Anonymous wrote:Just know that everyone at the hospital is commenting on your tattoo.
At least a 5 minute discussion in surgery.
We will make up stories about its significance and relevance.
We will probably give you a nickname about it if it's particularly ridiculous.

Unless its military or God related. Those get no comment or more than a passing glance.

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Anonymous wrote:The placement, or mere presence, of tattoos does not on its own make someone a tramp/slut/other female-shaming word. If people who still use those words spent the energy for that vitriol and judgment on being just plain nice, the world would be a better place.

Grow up.

If you don't want to be shamed, don't do things that are shameful.

Tattoos on men are just as trashy, so I don't know why you're trying to make this about gender anyway.

I'm not ashamed of my tattoos, nor do other people in my profession (yes, I have a profession) find tattoos shameful. I would find it shameful to talk to someone as disrespectfully as the anti-tattoo people are being in this thread.

Serious question: What profession is this?

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Anonymous wrote:The placement, or mere presence, of tattoos does not on its own make someone a tramp/slut/other female-shaming word. If people who still use those words spent the energy for that vitriol and judgment on being just plain nice, the world would be a better place.

Grow up.

If you don't want to be shamed, don't do things that are shameful.

Tattoos on men are just as trashy, so I don't know why you're trying to make this about gender anyway.

I'm not ashamed of my tattoos, nor do other people in my profession (yes, I have a profession) find tattoos shameful. I would find it shameful to talk to someone as disrespectfully as the anti-tattoo people are being in this thread.

Anonymous wrote:Somethings are not culturally acceptable here in the US.

Displaying a tramp stamp falls under the same category as wearing something like this:
http://m.nastydress.com/pg/6733.html

Would you let your 16yo DD wear that out to a movie with friends?

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Anonymous wrote:You know, I wonder about the purpose of these threads. Of all of the tattoo threads I see on this board, I've only seen one or two that have asked for advice about tattoos. The vast majority of them seem to only exist to put down people who have tattoos.

I find then that people get very judgmental about those of us who have chosen to decorate our skin, and even reply nastily to well-worded and thoughtful posts. The people I find to be tacky on these threads are the ones who put us down, who insult us, who call us names and try to convince us that we've done something dirty and wrong. Why?

It's odd and all the slut this and that is what's trashy. Calling people sluts for getting tattoos, really? In some cultures tattoos are the norm. Are those people slutty? I don't get why someone doing something you wouldn't do can't just be someone doing something you wouldn't do. I don't have tattoos, I'm never getting any, but I don't care that other people have or get them, we all have agency and autonomy over our bodies and can decorate or not decorate them as we like. As for calling someone a slut, I can't believe adults with children are doing that in 2016. But then this site is full of women who love to wear pantyhose so clearly the age skews elderly rather than middle age.

The topic is "tramp stamps", not "all tattoos ever in the history of the world". Please try to keep up.

Ok, sure. But then there was this post:

No, never will either. I find tattoos trashy especially on women.

And the poster who insulted the tattoo I have on my shoulder blade. So, it's on your side, too.

Sorry - I didn't make those comments. I do think tramp stamps are trashy though. I'm 38 and none of my friends got one back when they were popular. A few have tattoos elsewhere.

PP. Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you made all of those comments. "Your side" referred to the anti-tattoo folks.

Honestly, I think there's a huge difference between "I think tramp stamps are trashy" (even though I don't agree with the phrase tramp stamp, I understand that it's a colloquialism) and "I think people with tramp stamps are trashy." It's the latter with whom I take issue.

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Wow, there were a lot of italics in my last post. Apparently I'm very emphatic about this issue.

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Anonymous wrote:You know, I wonder about the purpose of these threads. Of all of the tattoo threads I see on this board, I've only seen one or two that have asked for advice about tattoos. The vast majority of them seem to only exist to put down people who have tattoos.

I find then that people get very judgmental about those of us who have chosen to decorate our skin, and even reply nastily to well-worded and thoughtful posts. The people I find to be tacky on these threads are the ones who put us down, who insult us, who call us names and try to convince us that we've done something dirty and wrong. Why?

It's odd and all the slut this and that is what's trashy. Calling people sluts for getting tattoos, really? In some cultures tattoos are the norm. Are those people slutty? I don't get why someone doing something you wouldn't do can't just be someone doing something you wouldn't do. I don't have tattoos, I'm never getting any, but I don't care that other people have or get them, we all have agency and autonomy over our bodies and can decorate or not decorate them as we like. As for calling someone a slut, I can't believe adults with children are doing that in 2016. But then this site is full of women who love to wear pantyhose so clearly the age skews elderly rather than middle age.

