S/O people who think tattoos are trashy (or not)

[Anonymous]

A lot of people think tattooes are gross looking, that viewpoint crosses all socioeconomic groups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whether a tacky is trashy or not depends on how good looking you are.

+1

+2 And how young you are. I've never seen anyone over 40 with a great-looking tattoo, its appearance is too tied to the quality of the skin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious to see what sorts of people find tattoos trashy (or not). So tell me, do you think tattoos are trashy? What's your background? MC? UMC? Education level? Current occupation/HHI?

Me first. I sometimes find tattoos trashy but generally like them if done well. Example: tweety bird on your boob = trashy. Artfully done half sleeve = not trashy.

I come from a MC background-both parents were professors (English and Sociology). I have a fine art background and have two masters degrees. Currently middle class (for around here) and live in PG county. You?

Catholic
I don't use the word trashy for decision people make that don't hurt others so, no I would not use the word trashy.
I don't like the way tattoos look, so I don't want one but I don't care if people like to look different than my personal preference.
HHI $250
My H has 3 tattoos... I don't have any.
We both have Master's.
He is a cop and I work in IT.

What do I really think of tattoos? ... The more tattoos a person has the more I think they have to say. I think, why do people have so much to say but don't just say it, I feel they are hiding something, want to express it to people but don't know how to do so with words.

I always wonder why people get tattoo then if you look at them they give you a crazy look like what are you looking at... well you have a lot to say and I am trying to listen not look.

I think there are some people that get tattoos because they don't like cutting but like the pain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people think tattooes are gross looking, that viewpoint crosses all socioeconomic groups.

I don't think it's socioeconomic. I think age is the big factor in how tattoos are viewed. There seems to be a crossover for birthdays around 1960. I have yet to find anyone born after 1985 who cares about whether or not another person has a tattoo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Roman-Catholic 3rd generation Irish-American.

Tattoos = yuck. Tattoos = mutilizing your own body and not respecting what God created as a gift for you.

Master's degree. Father was an attorney and mother a kindergarten teacher. Upper middle class. Conservative Republicans. Grew up in and still live in Fairfax County. Went away for college and grad school abroad.

You need a drink and some sex to loosen you up.

What a dud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Roman-Catholic 3rd generation Irish-American.

Tattoos = yuck. Tattoos = mutilizing your own body and not respecting what God created as a gift for you.

Master's degree. Father was an attorney and mother a kindergarten teacher. Upper middle class. Conservative Republicans. Grew up in and still live in Fairfax County. Went away for college and grad school abroad.

You need a drink and some sex to loosen you up.

What a dud.

Dud you mean "mutilating" or is Multilizing some catholic word I don't know about?

[Anonymous]

Grew up incredibly poor. I do think less of people with tattoos. It's a cry for help, them pleading to the world that they want attention, the more they do it the more attention they want.

Furthermore, as I said I grew up dirt poor. Now I make over $250,000 a year. I worked my way up from nothing. Actually dropped out of high school after my dad died in order to keep working my family's small farm so we could put food on the table.

What I'm trying to say is, I feel like I know how to succeed. The absolutely biggest thing you need is to look, and act, professional. And tattoos are not professional. They are far too distracting from a person's personality, mostly done to people who are trying to make up for intelligence and social smarts with gaudy, incomprehensible shit written on their body.

You wouldn't hire a lady with a boob job to do public relations, or a man with a lip piercing to teach you kids, would you? So why would you want someone who has equally mutilated their body on a whim?

To answer your questions:

HH Income: ~ $300k/year (Me @ $250k, wife at ~$50k)
Education: GED --> Welder's certificate --> Technical college --> College --> PHD
65 male with 22yo son, 18yo daughter and 15yo son

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious to see what sorts of people find tattoos trashy (or not). So tell me, do you think tattoos are trashy? What's your background? MC? UMC? Education level? Current occupation/HHI?

Me first. I sometimes find tattoos trashy but generally like them if done well. Example: tweety bird on your boob = trashy. Artfully done half sleeve = not trashy.

I come from a MC background-both parents were professors (English and Sociology). I have a fine art background and have two masters degrees. Currently middle class (for around here) and live in PG county. You?

half sleeve is WAY TRASHY. are you getting me?

what is your ethnicity, OP?

[Anonymous]

Since I was a child, I've thought there looked cheap, common, trashy and utterly devoid of ANY meaning whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

I think they are interesting on other people, and I have no problem with them. But my DH got some after we were married and I *hate* them. Hate, hate, hate. Always hated them on boyfriends, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grew up incredibly poor. I do think less of people with tattoos. It's a cry for help, them pleading to the world that they want attention, the more they do it the more attention they want.

Furthermore, as I said I grew up dirt poor. Now I make over $250,000 a year. I worked my way up from nothing. Actually dropped out of high school after my dad died in order to keep working my family's small farm so we could put food on the table.

What I'm trying to say is, I feel like I know how to succeed. The absolutely biggest thing you need is to look, and act, professional. And tattoos are not professional. They are far too distracting from a person's personality, mostly done to people who are trying to make up for intelligence and social smarts with gaudy, incomprehensible shit written on their body.

You wouldn't hire a lady with a boob job to do public relations, or a man with a lip piercing to teach you kids, would you? So why would you want someone who has equally mutilated their body on a whim?

To answer your questions:

HH Income: ~ $300k/year (Me @ $250k, wife at ~$50k)
Education: GED --> Welder's certificate --> Technical college --> College --> PHD
65 male with 22yo son, 18yo daughter and 15yo son

This is incredibly odd. What if a person has a tattoo that is not visible unless naked? A lot of people have those. How does your theory work on those people?

And hate to break it to you - PR is filled with boob jobs. Just sayin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whether a tacky is trashy or not depends on how good looking you are.

+1

Not so fast! No woman looks attractive with a tattoo. A shoulder tattoo on a strong man is sexy, however.

[Anonymous]

Trashy. I don't know my class. College degree, went to Catholic school all my undergrad. I'm a professional making 6 figures.
I think they are stupid and trashy UNLESS you are a celebrity or a hunky guy or a wiry lesbian. Otherwise you just look like a wine cooler wanna be trendy and it's silly.

[Anonymous]

Middle class (or lower middle class in DC). College degree.
Think some artistic tattoos look nice, but many visible tattoos look pretty trashy, most just don't look that great.

If you like tattoos and want to look professional, make sure they don't show under short sleeve shirts and pants/typical skirt length for you. Show them off all you want to otherwise, I don't care.

Agree with the pp that if you are in super good shape they tend to look better and more bad-ass, if that is the look you are going for.

[Anonymous]

Highly educated, divorced

Tattoos are fine (on other people) but they’re the mullets of the 00’s. No longer edgy or emblematic of your job. I realized this when the 62-year-old in my research department got 3. They’ve become trendy, tastes will soon change, and people will be getting them removed.