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Well I don't know nothing about tattoos if some one has a tattoo just above the secret door or near the doorbell you have no chance to see them so take it that way.
I teach at a Navajo high school.
I just asked my class right now how many have any kind of ink. Two out of twenty. That is typical for out here. When they play other high schools that are not Navajo in basketball, their bare sleeves are usually spotless, while their opponents have at least half the team or more with ink...sometimes covered.
It's not everywhere in the US. Sometimes it's cultural.
I would think that tattoos on anyone under 18 would be uncommon since they're illegal in NM without parental consent.
It's entirely a cultural thing. I'm not sure where it's more prevalent but I'd probably agree with the person who said the Anglo-Saxon type cultures.
I don't think there's anything wrong with tattoos usually either. I think it's distasteful for men to have naked women in visible areas (unless it's done tactfully and doesn't look pornographic) and I say that as a person with 4 tattoos. There are also some tattoos that even artists will refuse to do usually such as Nazi swastikas or any kind of hate message really. In the younger generation, I know more people who have tattoos than people who don't. In my opinion, it doesn't make someone trashy, unintelligent, or any of those things. It's just a piece of art.
Interesting story... I have a tattoo on my wrist and it's very visible. When I was a teenager, I got a call for an interview at an AMC theatre. They asked if I had any tattoos below the elbow and of course I was honest but explained it's a nonissue because I can either wear long sleeves or they make special arm sleeves to cover tattoos I could purchase. Person said that's fine. The next day, an hour before the interview, someone else calls me while I'm in class to inform me they can't hire me due to the tattoo (which is a nautical star for anyone who is wondering). I was pretty surprised by that. I've never been turned away from any other job (including management positions) for my tattoos - especially a movie theatre of all places!
My pet peeve is the "tribal" tattoos that have no personal connection whatsoever. Like a Maori/New Zealand tribal tattoo on some pasty red-haired white guy from Wisconsin. Or a Celtic tattoo on someone that has NO idea of the hidden meaning and NO connection to the British Isles. I'm no tattoo fan, but I'd sure make sure it was personal and made some statement about who I am. Otherwise why get it? Say whatever about those WWII guys that came back with a simple heart that said "Mother," but at least they understood that.
Back to the original post, I do think there have been European countries gaining on the US. But we're far and away the frontrunners. Watch any soccer or basketball game of "USA vs. ____________" and look at the arms.
Lol, it amuses me that people think tattoos are just a "fad" when tattoos have been around for how long? Yeah.
Tattoos have been around, in Western society, but ON THE FRINGE, forever. Carnies and bikers and certain musicians and soldiers etc.
Not really since early 1990's are they accepted and visible mainstream things. Before 1990 no one in mainstream retail (at a mall or fancy department store) would be showing it. I do think it's here to stay, for a little while longer anyway, though there is a recent trend among some young people to keep the canvas clean, as it were.
My pet peeve is the "tribal" tattoos that have no personal connection whatsoever. Like a Maori/New Zealand tribal tattoo on some pasty red-haired white guy from Wisconsin.
I'm a pasty white woman from North Carolina. I guess it would bother you if I get the Guamanian tattoo that I've been wanting. Of course, you wouldn't know by looking at me that I'm 1/2 Guamanian.
I'm a pasty white woman from North Carolina. I guess it would bother you if I get the Guamanian tattoo that I've been wanting. Of course, you wouldn't know by looking at me that I'm 1/2 Guamanian.
Then you, by all means, should have it. There's a personal connection to it.
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