Should Tattoos be banned till over 40

FixdePitchmark

Was in Cork City recently - a great city, with a great respect for culture and art.

But - in the swimming pool at the 4 star hotel , I was shocked at the poor standard of body art ! , mostly on bodies of locals.

Was thinking - if there is such a great tradition with art in the city - why the body art was so poor ?

Anyway - is it time , like the Sun bed issue , we started controlling silly decisions of the youth ?

Kevin McCloud

4 star hotel well la di da.

FixdePitchmark

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

4 star hotel well la di da.

Yes that was a subtle hint - that is this a societal issue ?

Your clever you are :P;)

eternal

How do you know they were locals or got the tattoos as youths. Stupid post. Furthermore what's culture got to do with people's bodies.

FixdePitchmark

eternal wrote: »

How do you know they were locals or got the tattoos as youths. Stupid post.

Well they were under 40 - and cork city is one of the most distinctive accents in the country

LoganRice

Try 5* the patrons have better tattoos trust me I'm a Boards.ie account

Iranoutofideas

I'll defend every adults right to get tattoos, even if I personally think they look like ****.

Kevin McCloud

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Well they were under 40 - and cork city is one of the most distinctive accents in the country

Did you id them?

eternal

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Well they were under 40 - and cork city is one of the most distinctive accents in the country

So everyone in the pool was talking? A youth would be a 18/19 yo not a 39 year old. I'm sorry but you sound snobbish. I don't like tacky tattoos either but that's people's own choice. And if they work and can afford a hotel then they deserve the right to swim there.

FixdePitchmark

eternal wrote: »

So everyone in the pool was talking? A youth would be a 18/19 yo not a 39 year old. I'm sorry but you sound snobbish. I don't like tacky tattoos either but that's people's own choice. And if they work and can afford a hotel then they deserve the right to swim there.

No - there was a gym connected - River Lee hotel , so locals mixed with the hotel people.

Are people saying 5 star hotels have better tattoos ?

FixdePitchmark

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

I'll defend every adults right to get tattoos, even if I personally think they look like ****.

But should "Young adults" be protected from themselves ?

eternal

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

No - there was a gym connected - River Lee hotel , so locals mixed with the hotel people.

Are people saying 5 star hotels have better tattoos ?

You can have a swastika on your face and swim in Fota if you have the money.

eternal

I think tattoos have become more popular, like years ago only sailors or convicts had them. It's not class division anymore.Are you by any chance over 50?

FixdePitchmark

eternal wrote: »

You can have a swastika on your face and swim in Fota if you have the money.

Yes - but , I'm asking , are tattoos ultimately, the modern definition of class ?

Yes - sticking a person in a class is sick - but is that a truth behind the fake façade.

I agree , it is like the star of David branding.

FixdePitchmark

eternal wrote: »

I think tattoos have become more popular, like years ago only sailors or convicts had them. It's not class division anymore.Are you by any chance over 50?

Have you a tattoo ?

Turtyturd

You have to laugh at someone going to Cork and judging others decisions.

KKkitty

OP you may not like to their tattoos but they do. I've got no tattoos myself but I wouldn't judge what other people have on their bodies.

eternal

I'm from Cork and there are a lot of knackers in this city. But tattoos are not defined as classless anymore as they are more mainstream and modernly stylish. Someone with ink is not seen as lower class whereas before they would have been.

eternal

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Have you a tattoo ?

No I don't and will never have one.

KORTON

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Was in Cork City recently - a great city, with a great respect for culture and art.

But - in the swimming pool at the 4 star hotel , I was shocked at the poor standard of body art ! , mostly on bodies of locals.

Was thinking - if there is such a great tradition with art in the city - why the body art was so poor ?

Anyway - is it time , like the Sun bed issue , we started controlling silly decisions of the youth ?

oh folk do what they want....if they can find comfort in it then why not ?
I don't have any and plan to keep it that way
a lot of sexual victims got them.its a known fact and if it helps them well cool I say

FixdePitchmark

Turtyturd wrote: »

You have to laugh at someone going to Cork and judging others decisions.

look - I like to go places and get in at the deep end of the pool at a 4 star hotel and mix with the locals.

