I’m 66, and enjoyed this. As a graphic designer creative director, my job has been to stay. On top and predict trends. One reason I never would have considered a tattoo. I would be sick of it in a year, just as I was of my own work. I find nothing sadder than a beautiful young lady who looks like she was thrown into a dumpster full of uncapped colored markers and rolled down a rocky hill.
I have never saw a tattoo on a woman that made her more attractive than she already was. However, I have seen far too many randomly placed, stupid and nonsensical tatts that have forced me to conclude and assume that the wearer is a low IQ, low value person. To deface yourself, is to debase yourself. Just my two cents. There should be a bigger market for temporary tattoos that you can try before you buy and deciding to have them permanently etched to yourself.
@@don-jj1vj Yes. That certainly can be a significant contributing factor for poor choices. Avoiding these problems is one of the many good reasons not to do drugs.
Seriously? There is no point dumbass. I was simply saying I don't have a tat. Most people you find that play Heavy Metal has tats, Most bikers have tats, I was simply saying I didn't...Don't get butt sore, The comment was not directed towards anyone. It was a comment about my own decisions. Wow....@@jasonnacerino6458
@@davecrupel2817 my dad has one tattoo though and I thought of getting one as a boy but now seeing that nearly everyone has one, makes me not want to get one even more. I also think it makes girls lose some of their attractiveness. Do you agree with me?
I've many many tatted people that regret their tattoos. I have also met many that don't regret their tattoos. But I have NEVER met anyone who regreted not having a tattoo.
@deadlee0b1 this is actually the dumbest fucking comment you can’t “regret” not getting a tattoo because it’s not a permanent decision you can always get one of you want
@@regal2424 it could mean that you and your friends were at a tattoo shop and your friends got tatted, later you see how "cool" they turned out and regret not getting one yourself. That would be regretting not getting a tattoo but as you said you could hit up that tattoo shop and get one but if its abroad it may be difficult
My Dad was a Vietnam vet that got a couple tattoos when he served in the Army. For as long as I can remember he told us never get a tattoo. None of my brothers or myself ever got one. Thanks Dad.
Same here. My Dad got his in WWII, by the time I was old enough to notice it the ink had faded and the 'Mom' in the middle of the design was just a blob. He always said it was his biggest regret. I flirted with the idea of getting one, but when I remember how bad it looked after a couple of decades I decide not to get one.
A guy that went through the Vietnam war can have any tattoo he likes because that shit is real and it means something. The rest of humanity are dipshits. :)
As a 50 year old veteran without one tattoo, I tell folks that tattoos are so over done these days, that the counterculture are now folks that are tattoo free.
Yes, I’m much older than you. I’m thinking that after I die and my body is laid out in the mortuary one embalmer might say to the other, “hey look, here’s a stiff without any tats”.
True. I'm 49 and pretty much every woman in my group of friends have at least one and there are many others I know (outside of friends) who do. Some got them in the 90's (the all too popular 'tramp stamp') and some more recently but they talk about them as though it's some sort of amazing, meaningful and unique accomplishment. As though it's something so special while it seems to me that it's just ego and vanity. They often try to talk me into getting one like I'm missing out on something special. No thanks.
Before I went to boot camp, I met an old gent who had been in ww2, he. Had tats on his arms and they looked like big blobs of blue ink. He said it was that stupidest thing he ever did!
Ah but just like in the animal and insect kingdoms bright colors and loud markings alert you to how venomous and toxic they are. So when women do this good looking or not in the back of your mind keep this in your thoughts and thank them for the warnings.
I am a tattoo artist of many years and I am in my 40's. I agree with what this man is saying. Life is hard so why make it harder? Have a tattoo when your life is settled and you know who you are. The amount of business I turn away because I won't tattoo stupid shit on young people is insane. Think before u ink!
I am 52 and have finally put a tattoo on myslef that I want. I have one more of a chop really, on my arm that I regret putting on when i was 18. thinking about covering it with something nicer
You're a good man. Steven Turner. Thank you. On behalf of those you turned away that used the opportunity of a second chance to think and then made the wise decision. I'll say it again. You're a good man, Steven Turner.
Hey Steven, you have my respect as a tattoo artist because most of them will only care about getting pay and not about what people want on their bodies..
I am an artist that has designed many tattoos. Personally I don't have one and don't want one. I know that my taste will change over the course of my lifetime, I will be in social situations and personal situations as I go through life where my choice of tattoo might not be the best as I grow older and mature in my thinking. I have had women who don't know what they want, only a tattoo and they change their mind from one design to the next. I find that worrisome and not far thinking. I encourage them, if they ARE going to get a tattoo it should have some meaning beyond the moment. Oh yeah....don't do it yourself while drunk. I've seen some badly misspelled and drawn tattoos.
One of my ex's was covered in tattoos. She looked goth and cool when she was in her 20's but when she hit her mid 30's and her skin was stretching a bit after having a kid the tattoos looked comical. She would wear lots of clothes to cover them up and didn't want me to mention them even though they were everywhere. Her angst and regret caused such bad self-image that she started going through a second stage of life where she wanted younger guys to be interested in her and give her validation. She finally started sleeping with the younger guys and that's when the relationship ended. Her tattoos were a massive issue to her but she self-destructed blaming everyone else.
