How many tattoos do you have? Do you think tattoos look sleazy on women?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero. And they look trashy on men too. It is really one of the worst fads ever.

I don't think it's a "fad." Haven't people been getting tattoos for hundreds of years?

Yes they have been aroung a longggg time by other civilizations, i have no idea why some people think this is s new fad.

Because as recently as thirty years ago, military vets and "toughs," as my dad would say, were the only regular American people who got tattoos. Yes, tattoos have very long tribal traditions in various places around the world, but not so much for middle class Americans. You know that. You're playing dumb.

No, for middle class Americans, it's a different rite of passage. They are often done when the person is in college or in young adulthood. It's a symbol of the person taking control of his or her own body and doing what he/she wants with it. You're old enough that you can get a tattoo without your parents' permission. You are old enough to sign your own waiver. You are old enough to pay for it yourself. You get to choose your own art and artist.

Sorry that you don't find that meaningful.

[Anonymous]

I can appreciate the artistry and talent....and still not really get the point of putting images on your body.

[Anonymous]

Next rite of passage - your 30s when you regret your dumbass choice in your teens/early 20s and want to remove the damn thing, but realize it costs more money than you can spare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Next rite of passage - your 30s when you regret your dumbass choice in your teens/early 20s and want to remove the damn thing, but realize it costs more money than you can spare

Hello, tramp stamps! I know a woman who has a tramp stamp. Unfortunately she put on a lot of weight as she got older and the tramp stamp looks absolutely ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero. And they look trashy on men too. It is really one of the worst fads ever.

I don't think it's a "fad." Haven't people been getting tattoos for hundreds of years?

Yes they have been aroung a longggg time by other civilizations, i have no idea why some people think this is s new fad.

Because as recently as thirty years ago, military vets and "toughs," as my dad would say, were the only regular American people who got tattoos. Yes, tattoos have very long tribal traditions in various places around the world, but not so much for middle class Americans. You know that. You're playing dumb.

No, for middle class Americans, it's a different rite of passage. They are often done when the person is in college or in young adulthood. It's a symbol of the person taking control of his or her own body and doing what he/she wants with it. You're old enough that you can get a tattoo without your parents' permission. You are old enough to sign your own waiver. You are old enough to pay for it yourself. You get to choose your own art and artist.

Sorry that you don't find that meaningful.

A) yeah, I don't. I don't care, because that's not meaningful. My god, make a doctor's appointment. Graduate. Sign a loan or a lease - these are all more meaningful and mature than having ink pushed into your skin with a needle. B) none of your rant answers the fact that for most Americans, tattoos were unacceptable until fairly recently, let alone the disgustingly visible and meaningless neck, chest and sleeve tattoos that proliferate today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero. And they look trashy on men too. It is really one of the worst fads ever.

I don't think it's a "fad." Haven't people been getting tattoos for hundreds of years?

Yes they have been aroung a longggg time by other civilizations, i have no idea why some people think this is s new fad.

Because as recently as thirty years ago, military vets and "toughs," as my dad would say, were the only regular American people who got tattoos. Yes, tattoos have very long tribal traditions in various places around the world, but not so much for middle class Americans. You know that. You're playing dumb.

No, for middle class Americans, it's a different rite of passage. They are often done when the person is in college or in young adulthood. It's a symbol of the person taking control of his or her own body and doing what he/she wants with it. You're old enough that you can get a tattoo without your parents' permission. You are old enough to sign your own waiver. You are old enough to pay for it yourself. You get to choose your own art and artist.

Sorry that you don't find that meaningful.

A) yeah, I don't. I don't care, because that's not meaningful. My god, make a doctor's appointment. Graduate. Sign a loan or a lease - these are all more meaningful and mature than having ink pushed into your skin with a needle. B) none of your rant answers the fact that for most Americans, tattoos were unacceptable until fairly recently, let alone the disgustingly visible and meaningless neck, chest and sleeve tattoos that proliferate today.

You sound old.

