But are tattoos really even "a great way to express yourself"? Why not write a poem, style your hair, practice a sport or an art or develop some talent, march in a parade ... in other words do something that actually reflects your interests and values, rather than just "wearing them on your sleeve"? Tattoos are really the laziest, and least interesting way of expressing yourself -- ever notice how 99.99999% of all tattoos feature the same 20-30 designs and themes? It's like people who are highly unoriginal, and highly narcissistic, want to "tell their story" to everyone that sees them, instead of doing the hard work of developing a strong character and letting THAT be communicated, little by little, by your choices and actions? Your body is a temple. Tattoos are like graffitti scrawled across the outside wall. The ink bleeds into your lymph nodes over time -- fact -- reducing your immunity. And the ink fades. At age 50, everyone with a tattoo in a prominant place, or covered in tattoos, communicates exactly the same message: "When I was young I was vain and impulsive; now I look silly."
@ by all means, dont think about it in any more “depth” than you showed here, “grandpa”. You show. A lot of insight. Let me guess, you make $23,000 a year.
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.
Ditto ~Semper Fi PS, I told myself "if" we did a port call to Hong Kong I'd get a USMC on my upper bicep. I went to nearly every country in the far east except Hong Kong. I took that as a sign.
I see nothing wrong with a military tattoo. My niece however who has Daddy issues had a back piece done and it's a major red flag to any guys out there.
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
I have one rule when it comes to tattoos. If I find a design I like, I wait six months. If I still like the design after those six months have passed, I get the tattoo. I’ve had the rule for over thirty years and I have yet to get a tattoo.
@@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.
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!
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.
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.
@@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'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.
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Krane Iunno personally i think that's a shallow, worthless, pissant way to live your life but it's your life pissant
@ 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.
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.
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.
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
@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.
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.
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/
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.
That last paragraph was so much more artistic than any tattoo I've ever seen. You made a better case just there than the guy in the video. Do you write? If not, you should. You have a good imagination. And, the thing is, tattoos are a sign of vanity. What they indicate in their wearers is a valuation of the physical over the mental. Oddly, it's also a trashing of the physical. They are making themselves ugly for the sake of VANITY! What a strange idea. Yet it is so.
Can you explain why tattoos have exploded in advertising? I don't mean the Mad Men, I mean the models in the ads. Are those tattoos done in Photoshop? Are brands trying to be trendy? I just don't get it. I thought models had to be relatable. Yesterday I saw an ad for underwear, the model had tattoos all over. How can I relate to that?
@@SavinderKaur-e1m We don't live in a biblical world, even Jews ignore most of the laws in Leviticus, except for the ultra-orthodox. I don't judge them, I ignore the laws about not eating pork, shellfish, etc. I mix milk with meat all the time (cheeseburgers). I want tattoos to go away, but neither the synagogues nor the churches nor the mosques are speaking against them. Sinead O'Connor was allowed to convert to Islam even though she was covered in tattoos.
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?"
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 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
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.
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.
I have never had a tattoo despite being in tattoo parlours with a bunch of drunken squaddies on many occasions, no matter how drunk I was there was always an inner voice saying NO you will regret it one day. How glad I am that I listened to the voices. I knew I would be bored looking at the same moment of madness from one drunken decision. The army used to describe tattoos on women as Tramp Stamps. Enough said.
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.
I feel like this is a lie, at 18 if I wanted a tattoo and I asked a family friend who tattoos to tattoo me and they said no, I wouldve gone to a different artist. Once you are 18 you can do it legally at any artist, if you ask someone and they say no you would ask someone else. Also what kind of tattoo artist who is basically a family friend say no to you? Unless you asked for a free tattoo which I completely get.
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
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.
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.
I shared this with my daughters, 17 and 15. Thank God, they agreed with your narrative. I sincerely thank you for making this, and recommend every father share this if he loves his children.
@Heyward Shepherd - I would pat his back and shake his hand. Capozzi is involved with his kids, that is commendable. Labeling and stereotyping an entire generation is stupid.
@@stevesteven1149 Heyward Shephard: 'their'. (And I am afraid that the present generation is every bit as stupid (probably more so) than the previous ones. Sad ... but true. Hell ... some of them can't even pick the correct words to use in a two-line comment!)