But - I just felt the locals , seemed to be a little misguided ,

Like they seen Roy Keane - against Holland , and that made it ok :eek:

No - s**t -- is s**t,

FixdePitchmark

KORTON wrote: »

oh folk do what they want....if they can find comfort in it then why not ?
I don't have any and plan to keep it that way
a lot of sexual victims got them.its a known fact and if it helps them well cool I say

Well - there you go , I didn't know that.

eternal

KORTON wrote: »

oh folk do what they want....if they can find comfort in it then why not ?
I don't have any and plan to keep it that way
a lot of sexual victims got them.its a known fact and if it helps them well cool I say

How is that a known fact? A lot of people get tattoos with their kids name or family member who died.

FixdePitchmark

eternal wrote: »

How is that a known fact? A lot of people get tattoos with their kids name or family member who died.

Was that known - as I didn't know that.

eternal

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Was that known - as I didn't know that.

If it was a 'known fact' then we wouldn't be asking if people knew cos we would already know therefore it is not known.

FixdePitchmark

eternal wrote: »

If it was a 'known fact' then we wouldn't be asking if people knew cos we would already know therefore it is not known.

Well - I know many people put this (S£$T) on their bodies as it has a deep meaning to them.

KORTON

eternal wrote: »

How is that a known fact? A lot of people get tattoos with their kids name or family member who died.

yes and that is fine too nothing wrong with that I guess


"How is that a known fact "
well just like A lot of people get tattoos with their kids name or family member who died.

FixdePitchmark

KORTON wrote: »

yes and that is fine too nothing wrong with that I guess


"How is that a known fact "
well just like A lot of people get tattoos with their kids name or family member who died.

But - don't think we should pick an exception to make the law - Im saying 99 % of it is ****.

KORTON

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Well - there you go , I didn't know that.

well there you go,now you do !

KORTON

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

But - don't think we should pick an exception to make the law - Im saying 99 % of it is ****.

what law ? ?

FixdePitchmark

KORTON wrote: »

well there you go,now you do !

Yes , but that is not the point.

Your pulling an emotion card.

I'm still saying - even the abused :rolleyes: should not get them.

I'm saying ban them.

KORTON

tats are ok ! if they help folk,then good.i'm fine with that !

KORTON

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Yes , but that is not the point.

Your pulling an emotion card.

I'm still saying - even the abused :rolleyes: should not get them.

I'm saying ban them.

ok ban them so if you really need to ....

FixdePitchmark

KORTON wrote: »

tats are ok ! if they help folk,then good.i'm fine with that !

I think you are overplaying the help thing.

A Greedy Algorithm

Lets get one thing straight here, Cork is not a city, its a large town.

KORTON

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I think you are overplaying the help thing.

you think ! oh look I am not overplaying anything here.sorry if I came across that way to you
ok lets ban tats ! they upset me so much lol

BetterThanThou

I know from personal experience that just because someone is over 40 does not mean they're going to have more sense when it comes to picking tattoos. I know probably dozens of people with tattoos, and I've only ever seen 2 good ones in person, people really don't take getting a tattoo as seriously as they should, and are far more concerned with price than quality. A friend of mine even got a tattoo at a party where someone brought along a tattoo machine, and it's a fairly big one too. No need to say, it looks awful. Hell, I even know someone who wants to be a tattoo artist, he went and purchased a tattoo machine on eBay, and no joke, without even a small bit of training, he decided to "practice" on himself. There should be some regulations for who can get a tattoo(only people over 18 at least, maybe even older, around 21 or so), and who is licensed to give a tattoo, and unless you're a licensed tattoo artist you should not be allowed purchase a tattoo machine, and getting a license should involve some kind of test.

KORTON

A Greedy Algorithm wrote: »

Lets get one thing straight here, Cork is not a city, its a large town.

yes and Ireland is not a country its a island ....yes to this mr
Algorithm

JasperGeorge.

I have two. They were important at the time to me. To be honest it doesn't matter that much if you see them everyday. I don't understand people who say they regret them. Aren't you used to them by now?

Mine are black which helps with fading and there is a slick line. I can cover the larger one and the smaller one is something people rarely notice.

KORTON

KKkitty wrote: »

OP you may not like to their tattoos but they do. I've got no tattoos myself but I wouldn't judge what other people have on their bodies.

yes,
one of my friends has a really crappy tat of the grim reaper on his chest.ok its kinda funny but the same guy ran into a burning bunch of flats on the way home from work to save 2 people and then just jumped back in the car and drove off.i don't care what kinda ****ty tat he has,.he's cool in my books

JasperGeorge.

