Having Tattoos: When Will That Become Uncool, And Why?

[norml]

Poll question: Having Tattoos: When Will That Become Uncool, And Why?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tattoos&spell=1

[ltfranklin]

1. Answer?

When I get one!

[norml]

9. Tattoos become mainstream

Sun, Oct 17, 2004

Tattoos become mainstream

By Jeni Lewis
Central Wisconsin Sunday

It used to be sailors, bikers and the women of the evening who sported tattoos.

Now the list includes celebrities, professionals and even grandmas.

"Things are more acceptable nowadays," said Robin Gotch, a tattoo artist with Tattoos by Taztooz in Friendship. "I'm not a hooker anymore."
She has older generations coming into her shop looking to fulfill a lifelong dream.

"We have had women that come in and say, 'You know, I've always wanted a tattoo.' We have tattooed 80-year-old women."
Jeni Noffke of Marshfield has a Gaelic design permanently imprinted on the small of her back, but because it isn't seen, it doesn't cause problems for her as a certified medical assistant at Marshfield Clinic.



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http://www.wisinfo.com/journal/spjlocal/282329161486504.shtml

[SmileyBoy]

20. Exactly what I was gonna say!!

Once I get one, then it'll all fall to crap...

[DrDebug]

2. I have no idea, but I'll tell you my story

I only have one tattoo. I am happy with it. I made the design myself, so there are no regrets there.

But the tattoo shop was different. The heating didn't work and it was January. It was starving cold there. The machine stopped functioning a couple of times and all in all it took three machines. It also took two sessions. Luckily the other was in a heated room. But the owner - which I didn't think was really pleasent looking - decided to stop to smoke some hash while I was bleeding there.

The pain wasn't too bad. I had the tattoo done on my right upper arm. It's pretty large about 10 inches or so and in full colour. But every since the first session my right arm suddenly fell asleep. Out of nothing. That lasted for 3-4 months. Suddenly hand goes numb. Of course it's not related. Well it never happened before.

So all in all. I think it's a bad idea.

[ret5hd]

3. They'll be uncool when...

the police or the Dep't of Homeland Security is hunting for you and you suddenly realize that you have given them a surefire way to identify you.

:spank: :rofl: :spank: :rofl: :spank: :rofl: :spank: :rofl: :spank:

[Sanity Claws]

4. When your parents are into them

When this generation that's into tatoos starts having teenaged kids, it'll no longer be cool because, hey man, that's something our parents do (or did).

[amazona]

5. it's already sort of uncool

The 90s are over, sorry.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. I have always thought tattoos were uncool.

:hi:

[Kellanved]

7. aren't they already?

:shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

8. I don't think they'll become uncool...

But they will change somehow. Compare tattoos now with what your grandfather might have (for those of you with grandfathers and such who have tattoos). They just evolve.

[UdoKier]

10. It has never been and will never be cool.

Just my opinion.

I wouldn't even date a person with a tiny tattoo. I find them repulsive.

[JimmyJazz]

21. It's a shame to eliminate a lot of women from the dating pool

just for a little ink. :)

[UdoKier]

30. I find even cellulite more palatable....

But to each his own.

[Scout1071]

27. Definitely shunning a large group of people

They are harmless. I for one love mine.

[UdoKier]

36. Hardly shunning.

I have plenty of friends with tattoos. The only type of person I might shun is somebody with the full-on, head-to-toe, even on the face tats & piercings. It would be a bit much to have to look at that on a regular basis.

I just find mutilation of the body in any form very unattractive in a mate. Nature cannot be improved upon, IMO.

[mitchum]

29. You mean you don't like the "tramp stamp"?...

A friend's term for the lower back tattoo. Not my term, but that of a heavily tattoooed friend.

[leftofthedial]

11. hepatitis epidemic

and the "mullet factor"

[WilliamPitt]

12. Never

Because I have some.

So there.

:)

[DS1]

13. The moment you get one

:P

[Withywindle]

14. Never, because

they're permanent! It's not like a pair of very 80s shoes you stash away in the closet and laugh at. Or when you see an old picture of yourself with a haircut that looks horrifying nowadays.


They've been pretty mainstream for at least 10 years now, and they've been around in some form almost as long as people have. I have a few, and they're neither cool nor uncool; I'm just used to them in much the same way I'm used to my freckles. Or my ear-piercings, which I've had for 25 years, I guess that's more apt. I imagine most people who have them (and that's a LOT of people) feel similarly after a couple years or so.

[Abelman]

15. Not a fan

I don't like piercings or tattoos or makeup. I lump them all together.

But that's just me, and it certainly isn't a dealbreaker for me. I used to be pretty disgusted by tattoos and piercings but I've gotten over it now.

But I don't think they'll ever be Out of Style. I still don't think of them as a mad style thing everyone has to have. I personally will never get one because I can think of a ton of better ways to spend my money.

[Sugar Smack]

16. When everyone and his dog has to get MRIs

because of an increasing number of mysterious illnesses.

I know; "Is that you, Debbie Downer?"

Yeah! Hey y'all!:hi:

[Schema Thing]

32. Wuawa Waahh

Sorry, I don't do a very good debbie downer sound effect, but that was my best shot :)

[Wapsie B]

17. Are we talking a little ink

as in a heart or cross or whatever in a strategically placed area or are we talking using one's body as a human canvas? I've got no problem with ink. To me it's part of someone's personal expression. Having said that I do think you need to think long and hard as to what you want on your body that will last a lifetime.

[norml]

25. It doesn't matter if it's a little, or a lot of tattooing, it's a tattoo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo

[Borgnine]

18. When genetic engineering parlors pop-up.

"You know, I always wanted a third arm..."

[name not needed]

19. My girlfriend left me for a guy with three penises!

When those places start popping up, someone WILL say that after a breakup.

[El Fuego]

22. As soon as all the young people with tattoos become old and wrinkly

In the future, tattoos will be one of those old people things you avoid like the plague.

[matcom]

23. oldest form of art known to man

how about never

[LynzM]

26. Second that one, dude

People have been decorating themselves since... oh, since there were people... 'Cool' is subjective, anyway. When will it become uncool to cut your hair and wear makeup and the 'right' clothes, just to fit a mainstream 'culture' thrown at you by the advertising execs? :)

[Ladyhawk]

35. matcom speaks the truth, yea verily! n/t

[d_b]

24. Tats are cool?

[mitchum]

28. It already is because it's "so twentieth-century"

and I have one. But just one, mind you :)

[Ladyhawk]

31. I have one and plan to get more. I didn't get my tattoo for kicks.

It is a symbol of an obstacle I overcame. My next one will be sometime after my surgery to commemorate another obstacle overcome.

I don't care if it becomes "uncool." I got the tat for my own reasons and if I do it again, the reasons will be similar.

I guess UdoKier will never date me...his loss. :) He already wouldn't like me because I play video games, so no big.

[yellowdogintexas]

33. I didn't vote but hope they stay very popular as it ensures a

livelihood for my daughter, who is apprenticing as a tattoo artist.

[snowbear]

34. uncool tattoo

If this doesn't turn you off from tattoos, I'm afraid there's no hope..