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
I'm a 40 year old medical professional, a gen-Xer musician who escaped that piercing and tat decade completely intact! I'm always trying to dissuade the 20 something female assistants in the office from getting inked up. Everytime I hear a tat convo, I pop up like a meerkat with the same words as this gentleman has so eloquently conveyed. My favorite response is "I'm expressing myself". I tell them " No , the tattoo ARTIST is expressing himself on you". You are no more expressing yours than I am by painting my living room a certain color or hanging a picture on the wall.. true expression comes from the things you create from the ground up. Great vid.. saved to favorite and will be shown to many!
Video spot on ! and good reply. Recent tattoo-phobia was me getting prissy i told myself. Then i saw this 1948 film - a muscled guy with no top digging out an unexploded bomb in London. He turned to the camera sporting a full torso tattoo - damn fine chap "earnt" it !
Hi… I’m 49 and I understand what you’re saying, yet I respectfully hold a slightly different opinion with regards to expressing myself. I had a beloved family member die by suicide in 2012, which affected me DEEPLY and in ways not many would (care to) understand. In 2014, on her birthday, I got my first (and so far, only) tattoo. It’s of a feather for its symbolism and just underneath is written the Portuguese word “Saudade”. So, for me, it IS a perfect personal expression, beyond that of the artist. Anyway, that’s the best way I can explain it I suppose. But I wish you (and all!) a blessed and happy new year!!!
@@Tranquility32 Completely nothing wrong with that (sorry for your loss). Obviously your tattoo is not an attempt at conformity, and seems to me to more of an eternal memorial than an attempt at human expression. I'm sure it's tastefully done and keeps her in your heart and mind. Be well!
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 dont think you are correct, and I believe you are putting too much meaning behind why people get tattoos. Now some people probably get tattoos because they want to represent something or fit in, but most get them because they look cool. Can you tell me what me getting a sick ass shark on my leg shows i want to demonstrate to other people? The only argument that people get tattoos to appease other people thats valid sort of is that tattoos are placed to face towards other people so they can read it, but the argument against that is that tattoos are placed that way because otherwise they would look dumb because they are upside down. Just like if you wore a shirt with a logo upside down so you could see it, you wouldnt because then your shirt has a logo thats upside down and thats dumb
20 years ago I almost fell out with my friend because I took that stance on tattoos. She accused me of being narrow minded and ignorant. This vid articulates my thoughts better than I could ever wish I could. A GEM.
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".
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.
@@HeWhoHath I generally find people who look for "sluts or an easy lay" turn offs in their own right. A woman who looks for "an easy lay" I reject offhand, why should I tolerate the same behavior in men?
Thanks for making this great video! I just shared it with my 15 yer-old daughter who can’t wait to get a tattoo as soon as we’re no longer the boss of her. I’m a 43 year-old woman who vowed never to get a tattoo while EVERYONE around me was getting them. Mainly because I was afraid of how distorted it might look when I’m old and I also don’t like needles. I’m so grateful that I made at least one good decision in my rebellious years. If I had ever gotten one, I wouldn’t be married to the love of my life today, as tattoos are a complete deal breaker for him.
Sounds like your daughter has great parents. I suspect she'll change her mind about getting inked. Thanks for the comment, Susan. Give my regards to that kid of yours. Happy New Year to you all. (Dave Morrison)
Thx for sharing! I agree. I like Art in a picture frame on my wall... not on my skin. And I have a cringe worthy moment....Whenever I see a man or woman covered in tattoos. Unmarked bodies look so much better, in my opinion. Fingers crossed that so far none of my grown kids got tattoos. PTL! God bless!
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?
This video really made me think, and I hope it does the same for you. Tattoos and other permanent body modifications can be a great way to express yourself, but like stated, they’re permanent. Just like freezing one version of you in time. And let’s face it, we all grow and change. I knew someone in uni who got swept up in the tattoo craze. A few years later, her style and vibe had totally shifted, but the tattoos didn’t. It made me realize how much our tastes evolve, even when we don’t expect them to. No judgment here-just a reminder that it’s okay to take your time and think things through. Express yourself in ways that let you grow and change-you’ve got your whole life to figure it out!
