The rise and rise of tattoos

I have 4 tattoos, none of which are visible unless I choose to wear something to show them. All have a meaning to me, love them all, each to their own, others might not like mine but what a person chooses is an individual choice imo..

Anyhow, just love tattoos so I have no problem with them

P_1 wrote: »

Depends on what the football tattoo is if you ask me. I remember getting a tattoo and another lad in the studio was getting a fairly large and intricate portrait of Steve Gerrard holding the European Cup on his back. Have to say that it certainly didn't strike me as being tacky.

dat sounds clas where can i get dat?!

P_1 wrote: »

another lad in the studio was getting a fairly large and intricate portrait of Steve Gerrard holding the European Cup on his back. Have to say that it certainly didn't strike me as being tacky.

That's probably the tackiest idea I've ever heard in my life!

They are ****e, but not as ****e as the people who just love telling you all about their plan to get them, or the ones they already have. Oh how lovely, a silhouette of a swift that no one will ever see unless you make an effort to bore them. I'm going to start showing people the pattern on my socks and telling them what it says about me.

I think attitudes about tattoos have changed, so now you see more people getting them because they don't face the kind of stigma tattoos once brought a few decades ago. Most companies don't care about most kinds of tattoos anymore, and most people still get tattoos in places that are easily covered up if need be. And that's good because people should have the right to do what they want with their own bodies, be it tattoos or piercings or other types of body modifications. Just because someone has sleeves doesn't mean they're not a perfectly capable accountant or rocket scientist. It doesn't make them mean or unapproachable, and I think those snap judgments are going by the wayside.

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Out of all of the people who are slating tattoos (I'm aiming this mainly at female posters), how many of you have piercings, like your ears?

I'd rather put ink in my skin and enjoy how it looks than punch holes in my body to dangle bits of metal, feather or plastic out of them.

Having said that I can't say I've ever seen a tattoo on another person and found it so inspiring I wanted to go out and get one myself. More power to them for doing what they want (I've rarely met someone with a tattoo who didn't put a good amount of thought into it), but it's not my taste.

But to your point, I have one piercing on each ear lobe. You don't dig earrings and I don't dig tattoos. That means on some level, we understand each other. We both know that just because you have a body modification of some kind, it doesn't mean you're obligated to find all other forms of body modification aesthetically pleasing.

I'm 38 and have been thinking about getting one since I was 18 , now I have 2 kids I'd love to get something done with them in mind . But I've never understood why people have them on their backs? I'd want to see my tattoo .

The swallow tradition is cool and a timeless tattoo is so true, I always wanted a tattoo when I was in school. Everybody was getting these big black tribal tattoo's on their shoulders, they looked liked the standard Henna tattoo's only bigger and thank fcuk I never got one, I'd hate to have gotten a tattoo just because it was the in thing to do.

I've seen some gems though, as bad as they are you'd always get a laugh talking about them. One was a Frankenstein face with the UV ink in his eyes for that special glow in the dark experience, another was two boxing gloves hanging up with yer man's surname on a scroll around it ( incase he forgot? ), wouldn't be too bad if he actually boxed. :pac:

barneysplash wrote: »

Where they get it says a lot about them:

Bad tribal art on shoulders like pointy barbs or interlocking thorns =
Steroid fuelled meathead who dreams of MMA fame and fortune, but
will settle for assault causing harm.

Neck = Dirty skobie looking for a fight or to sell you counterfeit cigarettes
and size up your wallet and his chances of 'aving it when you're paying him.

Lower Back = Dirty chlamydia riddled skank who dreams of becoming
a Television X porn-star. Also known as the "Tramp Stamp" or "Slag Tag".


Foot = usually an unemployable dirtbox in leggings and flip-flops
with her hair scraped back from her rough and "wha?" face.
She thinks she's the Queen of Sheeba, and all men want her.
Has 5 kids with 4 different fellas. Gets passed around between the
local modified motors crew like a bag of toffees.

Face = lunatic




Not being broadly stereotypical or anything

+1 I find people who get them embarrassing. Most are beefed up losers pumped up on steroids and sunbeds. They then get a sleeve and show it off wherever they go. I wouldn't be into it myself.

P_1 wrote: »

You look down on somebody because of something they thought was for them. If that isn't snobbery then what is

So if a midget goes to pick up something I dropped and I'm looking down at them then I'm a snob? Dat dont make no sense!

P_1 wrote: »

You look down on somebody because of something they thought was for them. If that isn't snobbery then what is

And can you point out where I said I look down on people?

As far as I'm aware, I was commenting purely on tattoos.

Meangadh wrote: »

I don't like tattoos, but I don't judge anyone to be a certain type of person just cos they have one. Sure so many different types of people have them, how could you even try to summarise that into one type?

I don't like them cos I don't like the idea of marking your skin with something permanently but I couldn't care less if someone has one. Each to their own.

Apparently some people get uppity when you comment on tattoos as they think you have it in for a certain demographic of society.

Maybe it's not that and you just don't like bad tattoos.