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April 5, 2018

That's a fascinating correlation, Randal. I'm really curious now if there's a connection. My entire right arm is basically covered in tattoos. But I don't drink, smoke, do drugs, chew tobacco... For me it's about the art. You've inspired me to go do some research on this!

April 5, 2018

Did you have a way to account for a difference in reaction because the tattoos were photoshopped as opposed to makeup? I mean not everyone will notice they're photoshopped, but they look just Uncanny Valley enough to me that I wonder if may some of the folks in the experiment may have felt that they looked just off enough that it influenced their responses - not necessarily because they're actually prejudiced against tattoos, but rather because these tattoos were sending off a "something's not quite right here" vibe in the back of their minds.

I also wonder about the types of tattoos photoshopped on the models. The pattern seemed to be bunches of tattoos that didn't necessarily all have the same theme and a were maybe a little more on the cheesy side? I think the types of tattoos and the placement (like other's noted elsewhere in the comments that neck tattoos send off a different message than an arm sleeve) might influence the reactions in the experiment.

April 5, 2018

Thanks Reed, glad ya liked this! Opinion polls can vary greatly, so we chose to do this with more collective data from a broad range of people :)

April 5, 2018

Thanks Edward, they were fun to get made and test....I was cracking up at all my friends with tattoos :-P

April 5, 2018

Yup, totally agree! I always try to keep things fair and even as possible, but sometimes you can't please everyone :)

April 5, 2018

Yeah I agree, but we wanted to go all out for these tattoos and make them VERY visible.

We did versions with full body shots, and some with only a "few" tattoos....but honestly you couldn't see the damn things on a tiny thumbnail during voting!

Also some of them looked more like birthmarks unless you zoom in a bunch, like this:

....you could barely see the tattoos, and therefore we need to "Up" the "Intensity" of tattoo coverage :)

April 5, 2018

Bahahahha, you have a lot of RHYMING tattoos!

An Egyptian Eye covered by a Butterfly. :-P

April 5, 2018

You should do one yourself on PhotoFeeler.com and see what happens!

April 5, 2018

Yeah it seems a lot of people have tattoos.....I was more wondering about people who have LOTS of tattoos.

From the experiment it definitely makes at least a slight difference in perception!

April 5, 2018

I agree, that's why we made sure to test the exact same photos WITHOUT tattoos first, so we get a snapshot of what adding tattoos does to the result!

April 5, 2018

Oh wow, so it definitely had some negative connotations when people saw it.

I never thought about golf courses banning them.

Possibly shirt-worthy comment Jeffrey!

April 5, 2018

I agree!

Someone like The Rock has tattoos that look very cultural and appropriate, while a Calvin & Hobbes piece of crap tattoo probably doesn't have the same effect :-P

April 5, 2018

Hey Pqm, the whole point was to Photoshop in over-the-top tattoos.

Also we tested the pictures BEFORE adding tattoos also on every single person to make sure the change in points was due to tattoos.

April 5, 2018

You can look into details of the voting system here: https://www.photofeeler.com/faq

April 5, 2018

The photos being rated are usually relatively small, and the process is quick, so it's unlikely a large majority of people were thinking that.

The experiment required we Photoshop on LARGE quantities of tattoos so they are extremely visible, otherwise without close-up photos and LOTS of tattoos, the results looked more like birthmarks than tattoos, such as this:

April 5, 2018

BWAHAHAHAHA! Thanks for doing this experiment for me IRL :-P

I think the neck tattoos seem to be what triggers a weird response in most of these photos, it seems without prominent neck tattoos the results are only slightly influenced.

This is a cool story to hear, and possibly shirt-worthy comment Cameron!

April 5, 2018

I saw you naked also.

Now I'm blind.

Sincerely,

Neville - (Typing this from a braille keyboard).

April 5, 2018

Thanks for sharing Eddy!

Yeah it seems the main thing triggering a negative response to tattoos is the NECK AND FACE tattoos. Simple and normal tattoos don't seem to really set off too many negative alarms in the tests.

April 5, 2018

Hmmmm, what an interesting takeaway Kendra, possibly shirt-worthy comment!

I never thought about that side of it: Making people instantly more comfortable than you.

My brother at one point had a long beard and really long and partially dreadlocked hair, and I could see how people treated him FAR more casually right away. However like your experience, I'm sure it also drew some negative opinions in a professional environment.

Glad ya liked this read!

April 5, 2018

Hey Cierra! As noted in another comment 62% of the subjects in this experiment were minorities (but you addressed that already so we'll move on) :-)

That's interesting about the Asian girl saying it dispels a lot of stereotypes right away, I totally believe it, and never thought about that aspect of it. Thanks for sharing!

April 5, 2018

BAHAHAHAHA!

::pa-dum-pssh::

April 5, 2018

Wow look at that. I’m a poet and I wasn’t even aware of it.

April 6, 2018

I'm a typical white guy with a big at tattoo of some Chinese characters. I've gotten a few "hurr hurr I bet it really says 'loser' or 'butthead' in Chinese" comments. I like to respond in fluent Mandarin explaining that I designed the tattoo myself after living in China for a year.

P.S. I'd love to hear Noah's reaction when he saw his Dating score!

April 6, 2018

To be fair, the 2 groups you listed already get discriminated against without ink so I think we all know the answer to your question. But as Neville says - he covered a lot of minorities in his experiment

April 6, 2018

Most of my upper body is covered in tattoos and I definitely get a different vibe from most people when they can see my ink.

My ink is for me and I always had that in mind when I started to get tattoos 10 years ago so I always planned to yakuza my tats so I can cover them up whenever I want coz I know my tats aren't welcomed everywhere. At the same time, I don't let people's opinions about tattoos bother me because my thinking is "I don't judge people who don't have tattoos so those people who don't have tattoos shouldn't judge me."

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P.S. Do you have any tattoos? Have you ever faced any good or bad effects from having them??

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