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[zunge]

okay I'm bored

who has tattoos or piercings? what kind? of those that don't, what would you get? what about scarification or branding?

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[zunge]

I heard it was common for yakuza to get them. but otherwise I don't get the big deal. where I'm from most people with tattoos are just Rib players playing turf war pretendy fun times. /eyeroll

[foolishjustice]

Tokyo has a genuine Yakuza problem, so having a tattoo there puts you at real risk of being mistaken for a criminal.

Some people get them anyway, but it's rare enough that people still make assumptions.

[zunge]

I'm used to the police being just as bad as the yakuza, so...

I'll have to take your word for it

[foolishjustice]

I never said the police weren't a problem, too.

They contribute to the fear, really. If they can't find a culprit, a scapegoat will do.

They might arrest someone on suspicions of Yakuza involvement purely for having tattoos, if they have a case they want to hurry and close.

[zunge]

I don't think the cops on my island care about the yakuza, though. They mostly leave them be.

[Or at least that's his impression of them. Who knows whether they really do. Look, the last run-in with law enforcement he had, a corrupt detective who tried to arrest him and his group as terrorists for helping rescue a kidnapped old lady (because of her value as a former neuroscience researcher to a corrupt organization) followed him into a high security adult entertainment center owned by said corrupt organization.]