Are tattoo's red flags?

[Philosophiza]

When I see someone with a tattoo, I wonder if they thought of the long term when they got it. I wonder what their capacity was to understand the long term was when they got that tattoo? I think that by definition, to get a tattoo means to destroy cells somewhere on someone's body to replace it with something "better." I do not think this is a moral question, but a question of functionality and evaluation of compatibility between myself and other people. I am a single male, 25, who is trying to see the virtue through the boobs. I want to know, and come to understand what causes such a degree of self destruction, and I imagine that all the people around were condoning you doing it to some degree, or are the specific reason that you regretfully had so much pain, from a bad choice that you  chose. 

It may  come off as judgmental, and it certainly isn't a moral argument, or even a moral question to be sure. I apologize if this seems offensive, as I'm sure it will. I really think this is an important question, and shows us that we should pay attention to what we see, to empirical facts, reason, logic and evidence of behavior. This is just my thoughts and I would love to be shown I'm wrong. Don't give me the exceptions though, I want to know if you think I should not pay attention to this symbol that they have created, this idea that was so powerful they needed it on their body. I want to understand the air that they breathe, that is if they are the mother of my children.

[dsayers]

Might be easier to just add to the conversation on the topic already under way just below this one: https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/45471-do-you-like-tattoos/

[Lars]

If the person acknowledges how their tattoo might influence your perception of them and is willing to have a serious conversation about why they got it then I'd say the flag lowers a little. Most of us have experienced some degree of permanent psychological trauma, tattoos are a physical manifestation of that.