who does NOT LIKE TATTOOS on women ? (sandals, store, skirt)

[cpg35223]

Originally Posted by MooksterL1

You are absolutely right in that you are entitled to your opinion. However, I think that your post confirms a reoccurring theme on this thread that if you are shallow and can't see beyond your prejudice enough to lump a large group of people by one characteristic (and one as small as a tattoo) then you are definitely a person whose opinion is of no consequence to those of us who find ourselves to be more tolerant and freethinking individuals.
And actually, I would love to see a breakdown of ages here. You sounded a bit stuffy so I checked your profile and I am rather glad that you wouldn't find me sexy because frankly you are old enough for that to be creepy and definitely worthy of an ewwwwwwwwwww!

Let's see. If somebody wears the same dirty, dingy dress day after day after day after day for the next twenty years, and if that dress is tattered, faded, stained and generally falling apart, I wouldn't be shallow for thinking that the person wearing it had problems. Yet a tattoo has much the same limitations as that dress.

Further, let's address what I've highlighted in bold. Please explain to me how maiming yourself with unoriginal, badly-done art work expresses individuality. I've seen a lot of tattoos in my day, and almost all of them are variations on the same basic designs. So your argument is the equivalent of saying, "Gosh, me and millions of other women wear basically the same ten or so dresses day after day after day. Aren't we original and creative?"

I mean, if scarring the human body and courting hepatitis all to wear some generic emblem on your body constitutes individuality, I'll eat my hat.

[One Thousand]

Originally Posted by wolfeyes

Hmmmmm Someone being a rapist is far fetched from someone having tattoos. IF you are putting someone who has tattoos in the same category as someone who goes out raping people,.. dude you have some serious issues!!..

BTW: I never said you were old!

Don't be silly, I'm not putting them in the same category. However, what I'm doing is demonstrating that behavior reflects who a person is. Obviously, a rapist would have a hard time possessing personal attributes that compensated for his lack of respect for the bodies of others. Whereas a person with a tattoo would have a relatively easy time offsetting whatever negative personal traits accompany the tendency to make such choices.

However, the argument being made by some of you is "you can't judge someone because of a tattoo." I am saying, it's an indication. Perhaps, for some people, other attributes will outweigh the tendency to make that choice. However, it's still an indication of who you are... and most everyone I know has always seen it as a tendency to make irresponsible decisions-- including promiscuous behavior. I think it's appropriate to draw that connection.

[DragonFly757]

Originally Posted by One Thousand

If it was well thought out, you'd have concluded that is wasn't a smart decision.

Your opinion should not be forced upon me as I have formulated my own opinion on the matter, thank you.

I see a lot of bad tattoos and don't think they are very appealing on many people. However, I feel good about mine, love the symbolism behind it, and appreciate the reason behind getting one. If it makes me feel good, that's all that matters.

[DragonFly757]

Originally Posted by One Thousand

However, it's still an indication of who you are... and most everyone I know has always seen it as a tendency to make irresponsible decisions-- including promiscuous behavior. I think it's appropriate to draw that connection.

Kind of like the argument from a rapist who says "she asked for it because she wore a mini skirt and heels and I couldn't help myself...it's her fault".

[cpg35223]

Originally Posted by TailoredMaid

Your opinion should not be forced upon me as I have formulated my own opinion on the matter, thank you.

I see a lot of bad tattoos and don't think they are very appealing on many people. However, I feel good about mine, love the symbolism behind it, and appreciate the reason behind getting one. If it makes me feel good, that's all that matters.

That's nice. But if you don't care what other people think about tattoos, then why are you on a message board polling people who do NOT like tattoos, and why men find women who wear tattoos to be unappealing.

I mean, if you truly were unconcerned, you would have seen this topic, thought, "Well, that's silly," and moved right on to a deep and meaningful conversation about piercings. Instead, craving validation and public acceptance, you get on here and weigh in and subsequently adopt a defensive tone.

So here you go: Most men find tattoos to be ugly. Most women find tattoos to be ugly. What's more, as fashion statements, tattoos are facile and unoriginal, a kind of herd mentality limned in permanent ink, demonstrating a very shallow understanding of what originality really is.

[MooksterL1]

Originally Posted by cpg35223

Let's see. If somebody wears the same dirty, dingy dress day after day after day after day for the next twenty years, and if that dress is tattered, faded, stained and generally falling apart, I wouldn't be shallow for thinking that the person wearing it had problems. Yet a tattoo has much the same limitations as that dress.

