They're costly signals of tribal affiliation. Mostly just "counter-culture" as the tribe, but subcultures have their particular styles for both.
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That was my null hypothesis but I think pain management theory is more compelling
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this feels true: any time you show a new tattoo to people they ask "what does it mean?" looking for a story or symbolism, to the point where if you get something arbitrary there might be confused scowls. no one asks what your belly button ring means
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The ingroup’s ingroup
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if part of everyone's identity is a certain kind of performance, they just give a lot of extra weight to that part
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