Does everyone have tattoos nowadays?

Ally Dick · 04-02-2017 01:57PM #1

Just looking at people on First Dates and other shows on telly? Does everyone have tattoos nowadays? Is it a young persons thing? What is the appeal. Maybe I am old fashioned, but I think they look disgusting

Dirty Dingus McGee · 04-02-2017 02:00PM

I absolutely hate them and I'm young.They are vile looking and I have no idea of the appeal of them as they don't enhance how anybody looks and just imagine how unbelievably horrible they're going to look on wrinkly skin in 20 or 30 years time when all the young people who have them start to age.

Dr Crayfish · 04-02-2017 02:01PM

Not everyone no. I don't, and I can't think of any friends that have any. I think a younger demographic may be really into them though, for some reason. I'm not a fan myself, although I do think they can look good on darker skinned people - Spanish, Maori, etc.

GritBiscuit · 04-02-2017 02:01PM

I like tattoos - watching reality TV tho? Ugh to that...

04-02-2017 02:02PM

They preserve the things you love

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 04-02-2017 02:03PM

I don't. Can't improve perfection

04-02-2017 02:05PM

Yes everyone has them. Even babies.

Sofiztikated · 04-02-2017 02:07PM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I absolutely hate them and I'm young.They are vile looking and I have no idea of the appeal of them as they don't enhance how anybody looks and just imagine how unbelievably horrible they're going to look on wrinkly skin in 20 or 30 years time when all the young people who have them start to age.

Because tattoos are a new thing, and people never got tattooed in years gone by.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/alisoncaporimo/24-reasons-to-never-get-a-tattoo?utm_term=.ge7NV49Dm#.dw0Zv0W4R

(I know, its buzzfeed, but just go with it.)

Good tattoos are timeless. Bad tattoos are just that. You don't like them? Don't get tattooed.

I have no idea of the appeal of reality television.

Sofiztikated · 04-02-2017 02:07PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I don't. Can't improve perfection

No, but you can draw on the cover.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 04-02-2017 02:17PM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Because tattoos are a new thing, and people never got tattooed in years gone by.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/alisoncaporimo/24-reasons-to-never-get-a-tattoo?utm_term=.ge7NV49Dm#.dw0Zv0W4R

(I know, its buzzfeed, but just go with it.)

Good tattoos are timeless. Bad tattoos are just that. You don't like them? Don't get tattooed.

I have no idea of the appeal of reality television.

Tattoo's are extremely commonplace now much more so than in the past.I'd say the majority of people under 30 have a tattoo now which was not the case in the past.

Sofiztikated · 04-02-2017 02:22PM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Tattoo's are extremely commonplace now much more so than in the past.I'd say the majority of people under 30 have a tattoo now which was not the case in the past.

Ah, anecdotes. The foundation of all coherent arguments.

osarusan · 04-02-2017 02:24PM

I don't have any. When I was younger I seriously thought about getting one of a big skeleton with red glowing eyes across my chest. Obviously glad I didn't now.

riemann · 04-02-2017 02:24PM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

No, but you can draw on the cover.

Drawing on the cover would ruin any piece of perfection.

Gunslinger92 · 04-02-2017 02:25PM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Tattoo's are extremely commonplace now much more so than in the past.I'd say the majority of people under 30 have a tattoo now which was not the case in the past.

And what? :P

py2006 · 04-02-2017 02:27PM

I'm gonna be unpopular here but I think they look awful on people. I could never get one myself. Even if I decided I did want one, after a week I would be bored of it and want to change it. :-/

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 04-02-2017 02:28PM

The worst are those awful infinity tattoos and getting someone else's name (or your own name) tattooed on. State of them

alchemist33 · 04-02-2017 02:30PM

Nothing sexier than an ankle covered in Chinese characters which actually mean "This idiot thinks these mean Peace"

Depp · 04-02-2017 02:40PM

think the reason they're becoming more popular is this old fashioned stigma attached to tattoos and people with them is more or less gone from society.