Further, let's address what I've highlighted in bold. Please explain to me how maiming yourself with unoriginal, badly-done art work expresses individuality. I've seen a lot of tattoos in my day, and almost all of them are variations on the same basic designs. So your argument is the equivalent of saying, "Gosh, me and millions of other women wear basically the same ten or so dresses day after day after day. Aren't we original and creative?"

I mean, if scarring the human body and courting hepatitis all to wear some generic emblem on your body constitutes individuality, I'll eat my hat.

Maybe you could try reading for comprehension? Do you have your bifocals handy? Tolerance and freethinking are general characteristic of many individuals and have nothing to do with being inked.

[DragonFly757]

I do believe there were more options in the poll than to check off "I do NOT like tattoos", hence this is not a board just for that opinion. I find it intriguing that I can accept the variety of responses from everyone, but the moment I stand up and state I disagree with one person's statement and say am not a skank (because someone has made a sweeping statement) then you get your panties in a wad.

I think I've been accepting of differing opinions, even yours. Please do the same for me and for others and play in the sandbox nicely.

I simply shared my experience and my opinion. Same as you. I can respect your opinion about as much as you've taken the time to respect mine. At the same time, I don't have to adopt your opinion as fact.

[MooksterL1]

Originally Posted by One Thousand

However, the argument being made by some of you is "you can't judge someone because of a tattoo." I am saying, it's an indication. Perhaps, for some people, other attributes will outweigh the tendency to make that choice. However, it's still an indication of who you are... and most everyone I know has always seen it as a tendency to make irresponsible decisions-- including promiscuous behavior. I think it's appropriate to draw that connection.

Let's try this on for size...
I know absolutely nothing about you expect the tone of your posts (which I've noticed more than once and while you may not be old IMO you have far worse problems... Please feel free to continue to be repulsed by my tattoo! Please!). For all I know these "people" that you "know" could all live in your head. You could be the real 40 year old virgin living vicariously through the net in your parent's basement and the only people you really "know" are fantasties or little pixels on a screen. Ridiculous assumption? Of course! Just about as ridiculous as you equating all tattoos with risky behaviors.

[cpg35223]

Originally Posted by MooksterL1

Maybe you could try reading for comprehension? Do you have your bifocals handy? Tolerance and freethinking are general characteristic of many individuals and have nothing to do with being inked.

Oh, I read very well, including between the lines. The basic statement, "I wear tattoos, therefore I'm a freethinking person," is a fallacy. Instead, what it means is that the tattoo wearer saw it in a magazine, said, "Hmmm, that looks awfully cute," and strolled into a tattoo parlor one night after swilling a little liquid courage, never really thinking about how it would look five years down the line.

In fact, let's just try a little logical exercise and substitute another word for "tattoo." Let's try a statement such as "Capri pants make me a freethinking individual," or "Paisley ties make me a freethinking individual." Both would be considered really stupid statements, because both are just fashion choices.

In short, just admit it. Tattoo wearing does not signify any kind of free-spiritedness or original thinking at all. Instead, in its own way, it just signals a different kind of conformity, one that requires permanently scarring one's body to fit in with a transitory, impermanent idea of what is chic and fashionable.

[One Thousand]

Originally Posted by MooksterL1

Let's try this on for size...
I know absolutely nothing about you expect the tone of your posts (which I've noticed more than once and while you may not be old IMO you have far worse problems... Please feel free to continue to be repulsed by my tattoo! Please!). For all I know these "people" that you "know" could all live in your head. You could be the real 40 year old virgin living vicariously through the net in your parent's basement and the only people you really "know" are fantasties or little pixels on a screen. Ridiculous assumption? Of course! Just about as ridiculous as you equating all tattoos with risky behaviors.

Actually, no... I don't think your assumptions are unreasonable. If the people you've met in the past who carry similar opinions and express themselves similarly were real life versions of the 40yr old, it's perfectly logical for you to assume, until other evidence is offered, that I'm posting from my parent's basement.

It's called inductive logic.

Whether or not you should be open-minded about me or not depends on the risks you are willing to take with our life and your time. If you'd expect that I'm dangerous-- as a woman with Hep would be to me-- then you wouldn't risk meeting, of course. If you'd expect that I'd be exceptionally annoying, you'd, at best, limit the time you granted.

That's how the real world works.

Now, I have to go for a little while... my mom needs the phone line...