Yeah, that’s sad because no one can help them. I had a female college student who came to me with tattoo regret. She eventually got a second job and paid to get them laser removed. It cost her over $12k and it took 1.5 years. She is so much happier today but it cost her. The 1970s clean-healthy, beach-look is the new fad. The Taylor Swift look. Thank god, we have some young beautiful women again…and smarter.
getting a tattoo hurts; it's a form of self harm/self mutilation, which is a typical symptom of mental disorders; those people that really go overboard with tattoos were usually abused as a child; show some sympathy; they're victims of child abuse www.timberlineknolls.com/mood-personality/self-injury/signs-effects/
When I was a prosecutor, I was on a ride along and we ultimately came upon a young woman who was being detained by the officer I was with. The young lady refused to identify herself. The officer took several pictures of her tattoos and a few minutes later, we had our name, because she had been in the system before. Amazing technology. And a great way to be easily identified.
Lots of people say this. Its kind of like the smoking debate. Im rerally not sure. I keep on telling my husband to get one. But at our age, maybe its silly. He would have to have it higher up on his arm so he can wear scrubs without it showing.
28 years now . From the 90s . No identity never a conformist . Always a outsider because a true individual wil be like that in the teen years . Not friendless but 4 true friends . lots of buddys non that i ever really see every other day . and most importantly a outsider looking inside the people with tats 😎 looks good on you . Dont put it on me thnx buddy
@Jorg Blackstone No. I don't have any tattoos. Im just not the sort. But I do like them on other people, and I can't think of many ways a tattoo can harm your future unless its somewhere that can not be covered up, extremely ugly or crude in some way. The case against tattoos is made in a public forum, so I assume the guy expects and welcomes debate. If not, he is really dumb.
The only permanent marks on me are from traditional methods. Motorcycle accidents and the Doctors who sewed me back together. I have lots of them, scars, to remind me to temper myself.
That is my life as well. Amazingly some of my most horrible scars I got when 9 years old have faded greatly through the passage of time. The new scars from working on the car and doing other projects in my 30s and 40s are sticking around very clearly.
No tattoos on me, but I have a hell of a lot of scars from being gun shot, stabbed, motorcycle accidents, and two serious cancer surgeries. Could have, and maybe should have died from any one of those things, yet I’m still here. Non-returnable. My scars and what I went through to get them have stories no tattoo could describe.
I have 17 tattoos. If I could snap my fingers and have them all gone, I would. This is the exact advice I give to all who have none but are thinking about it
@@paragon1782 Mainly because tattoos fade over time as you age and the white blood cells that kept them in place shifts around making the ink appear "Blurry" or "Smudged". So yeah, you can imagine how it would look like the more tattoos you have. Not saying I am against tattoos though, I think they look awesome when done right. But I think people seriously need to consider what they plan to do once they get older and their tattoos start to smudge. It's less of a problem if you have smaller tattoos though :)
Always wondered why a beautiful chick would get all inked up. Sure, they just wanna fit into a "clique", and we'll.. helps u realize she was too weak minded.
@@dramius It's all about attention. Never enough. Their body, their choice. Hope they abide by the same thought process about those who don't vax...my body, my choice.🤔 Anyone care to hedge bets? ☮️
I read a medical case about a guy who had a tattoo on his leg of a zipper showing lizard skin underneath. He eventually became an investment banker and ended up playing golf or going to picnics and the like with potential clients. He found out exactly how painful it was to have the tat removed before laser treatment. Everything that could go wrong with the removal did go wrong and he ended up with a major infection and a major scar on the lower part of his leg.
@Master Exploder But to say a Tatoo is a trend is a stretch they have been around for thousands of years, yes they have less stigma now which is why more people have them. I have 2 but they have meaning to me and represent parts of my life that have made me who I am now, for me they should mean something that changed you in some way you should not get them on a whim.
At 54 and covered in tattoos, (only 10% I regret) When my sons turned 18 and wanted tattoos, the advise I gave was design your tattoo - then wait 2 yrs before you permanently mark your body, - see if you still think the design is cool. If so, get inked. They both told me it was the best advise concerning tattoos they'd ever had, and neither are inked
@David Watson As I see the Christian God as an invention of man his authority over me is somewhat limited. Believe whatever myth you like but don't let its spell over you impinge on people who intend no harm to others.
I am 44 years old and have no tattoos. I thought seriously about it when I was younger and then again about a year ago. One thing that I've learned is that life, circumstances and situations are always changing. I've got a motorcycle,I love my wife,I have two kids. I don't have to have those things permanently drawn into my skin. Looking back over the last 20 years and looking forward I can honestly say that having tattoos covering my arms and other visible parts of my body would have and still make me miss out on certain opportunities in my life. I totally agree with everything this man is saying. I have nothing against people who have tattoos but no thanks for me. Hey to all the young folks. If you are dead set on getting a tattoo get temporary one's. That way you can wash it off before you go to that job interview or apply for the college you have been working so hard to get into. Just my thoughts
I admire the art work of many tattoos. I will never wear one, just because I never want one. Again, this is just me. I played with the idea many years ago before having a tattoo was "in". I am in my late 50s now, and so very happy I did not ever get one.
No shit cuz! I've managed without for over 63 years, though I came damn close a couple of times! Now that I'm at an age where I've got some really great tati ideas no one's ever had before, but nowadays can't even be bothered putting it into action. the best thing you can do for yourselves is to take a really long hard look at what you're thinking of doing. There are NO redos if you or the tati artist get it wrong, and you'll have a reminder you'll have to stare at the rest of your life each and every time you remove your clothes or look in the mirror!
