Are there any millenials who think tattoos are trashy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am an older non-white millennial (34) and I am worried about the white people in general. The gross tattoos, voting for Trump, dying en masse from Opioids, in debt up to their eyeballs. It’s not a good look.

You don’t need to generalize that all white people are like that. I’m white and I don’t know anyone with the above issues, except maybe a few that voted for Trump. What if I wrote a sweeping generalization about people of color?[/quote]



I was wondering how the above statement would go over about African Americans and the issues of some in their community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an older non-white millennial (34) and I am worried about the white people in general. The gross tattoos, voting for Trump, dying en masse from Opioids, in debt up to their eyeballs. It’s not a good look.

You don’t need to generalize that all white people are like that. I’m white and I don’t know anyone with the above issues, except maybe a few that voted for Trump. What if I wrote a sweeping generalization about people of color?[/quote]



I was wondering how the above statement would go over about African Americans and the issues of some in their community.

Yeah, the white people post was weird. I think the list for other races would sound pretty bad too. what's the point of your race-based nastiness?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a 34 year old millennial and I don’t really like tattoos or have any myself. I like the ones that are actually good artwork, but they tend to be really large if that’s the case. My neighbor has a full arm tattoo that’s all nautical and pirate themed, and the artwork is cohesive and very well done and it looks great. I also know it cost her thousands of dollars and years to get done. Most tattoos are not like that and just look like someone dropped a random drawing on your arm or leg or whatever.

I tend to agree with this. It’s a certain look and not everyone can pull it off. But I really love big tattoos that are living works of art. My husband’s tattoo artist is a nationally renowned tattoo artist who specializes in horror themes and horror figures. His work is amazing, it is so lifelike and detailed. He has a gift. I can appreciate this form of art and this type of gift without calling other people trashy. He’s covered in tattoos but he’s highly intelligent, kind, and he makes a LOT of money using his talent.

It's great that you love it, but I really don't think your husband's horror themed tattoo by a renowned tattoo artist is going to impress anyone but you and him.

That’s okay. We’re really not concerned with impressing anyone. (And my husband’s tattoos aren’t horror themed, but they’re detailed, beautiful, and very sexy to me!). Have a wonderful day.

Of course he is or else he never would have gotten one.

[Anonymous]

I'm a millennial guy and need a tattoo to still feel like a badass even though I got married, had a baby and moved to the suburbs

any suggestions??

[Anonymous]

I don’t like them.

I only know a couple people with tattoos, friends from high school who didn’t go to college. Nobody else.

[Anonymous]

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I don’t like them.

I only know a couple people with tattoos, friends from high school who didn’t go to college. Nobody else.

Are you a millenial?

[Anonymous]

My husband and I are millennials that don’t like tattoos. We aren’t hip though. I don’t like calling anything trashy, but I suppose my husband would use that word. I’d call it an implicit bias I have that I need to consciously suppress.

[Anonymous]

I'm on the older end at 37. Very few of my friends around my age have them.

My younger cousins, siblings, and coworkers all have them.

They seem very nonchalant about them, as well. I remember having lunch with a coworker (around 25) and when asked what she was doing that weekend, she replied, "my old college roommate is coming to town so I think we'll probably get tattoos but other than that, not sure."

I only think they look trashy if they're poorly done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think they're trashy. I think they're stupid. Last year's meaningful tattoo is next year's overused cliche. Trends come and go. 20 years ago, a lower back tattoo was sexy. 20 years later, it's just a big blurry tramp stamp on a middle aged woman. Even the ones that look nice right now are going to blur over time. Some old tattoos look more like a skin condition than a picture.

Many of them now look like skin conditions. They’re just ugly and meaningless permanent doodles.

[Anonymous]

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I don’t like them.

I only know a couple people with tattoos, friends from high school who didn’t go to college. Nobody else.

Perhaps you just can’t see them. I have a very tiny one that is completely covered even in a bathing suit. My boss has two half-sleeves that have never seen the light of day at work and I only saw them when he was dressed down at a casual event.

[Anonymous]

I'm an old Millennial (1982). I think most tattoos are regrettable, while some are downright trashy. I don't get my generation's obsession with "self-expression" through body art.

Many of my friends (1980-1983 birthdays) got tattoos that did not age well (dolphins around their belly button that became stretched out whales when the skin stretched due to pregnancy, Chinese character lower back tattoos on spring break 2001). A colleague is very proud to be from Maryland and got a Maryland flag tattoo on her thigh, which is absolutely jarring and hideous. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an old Millennial (1982). I think most tattoos are regrettable, while some are downright trashy. I don't get my generation's obsession with "self-expression" through body art.

Many of my friends (1980-1983 birthdays) got tattoos that did not age well (dolphins around their belly button that became stretched out whales when the skin stretched due to pregnancy, Chinese character lower back tattoos on spring break 2001). A colleague is very proud to be from Maryland and got a Maryland flag tattoo on her thigh, which is absolutely jarring and hideous. Oh well.

Thigh tattoos on women... Nothing is uglier...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an older non-white millennial (34) and I am worried about the white people in general. The gross tattoos, voting for Trump, dying en masse from Opioids, in debt up to their eyeballs. It’s not a good look.

You don’t need to generalize that all white people are like that. I’m white and I don’t know anyone with the above issues, except maybe a few that voted for Trump. What if I wrote a sweeping generalization about people of color?[/quote]



I was wondering how the above statement would go over about African Americans and the issues of some in their community.

We hear and discuss issues impacting the AA race all the time. Some are valid, some aren’t. It is what it is. You have to create awareness to create change.

[Anonymous]

The tattoo trend is over. Now they look trashy and dated. So many aging people with regrets.

[Anonymous]

Tattoos are out of fashion but people can't stop wearing them . It's sad. Like a permanent bad hair look.