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"Do you think my tattoo is cool?" No, I don't. There are no cool tattoos. "Check out my sleeve!" Oh god ew.

Tattoos themselves are stupid. Doubly so if it's some media IP. "I put Batman on my body!" "Look at this image of Goku on my calf!" I can't think of many things I'd want to do less than that.

There are a few narrow exceptions. Chances are yours isn't one of them.

If you personally like tattoos, fine. I'm not saying nobody should get tattoos because I don't like them. I'm stating my opinion that tattoos are stupid, and I am stating it here because it is probably not a popular opinion.

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[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If you are making decisions to hire someone based solely on their tattoos, it sounds like:

    1. You arent objective enough to be employed in that role
    1. You obviously dont care about filling the role with the right candidate
    1. You are a bigoted asshat

Folks have tattoos. Stop clutching your pearls with the holier-than-thou attitude. Are there other looks-based judgements that you choose to leverage in this non-existent hiring situation?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip -2 points 3 hours ago

If you are making decisions to hire someone based solely on their tattoos, it sounds like:

    1. You arent objective enough to be employed in that role
    1. You obviously dont care about filling the role with the right candidate
    1. You are a bigoted asshat

I fully agree with the above, which is why it is far from the only data I use.

Folks have tattoos. Stop clutching your pearls with the holier-than-thou attitude.

I happen to find tattoos to be attractive in many cases. I suggest that it is you who needs to drop the holier-than-though attitude.

Are there other looks-based judgements that you choose to leverage in this non-existent hiring situation?

Obviously yes, like any human I treat people different based on how they look. If a potential employee came into an interview in dirty and tattered clothes that would affect me more negatively than a well dressed person.

All of this would obviously depend on what kind of work the interview was about, and their appearance would not be the sole disquallifier.