I find it hard to have respect for the youngsters that don’t have any respect for the process.  I understand the idea of wanting to have all your visible spots tattooed first, I mean who doesn’t want to look “cool” as fast as possible.  And thats your prerogative, but at least now you know how its seen by those in the know.  But here is the deal, things are not respected when they are not earned, and then its seen more as a trend, getting your neck or hands tattooed too soon makes you look like your trying to hard, it makes you look like a poser.  The time, the work, and the process is what gives you that respect that you kids are looking for by doing it, and when you go through it the right way you’ll respect it more for yourself and people will respect you more, because they will see what you have went through to get to that point.  It wont just be the image, it will be you.  Its like standing at the finish line with out running the race.

Thanks Tim Hendricks for this great visual example. your the best.

Ps In the past we used to call hand and neck tattoos “Job Stoppers” and thats a whole other issue, of course society is changing and much more excepting but this issue is still a pertinent factor.