Could someone please explain to me why people get tattoos? (cut, head)
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I would point out that not everyone who has tattoos is a loser. With that said, I work at a small engineering start-up of 25 nerdy men and only 1 of them has a tattoo (not me). As you pointed out, MOST professionals don't have tattoos and aren't defacing their bodies.
So many people so ignorant about tattoos and tattooing.
I'm heavily tattooed and a pilot with an engineering degree. I received them because I think of tattoos as art and I truly like the way they look. It's as simple as that. I'm not a *****, or a criminal (I have a perfectly clean record and that includes a 10 year FBI check which is required when you work in secure parts of international airports) don't do drugs and am a homebody for the most part.
It's not a 'fad' as humans have been getting tattooed for thousands of years, it's just become more socially acceptable. As for the 'terrible' tattoos that fade, yes those exist. They are also caused by having an inexperienced tattoo artist, subpar ink and not taking care of it. I have a friend who has full sleeves that are more than 10 years old and with very minimal touch ups has kept them looking nearly brand new. My left forearm was done nearly 8 years ago and I still have people asking if it's new because I take care of my skin, don't tan and exfoliate and moisturize on a regular basis.
Please, educate yourself before using rash stereotypes on people.
My cousin's husband has both arms tatted up and he says it's soothing. I told him he's a lunatic.
Some of my friends from HS got them in graduation day because it was the thing to do I guess. My one friend got the names of his mother and grandmother tatted on his upper back. His mom and grandma found it awesome. My other friend got a cross with rosary beads on his rib cage. Which was ironic to me since I think the Bible says somewhere that thou shalt not mark one's body or something like that lol.
I don't really care if a person has tattoos or not, but what I don't get is why someone would get them on their face, hands, neck, or any other areas where it would be visible every day.
It's driving me crazy!! I'm in my late 40s and don't remember any time in my life where so many people were defacing their bodies with this crap! Everywhere, I see young kids, young attractive mothers with kids, clean cut good-looking kids too in addition to all of the bikers, whores, skinheads and slackers that always got them in the past. What is the appeal in getting these? Are they permanent or can they be removed?
There are tons of these posts already. Take your ignorance and judgemental-ness elsewhere because a lot of us on here have tattoos and don't care what you think.
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