I didnt argue anything about reasons. I was pointing out a data point. Simple fact.
I didnt argue anything about reasons. I was pointing out a data point. Simple fact.
You did put modern tattoos with medieval ones, from japan, on an equal footing, that's what I was reacting to. It's not comparable, that's what I meant.
You did put modern tattoos with medieval ones, from japan, on an equal footing, that's what I was reacting to. It's not comparable, that's what I meant.
Not to argue with you.
But define modern.
Not to argue with you.
But define modern.
Well typically, everything that is purely easthetical with zero meaning whatsoever, that's the fundamental difference with ancestral tattoos from medieval japan or europe or americas or whatever. It wasn't just for fun, it was ranks, family trees, part of magic rituals
Kind of like drug use, back then it wasn't recreational, it was religious except maybe for cocaine in egypt and I'm not even sure, I don't know much about that particular case
Well typically, everything that is purely easthetical with zero meaning whatsoever, that's the fundamental difference with ancestral tattoos from medieval japan or europe or americas or whatever. It wasn't just for fun, it was ranks, family trees, part of magic rituals
Kind of like drug use, back then it wasn't recreational, it was religious except maybe for cocaine in egypt and I'm not even sure, I don't know much about that particular case
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