How come every person under 30 has a tattoo now?

[Anonymous]

We're UMC and both our 22 and 24 year old DS and DD have them. They are college educated and so many of their friends also have them. Not something we encouraged and we try not to say much when a new one appears. We don't get it though.

Lots of their friends are tatoo artists and they make over $150K a year in places like LA/NYC- the demand is there and they aren't inexpensive.

[Anonymous]

I think it is a form of cutting. It memorializes the pain on the flesh. I think it's trashy and sad and wouldn't get one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think this will ever go away in future generations? I think they’re so ugly

Personally I don't like them. But I make choices for my own body and others make choices for theirs.

[Anonymous]

young people look up to people they perceive to be high status such as musicians, actors, and athletes who all have loads of tattoos. Once tattoos amongst high status people become unfashionable, then the masses will follow.

[Anonymous]

Here's a 100 year old woman covered in traditional Filipino tattoos. I think she's lovely. https://www.vogue.com/article/apo-whang-od-and-the-indelible-marks-of-filipino-identity

[Anonymous]

my fault, she's 106

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a 100 year old woman covered in traditional Filipino tattoos. I think she's lovely. https://www.vogue.com/article/apo-whang-od-and-the-indelible-marks-of-filipino-identity

She is absolutely stunning ... and not AT ALL the typical example of an aged person with tattoos.

[Anonymous]

You sound jealous. Sorry you are a B00MER.

[Anonymous]

Cancer rates continue to rise and tattoo ink is unfortunately one of the many causes. Youthful drug use is another cause that is also overlooked. But young people never think about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is a form of cutting. It memorializes the pain on the flesh. I think it's trashy and sad and wouldn't get one.

THIS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they are not buying shoes for their kids.

True story. I went to a nail salon. Two women heavily tatooed women were getting their nails done.
One had a son with them who was about 3-1/2 years old.

Kid had no shoes, no socks, and his feet were filthy and dirty. It was in the 40's.

I know a couple that got matching Disney tattoos but didn’t have enough money to pay their heath insurance premiums.

White trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a 100 year old woman covered in traditional Filipino tattoos. I think she's lovely. https://www.vogue.com/article/apo-whang-od-and-the-indelible-marks-of-filipino-identity

She is absolutely stunning ... and not AT ALL the typical example of an aged person with tattoos.

Sorry, but ugly. A little more tasteful but still ugly.

[Anonymous]

Tattoos are really ugly. But, their body, their choice.

[Anonymous]

Maybe some people are inebriated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You sound jealous. Sorry you are a B00MER.

I'm on the "let people do what they want with their own body" side, but no Boomer is jealous of anyone under 30.