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Tattoos are the epitome of kitsch art.

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And then women with tattoos in a beautiful wedding gown...

Or Christians tattooing to be relevant in evangelism or to nonbelievers...

A faceplant to the face, that's how I feel about it.

Please go and journal on a page not on your body.

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tats are for scrubbers and sailors

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* Looks at her bio * - "Neurodivergent"

* Looks up definition * - "Neurodivergent is a nonmedical term that describes people whose brains develop or work differently for some reason."

Confirmed. Avoid.

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Jajajaja

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Tattoos signal the tribe you want to belong to.

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Most tattoos just aren’t very nice looking even as art. There are exceptions, but the question is why anybody feels the need to *wear* the art rather than hang it on the wall or print it on some other object. Most tattoos people look like the tattoos are wearing the person rather than vice versa.

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When I was younger I used to think it was some kind of feminist "get revenge on men by making the world look uglier to them" thing.

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I hate tattoos on women and have only seen one justifiable exception, a nurse with dragon tattoos on her arms because she worked in the hospital burn unit and when weakened by burn victim cases she looked at her arms to remind herself to be strong and help the burn victim.

The saying a tattoo is a live long reminder of a temporary moment of insanity is apt.

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Women are born naturally beautiful. Tattoos only distract from that beauty.

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What a crock of judgemental crap 😂

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One is more rebellious without.

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The woman in the photo doesn’t appear to have “sanpaku” eyes, as far as I can tell. Am I missing something?

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The failure in this analysis is a failure to realize women control hiring now so perhaps men with tattoos trying to fake high status to sluts are more hireable. At least worth a few minutes of ponderage.

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The woman wouldn't have been complaining and trying to normalize her tattoos if that were the case. Nor do men display their tattoos during the hiring process.

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I've been enjoying my way through the Unsubscribe podcasts, which is mainly ex-military, AND nearly all enlisted military: both hosts and guests. Almost NONE have tattoos that would be visible in "business" attire, or a formal military uniform. Many have the tattooed "sleeve" -- full skin-coverage running from shoulder and sometimes the chest down to where a long-sleeve would button.

I'm reminded of a (tattooed) Senior Chief addressing a class of new sailors, and pointing out that getting tattooed was maybe NOT their best choice: because as one ages, those sharp and pretty or manly tattoos 'bleed' ink, and all those sharp lines blur... and what you intended is not where you ended up! He'd show his 'first tattoo' -- a shapely woman... who was now blurred and ... not so pretty.

But, as the only female officer at the (school) command, I also had several young girls come giggling into my office DESPERATELY wanting to show their brand new over the weekend tattoos to SOME 'adult.' {eye roll} You know the type: the seagull on the shoulder, the (oh Lordie!) boyfriend's NAME on the upper arm, and so on. ONE of them had had some wispy grass, several flowers, and a bunny tattooed all the way across her bikini line.

I tried to seem ... lukewarm ... and sent them off to the corpsman to have their new "decorations" put into their medical records. They had not yet been shown the film of the.... oh.. WWI? WWII? Some Texas HUGE explosion where a Naval vessel as being refueled at a (short) dock. Many died, and it's why refueling docks were extended to a half-mile long! Some of the sailors had to be IDed BY their tattoos, cause there wasn't much left of them! Was, (in the '70s and early 80s at least) a Navy rule that any tattoo had to be recorded in your medical record! Kinda the skin version of dental records!

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Tattoos are a symbol of brain dead youth. A bunch of guys in my fraternity went on spring break, got drunk and got tattoos of the Greek symbols on their ankles. 25 years later they all regret it and are terribly embarrassed. At least they can hide it with socks.

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Are you a french female by chance, Have to know.

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I always make the comparison between tattoos and wallpaper, who wants to see the same wallpaper all their life?

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I've been in a lot of long term relationships with beautiful women and I can say, unequivocally, that women with a tattoo or piercing are much more fun and actively engaging when it comes to monkey-business

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Maybe, but who wants sex with a woman with a hairy ass?

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And also you never married any of them.

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What a rogue you are! I'm sure all of us appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to talk about yourself and your sexual conquests.

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Right, tattoos mean slut. That was ackshually covered above.

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No fun woman ever needed a trashtoo to be actively engaging.

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Exactly. What the tramp-stamp signifies has already been covered.

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