D0NNELLY · 04-02-2017 02:42PM

Ally Dick wrote: »

Just looking at people on First Dates and other shows on telly?

There's your problem.

04-02-2017 03:02PM

I'll never get one, but I don't really mind them. I do find it tedious though when uninteresting people ink their 'story' on their body and expect the rest of us to give a crap. I've met a few of those.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 04-02-2017 03:12PM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Ah, anecdotes. The foundation of all coherent arguments.

So you think that less people have tattoos today than 20 or 30 years ago?

farmerwifelet · 04-02-2017 03:20PM

Years ago in Ireland tattoos were mainly for men, lots of seamen would have them. It was kind of considered a sign of toughness/rougher trades etc.

Now people are afraid they will forget their children's names if they aren't tattooed on their neck or arms. I personally have only seen maybe 2 tattoos that didn't look awful. The "sleeves" are particularly ugly in my view. but each to their own.

Dyr · 04-02-2017 03:28PM

py2006 wrote: »

I'm gonna be unpopular here but I think they look awful on people. I could never get one myself. Even if I decided I did want one, after a week I would be bored of it and want to change it. :-/

You were already unpopular

Sofiztikated · 04-02-2017 03:30PM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

So you think that less people have tattoos today than 20 or 30 years ago?

-Percentage of people with tattoos in Ireland: 36% .

-Tattoo statistics show tattoo popularity has grown 13% since 2007.

Source: http://www.stapaw.com/tattoos-in-the-workplace-statistics

I, at least, come with stats.

I know less under 30's than I did when I WAS under 30, but the amount with tattoos has increased. But not majority, which is what you said. Then again, that's anecdotal evidence.

Maybe people feel more comfortable showing them off? Quality and ingenuity of tattoos are astonishing now. Way better than the scratchers of 80's and 90's tattoos in Ireland.

freshpopcorn · 04-02-2017 03:32PM

In the past I found tattoos to be alright. I didn't love them or hate them and I might have considered getting one.
What mainly turned me off them was the majority of people I know with them were troublesome/rough now I do know some lovely people with them. The main thing that turned me off them was when I saw pictures of people before and after getting them be it people I know or famous people. Even if you see pictures of Conor McGregor without tattoos he looked so much better without them in my honest opinion.

NIMAN · 04-02-2017 03:32PM

They are like beards, meant to make you hip and stand out from the crowd, but in the end it just makes you the same as everyone else.

Bonnie63 · 04-02-2017 03:37PM

From an artistic point of view some that Ive seen are just simply outstanding! but with the proliferation of tattoo's it reinforces my view that people are so impressionable and to a large part, followers. I think the first mainstream guy was Beckham ( I think) and then seemingly overnight the whole world (europe/UK anyway) wanted tatts. I like tatts but I wouldnt have one done.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 04-02-2017 03:39PM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

-Percentage of people with tattoos in Ireland: 36% .

-Tattoo statistics show tattoo popularity has grown 13% since 2007.

Source: http://www.stapaw.com/tattoos-in-the-workplace-statistics

I, at least, come with stats.

I know less under 30's than I did when I WAS under 30, but the amount with tattoos has increased. But not majority, which is what you said. Then again, that's anecdotal evidence.

Maybe people feel more comfortable showing them off? Quality and ingenuity of tattoos are astonishing now. Way better than the scratchers of 80's and 90's tattoos in Ireland.

Who cares about me doing research into whether my claim was true or not, it's a fairly trivial subject being discussed on an internet forum not a debate in the Dáil.

Also if 36% of people in general have tattoo's then it's a reasonable to say that adults under 30 are far more likely to have tattoo than those above 30 and therefore my claim that the majority under 30 have tattoo's is probably true.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 04-02-2017 03:40PM

riffmongous wrote: »

They preserve the things you love

like Starland Vocal Band.

Mr. FoggPatches · 04-02-2017 03:43PM

I got one because I wanted to remember where I left my keys.

judeboy101 · 04-02-2017 03:44PM

Grandad always said tattoos were for sailors and chinamen.im neither.

Does everyone have tattoos nowadays?

Comments