked back since I decided to make those changes. Other people I know have had similar 'eureka' moments as they matured, one even said 'I looked at myself in the mirror and thought WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!'

heartbreak_star

Mine toned down a little as I got fatter and lazier I still wear corsets a lot, have crazy nails, will keep getting tattooed, and have bright and veerrrrrryy long hair, but I can't be faffed with wearing eyeliner and doing my hair properly every day!

HBS x

Faith177

heartbreak_star wrote: »

Mine toned down a little as I got fatter and lazier I still wear corsets a lot, have crazy nails, will keep getting tattooed, and have bright and veerrrrrryy long hair, but I can't be faffed with wearing eyeliner and doing my hair properly every day!

HBS x

Snap lol :rotfl:

pinkshoes

I dislike it when people deliberately deform themselves I.e. Those ear stretching rings. It's quite a disturbed thing to do, and would put me off offering someone a job.

I also detest tongue piercings, as they make most talk like they have a speech impediment. Wouldn't give someone a job who had one.

As for tattoos, then so long as they're hidden, or very tasteful, then no problem. Most other piercings are fine too; they can be taken out.

I know someone who had a change of career to become a PE teacher, and has an arm full of tattoos, so has to always wear a long sleeve top, even when it's really hot!

heartbreak_star

You'd never have known I had a tongue bar when I spoke with mine in if there's an impediment-type speech thing going on, their bar is too long. I'd still have it except I took it out for an MRI scan, had to wait for too long and it sealed up!

HBS x

Errata

You must be a quick healer HBS, my MRI scans only take 5 minutes tops.;)

adouglasmhor

heartbreak_star wrote: »

You'd never have known I had a tongue bar when I spoke with mine in if there's an impediment-type speech thing going on, their bar is too long. I'd still have it except I took it out for an MRI scan, had to wait for too long and it sealed up!

HBS x

That's what happened to my tongue piercing too.

pinkshoes

heartbreak_star wrote: »

You'd never have known I had a tongue bar when I spoke with mine in if there's an impediment-type speech thing going on, their bar is too long. I'd still have it except I took it out for an MRI scan, had to wait for too long and it sealed up!

HBS x

They must only sell long bars on Oxfordshire then!! My SIL has one, and it makes her speak differently.

I have a friend with a genuine speech impediment, and he once had a go at someone for mocking him - turns out it was the tongue piercing causing them to talk oddly instead!

I've never met anyone with a tongue piercing that doesn't either talk strangely, or flick it!