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At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« on: February 14, 2019, 07:00:53 am »

The Guardian
Adam Gabbatt
Wed 13 Feb 2019

There were two significant moments in the tattooing world last week. First, Adam Levine, of the curiously popular band Maroon 5, took his top off during the Super Bowl, revealing to the world a sprawling collection of ink. Then Justin Bieber stripped off for an US Vogue cover shoot with Hailey Baldwin, tattoos visible in every shot, his artwork more the focus than the clothes Vogue had dressed him in. Rarely do tattoos appear so prominently on the front of such a prestigious fashion magazine. Bieber’s tattoos making a rare centre-stage appearance on the cover of Vogue should earn sleeves extra kudos – but has it?

Some are wondering if tattoos have finally gone mainstream, jumped the shark (one of Levine’s tattoos is actually of a shark), or even become uncool. But of course, people have been wondering this for years. Decades, even.

“You can go back to 1880, and even probably beforehand,” says Dr Matt Lodder, a tattoo expert and lecturer in art history at the University of Essex, “and there are articles about ‘Now tattoos are middle class’, or ‘Shock horror, women are getting tattoos now’, or whatever it may be.”

Lodder, whose exhibition British Tattoo Art Revealed is touring the UK, adds that while “more people are getting tattoos than ever”, another reason they seem more common is that in 2019 we all have the freedom to show more skin than in, say, the 1950s. “If your bank manager had a tattoo, you’d never see it,” Lodder says. “Now, we’re much more comfortable about showing skin and rolling up sleeves.”

But as someone who has tattoos, I felt distinctly uncomfortable seeing Levine prancing about topless during the Super Bowl. Seeing him held up, in front of hundreds of millions of viewers, as the example of a tattooed man is like your boss declaring they, too, went to that niche music festival, or someone you dislike declaring they are also into that obscure sitcom. He’s ruining it for the rest of us.

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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2019, 09:18:29 am »
I don't know about becoming more or less popular, but to me, they are just ugly. Nothing beats what God made IMHO... especially on women.
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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2019, 10:20:09 am »
To each their own, but I just never saw anything I wanted to wear that long.
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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2019, 11:48:46 am »
I'm not a fan. Whenever I see heavily tattooed young women, I can't help but wonder what they're going to look like when they're pushing 80.
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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2019, 12:05:45 pm »
I'm not a fan. Whenever I see heavily tattooed young women, I can't help but wonder what they're going to look like when they're pushing 80.
"bLeEpInG fAbUlOuS!" they'll reply.

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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2019, 12:10:43 pm »
A recurring nightmare of mine. I wake up covered in tattoos.

The thought of tattoos all over my glorious naked body... it would be like wearing the same ugly outfit day, after day, after day. Make it stop! But, it won’t. It’s permanent baby.

Tattoos, in today’s context, is like a spreading societal madness reflecting a strange need to return to a kind of primitive tribalism.

That, or somehow evolution got shifted into reverse.

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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2019, 12:16:03 pm »
"bLeEpInG fAbUlOuS!" they'll reply.

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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2019, 03:52:12 pm »
Can't stand tattoos. I remember an article about a woman who had a flaming devil skull tattooed on her breast. When she gave birth she had to have it covered up. Every time her infant saw it, the baby would start screaming.

Neck tattoos, face tattoos, and tattoos on the back of the hand are particularly off-putting. When a person like this talks to me, I don't remember what they say or what they are wearing or anything about them. All I see when I hear the name is that stupid tattoo. It is burned in my brain. Getting a tattoo like this is just declaring young, 'I never intend to have a job of any significance!'

When you get colored tattoos covering both arms, especially women, that will effect your wardrobe. You have just limited yourself to a few colors for the rest of your life.

Read an article about a young woman who covered her back, among other body parts, with horrible satanic themed colored tattoos. When she tried to buy a wedding dress she had to buy what was basically a white burka, because the tattoos were directly clashing with almost all the wedding dresses she tried. Kind of hard to wear a backless White wedding dress with a depiction of Satan looking at the congregation from your back.

