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re: Why the O-T hate over tattoos?

Posted on 4/12/24 at 10:29 am to
Posted by HouseMom
Member since Jun 2020
1019 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 10:29 am to
To each his own, I suppose, but I don't understand the WHY behind them.

Dates: Births/deaths/weddings...Can't you just remember them in your brain?

Religious symbols: Again, your brain? Do you really need a cross etched into your chest to know that you're a Christian?

Picture of your child: No explanation necessary.

Words across your back in Chinese, etc.: Do you really trust a tattoo artist to get the translation right? You can't even see it yourself unless you're in a mirror, and then it would be backwards. Dumb.

The trendy part is that your tastes change as you age. A tattoo, to me, is like having a Swatch watch or Z. Cavarricci's glued to my body for all of eternity.

Posted by LSU Grad Alabama Fan
369 Cardboard Box Lane
Member since Nov 2019
10354 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 10:34 am to
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It applies more toward the ladies most of the time.


Because it's not feminine. The majority of men are attracted to women with feminine characteristics and an arm sleeve takes away that attraction.
Posted by coolieaux
Horns Down l"l
Member since Nov 2006
142 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 10:49 am to
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I didn’t realize I was “down”. Well hell…


You misspelled "dumb"
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
12161 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:07 am to
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How tattoos will affect future employment.

How will they effect future employment? Face tattoos, sure. But most others can be covered up in a job interview and during employment. If you hire someone that had tattoos and you didn’t know, and that person worked and performed well, and you still didn’t know, then you see they have tattoos at the company picnic, are you going to fire them for it? If there’s nothing in the handbook about tattoos?

Not a lot of people care about tattoos like they used to unless you’re old and the times have passed you by. All sorts of “professionals” have tattoos and it doesn’t effect job performance at all.

Company presidents, executives, leadership, etc. all have tattoos and they are doing just fine.

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How tattoos will look when you age and your skin gets stretched, wrinkled, and/or flabby.

You’re still old and flabby without tattoos lol.

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How tattoos will appear to your children or grandchildren.

What does this even mean

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How you appear when you are attempting to convey seriousness to persons who think tattoos are trashy,

That’s a you problem not the person with the tattoos. Fine, be offended and don’t hire someone or take someone seriously. That person with tattoos is going to be just fine without you.
This post was edited on 4/12/24 at 11:09 am
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
20473 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:27 am to
The vast majority of my friends have tattoos. More than not. Several of my cousins have them. My wife (no pics) has one.

I think they're great if you want them. However I don't want one and never have.

I do not judge people if they get them. They can do whatever they want to with their bodies. Why should I care? The ones my friends have are cool and look cool. I usually compliment them on them because they're great and all of them I know use pretty competent and talented artists. One of my friends even does it for a living. And they do very quality work.

But if you get them on your face or neck, that's a whole other level of trashiness. Neck tats or face tats take you to a level that I'm not interested in hanging out with you or associating with you.
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
1275 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:28 am to
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not trashy or anything disrespectful.



wr9ng
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65941 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:29 am to
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It may appear I'm the new guy, but I've lurked on here for years.


You haven't contributed, you've only taken from here.

PS: I was the "new guy" to your Mom once.
Posted by canyon
Member since Dec 2003
18510 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:30 am to
So edgy. The mom joke always kills.
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
2329 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:38 am to
The only tats a woman should have are the ones that can only be seen in private. The sleeves, half sleeves and rest on a woman are dumb as hell. And I will never take someone like that serious. She would treated as a 'fun' girl, because that is all she would be good for.
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
27390 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:49 am to
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So edgy. The mom joke always kills.



Did you forget to switch accounts?
Posted by Turbeauxdog
Member since Aug 2004
23286 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 12:01 pm to
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Both me and wife has quite a few, not trashy or anything disrespectful. She actually has a sleeve that's got lots of hours in it.


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Posted by Ricardo
Member since Sep 2016
4923 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 12:04 pm to
The fact that there's a thriving tattoo removal industry suggests that tattoos are largely the consequence of impulsivity.

Imagine if every poor decision was inscribed into some highly visible permanent record.

It's reflective of poor impulse control and typically poor self-esteem.
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
499 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 12:05 pm to
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You're putting a lot of work into justifying them


No justification needed other than want.
Posted by Puddenn32
In da LP
Member since Oct 2018
642 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 12:08 pm to
lol nah just saying my co-workers didn't see me as a person with tattoos.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28214 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 12:13 pm to
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No justification needed other than want.

Like a screaming kid at the Dollar Tree.
Posted by Limitlesstigers
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2019
2936 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 12:18 pm to
They represent a lack of impulse control.

With women at least, the more tattoos the more promiscuous she is.
Posted by Dadren
Jawja
Member since Dec 2023
1013 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 12:28 pm to
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But I never had someone tell me to my face how it was a bad decision or trashy.

Could it be because so many people have them now and they’ve basically become normed?

And telling someone they’re trashy to their face is rude and can lead to a physical altercation which would in turn make that person trashy as well?
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Yes, there are bad tattoos. Majority are actually.

I think you just answered the premise of your own thread.

People have negative opinions about them because the majority of them are a bad idea and are not flattering. Usually the person with them looks better without them. If yours look amazing, that’s great, but you’re already admitting yours are in the minority so I think you do understand the sentiment you’re asking about.
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
499 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 12:47 pm to
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Like a screaming kid at the Dollar Tree.


No. Not like that at all.
Posted by liz18lsu
Naples, FL
Member since Feb 2009
17347 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 1:09 pm to
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don't blow money on stupid stuff


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tattoos


Ummmm, tattoos are a waste of a ton of money. They look terrible, and are trashy because, generally, it's trashy people who get them. Have an artist paint you something to hang on your wall. Why people get inked in places they can't even see is bizarre. "I'm doing it for me" Oh really, can you pull an exorcist move and see that back of the neck tat you have?

Most of all, because it is an impulsive act you have to live with. On your body. Forever. And let's say you carefully thought about spending $1K to have your wife's face immortalized on your chest. Does this seem wise?

I have rarely seen anyone get a "meaningful" tattoo. That butterfly on your ankle, reminds you of peace? Just be peaceful. The sleeve, with hundreds of doodles? Seems like a therapist would cost less...

You do you.
Posted by LaLadyinTx
Cypress, TX
Member since Nov 2018
6087 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 1:09 pm to
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She actually has a sleeve that's got lots of hours in it


A sleeve always looks trashy.
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