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.
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.
Videos like these are important because they try to help people understand exactly what they’re doing and the repercussions. If you still want a tattoo after doing your research and understanding the weight of your decision, then that is your right and no one is trying to take it away from you
Yet videos like this tend to make it sound like its a bad thing. That ink is bad somehow. This falls more under your personal opinion than anything else.
@@BlueCollarLogic yeah but the way you came off was almost passive aggressive towards the ink crowd. You'r basicaly telling then, " im not calling you stupid for getting ink" and then telling those thinking of getting ink "you'r stupid if you get one". It's hard to point out but while your advise , some off it was sound, you'r delivery was not. Where my mother is from, growing up she associated them with gang members. The worst of the worst. My brother and I both have ink, but between us we have served our country 25 years , Army and Marines. Served protecting the public in the streets, law enforcement, and in cyberspace, cyber security analyst for uncle Sam. Were not rebellious nor we lack any mechanism in life. For us ink is to carry with us a memory, a remembrance, a something with us for the rest if our days.
@@ArmycAv2nd You say: "This falls more under your personal opinion than anything else." Yeah. So what? It's a video stating my opinion. The question to ask yourself is why my opinion bothers you so much. Obviously you understand that in many cases covering your body with tattoos ends up being a very bad idea. Yet, here you are trying to figure out a strategy for shutting me up. Time to start paying more attention to your inner voice of wisdom, rather than trying to prevent others from doing so.
@@BlueCollarLogic Because I think you are very informed about the topics you cover with a heavy dose of old school common sense. When I want to show my kids or whoever a good point of view about a certain topic, I come to blue collar as a good example of informed commenting. This time it came across as more of a "Don't do it its a fad, dont be a follower, its douche, because i say so type of advise." I understand not directed to my demographic but it just struck a nerve. When it comes to abuse of tattoos I just let them know, never in the neck or face and make sure you know what you want is what you gonna want 20 plus years down the road. But that the ideal of tatts is somewhat asinine or just a fad is a very arrogant statement to say.
@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.
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 had an uncle that had tats on his arms. He decided to have them removed. The result was deep indentations left where the tattoos once were. You have many good points and I have no tattoos THANKS!
+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.
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'm 70. Several times I've been asked "why no tats?" My one answer has always been "I've never found something I want to wear forever." I don't even wear logo clothing or hats. Thanks for your video....I hope my grand children don't go this tattoo route.
This is how I looked at it. When I got paint or tar on my hands. Or walnut stain something like that and it was difficult to take off. Or couldn’t be removed and had to wear off. I realized I would not like a tattoo. And how many times I had thought bought said or done something that I was later sorry for I knew I probably should not ever get one. I was told your hair will grow out or can be cut. Your clothes you can change. But don’t do anything permanent.
Then you got my dad who is 60 and we both got our first tattoos together for my 21st :) it's something I'll cherish for the rest of my life even after he is gone. I plan to get more tattoos in life but the first one will always hold a special place in my heart since i have the memory with my dad attached to it
My father was in the Navy in the 1950s, he had a couple of tattoos on his arm and always regretted them. I think that is why I was never interested in getting branded. I wish more people would speak out about tattoos.
Got both of my tattoos after I turned sixty. They only have meaning to me. Both are small; one visible the other not. Have zero regrets. Even thinking about another one.
You may not know how beautiful your skin is...but I do. When I was 12 my arms neck and face were burned... Luckily my face healed and I've lived a great life with a wonderful wife and son. From my POV you have Normal skin and want to disfigure it is your lack of understanding that you don't know what you got til it's gone.
david alexander I knew this girl who was very beautiful and had the prettiest creamy white skin I had ever seen. Then one night, I noticed her big tattoo on one of her thighs. I told her she had beautiful skin, but asked her why she got the tattoo and smoked cigarettes. She said its her lifestyle choice.