You sound like someone with a tattoo 'suit' who's doubling down. And no, I don't hate tattoos. I've seen some cool ones and thought about getting one myself. The only thing that stopped me is, I better LOVE this tattoo. BTW, I'm not divorced, but if that was to happen, I can start fresh and not have something out of the past that I can't get rid of.@@W45P.
Fat Daddy: Hang in there. Medical technology is constantly advancing and the more it advances, the greater the rate at which it advances. The bottom line is that I am certain that eventually, and by eventually I mean sooner rather than later, they will come up with some super advanced method - no doubt involving nano technology - that will enable a person with no matter how many tattoos to have them completely removed and for a very reasonable fee.
@@JamesKing2understandinglife: The longer new technology is around, the less expensive it gets; there is ample proof of this. Unfortunately you don't understand what nano technology is, how it works, or what it is capable of accomplishing.
Merlinever There"s obviously no certainty about that. Meanwhile everyone is stuck with their tattoos. Why not wait until the technology is established and proven and then get a tattoo rather than gambling on future developments.
I love your video! Great analogy to make sense to a 15+ year old teenager. When my 2 sons wanted to get tattoos at 17, in the discussion, I started out with a positive, I said "yes, you can get a tattoo, but.....under 2 conditions. You can get one after you turn 21, or 2, you move out and live on your own and be independent at which time can do whatever you want." It worked. Both are now in their 30's and are tattoo-less today.
I love the “when your 21” choice. My thought process/views of the world where drastically different by the time I hit 21. They’ve continued to evolve and at 27 its insane how even now my thoughts/feelings have changed over the past 6 years. You dont realize how dumb you where as a Teenager until your brain fully develops 😂.
@@captaindestruction9332 So so true. We think we are so smart at 17 or 18 but we have so much maturing to do we just don't realize it. 21 seemed to be the age where you start to understand the world ahead of you and make far better decisions.
@@marcello728 what's so good about it? What if I made better financial decisions during that period? What if I didn't have that strike against me on getting certain jobs? What if I knew how stupid I would think it was 20 years later? What if I hadn't had to sell off my drums? Or were you just asking a silly question for the sake of silly questions?
@@BullScrapPracEff I wasnt asking a silly question I'm just wondering why 95 percent of people have them nowadays... I'm not a sheep so I will never let some junkie shoot permanent ink into my body like 95 percent of my friends.. it pays to be an individual
@@marcello728 sorry kiddo, never had a junkie do anything to me. Maybe instead of being concerned about getting a tattoo, because that's pretty easy to avoid, you should reevaluate the people you surround yourself with.
@@BullScrapPracEff but you know that if we had warned you about the awfulness of tattoos, you would have rebelliously told us to go screw ourselves. unfortunately it seems that most people can only learn something is a mistake by making it.
Don't know the reason that I stayed here all season With nothing to show but this brand new tattoo But it's a real beauty, a Mexican cutie How it got here I haven't a clue
I'm one of those people you warned about not watching your video. Nearly 40, arm and legs semi covered. I dont think you're narrow minded and I'm not going to yell at you. This is all stuff I pretty much agree with and will be saying to my kids, good info, good video, good delivery with your friendly personality and life experience.
You're among a rare few. Most of the tattoo community get vicious with even the slightest hint of criticism. Although I have no issue with your freedom to make that choice. As long as you don't insist that I have to accept it. I get to choose the person I want to be face of my business and a tattooed laden receptionist is not it.
@@krane15 mate to be honest if I had a professional business I would probably make the same choice as you, but I really dislike tattoos on women even though I have them myself.
@Chad Langlois If I have a choice, I will choose a cashier or clerk without the tattoos. I won't purchase anything at all from someone with those gross Incan earrings.
I designed my own tat and waited a year before getting it, just so I was sure I'd like it over time. I've had it for 24 years and I still like it. But I feel you made a strong case and presented it very well.
I tell my daughter that one good thing about growing old is that you can leave the stupid things you did when young behind. You'll have memories, but even those fade away as life moves on.
I thought it would be a good idea to invest in tattoo removal equpipment years ago but I don't think this stupid tattoo shit is slowing down anytime soon.
@@buyerofsorts It's not slowing down at all, that's why a removal gig would have a constant flow of customers who realize how ridiculous they look and will pay to correct it.
As a wedding photographer, I noticed that every tattooed bride I photograph asks me to photoshop out the unhidden tattoos they were so proud to get a couple of years earlier.
I was at a wedding of a friend’s daughter a few years ago, and all the bridesmaids had backless and sleeveless dresses. Ink all over the place, elaborate shit with roses, skulls, devils, angels, flames, barbed wire. I bet the photog was thinking YGBSM. What a wedding album they’ll have-on the wall at the tattery.
Its such a turn off. I mean on dudes it’s like “ok, cool!” But on chicks, it’s just trashy, low iq and just unattractive. Especially for me when they get huge ones on their legs or the stomach. Instant UN attraction for me personally. All those ones are also neck deep in credit, student loans and other debts. And a good chance they’ve had some really dumb run ins with the law for drunk driving at least once or committed other similar types of lack of proper judgement offenses
@@SFbayArea94121 I dont have a lot of debt, graduated in the top of my college class and got a job in my field before I even graduated. I live with my partner, have pets, and a pretty happy life. Me and my partner will likely own a house by next fall at this rate. I have never had a run in with the law, and my tattoos have given me something to look forward to when my depression is bad. I get to carry beautiful art with me forever, some of it representing my childhood dog who passed, my mom, my dad, and items that are really important to me.
