From my experience, it has opened up a lot of lines of communication with people, and made me more accessible to some. Of course, it has also closed some lines, but there are millions of others that can reach those people (and the people offended by tattoos are prolly not going to like my piercings, clothes, and hair anyway...and are mostly already super-conservative "Christians"). That's not saying it's for everyone, just that I'm comfortable in my own skin.
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