@@H.C.Q.I feel like you lumped in the cigarettes part for no reason. It had no relation to the message if your story and couldve been easily left out. Do you have any real reason for being against tattoos on thighs? Other than personal preference, all your arguments are based on the fact that you will regret it because you chose a bad thing to tattoo, and because its bad for job interviews/meeting new people etc. Except her tattoo could easily be covered for any job even with shorts hypothetically, and lets say it was a good tattoo with a not stupud design so she doesnt regret it. You probably dont have any reason other than you find them ugly, which marks the question for why you believe its impossible for people to find them attractive. Theres always two sides to a coin, if you find it ugly, theres someone who likes it.
I once encountered a man at a store who had extensive face tattoos. When he walked in, I reflexively blinked, being surprised. It was a natural reaction, and not one of disgust or judgement. He walked by me, giving me a stern look that my gut instinct interpreted as; "Gotcha! You judged me! That makes me cool and morally superior to you, since you must be a prejudiced, old-fashion, uptight guy." It is my opinion that some (Not all) who get extensive tattoos all over their bodies are either screaming for attention, or get a kick seeing old school people like me do a double-take, and then feel self-righteously persecuted because we don't accept them or applaud them. Can't win if I ignore them, can't win if I look at them for a moment to study their tattoos. Maori warriors wore, and some do today, face tattoos for the sole purpose of frightening their enemies. They knew the psychological effect it has. I believe some (Again, not all, many are pretty chill folk) do such extreme tattoos for that same reason. So don't get a tattoo to compensate for your inferiority complex. If you do, don't judge people for being startled or staring. After all, that's the point of getting a tattoo in the first place, right?
The Maori facial tattoos certainly were scary and had a psychological effect. Because they were painful and difficult to get they had a rite of passage role too. They also showed your position and role within the tribe, warrior, fisherman, shaman etc. Some women also got tattoos once they were elders and had achieved senior status. After many years when they were out of favor, considered barbaric or unchristian they are making a comeback in New Zealand society. They are now considered traditional and conservative, if done correctly and with due regard to tribal custom.
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.
I only have one I regret and it's thanks to my sister and her ex. I don't drink often and when I do it's normally not much. A couple beers. My sister and her ex came and picked me up at the bar on one of my rare heavy drinking days and told me while I was drunk that a guy at a apartment complex was doing tattoos for 50 bucks. Being drunk I said let's go. The guy that did the tattoo did a real shitty job and proved he was not a true tattoo artist or otherwise he wouldn't have tattooed me while I was drunk. If I had been solved I would have passed the moment I seen my sister's ex's tattoo. All my other tattoos I love. They are a expression of my self and have meaning.
Chase Viking if that was your only tattoo that would suck, but I also believe that people that fully embrace that culture need some crappy tattoos to go with the good ones, it’s part of the evolution.
@@TenThumbsProductions I have multiple other tattoos and no one should have to go through what I went through. As I said if I was solver I would not have gotten it. It may be a Slipknot Tattoo and I love Slipknot but it's wasn't worth the $50 one bit.
Chase Viking man it sounds like you are blaming everyone else but yourself. Maybe you do need that tattoo to remind you that it’s a consequence of your poor judgment so you can make better choices in the future.
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.
@@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.
Yes. Thank you for doing this video. Even though I got my tattoos starting at age 38 just 4 years later I began my red-pill journey, became a conservative woman and my tattoos do NOT fit my personality of today. I'm waiting for the technology coming out in the next year or two that can fully removal multi-color tattoos. I had laser done once and it was so painful and will take 7+ sessions I'm unsure I can endure the pain and cost. Also, most laser only removes black and red. PLEASE everyone, think very very hard before you tattoo. I thought hard before I got mine and STILL it became a mess later on.
Can't believe you were able to swallow the red pill at a mature adult age. Most people's mind are locked out. It's good to know people can change their ideologies.
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.
I’m a tattooed person I have a full half sleeve on my right arm and a tattoo behind my ear I don’t think you’re seeing the point of tattoos I’m not getting tattooed for anyone or getting a tattoo purely because it looks “cool” but for myself the things I have tattooed on my skin mean everything to me my half sleeve is every gojira album cover combined into a big art piece these albums got me through high school and helped me through suicidal thoughts and mental health as a teen with anxiety disorder and depression I will always appreciate what those albums did for me and each one signifies a time in my life in which I was listening to it and getting the tattoo of those albums is almost like a tribute or showing how much it means to me but yes people who get tattoos just because they look “cool” and have no other reason are dumb
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.
