Serious answer: The tats don’t make you special OP. Nobody gives you an extra though, good or bad.
People post those threads, specifically to trigger people such as yourself, and it works. 100% of the time.
There is a double standard though:
For trashy old ladies, we encounter a wave of revulsion, tinged with sympathy, and curiosity. It’s the same feeling you get when you encounter a crazy old Bag Lady living out of a shopping cart, or a toothless old Lounge lizard at a Truck Stop. You briefly wonder at the Hard, Hard life that brought her to this place, the sheer unlikeliness of her survival, and the gratitude you feel for not being her.
Then without any eye contact or acknowledgement, you walk around her, pay for your Coke, and get on your way. By the time you get to the exit, she’s entirely forgotten.