The topic is "tramp stamps", not "all tattoos ever in the history of the world". Please try to keep up.

Ok, sure. But then there was this post:

No, never will either. I find tattoos trashy especially on women.

And the poster who insulted the tattoo I have on my shoulder blade. So, it's on your side, too.

Sorry - I didn't make those comments. I do think tramp stamps are trashy though. I'm 38 and none of my friends got one back when they were popular. A few have tattoos elsewhere.

PP. Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you made all of those comments. "Your side" referred to the anti-tattoo folks.

Honestly, I think there's a huge difference between "I think tramp stamps are trashy" (even though I don't agree with the phrase tramp stamp, I understand that it's a colloquialism) and "I think people with tramp stamps are trashy." It's the latter with whom I take issue.

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Anonymous wrote:You know, I wonder about the purpose of these threads. Of all of the tattoo threads I see on this board, I've only seen one or two that have asked for advice about tattoos. The vast majority of them seem to only exist to put down people who have tattoos.

I find then that people get very judgmental about those of us who have chosen to decorate our skin, and even reply nastily to well-worded and thoughtful posts. The people I find to be tacky on these threads are the ones who put us down, who insult us, who call us names and try to convince us that we've done something dirty and wrong. Why?

It's odd and all the slut this and that is what's trashy. Calling people sluts for getting tattoos, really? In some cultures tattoos are the norm. Are those people slutty? I don't get why someone doing something you wouldn't do can't just be someone doing something you wouldn't do. I don't have tattoos, I'm never getting any, but I don't care that other people have or get them, we all have agency and autonomy over our bodies and can decorate or not decorate them as we like. As for calling someone a slut, I can't believe adults with children are doing that in 2016. But then this site is full of women who love to wear pantyhose so clearly the age skews elderly rather than middle age.

The topic is "tramp stamps", not "all tattoos ever in the history of the world". Please try to keep up.

Ok, sure. But then there was this post:

No, never will either. I find tattoos trashy especially on women.

And the poster who insulted the tattoo I have on my shoulder blade. So, it's on your side, too.

Sorry - I didn't make those comments. I do think tramp stamps are trashy though. I'm 38 and none of my friends got one back when they were popular. A few have tattoos elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:You know, I wonder about the purpose of these threads. Of all of the tattoo threads I see on this board, I've only seen one or two that have asked for advice about tattoos. The vast majority of them seem to only exist to put down people who have tattoos.

I find then that people get very judgmental about those of us who have chosen to decorate our skin, and even reply nastily to well-worded and thoughtful posts. The people I find to be tacky on these threads are the ones who put us down, who insult us, who call us names and try to convince us that we've done something dirty and wrong. Why?

It's odd and all the slut this and that is what's trashy. Calling people sluts for getting tattoos, really? In some cultures tattoos are the norm. Are those people slutty? I don't get why someone doing something you wouldn't do can't just be someone doing something you wouldn't do. I don't have tattoos, I'm never getting any, but I don't care that other people have or get them, we all have agency and autonomy over our bodies and can decorate or not decorate them as we like. As for calling someone a slut, I can't believe adults with children are doing that in 2016. But then this site is full of women who love to wear pantyhose so clearly the age skews elderly rather than middle age.

The topic is "tramp stamps", not "all tattoos ever in the history of the world". Please try to keep up.

Ok, sure. But then there was this post:

No, never will either. I find tattoos trashy especially on women.

And the poster who insulted the tattoo I have on my shoulder blade. So, it's on your side, too.

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Anonymous wrote:You know, I wonder about the purpose of these threads. Of all of the tattoo threads I see on this board, I've only seen one or two that have asked for advice about tattoos. The vast majority of them seem to only exist to put down people who have tattoos.

I find then that people get very judgmental about those of us who have chosen to decorate our skin, and even reply nastily to well-worded and thoughtful posts. The people I find to be tacky on these threads are the ones who put us down, who insult us, who call us names and try to convince us that we've done something dirty and wrong. Why?

It's odd and all the slut this and that is what's trashy. Calling people sluts for getting tattoos, really? In some cultures tattoos are the norm. Are those people slutty? I don't get why someone doing something you wouldn't do can't just be someone doing something you wouldn't do. I don't have tattoos, I'm never getting any, but I don't care that other people have or get them, we all have agency and autonomy over our bodies and can decorate or not decorate them as we like. As for calling someone a slut, I can't believe adults with children are doing that in 2016. But then this site is full of women who love to wear pantyhose so clearly the age skews elderly rather than middle age.

The topic is "tramp stamps", not "all tattoos ever in the history of the world". Please try to keep up.

No, never will either. I find tattoos trashy especially on women.