Bang Bang thanks for the welcome, I wasn’t sure what year it was. FYI, not sure how familiar you are with laser removal, but I’ll clue you in since I have tried it: first (and more importantly) it doesn’t really remove them, unless they were done by an amateur at home with a sewing needle, which mine were not. If you have professional tattoos done with a tattoo gun and the types of ink used in most shops, those babies barely react to lasers. At best, they fade a bit, but you’ll never have totally clean skin again. Secondly, it is extraordinarily painful, and I say this as a person who has given birth and broken a bone, which is to say, I’ve experienced extreme pain and this ranks right up there. It’s not just pain in that instant either, it’s pain that lingers for days and the area can react and puff up with painful watery blisters since you are essentially burning the skin. Lastly, it’s very expensive. Each treatment can be hundreds of dollars and it takes many, many treatments to lighten the tattoos. So, I hope that enlightens you, Bang Bang. You were kind enough to welcome me so now let me extend the favor: welcome to REALITY.
Noor Italiana, you’re sweet, and it is indeed something to put behind me... but if I could use my mistakes to help encourage any young person to not repeat my mistakes, I would like to try. If you can’t be an inspiration, at least be a warning. ;)
@@snowviolet508 You're a know all who actually knows very little. Tattoo removal is very successful overall. I have had 3 tattoos removed, all professionally done with full range of colors and blacks. Emla cream is applied before the treatments to numb the skin and there are basically two types of lasers that target different colors, one of which leaves the skin in quite good shape and clears after just days. The Q switched ruby laser is the most common and together my tattoos are 99% gone and healthy skin with no scarring. Yes it's painful, big deal, it's 10 minutes at most for a basic large upper arm tat. Welcome to ACTUAL REALITY.
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.
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.
My niece wanted to a tattoo. She is in her 2nd year of college. My sister called me up frustrated beyond sanity. She and her husband had gone round and round with their daughter (my niece) trying to persuade her not to get a tattoo. I said I'll give it a shot since I am favorite uncle. I called her her and we talked for awhile. We went over all the pluses and minuses of getting a tattoo. She told me how she designed it and was looking forward to getting it on the back of her neck (palm slap to forehead). She told me that she loved me and respected me but please do not try to talk her out this....so I said this: "It is your body, you can do whatever you want with it. If you want to get some ink, that's your business. But! Do not be one of these people with a long story behind your tattoo, what it means or its significance etc....because nobody gives a shit about dolphins jumping through rainbows or whatever and if they do they probably just want something...other than your tattoo story." I then told her I would pay to have it put on with henna and keep it updated for a year, if she absolutely had to see how it feels. After that year if she still wants a tattoo...I'd split the cost. She called me 3 days later and said she didn't need one....it all clicked, she then said they are kind of dumb!
@@bettyjett623 - I checked out your channel, it says "This channel has no content"... As empty as your comment and it probably also applies to your brain.
@@axeltopher4629 he's saying that women shouldn't get tattoos basically just because they're women, that is sexist, what's so hard to understand about that
DO NOT get it removed. People who get tattoos removed are more idiotic than those who get them without thinking it through. Getting it removed i expensive, painful and leaves a nasty as scare. You might as well keep it and live with it.
I'm 61, have 2 full sleeves, and have never regreted getting them done. P.S. I'm a biker....And I never got anything visible on my hands, face, or neck. When I got inked, it was unusual, it's become far too common. Neither of my kids have or want tattoos, and I'm fine with their choice.
@Jorg Blackstone Neither of my kids have any tattoos at all, and that's thier choice. I personally have never regretted my decision, but I was careful to have my work done by the best. And made sure I could hide them if needed. No hand, neck or face tattoos.
