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Former ATC from NY here… cool story.

Bootstrap said in a previous post - couldn’t find to quote - that he thinks we should try to make MN an “emotionally safe place...”. I could not agree MORE.

That being said, there are people here who clearly are wanting to make it emotionally unsafe for others.

Some people that cut themselves get tattoos to cover up the scars. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqm534/summer-is-the-hardest-time-to-hide-self-harm-scars-511 So I'm not a gang member, my tattoo artist doesn't do people who are drunk, I've no scars and I'm not a pirate.... me neither. I dont w...

Self-righteousness... Available now in the tattoo thread...

This thread has devolved and I'm out... If anyone would like to engage in thoughtful conversation on this issue with me please PM me...

have you ever self harmed? That is a very personal question... But yes.... One tattoo I have is a semi-colon.... Some people that cut themselves get tattoos to cover up the scars. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqm534/summer-is-the-hardest-time-to-hide-self-harm-scars-511 So I'm not a gang memb...

karpos wrote:

Mennogal wrote:
So which is it... Did I get drunk at a party or am I a gang member? Rather judgmental IMO

have you ever self harmed?

That is a very personal question... But yes.... One tattoo I have is a semi-colon....

A tattoo tells me someone probably got drunk at a party or is in a gang of hoodlums... Seriously? So Mennogal, how long have you been a member of MS-13? And you tried to tell us that was a convent ... I belong to the gang of misfits, the rebels, the square pegs trying to fit in round holes...

A tattoo tells me someone probably got drunk at a party or is in a gang of hoodlums... Seriously? Yes. Prisons document tattoos and can tell what gang someone belongs to. People get tattoos illegally when they join a prison gang for protection or to commit acts of violence. If you ever get tried fo...

A lot of other things are also "acceptable" in our modern society, like casual recreational drug use or creating single-parent families. That doesn't meant these things are okay in the eyes of God, that they don't hurt innocent people, and that there aren't life-long consequences for doin...