I have a hard time picking art to hang in my house for a few years, I can't imagine how I would ever pick a tattoo that I would want to look at for eternity. Waste of time and money.
@@alkoia mf did my pfp have anything 2 do with what I said Also, the only reason that's my pfp is because I forgot how to change it. I have not enjoyed any form of anime or whatever since around 2 years ago because it got boring
Yea , a cute butterfly tattoo that said choose violence and she joined antifa?? Ive got 2 sisters -one is smart one is not one has kids who are strippers one does not!
A conformist is someone who does something based on what they view the larger group is doing. You doing something that you feel will make you fit in. If you feel it makes you fit in by not getting a tattoo, then you are a conformist. If you get a tattoo because others are getting them, you are a conformist. You get a tattoo because YOU want one.end of story. Don’t listen to anyone but you. Anything else is just conforming.
I stopped drawing on myself when I was...maybe 3 years old? It is unbelievable how many grown humans today are freely willing to inject themselves with ink. It is dreadful.
I have 17 tattoos..mostly on my arms. I've had them for years. But as I have grown older and wiser, I have truly grown to regret them. I try to discourage anyone from getting them.
I wish your message would catch on like wildfire, but sadly I don't think that it will. The message that this man is making is also making him an oracle of knowledge. I have told so many that every decade of your life, you will reinvent yourself, but if you're all inked up, a permanent stain from a time gone by will haunt your future self. Tattoos on women are a trashy connotation and I don't believe that all things being equal, a guy will take a girl with no ink on her everytime. That's not just my opinion, that's also 99.99% of the human population.
I think the more tatoos the more drugs, sex and other escapades one must have done in their youth...it might be too judgie but it's what pops in my head. It's probably why I married someone without tatoos. There is one positive thing that I do think, and that is the person must have been truly free at some point in their lives to do it.
You and me both Pamela. I have one on my chest which i got when i was drunk and 19 yrars old. And then another celtic tatt on my arm which i dont hate but wish i didnt have. So far i have had one session of laser removal and it is excruciating. Thank god they dont contain a lot of green and blue as rhey are apparently the heardest to get rid of. Never again!!! Lol
When I was 16 I got in trouble with the law, they took me in to book me. As they were finger print the police man ask me if I had any scars birth marks or tattoos. I ask why and he said for identification marks? Thinking I was going to be a permanent criminal, I made a mental observation no tattoos. 50 years later my body is clean and that was the last time I was arrested.
Terry N. Shoemaker One has to wonder about professional criminals : “Hmm, what can I do with my body that can greatly increase my chances of getting caught, making me appear guilty to a jury, and increasing my sentences while simultaneously decreasing my options of making a legitimate living?”
Miltary keeps track in case your face is shot away and tags are missing in the bag. They used a 5" scar I have on my ribcage as mine since I am tat less.
Tattoo apprentice here. This depends on a lot of factors. Color of the ink, placement, style of the design, (tradtional ages better then watercolor for example.) Proper design for the size or your tattoo, proper technique when applying the tattoo, how well it healed, how well you take care of it and most imoportant of all. When you got it done. Ink has evolved and gotten so much better over the years which increases longevity by a huge margin, comparing it tattoos that where made 30-40 years a go is not a fair comparison. Not trying to debate your opinion of the craft of tattooing, just wanted inform and add to your statement. Bless.
@@Relativechapter He’s likely older and doesn’t understand the newer techniques that tattooers have learned over the years. Most tattoos if applied correctly hold up quite nicely.
Dude maybe know what you're talking about before you make false claims. Tattooing has come along way from 20 years ago. Tattoos today will hold up way better than tattoos back then.
I have been a rebel, a motorcycle rider and a borderline outlaw all of my life (so far) I am 53 and have never, for a second, considered getting a tattoo. Like the old BMW add said: make your mark on the world, not on your arm.
I remember once going for an interview with an agency. First it was a phone interview and then the person asked me to come in. When I did, the talk was about 2 minutes. All he wanted to do was see what I looked like. I was wearing a dark suit and tie. We chatted a bit afterwards and I asked him about the shortness of the interview and he confided in me the real reason. He was going to send me on an interview and I was going to reflect on HIM and his company. He said I just wanted to make sure that I didn't have piercings or tattoos. And he said this. NO ONE will ever come back and say, " You know, I liked your candidate, but I just wished his nose was pierced or he had a few tattoos. NEVER going to happen. But it would be VERY likely that if I had a tattoo, it would be No from the moment I walked in the door.All you do is limit yourself.
I'm sure, that people judging people with tattoos is not as severe nowadays, as when I grew up. In the '60's & '70's, a tattoo meant, that you'd almost instantaneously cut your job prospects in half, & if & when you got a job, you'd never be promoted more than a notch or two up the ladder over a 40 year career, if you had a visible tattoo. ...Even people, who had tattoo, always advised kids to never get them. In those days, if a woman had a tattoo, it meant, that they had worked as a drug addicted prostitute a some point in their life. There may have been an outside chance, that they'd worked in a circus freak show, but you just didn't see woman with them. I suppose, that some woman may have had some small descrete tattoo, that only their husband or doctor knew about. A girl couldn't even get a job as a stripper in a convention city, if they had a tattoo. ...Maybe at a strip joint down by the wharf.