I think tattoos in Western countries are a form of self-mutilation. It is a form of self-hate. Primitive tribes have tattoos to represent specific things, such as coming into puberty, getting married, rank in the tribe, or accomplishments in battle, etc. This is understandable for their culture.

Primitive people don't get tattoos of daffy duck, childish random misspelled poorly drawn doodles, or Justin Bieber. There are still people out there with Milli Vanilli tattoos. Girl you know it's true. Never get a tattoo of some passing fad. Some people don't seem to comprehend what forever means.

I have no tattoo and never will. People I hang with do not have tattoos and not on purpose. It is a mindset. Tattoo people live and think a certain way and tend to hang-out with each other. The opposite is true as well.
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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2019, 03:53:13 pm »
Probably, since even grandmas are lining up to get them.

I never felt the desire for one.  Looking at some of the women who’re covered in ink, with fat rolls hanging out of too-short tops and exposed bra straps, I can’t imagine why, but there it is.
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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2019, 03:57:14 pm »
Probably, since even grandmas are lining up to get them.

I never felt the desire for one.  Looking at some of the women who’re covered in ink, with fat rolls hanging out of too-short tops and exposed bra straps, I can’t imagine why, but there it is.

Told my kids over & over - one day people will consider those who didn't succumb to the tattoo trend free thinkers & those who did be paying thru the nose to have their marks removed.

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« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2019, 04:01:38 pm »
I'm not a fan. Whenever I see heavily tattooed young women, I can't help but wonder what they're going to look like when they're pushing 80.

 As you age you lose some of the collagen under your skin so that’s why elderly people have different skin than old people. Now imagine getting a tattoo in your 20s, and that artwork being stuck on aging skin. I’ve talked to a few veterans from World War II  throughout my life who got tattoos while in the military but as they got older regretted it
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« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2019, 04:03:02 pm »
Told my kids over & over - one day people will consider those who didn't succumb to the tattoo trend free thinkers & those who did be paying thru the nose to have their marks removed.

Lol, yep.  And now tattoo shops  are all over the place, even in nice shopping centers.  Watch them start to close up.
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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2019, 04:17:56 pm »
I never felt the desire for one.  Looking at some of the women who’re covered in ink, with fat rolls hanging out of too-short tops and exposed bra straps, I can’t imagine why, but there it is.
Being "plus sized" just means more room for tats! Woo hoo.

She could have the likenesses of the entire NY Giants roster tatted on that arm, with room for the water boy.
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« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2019, 04:25:28 pm »
Told my kids over & over - one day people will consider those who didn't succumb to the tattoo trend free thinkers & those who did be paying thru the nose to have their marks removed.
I was told more than 20 years ago that a good investment would be a tattoo removal business. Even back then, level headed people knew that eventually the tattoo craze would end, and people will do anything to get rid of them.

When I was in the military, we had this guy who would get his current girlfriend's name tattooed on his left arm. The list was six names long. He had his own form of tattoo removal. He would buy a steel scrubbing pad and simply rub the tattoo out. It was incredibly painful, dangerous, and it left a brutal scar. But it did work. If you can muscle through the horror of it.
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« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2019, 04:35:40 pm »
I was told more than 20 years ago that a good investment would be a tattoo removal business. Even back then, level headed people knew that eventually the tattoo craze would end, and people will do anything to get rid of them.

When I was in the military, we had this guy who would get his current girlfriend's name tattooed on his left arm. The list was six names long. He had his own form of tattoo removal. He would buy a steel scrubbing pad and simply rub the tattoo out. It was incredibly painful, dangerous, and it left a brutal scar. But it did work. If you can muscle through the horror of it.

Yikes I think your old friend may have had other issues.

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« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2019, 04:41:27 pm »
Yikes I think your old friend may have had other issues.
We all did.
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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2019, 04:44:21 pm »
They are becoming normal and mainstream so to hipsters, that makes them uncool. But they certainty aren't going out of fashion. Just the opposite.at the latest convention I was at, you had everyone from all walks of life there. It is no longer the area for just bikers and rockers. It is becoming a serious accepted art.


