Poll: What's cooler, scars or tattoos?
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A scar is, at its best, a badge of honor and, at its worst, a ongoing reminder of what not to do. In either case, a scar is a permenant record of an experience, and more importantly an experience significant enough to draw blood. I don't possess a single scar that I acquired intentionally, which is why I consider my scars to be more signicant than any tattoo.
A scar is a record of an action, a tattoo is, at best, a record of an idea.
If I record a short list of scars and associated lessons that I possess, I end up with something like this.
The use of a knife while paying no attention to knife safety ought to be avoided. I once accidentally stabbed myself in the hand while absent mindedly cutting the ring from a water-bottle.
Drunk people do not enjoy friendly debate - the scars resulting from a stab wound on my arm and leg testify to this.
Climbing a cedar tree ought to be avoided. The scar memorializing the time I was impaled by a branch as I fell from a tree reminds me of this constantly.
The unarmed hand should be kept out of the line of action in fencing. The many small scars on said hand that I have acquired as a fencer have slowly taught me this.
I am not qualified to repair generators. The scar that resulted when I was nearly electrocuted and, in a moment of surprise, drove a small bolt through my elbow taught me this.
If your mother tells you NOT to climb on the monkey bars when she was not around, you should not, at the first opportunity, climb on the monkey bars when she is not around.
If you're going to get into a fight, one might want to protect one's face - a thin scar above my eye reminds me of this.
I have a great many other scars, most of which probably have associated lessons as well, but they are less interesting.
A scar is a record of an action, a tattoo is, at best, a record of an idea.
If I record a short list of scars and associated lessons that I possess, I end up with something like this.
The use of a knife while paying no attention to knife safety ought to be avoided. I once accidentally stabbed myself in the hand while absent mindedly cutting the ring from a water-bottle.
Drunk people do not enjoy friendly debate - the scars resulting from a stab wound on my arm and leg testify to this.
Climbing a cedar tree ought to be avoided. The scar memorializing the time I was impaled by a branch as I fell from a tree reminds me of this constantly.
The unarmed hand should be kept out of the line of action in fencing. The many small scars on said hand that I have acquired as a fencer have slowly taught me this.
I am not qualified to repair generators. The scar that resulted when I was nearly electrocuted and, in a moment of surprise, drove a small bolt through my elbow taught me this.
If your mother tells you NOT to climb on the monkey bars when she was not around, you should not, at the first opportunity, climb on the monkey bars when she is not around.
If you're going to get into a fight, one might want to protect one's face - a thin scar above my eye reminds me of this.
I have a great many other scars, most of which probably have associated lessons as well, but they are less interesting.
I am well aware of that my good man.TyphoidMary said:
However my comment was dirfected at those who did have self harmed for petty/ nonexistant reasonson other than attention seeking etc.
I know it's not my place to judge, and I'm sorry, but that kinda thing just gets my goat.
Well scars (including those from scarification) end up as faint white lines that are quite hard to see or make out in the case of scarification and most scars are just straight lines from were you fell over or cut yourself on broken glass or a knife, nothing to impressive really. Unless a discussion erupts about scars no body will ever see them (unless it's a burn scar)
Tattoos can be colorful and show what a person is into, even when a black person has a black tattoo you can still tell he has a tattoo easily. I don't know about you guys but when I see a really good tattoo I can't help but think "wow".
Although I am getting a bit annoyed at the amount of people (mostly girls) getting postage stamp sized butterflies, stars and flowers (and something like a name in a language they can't read, Chinese and Japanese symbols being the most common) and saying there really into tattoos, get a nice big tattoo that people can think "wow, look at the colour and detail in that. It's been done really well." Rather than a permanent doodle that looks like a transfer.
Just my opinion anyway.
Tattoos can be colorful and show what a person is into, even when a black person has a black tattoo you can still tell he has a tattoo easily. I don't know about you guys but when I see a really good tattoo I can't help but think "wow".
Although I am getting a bit annoyed at the amount of people (mostly girls) getting postage stamp sized butterflies, stars and flowers (and something like a name in a language they can't read, Chinese and Japanese symbols being the most common) and saying there really into tattoos, get a nice big tattoo that people can think "wow, look at the colour and detail in that. It's been done really well." Rather than a permanent doodle that looks like a transfer.
Just my opinion anyway.
Tattoos!! I don't care about some dumbfuck scar you got when you ran into a wall as a kid, but show me a decent tattoo and I'll definitely be more interested
Id have to disagree some most people don't start getting cool till 60 because by then they just have stopped giving a crap about everything.tellmeimaninja said:
Scars show that you've actually been through pain and you can make up stories about how you were trying to save a baby from a fire, then got the scar.
Tattoos just show that you like to draw random shit on your arms. No different than a fucking 4 year old.
Tattoos just show that you like to draw random shit on your arms. No different than a fucking 4 year old.
I take no issue with people who have one tattoo that carries meaning, but people who litter themselves in them like stickers and doodles on a child's school folder are ridiculous, and usually that uninteresting they feel the need to publicly showcase something to gain interest in them.
People try to hard to look different these days anyway; fuck knows how many people I've seen with a fucking star tattoo...
People try to hard to look different these days anyway; fuck knows how many people I've seen with a fucking star tattoo...