KORTON wrote: »

yes,
one of my friends has a really crappy tat of the grim reaper on his chest.ok its kinda funny but the same guy ran into a burning bunch of flats on the way home from work to save 2 people and then just jumped back in the car and drove off.i don't care what kinda ****ty tat he has,.he's cool in my books

It's the crappy Tattoos people regret. To be honest people can get them removed. Part of the reason I got black is because it is the easiest colour to remove. Greens, Blues and Reds will prove more difficult. Or if the tattoo is layered and a lot of different work has gone on.

But the thing is I don't really think about them that much either way. It's a surface thing. If you get a large area tattoo that is something which those types of people are usually ready to commit to.

A ban on tattoos makes little sense. They don't affect anyone really but the person who gets one.

eternal

A Greedy Algorithm wrote: »

Lets get one thing straight here, Cork is not a city, its a large town.

Don't be a moron. Cork is a city as are Dublin and Limerick. It's places like Galway are debated about. Cork has always been known as a thriving city. Why do the dumb asses only emerge at night here.

JasperGeorge.

KORTON wrote: »

yes,
one of my friends has a really crappy tat of the grim reaper on his chest.ok its kinda funny but the same guy ran into a burning bunch of flats on the way home from work to save 2 people and then just jumped back in the car and drove off.i don't care what kinda ****ty tat he has,.he's cool in my books

This can happen. They definitely increased my street cred. If your job permits it you can even have visible ones.

KORTON

JasperGeorge. wrote: »

It's the crappy Tattoos people regret. To be honest people can get them removed. Part of the reason I got black is because it is the easiest colour to remove. Greens, Blues and Reds will prove more difficult. Or if the tattoo is layered and a lot of different work has gone on.

But the thing is I don't really think about them that much either way. It's a surface thing. If you get a large area tattoo that is something which those types of people are usually ready to commit to.

A ban on tattoos makes little sense. They don't affect anyone really but the person who gets one.

"They don't affect anyone really but the person who gets one"
I have a few scars.did'nt ask for them but they are there and if anything they suit me.one in the chest and one in the lower thigh and one lovely scar running from my bottom lip to my jaw line.there only skin deep.im flipped over a tractor trying to get it to do something that it could not do.

Slicemeister

They should introduce a tattoo tax. Abandon the irish water malarkey.

JasperGeorge.

KORTON wrote: »

"They don't affect anyone really but the person who gets one"
I have a few scars.did'nt ask for them but they are there and if anything they suit me.one in the chest and one in the lower thigh and one lovely scar running from my bottom lip to my jaw line.there only skin deep.im flipped over a tractor trying to get it to do something that it could not do.

You didn't choose them and yet you have made peace with them. This is exactly the point I'm making.

So someone changes their mind over a tattoo? Meh no biggie I've never met anyone who hated them.

Anyone I have met who really disliked them had a total change of life and character. And it was more like they did not like the old life and the old character rather than the tattoo. It's just not them anymore.

KORTON

Slicemeister wrote: »

They should introduce a tattoo tax. Abandon the irish water malarkey.

tats, tv and chemtrials yeahh !

lol

KORTON

JasperGeorge. wrote: »

You didn't choose them and yet you have made peace with them. This is exactly the point I'm making.

So someone changes their mind over a tattoo? Meh no biggie I've never met anyone who hated them.

Anyone I have met who really disliked them had a total change of life and character. And it was more like they did not like the old life and the old character rather than the tattoo. It's just not them anymore.

a lot of folk are lost and don't know that their lost ....but the ones that find themselves lost
will never need a map ....some folk need tats as a map

JasperGeorge.

KORTON wrote: »

a lot of folk are lost and don't know that their lost ....but the ones that find themselves lost
will never need a map ....some folk need tats as a map

Beeeeautiful.
Now there you go. First time anyone ever has made me think deeper about my tats. :-)

KORTON

JasperGeorge. wrote: »

Beeeeautiful.
Now there you go. First time anyone ever has made me think deeper about my tats. :-)

lol
here's one for ya

the blossom of rust on silage trailer marks time better than any sundial

I used that as a chat up line one night and after I explained it,well it worked out fine lol

JasperGeorge.

KORTON wrote: »

lol
here's one for ya

the blossom of rust on silage trailer marks time better than any sundial

I used that as a chat up line one night and after I explained it,well it worked out fine lol

That's a beaut! I wonder if I could come up with an urban version!