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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #17 on: February 14, 2019, 04:56:46 pm »
I don't know about becoming more or less popular, but to me, they are just ugly. Nothing beats what God made IMHO... especially on women.
The man I worked for also employed his two son in laws, they approached him one day and told him they needed pay increases because they just couldn't get by on what they got. They thought they had him because of his daughters he wouldn't refuse, what they didn't expect was when he not only refused he told them that obviously they had more money than they needed and would be just fine if they quit spending it on ink for their arms. I don't think most people don't realize how expensive tattoos are.

As a matter of fact a year after my former employers construction business went belly up he started a new business selling high end tattoo ink, it's quite profitable.

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« Reply #18 on: February 14, 2019, 04:58:22 pm »
When you get colored tattoos covering both arms, especially women, that will effect your wardrobe. You have just limited yourself to a few colors for the rest of your life.

Something about color tattoos they don't tell you:  The lighter the color, the more difficult to remove with a laser.  The laser relies on a dark pigment to absorb the photons, and yellow, being the lightest, is almost impossible to laser off.  The only alternative is a cover tattoo.

I used to use a microscope laser to cut metal lines on Integrated Circuits back in my old job, and they were the most difficult feature to cut because of their reflectivity. 
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« Reply #19 on: February 14, 2019, 05:05:56 pm »
The man I worked for also employed his two son in laws, they approached him one day and told him they needed pay increases because they just couldn't get by on what they got. They thought they had him because of his daughters he wouldn't refuse, what they didn't expect was when he not only refused he told them that obviously they had more money than they needed and would be just fine if they quit spending it on ink for their arms. I don't think most people don't realize how expensive tattoos are.

As a matter of fact a year after my former employers construction business went belly up he started a new business selling high end tattoo ink, it's quite profitable.


Tats are expensive, while the ink is a small part of that cost.  What's expensive is the labor.
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« Reply #20 on: February 14, 2019, 05:11:04 pm »
Being "plus sized" just means more room for tats! Woo hoo.

She could have the likenesses of the entire NY Giants roster tatted on that arm, with room for the water boy.

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« Reply #21 on: February 14, 2019, 05:16:08 pm »
I love the collection of framed art I display on my walls. But, even I change them out from time to time. Tattoos? Oops.

What I can’t understand is the thought processes of those who hadn’t grasped people gain wisdom and grow as a person as they age – they often evolve a different perspective on who they believe themselves to be. But, load up on tattoos and on first sight it screams, “I’m an idiot – a stagnant, selfish, immature idiot!” ...and I’m here about that job offer.

A walking billboard for I have poor judgment and foresight.

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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2019, 07:03:02 pm »
As you age you lose some of the collagen under your skin so that’s why elderly people have different skin than old people. Now imagine getting a tattoo in your 20s, and that artwork being stuck on aging skin. I’ve talked to a few veterans from World War II  throughout my life who got tattoos while in the military but as they got older regretted it
Not a few veterans I know got them as a symbol of unit/branch pride, but a couple of others got them to make it easier to identify them (or their parts) if things went wrong. In that context, I can see it. The only one I considered was a maltese cross shield from my old fire department, but that was long enough ago I didn't. Despite peer pressure to advertise for Harley-Davidson, I just said they aren't going to pay me to be a billboard, or offer any discount for parts, so screw it.
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Re: At arm’s length: are tattoos finally becoming uncool?
« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2019, 07:14:40 pm »
Somehow,  a simple USMC tattoo (or similar emblem of military service) is infinitely more acceptable to me - and who am I to judge?  - than movie characters, unintelligible Asian letters, pictures of food,  random alleged Maori symbols, and the like. Call me a snob,  I don't care.   :shrug:
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« Reply #24 on: February 14, 2019, 07:38:31 pm »
To each their own, but I just never saw anything I wanted to wear that long.

More luck than sense... I remember being drunk as hell, sitting in the tatt parlor ready to get a gal's name wrote on me... Thankfully, even in my drunken and love struck stupor, I could calculate that same sort of thing you said, and left off of it.

Not a single tat. About the only foolish thing I didn't do.