Tattoos - the meaningless of them

A person will sometimes create a separate reality for themselves to try to make themselves unique. That personal "reality" usually has absolutely no basis in fact, it's just their way of trying to seem important or "special". One way people do this is through the use of tattoos - though a tattoo in an of itself is not a measure of a person being out of touch with reality ... it's the purpose of the tattoo and what that person tries to purport the tattoo to mean. For instance, when one says "by the mark on my brow....I am what many deem to be elder of wicca" The statement is false as per many conversations with various WICCAN practionerers, and much on line research. Tattoos of that sort are not their way. They do not intentionally draw attention to themselves and they do NOT call each other "elders".
The keys in these types of statements are things like "elders" and "what many deem." Who are the many? What knowledge of WICCA do they have to make sure an assumption? All one has to do to learn the truth of such comments is do a little research and the web is very good for that.
So next time you hear some one say something like "cos I have an anchor tattoo on my arm, I was in the Navy.."
give a long pause and thought .... that's not how you know someone was in the Navy ... tattoos, clothes, jewelry, etc does not represent the truth in many cases it's simply a way to stand out in the crowd and that's not always a good thing it often means there is an very deep rooted insecurity that the person will not face.
Ask yourself. Does the person seem to NEED to be important - even to the point of needing to be the center of attention during other people's tragedies by being a "know it all"? Google's a wonderful thing I admit but when used to fake personal knowledge, it becomes a sad tool of a person's insecurity.