Where can I live where no one has tattoos?

[Anonymous]

As Kim Kardashian said- why would you put a bumper sticker on a Bentley?

To give a real life example, my brother in law is covered in tattoos. Turns out he’s dealing meth…

[Anonymous]

I’m in that x-ennial cohort and am personally not a tat fan

Yet, I am married to a man who has 2 large ones. He got them before we met. He regrets them now but since they aren’t visible when he’s wearing a t shirt, it’s not a huge problem.

Getting them removed would cost several thousand each, and that is money better spent elsewhere.

His idiot brother though has multiple tats and not enough money. He is the stereotype of blowing money on something dumb and not being able to pay bills.

I honestly don’t understand them and was in the age group that “tramp stamps” were popular.

People can do what they want, and I’m not going to try to avoid people with tats. I just think it’s a bizarre thing to do to yourself.

[Anonymous]

no where

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My work colleagues daughter has recently gotten a number of tattoos. My colleague is not thrilled so talks to me a little about it. The daughter has told her mom that there is some sort of "rush" or "high" feeling involved while one is being tattooed and that is part of the reason she wants to get more. What is this about? Anyone else can explain this supposed rush?

Imo it’s like the thrill of getting a totally new haircut. It’s the fun of doing something different with your look. This, at least, was the feeling for me. I got a couple in my youth, but have since gotten them removed as they don’t suit my taste anymore.

You can grow out haircuts and change haircuts, or piercings, but you can't grow out tattoos or change tattoos.

I am one of the people who still struggle to understand why people want to get something so permanent. I can buy the argument that a small discreet tattoo can be a meaningful symbol of something. But when people are now sporting so many tattoos of the most random things ever like a carrot or a coffee cup, that is where I start losing understanding. And while I can respect the artistry of a high quality tattoo, it is also staggering how many bad tattoos there are out there.

I can't help but wonder if this tattoo phenomena is symbolism of something deeply unhappy or dissatisfied with modern culture that they have to clutch onto tattoos as having something meaningful that they can't find elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How old are you, lol? I'm Gen X, upper middle, and half the people I know have a tattoo. I only know boomers with this attitude towards tattoos: my DH's friend's wife, age 70, said this to me when I got mine: "Aren't you afraid someone will think you got it in prison?!?" If she'd been wearing pearls, she would have clutched them.

This. I GEnX. I had one from 18-36. Late 40s now. House is 1.3 mil. LMAO

So why don’t you have it anymore? Am I misunderstanding you, or did you actually pay to have a tattoo REMOVED and yet think your LMAO response somehow means you’re on the pro-tattoo side?

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Tattoos are cool when hardly anybody has one. Now it’s cool not to have one. There are too many to read or look at so it’s just an ugly blob.[/quote

Some of the tattoos adults are getting today are just flat out immature. Things like Kirby, SpongeBob, Pokemon, etc tattoos. Just why?

[Anonymous]

Glen Burnie, Pasadena, Dundalk, and Elkton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in a neighborhood of $1-1.6M homes in NoVa. I know of at least 2 dads of elementary age kids who have colorful full sleeve tattoos. Lots of ex-military men have tattoos. Many of the late 30s - mid 40s age moms seem to have ankle and lower back tattoos from college. At the pool, I bet 30-40% of adults have tattoos.

Enlisted made good with their Community College of the Air Force education?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I am one of the people who still struggle to understand why people want to get something so permanent. I can buy the argument that a small discreet tattoo can be a meaningful symbol of something. But when people are now sporting so many tattoos of the most random things ever like a carrot or a coffee cup, that is where I start losing understanding. And while I can respect the artistry of a high quality tattoo, it is also staggering how many bad tattoos there are out there.

I can't help but wonder if this tattoo phenomena is symbolism of something deeply unhappy or dissatisfied with modern culture that they have to clutch onto tattoos as having something meaningful that they can't find elsewhere.

+1. I can understand people who get one small, meaningful tattoo that can be covered by clothes. Not my thing but I get it. But the people whose arms and legs are covered in tattoos and they can't be hidden by clothes/out there for all the world to see and they aren't rock stars? I seriously don't understand it. Why?

[Anonymous]

In a Time Machine that goes to 1950.

I don’t have them but my DH is also a tattoo hater and so, so many people have at least one. We live in McLean which is full of squares yet at our neighborhood pool every other dad has one or two that are visible with their shirts off.

[Anonymous]

Okay, TLDR. Just avoid 21409. I have a few and I like my tattoos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I am one of the people who still struggle to understand why people want to get something so permanent. I can buy the argument that a small discreet tattoo can be a meaningful symbol of something. But when people are now sporting so many tattoos of the most random things ever like a carrot or a coffee cup, that is where I start losing understanding. And while I can respect the artistry of a high quality tattoo, it is also staggering how many bad tattoos there are out there.

I can't help but wonder if this tattoo phenomena is symbolism of something deeply unhappy or dissatisfied with modern culture that they have to clutch onto tattoos as having something meaningful that they can't find elsewhere.

+1. I can understand people who get one small, meaningful tattoo that can be covered by clothes. Not my thing but I get it. But the people whose arms and legs are covered in tattoos and they can't be hidden by clothes/out there for all the world to see and they aren't rock stars? I seriously don't understand it. Why?

Here’s the thing, you don’t need to understand it. Don’t like tattoos? Then don’t get one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Price range up to $1.2M.

You’re poor so you’re just going to have to live with the trashy poors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glen Burnie, Pasadena, Dundalk, and Elkton.

Are you naming places with or without tats?

I grew up in Elkton. I guarantee a large percentage of the population there has tats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I am one of the people who still struggle to understand why people want to get something so permanent. I can buy the argument that a small discreet tattoo can be a meaningful symbol of something. But when people are now sporting so many tattoos of the most random things ever like a carrot or a coffee cup, that is where I start losing understanding. And while I can respect the artistry of a high quality tattoo, it is also staggering how many bad tattoos there are out there.

I can't help but wonder if this tattoo phenomena is symbolism of something deeply unhappy or dissatisfied with modern culture that they have to clutch onto tattoos as having something meaningful that they can't find elsewhere.

+1. I can understand people who get one small, meaningful tattoo that can be covered by clothes. Not my thing but I get it. But the people whose arms and legs are covered in tattoos and they can't be hidden by clothes/out there for all the world to see and they aren't rock stars? I seriously don't understand it. Why?

Here’s the thing, you don’t need to understand it. Don’t like tattoos? Then don’t get one.

And we'll openly wonder why people are so silly to cover themselves with the most garish and *unremovable* things ever. But fools are out there to be entertainment for the wise.