Tattoos????

Ricci.Wright

When I was young, the 1960's and 1970's pretty much the only folks you saw with tattoos were military and they were usually small compared to what I see today. I don't have any and it is of course a personal choice. I see a lot of guys now with full sleeves and even neck art that can not be easily covered. I also meet lots of women now, some very young, with tattoos and not the small sexy ones only very close friends get to see, but large tats on the shoulders, legs, chests, and other places. I can't help but wonder if some of these folks are going to regret all this ink they paid to have applied. Maybe there will be so many people with tattoos that it won't be a factor when applying for employment as it must surly be for some jobs today. What do you guys think? Am I just old??     

spasmcreeksrun

some of them saggy tattoos should create whole new scenarios

jltrent

I will offend some, but I call them trash stamps.  Worked in corrections 30 years and heard all kinds of stories behind them.  

BobJudy

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Act in haste and repent in leisure. These may be overused sayings but ring true for me. A friend told me it ain't easy and is painful to remove even a small tattoo. Bob

chiefr

Dont have any and dont want any.
Nothing against people that have them, as members of my family and close friends do, just not for me.

Old-Colts

I've never understood the desire to alter your appearance and skin with tattoos; but I accept it as one of those personal choice things. I survived 8 years and 9 months in the Navy and never got one nor was I tempted to get one. Heck, I have enough visible scars from my "what the hell did I just do" moments!!!!!! 

Bubba Jr.

Every time I see someone with *, neck, or sleeve tattoos, I automatically wonder if they just got of prison.

EDIT:          What the heck is wrong with f a c i a l?

rufe-snow

I use to work for the Navy. Tattoos were very common, specially the boatswains. 

Knocks me for a loop, when I'm in Walmart. And I see these overweight, middle aged, soccer moms. Walking around, with more tattoos than a boatswains mate. 

The dermatologists, who specialize in removing tattoos. Are going to wind up, richer than Bill Gates. Removing these soccer moms tattoos. When it dawn's on them, how stupid they look.

MrMag00

Tattoo makeup? What happened to your eyebrows? Were you in a fire? Oh well, like some paint jobs, looks good from 50 ft. 

buddyb

If I remember correctly if a UPS driver has tattoos they must be covered up at work.If you see a driver with long sleeves,gloves or a turtle neck in warm weather he is probably covering tatts.

4205raymond

Dad had a small one on shoulder that said MOTHER. He got it as a vet in WW2. Not a  Mama's boy. Not a clue why he got it. Had a girl friend with small rose on shoulder. She grew to hate it and could not get the darn thing off.

SW0320

10 years in the Navy been all over the world and not one tattoo.  As a kid we had a sign painter across the street.  I used to like to go to his shop to watch him work.  One day I commented about getting a tattoo.  He had a tattoo gun so he said I could try it.  He did not put any ink in the gun so I could just see what it felt like.  It hurt like hell.  That was it for me, never got a tattoo.

I see so many young women these days with tats.  I have some older Navy friends and their tats look awful can’t image how these women are going to look.

Warbirds

I have a few tattoos, as luck would have it, got them while in the Navy.

bustedknee

There is nothing wrong with a small tasteful tat...

pulsarnc

In my part of the world the only tats I saw were on ww2, vets, carnival workers and such when I was growing up . Never cared for them . Don’t have one and can safely say I am never getting one . Wife and son each have one but that was over my objections

chme

Think I was behind the last guy, going thru security screening at the SF airport.  That was an interesting half hour.  

William81

To each their own........Not my thing but no problem with those that choose to sport them.....

My sons are now in their 30's and back when they were in High School and College, many of their friends were getting all sorts of different tattoos and there was some real peer pressure to do the same....My bride and I wanted them to wait until they were older to make a decision they would have to live with their entire lives.   So in our home, the understanding was out of respect for their mother and I, no tattoos or piercings until they were on their own and paying their own way in this world.   It was also understood as we were paying the freight for them to go to college, that would end if this understanding was violated....

Some of their friends thought we were pretty mean, uncool  parents ...but both sons  followed through with the agreement, both finished their degrees and moved on in their lives and   careers etc.....To this day neither has been pierced or tattooed.  Both  have thanked us for this whole process......

If either showed up tattooed or pierced now, it would be fine with me..

dreher

I recently saw a young woman with a huge tattoo on the outside of her thigh.  She had a small little boy with her, maybe 2 or 2 1/2.  A whole bunch of very colorful ink on her thigh, probably a very expensive tattoo.  She had obviously gained a whole bunch of weight during her pregnancy and then lost a lot of that weight.  That tattoo was now over a thigh that looked like HUGE curd cottage cheese.  All that ink and all that money spent and I had no idea  what that tat was supposed to be.  It had been stretched out and then shrunk.  Really ugly!!  

chollagardens

With all the marketing going on I wonder why there are no marketing tattoos. Something like a eat at Taco Bell tattoo would look better than some of what I've seen and mabe get get someone some income.

hobo9650

If I owned a business, i would not hire anyone who had tats, piercings or dreads.  Just my $.02.