[Anonymous]

I also don't agree that most getting tats are thinking about it as "I'm now in control of my body. I will honor that moment by branding myself for life"

[Anonymous]

I have none. I find most of them trashy. When I was growing up, only bikers had them; now they are everywhere. Once in a great while someone has one that is actually beautiful to me, but that is extremely rare. All that said, I would never say anything to anyone who has one. It's their body.

[Anonymous]

Pearl clutchers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None. I'm 46. I thought about it my twenties, but never did it. I'm glad now. Yuck.

+1, thought about it 20 years ago, so glad today that I didn't do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero. And they look trashy on men too. It is really one of the worst fads ever.

I don't think it's a "fad." Haven't people been getting tattoos for hundreds of years?

Yes they have been aroung a longggg time by other civilizations, i have no idea why some people think this is s new fad.

Because as recently as thirty years ago, military vets and "toughs," as my dad would say, were the only regular American people who got tattoos. Yes, tattoos have very long tribal traditions in various places around the world, but not so much for middle class Americans. You know that. You're playing dumb.

No, for middle class Americans, it's a different rite of passage. They are often done when the person is in college or in young adulthood. It's a symbol of the person taking control of his or her own body and doing what he/she wants with it. You're old enough that you can get a tattoo without your parents' permission. You are old enough to sign your own waiver. You are old enough to pay for it yourself. You get to choose your own art and artist.

Sorry that you don't find that meaningful.

A) yeah, I don't. I don't care, because that's not meaningful. My god, make a doctor's appointment. Graduate. Sign a loan or a lease - these are all more meaningful and mature than having ink pushed into your skin with a needle. B) none of your rant answers the fact that for most Americans, tattoos were unacceptable until fairly recently, let alone the disgustingly visible and meaningless neck, chest and sleeve tattoos that proliferate today.

You sound old.

You sound stupid.

[Anonymous]

Lots of things weren't accepted until lately. Many of those things are absolutely of no affect on anyone outside of the person doing it, like tattoos, or being who they are, like being gay. But boy, do people love to look at other people and judge them right up.
I have posted on this thread several times about judging people superficially. It limits your life.
I went to a bbq on the fourth of July. It was a wonderful gathering, full of hugs and laughter. In attendance were those with tattoos, and those without. Some had many visible tattoos, some had hidden ones. There were musicians, artists, independent film makers, writers- about 2/3 of the attendees were in the arts. We all have regular jobs, in addition. This bunch of people are some of the sweetest, inclusive humans I've ever met. Anyone could have sat down with them, and they would have been told where the food was, and engaged in conversation, with no judgment. Body art isn't something to judge. It just is, like the footwear I might wear today, or the jacket I put on, or my hair style. It's me, or it's someone else.
I truly believe that judging someone based on external appearance is not just wrong, but self limiting. The moment you believe that you are better than someone else, based on dress, hair, tattoos, etc, you've missed a chance to learn about someone new, and their story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of things weren't accepted until lately. Many of those things are absolutely of no affect on anyone outside of the person doing it, like tattoos, or being who they are, like being gay. But boy, do people love to look at other people and judge them right up.
I have posted on this thread several times about judging people superficially. It limits your life.
I went to a bbq on the fourth of July. It was a wonderful gathering, full of hugs and laughter. In attendance were those with tattoos, and those without. Some had many visible tattoos, some had hidden ones. There were musicians, artists, independent film makers, writers- about 2/3 of the attendees were in the arts. We all have regular jobs, in addition. This bunch of people are some of the sweetest, inclusive humans I've ever met. Anyone could have sat down with them, and they would have been told where the food was, and engaged in conversation, with no judgment. Body art isn't something to judge. It just is, like the footwear I might wear today, or the jacket I put on, or my hair style. It's me, or it's someone else.
I truly believe that judging someone based on external appearance is not just wrong, but self limiting. The moment you believe that you are better than someone else, based on dress, hair, tattoos, etc, you've missed a chance to learn about someone new, and their story.