@@uh1pilot458 I agree, that people are still judged negatively, when they have tattoos. I meant to acknowledge, that it may not be quite as severe as in the past, but mistakenly made it seem like it was a lot less. I stand corrected. Thanks.
ugh don't get me started on sticking metal(piercings) into your body, i've seen it to an obessive upchuck fest and i strongly dislike it. As my saying goes "Why ruin such a beautiful body with ugly pieces of metal sticking out?"
@@joeygreathouse3029 Hate to break it to ya dude,but gen x ers are in their fifties now.Millennials are more inclined to get tattoos than any previous generation.
+newagetojo That is your opinion. Having children is usually a lifetime of happiness, along with it's ups and downs. People who have children and parent them well are contributing to society on a whole. We all need to be replaced one day, and two good kids per family takes on a new society and the elderly people in it, quite well.(Studies prove this!) It is actually selfish to not have kids, unless you are a sociopathic person. What, all the people who chose to have kids, must have their kids support you with their taxes as you become elderly?You do not have to contribute at all, except for your vacations, wardrobes and gardens??
Finland ran out of kids (literally having no next generation) so their government started paying couples to have them. The more they have the larger the check.
Alien On a Bike ... Thank you for using the term groids. Eventually it will become the G-word. It's getting to the point that you can't call a spade a spade.
@@zazaaziella16 Perhaps some people choose not to have children because there are so many misguided people in society like yourself. People who see human beings as cogs in a machine, there only to serve the will of the ignorant, brainwashed masses in a pitiful display of primitive herd mentality. Instead of living the human experience to learn and come to a greater understanding of reality - as it should be.. They exist to perpetuate the misguided clusterfuck of greed, status-seeking and war which is the status quo of humanity. I have no qualms about telling you straight. Your pathetic little ape society isn't fit for or deserving of any child of mine. If I were to have a child in this twisted society at this time, I would not be doing them any favours. It would be selfish of me to bring a child into this shitstorm humanity has created for itself, through the careless and deliberate cultivation of our worst failings. The idea that I would have any inclination to 'contribute' toward such a backward and self-destructive species is frankly, laughable. Or it would be if it weren't so tragic. Besides, the way humanity is going, they will destroy themselves soon anyway.
MiG2880 if you know your history then you would know that now is the best time to be alive in the history of mankin. I have a 5 year old son and right now we play at the park and build legos. Soon I will teach him philosophy, mathematics, tell him what we have learned of the solar system. Such amazing things in this world he will be able to learn and experience such as I did. You have a very negative world view that leads you to be harsh and pessimistic. I do not know how or where you developed this world view but as I watch my son grow and learn I will work to make him a positive member of society and strive to do great things. Luckily there are people like me raising their children to better the future you have already condemned. I hope one day you change your view. It must be a sad desolate life you live. For that I am sorry. Kind regards.
When I was 20 I had a good job making good money in the steel mills. This was 1976 and most of the guys in the mills were tough guys, vets and outliers, so most had tattoos. One night after some heavy drinking my buddies and I went to a tattoo parlor. My buddies already had tattoos so getting another was not a big deal for them. Me I was afraid of needles but this night was liquored up enough to get not one but two. The artists had me pick out what I wanted, gave me paper copies and said to put them on my bathroom mirror for a month. If I still wanted ink he was my guy... Thanks to that very smart and kind artists I do not have any tattoos. My kids heard my story but hey for them it was the 90's and they began their tattoo journey, they "feel the need for ink" and of course it shows the world how crazy and wild they are... So I think one day the "uninked" will be the outliers and will be considered the coolest of the cool and the wildest of the wild.
Your So right. The tattoo'd are no longer the unique ones it's the untattoo'd the more disciplined ones who are most rare of all. But everyone is guilty of sins just some are more plain to see. I tried to walk the narrow road but only on the outside. I have many dark secrets that my outward appearance hides. Likewise many tattoo'd individuals have the vice versa looking bad but being pure and good hearted on the inside. Many good people turn to various forms of self expression and or tormenting due to their sensitivities to the brutalities of the world. I have heard of tattoos being very therapeutic for people especially war veterans and others who have suffered intense emotional pains. God bless and let's not judge others when we know that we are no better.
When I was growing up (late '70s to early '90s), usually only males got tattoos, but even most of them didn't. Tattoos among young women were extremely rare, and if they did it at all, it was a small butterfly on the ankle and that was it. Now, oddly, I'd bet there are many more young women with tattoos than there are young men. It seems rather strange to me. Now, I tell anyone, young or old, male or female, that if you want to be unique and special, DON'T get a tattoo . . . because everyone else, is.
I was there for the 90’s, felt the pull a few times. Remembered what my uncle said about tattoos, wait till tomorrow. Here I am, still waiting till tomorrow.
My God, I share the same exact advice to my daughter her senior year of high school. I told her had I been subject to the same fad in college, I’d have a “Bo Knows” tattoo this day. She graduated third in her HS class, an elite private school. She received an academic scholarship to a top 30 school. She works for a fortune 100 company and her fiancée graduates this spring from Georgetown Law School. I asked her back then if she thought the CEO of a company, partner at a law firm or even the wife of one of these people would have tattoos. I pledged to pay for any tattoo upon her graduation from Graduate School. We recently spoke about this conversation now 7 years later. She thanked me for being a good and firm father.
