[Tabular-Iceberg]

Because then it's just visual clutter, and in the case of tattoos, unnecessary pain, expense and health risk.

If I'm going to put a sticker on something it's going to read like a diff, what sets me apart from the mainstream culture, not all the different ways I conform to it.

[Barbing]

>what sets me apart

Interesting. I’m happy with a fun niche, myself.

(But generally happier without stickers on expensive things.)

Tattoos, though—hard to imagine being THAT confident in anything ever.

[Ginguin]

My first tattoos were each done years apart. I printed a version out, put it in my wallet, and saw it every time I made a purchase. If I still loved it just as much a year later, I booked an appointment.

Later tattoos are essentially private works of art, put together collaboratively with an artist. These are for ME, and no one at work will ever see any of them (or any of my other tattoos).

Each tattoo has some significance for me, but I won't judge others who just like a thing and get a thing. Tattoos are as varied as the reasons people have for getting them. Mine aren't edgy, but they also aren't visible to strangers.

[tlavoie]

I don't mind sharing, but the point remains, they're for the person wearing them. Enjoy them, in public, or in private. They're yours to do with as you wish.