Are tattoos trashy?

Oh yay, a tattoo thread. These always end well.

First tattoo thread today.

Tattoos. Ah yes why not express your individuality by being just like everyone else?

Got loads of tattoos and piercings when I was very young and immature. Regret it. Got some of them removed surgically which left bad scars. There was no laser removal back then. Well there was but it was too expensive. It is who I am today.

Permanent tattoos fail the "can you walk away easily if you change your mind or your circumstances change" test. I was involved in left wing politics in college, some of my comrades got political tattoos but I didn't. They later regretted it as their political views changed with age.

Tattoos seem to be ubiquitous among scumbags but also very common among the general population. Sheeple, in many cases.

Having tattoos is a big part of Thugmaxxing that incels talk about. Even if you aren't a thug, looking like one will get women interested in you so I suppose tattoos do have their uses for men.

They can look trashy all right...a lot depends on the individual wearing them, how they dress, how they act etc

They can look great too, its all a bit subjective really.

Imo a lot of them don't tend to age well , they ain't pretty on wrinkled flabby skin ..they make it look even worse than it does already

Basically if you are an unattractive flabby scummer the tats probably won't improve matters unsurprisingly (but that might not be your priority anyway) whereas if you are young and attractive and you haven't taken the lizard man option they can look quite good but remember you won't be that way forever and it's possible a lot of people might not think they look quite so good in the future and it may mean people have preconceptions about you regardless of whether that's fair or not.

Then sure maybe in the future if you don't have a tattoo you will be looked down upon, who knows, we could have animated adaptive tattoos that can change skin tone and colour in the future etc

Well at least batman will age in real time along with the person that has it. 😆

I have a BIL with a sleeve of the DC heroes on his arm. The Joker looks like a transvestite. Hardly the look he was going for and not exactly what I would call art. A friend of mine was stuck with the name of his ex-wife on his neck and 2 of his 3 children 🤣.

I considered putting my kids names on my upper arm with their birth dates, but only because I always forget their birth dates 😜

😂 brilliant

Maybe the kid requested it!

theres no cool or hip about tattoo,s now , large tattoos on the back,neck, legs are trashy, unless they are very small all face tattoo,s are awful.rule no 1 never put someones name as a tattoo .i think if you want to be cool now have no tattoo,s at all or just one small tattoo that is well designed and reflects your interests .i dont think a tattoo of any person superhero or anime character will look attractive on anyone.i think most large tattoo,s look crude and ugly

Exactly

She fits like an old shoe?

My take

• it depends.
• not black and white

I have a few but not visible daily, they are personal to me so I like them there. However a good tattoo is pure art, something unique. Celtic crosses, tribal, dreamcatcher and all the other generic tattoo's I'm not a fan of.

Again, 'how long is a piece of string'.

Some people get tattoos because they like a band/football team/person.

Some people get tattoos for religious or cultural reasons.

Some people get tattoos to cover up accident and surgical scars.

Some people get them because they want to remember a moment in time every time they see it.

Some people get them in memorial to a dead loved one.

I don't have any tattoos myself as I'm a bit too fickle with designs and have a crazy high expectation when it comes to drawing standards and was always afraid of being stuck with something that looked a bit ****.

Hate to say it but a very large percentage of tattoos out there are really badly executed.

'just do it'

Henna tattoos are temporary.

I think tattoos can look really cool. Some people definitely overdo it though.

And then when skin gets old tattoos look disgusting. Nothing more trashy looking than a woman in her 50s or 60s or more with tattoos.

I think they look great on nice smooth skin, but on old skin they look disgusting.

theyre a thing for the young and beautiful. Wouldn’t be arsed myself and never was. I certainly think there’s an element of attention seeking, vanity and even body dysmorphia at play in some people who get massive areas done. But alas, once old and wrinkly with gravity taking its toll, they’re horrible looking things.

When you tattoo someone (well, if you go about it properly) you factor in aging skin and an aging tattoo. It's actually a fascinating process and incredibly interesting to see it done properly.

You basically work the tattoo so it has different ages and appearances throughout it's life as the pigment bleeds slightly over time.

As mentioned though, the vast majority of tattoos you see about the place are generally badly done and don't factor in things like this. I'm sure your 50s gym lady is a good example of one of them!

Of course, nothing can account for when you're much, much older and wrinklier. Although I'll argue that you've bigger things to worry about visually when you hit that stage of your life. 😁