Always think of my Grandfather. On his death bed somehow it came up about his military tattoo from WWII, an uncle and I commented we had always thought it was Kool. To this he stated it was the stupidest thing he had ever done. When asked about that he stated that when he was a POW (27 months) he had escaped a couple of times before getting away the third time, the main way he was caught was the tattoo as it was a positive identifier of him. That is also why the police take pictures of all your tattoos when arrested. I don’t have any tattoos.
When I was growing up, my Dad always told us, that if someone had a tattoo, it didn't mean, that they were a bad person, it just meant that at some point in their life, they had a lapse & used poor judgment. Some how, Dad pointing out, that it didn't mean, that they were a bad person, was what did the trick. If he had said, that it meant, that they were a bad person, somehow, I don't know if it would have worked. ...I, nor any of my 4 brothers & 1 sister ever even thought of getting a tattoo. Maybe by saying, that it didn't mean, that they were a bad person, made us pity the person with the tattoo, rather than admiring them. Seems like others in my generation were told w similar thing. Maybe it was in "Dear Abby" in the newspaper? I don't imagine, that Dad came up with it on his own, but maybe he did?
In the UK where i lived for years, it was over half of young girls had tattoos (plural). On normally visible places. Now I am back in central (what you call eastern) Europe and Tattoo is considered something losers, criminals and drug addicts have. Not normal people. Yes, there is a tiny group of artists and soldiers as well, but those are just few individuals. It might have been considered edgy and cool in the 90's, but it fell out of fashion quickly. It is btw why Czech and Hungarian porn stars are so popular - many of them are natural, no silicone, no tattoos. I wonder if that has something to do with - And I travelled a lot through the USA and Europe and it matches perfectly - with neomarxism (SJW trend). We do have SJW's here, but it is just a tiny fraction of what exists in the west. It is rare to see a person, who ha tattoos and has right wing ideas (libertarianism, small government, low taxes), and it is hard to find a SJW without tattoos. Just a thought. I believe in freedom of choice and I couldn't care less what you do with your skin, but unless a person is a member of a tribe, unit, brotherhood (sisterhood), needs to cower a nasty scar or has an important message to tell people (A-, allergy to penicillin), I consider said person an idiot. No, you are not edgy, if you have a "fried rice" Chinese character on your shoulder, barbed wire around your arm or a dolphin on your ankle. I do not see a rebel, I do not see an individual, I see an idiot, serial number 482649572.
SJW is short for "social justice warrior", someone, who takes neo-marxists ideas to modern issues, someone, who sees the society as a class struggle. Although a class now is not only "proletariate" or "bourgeoisie", but it is defined by various standards, sex, sexual orientation, skin colour, religion etc. SJW believes that there is a struggle between a group that holds power and a group that is oppressed. No middle ground. Whatever bad happens to women (they make on average less than men) is caused by patriarchy, evil society dominated by men (and not by the fact that women raise babies and thus stay at home for several years during their lives). An SJW has usually a very clear ladder of oppression, where the worst opressor is a combination of certain characteristics (white heterosexual non-trans male, either christian or atheist, with no disabilities and from non-immigrant background). Changing any of the characteristics "earns" you points on something that is by evil people like us called "the oppression olympics" - according to wiki: Oppression Olympics is a term used to describe verbal banter between allegedly marginalized groups, who are trying to determine the weight of their overall oppression, often by comparing race, gender, socioeconomic status or disabilities, in order to determine who is the worst off, and the most oppressed.
@@morgangriffin2189 when u have cardi B doing scissoring on stage for the world to see in an extremely sexualized, show-everything way and feminists stay silent, they lost the “don’t objectify women” moral high ground. I’m not sure what’s worse, that nasty performance on stage or the gross hypocrisy and selective outrage by the left as they virtue signal about objectifying women when a guy makes a joke they don’t like. Both are disgusting. So. Sit down and be quiet...just as quiet as you were about that performance.
@@alexblaze8878 Comparing a women to a car is messed up, I couldn’t care less about Cardi B honestly but women aren’t ur objects so don’t compare us to them. If a woman wants to do something to her body your opinion of her is invalid, I have no problem with preferences but I have a problem with problematic people if something someone does is problematic I will call them out on it weather it’s a man or a woman. Being stereotypical and judgmental for someone having a tattoo is not cool on either side but if it gets rid of creepy old guys GOOD CANT WAIT TIL I GET ONE. I just don’t see what one female celebrity has to do with this when I can point out many problematic people within the music industry that are males. There’s terrible people in every profession and people that skew the views of many things that people fight for. If u don’t think tattoos are pretty fine I don’t care, but it’s ridiculous that these old guys don’t care if a guy has a tattoo but when a woman does it’s suddenly such a big deal. Like I’m not here to please some guy and act like some pretty useless girl. And dude don’t tell me to sit down and be quiet like that’s so disrespectful wth. You’re assuming I even care what Cardi B is doing like I don’t even like her she’s problematic ok?!? Is that what u wanted?!? There are many people who are problematic and get away with it, it’s a ridiculous argument based on assumptions of females as a whole. Complete stereotypical misogynistic crap. Just don’t expect us not to point out someones sexism. You don’t know me and what my future tattoos mean to me or the research I have done to plan them, I’m not here to “sit down” and act pretty for some man im going to do whatever I want with my body. My body’s a temple and im going to decorate it
@@morgangriffin2189 you just don’t get it. You don’t care about the sexual objectification of women, you only care about men objectifying women which tells me you’re nothing but a selective outrage, morally inconsistent, woke supremacist who uses every opportunity to try and control what men say and do. In essence, you use your faux moral standing as a cudgel to bully men. Save the holier than thou diatribe for someone that thinks you have any moral credibility, because I for one do not.
