Are Tatoos Naff?

Quitelife

Tatoos on the neck are the main method of identifying Super Scum bags!

corner of hells

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119524868#Comment_119524868

How's the view from the Ivory Tower this afternoon?

Allinall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119524745#Comment_119524745

You could do neither.

Markcheese

Publicly visable tattoos are a public statement ... Like the clothes that you wear . For a some job interviews you wear a suit , for others it'd be a bit overkill ...so for some jobs no one would mind for others no thanks ...

whisky_galore

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They're obviously not all scumbags, but definitely a poor choice and limiting yourself employment wise.

But if you're happy being a hairdresser or a mechanic, knock yourself out.

Hellrazer

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I wouldnt want to work for a company that had such a narrow minded view.

Im fully sleeved, multiple tattoos yet I wear a suit every day and you wouldnt even know I had tattoos unless you saw me on a weekend. Im in higher management and theres plenty of people I know in very high up positions with more ink than me.

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119525953#Comment_119525953

You keep yours hidden in certain environments. Some others need to as well.

SafeSurfer

Back from holidays now but while at a water park there saw a small, scrawny guy with his kids. Lots of tats, including, in large writing across his stomach, “**** the police”.

I think obscenities on clothing, t shirts etc are crass. Even years ago the FCUK thing, was, IMHO, childish.

But to permanently write something like that on your body and expose it to children etc is a sign of, well, I am not sure what it is a sign of but certainly not the “look at me, I am so tough and edgy” image he may have been hoping to portray.

Some people get a tattoo or tattoos of something that means a lot to them personally, represents something or someone that has emotional resonance for them - could be a major life event, or a loss. Thinking they're ALL stupid or trashy or incompetent is not the brightest in and of itself.

_Kaiser_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119532480#Comment_119532480

Or.. Something they did cause all their mates were getting one, were drunk, on holiday etc

Have yet to see one I liked personally. Have seen otherwise good looking people destroy themselves in them too.

As I said in the other thread, not for me

yagan

What people think of them is mostly personal taste, but what I want to know is will tattoo removal grow as a business?

babyducklings1

Was on holiday recently saw loads of tattoos, at the pool and everywhere, and didn’t bother me. I’ve come to the conclusion that we are too narrow minded as regards them. I don’t have any as I’ve always thought I might regret it when I’m old or hearing about women trying to remove or conceal them for their wedding day etc. with expensive laser treatments or the fact that I don’t want anything permanently marked on my skin.

At the end of the day though think it’s down to personal choice and I don’t think anyone should be dismissed as a bad person for having a tatoo. Each to their own.

SafeSurfer

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How about a swastika tattoo?

fryup

surely temporary tattoo's/transfers are a better & safer option? 😶

corner of hells

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119535938#Comment_119535938

They certainly are , I regularly stroll into work with an ear temporarily tattoed on my forehead.

It's the final front ear.

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119535938#Comment_119535938

What if your playschool teacher doesn't like them? I remember having a batman fake tattoo in primary school lol.

I dont mind tattoos but dont have any and would never get them. I like them sometimes on women but some are weird like tattoos of moths and spiders etc not sure why anyone would want them.

Brid Hegarty

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Well I did say "more likely". How much more likely, I don't know... and probably not as much more likely as before as times have changed. Being honest, I know many decent people who have tattoos, and I wouldn't dare express my opinions on tattoos in public for that reason. You never know when you might need someone.

Brid Hegarty

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Spoofer, of the highest order!

silliussoddius

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Yes, when I was 8 I planned to get a tattoo. I committed to the idea of walking to my local shop, I persisted in the walk and handed over my 10p and endured lathering my saliva on to the super hero tattoo onto my fore arm.

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119534804#Comment_119534804

I was wondering that too... I mean being branded with ideas from decades ago..

bob the bob

I was against them when my girlfriend got her first one - I didn’t say anything but steered her away from some dodgy ones.

She now has 5 and I find them really hot. I’m general though I find her so hot that I almost fetishise her and find myself looking for porn girls with tattoos. She is of the darker persuasion and I think they look particularly sexy on her skin tone.

I love them on very pale skin!