I'm not talking about a pot leaf or a tasteful rose, I'm talking about sleeves and facial stuff. These folks just look ridiculous.

Young people get them without really thinking about the future.

You want to terminate old folks, or deglove their arm?

I got a feeling that in a couple of decades from now, a major source of entertainment in nursing homes will be trying to guess what each others tats used to represent.

The trick is to stick to Salvador Dalí art. That way when everything sags with age no one can tell the difference.

What is ridiculous is old people with new tats.

I believe that's been a thing for as long as man has put art on his/her body...

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
What is ridiculous is old people with new tats.

Yeah, That's what I meant. The tat fad hasn't really been around long enough to have a bunch of old folks with old tats yet.

They're not going to care. This is a generational thing. It's now not exceptional for younger people to have tattoos, and that generation is going to be fully accepting of them as they get older. They also don't care what older generations think.

What will be interesting is what future generations think of tattoos, and if they'll get rejected by them. This may make for another set of intergenerational conflicts down the road.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Young people get them without really thinking about the future.

If you don't like it, then don't look. It's not harming you, and if it's not harming you, then don't judge and the world will be a better place ...

they come right off.

Warning foul language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgSBKQueFH4

The tat fad in general is HILARIOUS.

People getting pictures of shit that has no meaning or bearing pasted all over their bodies.

It used to be that someone with a tat had an interesting story - now its just people blowing cash thinking their body is a wall to be decorated (permanently).

It certainly is a free country - I'm free to look, laugh, and judge - they can do to the same.

Like the guy with the FULL FACE tats, in color. He was 50-60 and looking at him for the first was like being slapped in the face. Looked like a clown, with judgement to match.

Add a couple of 2 inch ear / nose gauges and the lunacy is complete.

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Originally posted by BBMW:
What will be interesting is what future generations think of tattoos, and if they'll get rejected by them. This may make for another set of intergenerational conflicts down the road.

I'm sure the sin wave will reverse and kids will be so sick of tats because their parents had them.

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Originally posted by MWC:
If you don't like it, then don't look. It's not harming you, and if it's not harming you, then don't judge and the world will be a better place ...

Yup. But if Comic Boy is working retail and I have to deal with him, then what?

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Originally posted by Jim Shugart:

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
What is ridiculous is old people with new tats.

Yeah, That's what I meant. The tat fad hasn't really been around long enough to have a bunch of old folks with old tats yet.

You wanna rethink that?

Although it’s proving more durable here than I predicted some years ago, mainstream Americans’ getting tattooed is a fad, and someday they will be as much of a cliché about old people as wrinkly skin, white hair, and driving for 30 miles with the turn signal on. At some point there will be an ageism backlash against the fad and young people will stop getting them.

I suspect the reason old people may be getting them for the first time now is to somehow turn back the clock: dye your hair, get Botoxed, get a tattoo, and prepare to start fighting off the youngins’. But except for the fact that new tattoos are sharper and clearer than old tattoos, the old people who get them now are just giving everyone a view of what the future holds.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

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Originally posted by MWC:
If you don't like it, then don't look. It's not harming you, and if it's not harming you, then don't judge and the world will be a better place ...

Yup. But if Comic Boy is working retail and I have to deal with him, then what?

Buy what he's selling, or don't and find another shop. If you are at his shop (whether he's owner or employee), then theoretically he has something you want. Is that really the time to be judgmental, if ever? On the flip side, if money is changing hands you expect him to deal the "judgmental dude with money in his pocket," and keep HIS mouth shut right?

I long ago stopped being concerned about how one looks, as I focus on how one acts or behaves.

Somethings are still "indicators", just like in nature, and serve as a warning or a welcome.

But I am still a human and capable of bias and prejudice when I do not have good reason.

I'll work on that.

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Originally posted by Otto Pilot:
Buy what he's selling, or don't and find another shop. If you are at his shop (whether he's owner or employee), then theoretically he has something you want. Is that really the time to be judgmental, if ever? On the flip side, if money is changing hands you expect him to deal the "judgmental dude with money in his pocket," and keep HIS mouth shut right?

In an ideal world, where everybody was perfect and Kumbaya was the National Anthem, sure.

On my evil planet, if you're THAT far outside the norm, you need to expect some folks to be a little less than accepting.

And frankly, I'm more than a bit tired of this "judgemental" label. EVERYBODY makes judgements every day. It's a survival skill.

It's all good though. Life would be awfully boring if we were all clones of each other.

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Originally posted by Otto Pilot:

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

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Originally posted by MWC:
If you don't like it, then don't look. It's not harming you, and if it's not harming you, then don't judge and the world will be a better place ...

Yup. But if Comic Boy is working retail and I have to deal with him, then what?

Buy what he's selling, or don't and find another shop. If you are at his shop (whether he's owner or employee), then theoretically he has something you want. Is that really the time to be judgmental, if ever? On the flip side, if money is changing hands you expect him to deal the "judgmental dude with money in his pocket," and keep HIS mouth shut right?

Yes. Seriously, what impact do tattoos have on the product you buy, the service you receive or the price you pay if you're satisfied with the product, service and price?