When my son was a teenager in high school, all his friends had tattoos. He was so mad that we told him NO. We said when you're finished with high school and on your own, you can do whatever you want. He never did it and to this day he thanks us for telling him no. He's now 41and still glad we said no.
My niece saved me. Just at the time when tattoos were going mainstream I bought some tattoo magazines and was heart set on getting a tribal band round the top of my biceps. I had as good as booked the appointment at the tattooist when I happened to mention it to my neice. "Urgh!" she said. "Don't do that - _everyones_ getting those!" And I thought yeah! She's right. So I dropped the idea and now some 30 years later I am immensely grateful of her chance remark.
That was me. As a teen I wanted tattoos because I thought “well I’m a teen. Why not?” My parents stopped me. I was angry in that moment but now looking back I thank them for saying no.
Your comment near the 8-minute mark is not based in reality at all. Getting a tattoo does not in any way “lock you in place at one stage of your development”. That is factually wrong
I’m 66, ex-Marine and really, really glad I never got tattoos because others I knew were getting them. My father stated long ago when I was maybe 12-13 that he wished he had never gotten his tattoos when he was younger in the Navy. That stuck with me. And on a more personal note, I like seeing natural skin vs a barrage of oftentimes nonsensical design and art on an otherwise beautiful body. I find it a turnoff to see what would have been a nice tanned body in a bikini totally ruined by ink. And don’t even get me started on the waste of money it is. No value!! Can’t resell it even for a loss and it cost you more to get rid of than you payed for it. I know people that struggle to pay their bills and have had cars repo’d for non payment yet they have thousands of dollars in tats....not smart. I could go on all day but why...it’s the age of follow the leader and do what others do no natter their level of intelligence.
Joke. A man wanted to impress his girl by putting a tatoo of her name DONNA on his arm. During the process, he asked the artist how much it would cost. It was a heart with her name in it. When the artist quoted the price, the man realized he didn't have enough money with him. So the artist stopped . It was incomeplete. He didn't have the last two letters. He had to go around with a heart with the name DON in it. She was pissed ! He had to wear long - sleeved shirts so other people wouldn't think he was gay ! 😅😅
I worked with a fella, that had a 3 inch x 4 inch Donald Duck on his right for arm. It was bright colored and really stood out. One day the conversation rolled around in that direction, I ask, how long have you had that tat? He said something like 15 years. I ask, are you still glad you got it? His reply shocked me... I've hated it from the first month I had it.
I definitely did but I'm an artist so I drew my own. However I only got two. Last one was some 17 years ago. No regrets, but I thought it out for a long time before I even went ahead with either of em.
@Jorg Blackstone Not a fad for us bikers. I hate that everyone else does it now. I prefered when it was more unique. But the quality of the best artists has improved. The most important thing about getting any tattoo is don't cheap out. Get the best artist you can find/afford. And don't do it on an impulse, think about your design for a year or 2, since you'll have it for the rest of your life.
I wont get tattoos purely because I have health conditions that make it much less safe/slightly risky, but this video is honestly so laughable. I don't even know what to say, except that people already know the potential consequences of getting tattoos. Tattoos may have been fad in the past, but they aren't anymore. SPECIFIC THINGS some people get tatted might be parts of fads, and some may regret them, but others will see them as reminders of things that made them happy in the past, and that makes it a non issue. Stupid people may get stupid tats, and they may regret them, and you know what? That's a perfect example of great consequences. They will always be reminded of how stupid they were, and that's a good thing! Maybe that will keep them from doing more stupid things moving forward, it's called growth!
Give it a couple decades before you decide what is and isn't a fad.A tattoo is a time stamp; stupid or not.When I see mothers and fathers pushing baby strollers with tattoos. I don't think cool.Middle aged people rarely are. Tattoos make it worse.
I'm 70 years old and I would warn any young person who would listen to me, when you get to be my age or coming up to it, you WILL have the most serious regrets about a tattoo. When you get older, you see life from a different perspective, and the things you did when you were young, you wish you would have done differently, or not at all. Me, I wish I'd have never ridden a motorcycle. It frightens me in how I once put myself in great danger, when I was too young to know better
Spot on advice, and I am one who you said to stop watching. I have a bunch of tattoos on my arms, chest and back, and having been marked for the major part of my life now, wish I had never gotten the ink. It is a deep regret and a thing that I feel much shame for ever marking myself with disregard to my creator, and to my future. The ink will cost you in one way or another, maybe in a way you never imagined. I wish that I never let a needle put ink into my skin, and if possible, I wish that all of my tattoos could be removed.
As a person with tattoos and intend on getting more to the extent where I want more ink than bare skin, I can 100% appreciate and accept all the points you're making, and even to go as far as to say this can be used as a conversational point about 'things to think about before you get a tattoo'. To note, all my tattoos that are still being planned, and have been planned over the course of years, to me are a depiction of my life, my heritage, and things that I have enjoyed and still enjoy from childhood through adulthood. You make Very good points and expressions regarding this topic and I can absolutely appreciate all you've said.
