{"id":4385,"date":"2012-07-02T01:15:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T07:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4385"},"modified":"2012-07-01T19:21:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T01:21:07","slug":"business-opportunity-for-the-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4385","title":{"rendered":"Business Opportunity for the Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tattoo removal. It‘s starting to take off <\/a>(pun intended).<\/p>\n

The psychological motivations for tattoo removal (change of lifestyle and relationship status, changes in body and skin over the years, upward mobility in society and employment, etc.) are a constant, and will lead to an even larger market for tattoo removal than currently exists today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And some related critiquing<\/a>:<\/p>\n

By enlarging ourselves with tattoos, we\u2019re belittling ourselves in the process. It\u2019s a sign of our low expectations that having control over flesh decorations is considered to be the limit of our capacities as an individual.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kind of related\u2014how do you as a priest dress to be counter-hip so that hipsters will “relate” to you<\/a>? We’ve been down this road before. Anyone remember “folk Masses” with tambourines?<\/p>\n

Be authentic. Be real. Invest in a chain of tattoo-removal clinics. That is all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tattoo removal. It‘s starting to take off (pun intended). The psychological motivations for tattoo removal (change of lifestyle and relationship status, changes in body and skin over the years, upward mobility in society and employment, etc.) are a constant, and will lead to an even larger market for tattoo removal than currently exists today. 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