re: Who are the idiots who popularized tattoos over the past few decades?

It is always the poorest schleps on the planet. They don't have a pot to piss in but they cobbled together 1000.00 to get one that covers half their dumb body.

Come on man, you know this is sexy and screams I'm in charge of my life.

Same arguments from both camps

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Seems like almost any woman under 40 has tats.

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Only the trashy ones. I know 100s of women under 40 who have zero tats.

lil wayne started the face tattoo trend.

What I wonder is where they get the money. Most people I see with them are minimum wagers.

The fact that they would prioritze ink over whatever is as amazing as it is insane.

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I have been assured on here that brain surgeons, nuclear physicists and captains of industry all have multiple tattoos. They are in no way indicative of poor judgement, lack of impulse control, herd mentality, or lack of refinement and taste.

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I love your sarcasm, and you’re definitely right. Lol

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No brah... it's a trend they follow from what their friends do.

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It’s actually both what he’s saying and what you’re saying. It’s herd mentality and following trends, but it’s also a strange, bizarre admiration of thug and prison cultures that our modern society has been drawn to for the past few decades.

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Tattooing has been around for thousands of years

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And do you know what kind of people had tattoos over the last 1000 years?

Sailors, miners, and lower class criminals for the most part, as well as tribal tattoos, again lower class people.

It wasn't until the late 1800's did upper class royalty started getting tattoos, and they were normally their family crest or coat of arms.

Tattoos didn't really start becoming a common thing outside the lower class and military until the 1970s, and it wasn't arm sleeves and neck tats. It was mostly covered up with normal attire, until recently where we've got people walking around looking like a living piece of syphilis


I don't care if you have tattoos. Do what you want. But if you think you're tattoos all over your arm and neck don't influence how other people view you, and the negative influence it has on getting most professional jobs, then you're a moron, but we already knew that b/c you have stupid visible tats all over your body. And i know there are plenty of tatted up people that are good professional workers, I've worked with some, but you have to understand that you're putting yourself in a bad position from the get go and you've got a lot more work to do to gain the trust and good reputation as your cleaned up counterparts.

I remember OSU LB Andy Katzenmoyer had the first armband tattoo I ever saw back in the 90s.