My entire squad got the same tattoo before we deployed. I wasn't having it. They said it would be bad luck if I didn't cave. I got them out of 2 death traps without the tattoo. Nuff said.
Saw my pops as a child. Korean War Vet. Raised his 6 siblings alongside his father when my great grandmother died of TB. Worked day and night on the rail road. Boxed on those same tracks. And would stand up with me and my brothers against any punk my hood threw at us. If you cant overcome every obstacle, even the ones you volunteer for, then you don't deserve the tattoos.
As the not so proud owner of TWO "stupid tattoos" - Thank you for this WISDOM!. We cannot change what has already been done (without thousands of dollars of painful removal process), but THANK YOU for trying to change what should not be! I speak from experienced when I say that the "thrill" of the first one wore off prompting the second one (who's thrill wore off prompting the third tattoo). Thankfully I stopped there - but the lack of awareness you speak of was RAMPANT and you have captured that so amazingly well in this video. I will be sharing this with SO MANY!
@@lastofthefamous2542 No so. But tats should be for adults (50 or older) only. Once there you'll have a pretty good idea whether you'll be cool with them for "life".
I'm 35 and have a lot of tattoos. I do still like them, but he is correct, I have regrets sometimes and at least wish I could take them off for a time. I would caution young women to not get tattoos.
We live in a town with 2 universities. We see a lot of tattoos. Whenever my husband sees Chinese figures on someone he ask, “Is their BBQ really good?” The usual confusion & conversation ensues. Then he tells them their tat says, “Eat at Ray’s BBQ.” The color drains from their face then a look of fear comes over them. The realization hits home.
It made the news here in Bangkok a few weeks ago that some evil tattoo artists, when asked to etch the customer´s name in Thai on their body, write "Fresh Spring Rolls" or similar. instead.
It's the first thing that goes through my mind when I see Asian script on someone. Did they really research and decipher what's inked on them? Or did it just look 'cool'. Eat at Rays.......right on man!!😂😂
Heh, same thing with the Tolkien's tengwar elven letters. I taught myself to understand how they work a few years back. Silly how some people who get tattoos in them don't. Not that I ever would, but if I got a tattoo with these letters, I'd double, triple, quadruple check the spelling.
Dude, you couldn't be more correct. I'm 64 and when I see a tattoo on an older woman I think, "Idiot". What is she trying to do? Reclaim her lost youth? Instead, she looks like a desperate, stupid delusional fool.
I'm on Tinder and there are so many beautiful women in their 20's with tattoos. I don't understand the whole fad honestly. Need those likes and dopamine reward on Instagram and Facebook I guess. Saw a regular at the bar the other night. He use to be "normal", now he has a man bun and sleeve tattoo. These people, I'm telling you. Always chasing, never satisfied.
"tatts" will never cease to make me cringe. I have tattoos. People who say they have "tatts" or are "tatted up" are letting me know to steer clear of them, at least.
A friend of mine has a theory that the rise of tattoos in due to the decline of religion and its coming of age rituals. That is, tattoos represent a secular search for a higher meaning in life.
Decline of religion? or decline of christian religion. Some "religions" are ok with tattoos, and tattoos are part of some cultures. I do agree that a tattoo should have thought put into it since it is mostly permanent. But I don't believe it's a decline of religion.
And that's why you should always get one (if you get one) that has meaning and not because it "looks cool" :D You make very valid points. I have a few and have had them for a long time and each one brings back fond memories of family that have passed and milestones in my life.
I like tattoos but I never got one for a few reasons but ultimately, it is because tattoos are an attempt to tell people who you want them to think you are. I would rather demonstrate my traits through word and deed. And I have other interests on which I would rather spend my money.
I don't wish that would be the case. I got my tattoos solely by my decisions and they're second to none next to who am I as an individual, my actions, my personality, and my purposes, and my tattoos represent none of it. I live and let live.
@@yvesheinrich5013 everyone with tattoos says that. No insult - get whatever tattoos you want and enjoy them. I like tattoos and I was thinking about getting one. I love the aesthetic. I just haven’t been able to justify it because for me, tattoos are about how other people see me or how I can portray myself to others, not about who I am to myself in my mind based on what I say and do and think. Live your life and get some cool tattoos or don’t.
I have three daughters. All born in the mid to late seventies. When they were teenagers, middle daughter [the rebellious one] said Dad what's wrong with getting a tattoo of something pretty on my shoulder. I was adamantly against it and used to point out young women in stores and restaurants with hideous multiple tattoos all over and said how they transformed an attractiv girl into a walking billboard. Well, One morning my [rebelious] daughter sat down to breakfast and low and behold she had a little fairy tattooed on her shoulder! I was SO disappointed in her until she laughed and got up, walked over to the sink and washed off that fake tattoo and said with a grin, Dad I wouldn't do that to you because I know how you feel about tattoos on girls
My son was 5 years old and we were in line at Universal Studios waiting in line for the E.T. ride. 2 grandmas were really upset and were mumbling about my boy's tattoo. A fake dragon....put on 30 minutes before. He was on his game and told the granny that his mom forced him to do it and it really hurt. The old ladies were horrified until he said it was fake.