Merlinnv12

I knew a gal who had a tattoo of a seashell on her inner thigh.
She said if I put my ear on it I could smell the ocean!

medic07

So again as everyone said, tattoos are a personal thing.  I spent 26 years in uniform and have several but that were all in locations that were easily covered in uniform (even with sleeves rolled).  11 years after retiring I did get one on my forearm.  Everyone of them has a connection to something in my life or the family background.
Yes times are changing and businesses are not as reluctant to hire people with tattoos or piercings (within reason).  I have a team that is mostly younger (programmers, developers, IT analysts) that have tats.  I hire them for their expertise and they get paid very well for it.  Tats do not impact their work skills or ethics.
Now I will say I look at the "homeless" on the street corners asking for money and they have full sleeves and legs covered in ink.  That is not cheap, so they must get enough money to blow on that as well..therefore don't need any from me.

grdad45

My daughter got one of those "Tramp Stamp" tats several years ago, her choice at 30+ years old. She tried to hide it from me. We were visiting when she bent over, exposing it. I told her it looked nice, but in about 25 years, she'd be wiping it!    I thought her husband was going to choke to death on his beer.

Toolman286

I always think of the hypocrisy. They complain that they don't have enough money to live on, but they can spend big bucks on tattoos. 

waltermoe

I'm pretty sure they will regret it someday, those that have sleeves, neck and face tattoos. What I find amusing is when you ask someone why they got a particular tattoo they will say something like, to remember something.  I hope my mind never gets so bad I have to get a tattoo to remember something.      

jimdeere

I have one that says “ Shorty’s Bar and Grill, Chattanooga, Tennessee “

Smitty500mag

Tattoos I thought were cool back in the 50s on men that had been in WWII and the Korean War. They were sorta like the guys that rode Harley's they looked tough back in the day but after suit daddies and soccer mom's started getting them then they lost something. I see grandma's with them today and that ain't cool. 

NeoBlackdog

God shot me out of my mom just the way He wanted me and has decorated me with various scars over the years.  I ain't gonna try and 'improve' on His work!

mohawk600

Ricci.Wright said:

When I was young, the 1960's and 1970's pretty much the only folks you saw with tattoos were military and they were usually small compared to what I see today. I don't have any and it is of course a personal choice. I see a lot of guys now with full sleeves and even neck art that can not be easily covered. I also meet lots of women now, some very young, with tattoos and not the small sexy ones only very close friends get to see, but large tats on the shoulders, legs, chests, and other places. I can't help but wonder if some of these folks are going to regret all this ink they paid to have applied. Maybe there will be so many people with tattoos that it won't be a factor when applying for employment as it must surly be for some jobs today. What do you guys think? Am I just old??     

I live in Austin, TX and currently work in a grocery store. You would not believe what I see every day. It's almost like the people without tats are the exception. I don't have any and have no plans to get any.........but I know a lot of people that have lots and love them. Just not for me.

Sam06

Stupid waste of money IMO.

mjrfd99

Toolman286 said:

I always think of the hypocrisy. They complain that they don't have enough money to live on, but they can spend big bucks on tattoos. 

I run into many around here that went to school -Cub scouts -Boy scouts -Little League -Hockey etc... with my kids. 
The ones with the most tattoos seem to be the biggest losers now.  
Carl was the latest.  In a s*** box Chevy cobalt with a garbage bag rear window
Must of had 3-4 Grand in tattoos.  
Oh yeah - no job either. 

nmyers

Many police & fire agencies will not hire people with tattoos that cannot be covered.  I've seen customers walk out of restaurants after being grossed out by a server's tats & piercings.

A recent scientific study found that microscopic globules of tattoo ink circulate throughout your body FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.  Whether or not this has an adverse effect on your long term health, they were unable to determine ---- yet.

Neal

Ditch-Runner

I could just never decide what I would like to have inked on me for ever basically. but have thought about it 
   my one  DIL has a couple on her legs and ankle she has had for years . and  some of my nephews have a few  .  my son's have none and don't seem to want any 
 my thoughts to each there own , but just me  I do not get the face tats  to me that is total commitment and really just look at me statement  . but then again not me so do what you want  there is a lot worse things people do 
 

montanajoe

I've seen both beautiful and ugly tatts, on both beautiful and ugly people.  I try not to judge by that alone.  I have no tatts.

RobOz

A lot of America's finest have tats.

mohawk600

I though about it in the military and in other phases of my life............so far, I am ink free and at 51 y.o. I see no need to get one now.

mark christian

Human beings have been decorating our bodies since the dawn of time. Nothing new there. I'm terrified of needles; my heart races at the thought of a flu shot. Tattoo? No chance.