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Happy days 🥰

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When I was about 12 I spilt a mug of really hot coffee , while sitting down, scolding the side of my body. From memory I put cold water on it, but it left a stain on the skin that I was self conscious of for many years. - Flashforward 15 years and I decided on a whim to have a tattoo done over the stain (a roaring black panther) which almost immediately boosted my confidence, especially when on the beach etc.

Sometimes, in life, it's possible to turn a negative into a positive.

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I will never understand the mindset that drives piercings and tattoos. Those of us with disfiguring scars we didn't choose to acquire just don't get it.

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@Kewpie said
I will never understand the mindset that drives piercings and tattoos. Those of us with disfiguring scars we didn't choose to acquire just don't get it.
In my own case it is the only tattoo I've ever had done, and would have none at all if not for the burn the tattoo disguised.

In general I dislike the prevalence of tattoos, but sometimes they serve a purpose.

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@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
In my own case it is the only tattoo I've ever had done, and would have none at all if not for the burn the tattoo disguised.

In general I dislike the prevalence of tattoos, but sometimes they serve a purpose.
It wasn't you I was ranting about. It's the footballers and other "celebrities" who set the example our next generation follows.

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@Kewpie said
It wasn't you I was ranting about. It's the footballers and other "celebrities" who set the example our next generation follows.
Yeah I know. Just making the point that not all tattoos are for frivolous purposes.

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Didn't expect to turn out to be so awesome. Thank you all for your various contributions.

As for tattoos, maybe I have always been too changeable to settle on one that I could live with for the rest of my life.

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@Kewpie said
It wasn't you I was ranting about. It's the footballers and other "celebrities" who set the example our next generation follows.
If every generation rebels against the previous one, then maybe we'll have a bareskin generation, or one with fluorescent tatts.

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Stage magic is pretty much dead, isn't it? And maybe parlour magic as well.

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My kitchen faucet is deteriorating, but the site under the sink in the cabinet is now just some wet wood pulp, and although I could borrow some money to have a plumber over, my house is such an embarrassing mess that I'd rather not.

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It's "Tall-Poppy Syndrome" all over again, isn't it?

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@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
In my own case it is the only tattoo I've ever had done, and would have none at all if not for the burn the tattoo disguised.

In general I dislike the prevalence of tattoos, but sometimes they serve a purpose.
You could have just worn a shirt all that time.

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Is it just me, or are some of the people here not just neuro-divergent, but perhaps neuro-digressive?

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Even though this is the most nicely designed site for correspondence-style chess (especially for tournaments), I'd rather not play chess here because of certain people in the forums.

Edit: Not to mention the anonymous passive-aggressive downvoting with no explanation.