When I came across this ‘Ask Amy’ question, I was both amused and outraged. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to understand why ppl make such a big deal out of a few square cm of the colored skin on someone else.

Maybe the change has been coming, tho? The Washington Post ran an article about a shift concerning tattoos at work. Sure, it’s been trumpeted before and it was (and probably always will be) countered by articles describing discrimination against tattoos. As always, tho – it’s us, the tattooed ppl, who should do our best to destroy the stereotypes and reach our hands to ppl like the Ask Amy guy to show them that there’s really nothing to be afraid of or be offended by.

The headlines screamed this week! First there was this woman having passed a phone interview only to be dismissed after having revealed she has visible tattoos (what’s about this dream job thing, tho? looked better in the title?). and then the policemen being discriminated against if they have tattoos. How reliable these sources are? what we don’t know only because it looks better to simplify a case? No question that there is sucha  thing as disciminating someone only because they have tattoos and have enough bad luck to run across narrow-minded people but things are usually more complex than it seems at first.

One thing is true, tho:

and now for something entirely different – maybe not all these reasons are that good but temp tattoos are fun anyway!

a follow-up of the Krugman’s question. Some food for thought?