calm down. Just because I think tattoos *look* trashy doesn't mean I think the person themselves is automatically a trashy person. Big difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of things weren't accepted until lately. Many of those things are absolutely of no affect on anyone outside of the person doing it, like tattoos, or being who they are, like being gay. But boy, do people love to look at other people and judge them right up.
I have posted on this thread several times about judging people superficially. It limits your life.
I went to a bbq on the fourth of July. It was a wonderful gathering, full of hugs and laughter. In attendance were those with tattoos, and those without. Some had many visible tattoos, some had hidden ones. There were musicians, artists, independent film makers, writers- about 2/3 of the attendees were in the arts. We all have regular jobs, in addition. This bunch of people are some of the sweetest, inclusive humans I've ever met. Anyone could have sat down with them, and they would have been told where the food was, and engaged in conversation, with no judgment. Body art isn't something to judge. It just is, like the footwear I might wear today, or the jacket I put on, or my hair style. It's me, or it's someone else.
I truly believe that judging someone based on external appearance is not just wrong, but self limiting. The moment you believe that you are better than someone else, based on dress, hair, tattoos, etc, you've missed a chance to learn about someone new, and their story.

calm down. Just because I think tattoos *look* trashy doesn't mean I think the person themselves is automatically a trashy person. Big difference.

Eh. I'm quite calm. But I do feel strongly about this. I think true maturity is not looking at others and making derogatory comments about their appearance. Try it sometime. Instead, notice something interesting about them. If you can't say anything nice.... and I'm far from perfect, but with practice, my mind doesn't go straight to looking at a stranger and thinking, ugh, or blah blah. It's called allowing others their humanity and dignity. Calling an element of dress or design on a person trashy does judge their character, no matter what you think. Judgement should be saved for what is inside the human.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of things weren't accepted until lately. Many of those things are absolutely of no affect on anyone outside of the person doing it, like tattoos, or being who they are, like being gay. But boy, do people love to look at other people and judge them right up.
I have posted on this thread several times about judging people superficially. It limits your life.
I went to a bbq on the fourth of July. It was a wonderful gathering, full of hugs and laughter. In attendance were those with tattoos, and those without. Some had many visible tattoos, some had hidden ones. There were musicians, artists, independent film makers, writers- about 2/3 of the attendees were in the arts. We all have regular jobs, in addition. This bunch of people are some of the sweetest, inclusive humans I've ever met. Anyone could have sat down with them, and they would have been told where the food was, and engaged in conversation, with no judgment. Body art isn't something to judge. It just is, like the footwear I might wear today, or the jacket I put on, or my hair style. It's me, or it's someone else.
I truly believe that judging someone based on external appearance is not just wrong, but self limiting. The moment you believe that you are better than someone else, based on dress, hair, tattoos, etc, you've missed a chance to learn about someone new, and their story.

calm down. Just because I think tattoos *look* trashy doesn't mean I think the person themselves is automatically a trashy person. Big difference.

Eh. I'm quite calm. But I do feel strongly about this. I think true maturity is not looking at others and making derogatory comments about their appearance. Try it sometime. Instead, notice something interesting about them. If you can't say anything nice.... and I'm far from perfect, but with practice, my mind doesn't go straight to looking at a stranger and thinking, ugh, or blah blah. It's called allowing others their humanity and dignity. Calling an element of dress or design on a person trashy does judge their character, no matter what you think. Judgement should be saved for what is inside the human.

I try it every day, actually. I do all the stuff you say and I still think *in my head* that tattoos look trashy. But I just don't focus on that. I get to know the person and, as you say, notice something interesting about them.

Your posts are so smug and insulting that I can't possibly believe you are as nice and accepting as you want us to believe. You can't possibly tell me you never think judgemental things *in your head* about other people. We all do. You are judging people who typed on an anonymous forum that they admit they think tattoos look trashy and daring to tell us all how we behave based on this. Look in the mirror and take your own advice.