@Jorg Blackstone This isn't the 90s idiot. There are doctors with visible arm tattoos. You either get treated or you can take you're judgemental ass downtown to Dr. Lester the molester. 😉
@Robert M. I got my first tattoo @51 yrs. young, I absolutely love it. Both my kids got tattoos before me (in their early 20’s) my husband who is a retired firefighter has zero tattoos and honestly isn’t fond of them. I myself love art in many different forms and I am anxiously waiting to get tattoo #2. As far as society judging anyone for a sleeve or a tattoo here and there is such a ridiculous notion these days, I would not walk away from a doctor with a sleeve as a matter of fact I would probably think “what a cool guy”, he’s not wrapped up in what society thinks. ✌️
But are tattoos really even "a great way to express yourself"? Why not write a poem, style your hair, practice a sport or an art or develop some talent, march in a parade ... in other words do something that actually reflects your interests and values, rather than just "wearing them on your sleeve"? Tattoos are really the laziest, and least interesting way of expressing yourself -- ever notice how 99.99999% of all tattoos feature the same 20-30 designs and themes? It's like people who are highly unoriginal, and highly narcissistic, want to "tell their story" to everyone that sees them, instead of doing the hard work of developing a strong character and letting THAT be communicated, little by little, by your choices and actions?
Your body is a temple. Tattoos are like graffitti scrawled across the outside wall. The ink bleeds into your lymph nodes over time -- fact -- reducing your immunity. And the ink fades. At age 50, everyone with a tattoo in a prominant place, or covered in tattoos, communicates exactly the same message: "When I was young I was vain and impulsive; now I look silly."
because it looks cool grandpa, deal with it
@ sure, keep tellin yourself that. See ya next time i need a coffee at starbucks!
@ by all means, dont think about it in any more “depth” than you showed here, “grandpa”. You show. A lot of insight. Let me guess, you make $23,000 a year.
@@Jmr-o5e see you next time i need my garbage collected!
Why nor do both
"Never make a permanent decision, based on a temporary mood."
Wise
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.
I hope the next video he does, is not for girls to get a stupid azz "Bull ring" through their nose!!
Drugs were a factor in my poor choice
@@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.
I served in the USMC and never succumbed to the pressure to get a tattoo, thank God.
That’s me rn fighting it
In the movie Jarhead, the main character gets branded. Did that happen to you?
Ditto ~Semper Fi
PS, I told myself "if" we did a port call to Hong Kong I'd get a USMC on my upper bicep. I went to nearly every country in the far east except Hong Kong. I took that as a sign.
Having served in 9 years in the Canadian military, the person you are now because of that experience is your badge.
I see nothing wrong with a military tattoo. My niece however who has Daddy issues had a back piece done and it's a major red flag to any guys out there.
I am 55 years of age, I ride a Harley, I've played in numerous Rock/Metal bands in early years...Have never had a tattoo..
No regrets.
Marc Singleton no regerts?
You are a role model.
hummm....ok?@@babyhuez597
I'm 40, have many tattoo, never rode a Harley, play in punk bands , am a dad, husband and chief engineer. What's your point ?
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
I have one rule when it comes to tattoos. If I find a design I like, I wait six months. If I still like the design after those six months have passed, I get the tattoo.
I’ve had the rule for over thirty years and I have yet to get a tattoo.
That's a good rule👍🏻
I've had the same rule without knowing it 😂
I have no tattoos. 🎉
i feel you man, it's what convinced me to get mine, i wanted one for six months and ended up getting it
I don't really need a tattoo. I'm waiting for my age spots to merge into a pattern.
hahahahahaha
Love it!
That's a new level. Now I want what I can't have.
I'm thinking about getting my first tattoo now. Connect the liver spots
😂
I like tattoos on women, because it tells me which ones to avoid...
True!
Lucky for them, right? 😅
@@raziel6807 Wrong.
@@raziel6807Unlucky for the weak men who date them. Tattooed women are overrated these days.
Dude, that was epic!😆
Tats in the millennial crowd are for those trying to be "individualistic" by doing what fifty million others are doing.
Most 19 and under Millenials don't have tattoos from what I have seen, it's mostly the older Gen X and Gen Y non-millennial types who are over 19.
@@joeygreathouse3029 No one under 19 is a millennial. They're Z
@@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.
@@pirjocheerio4016 Uh Millennials are people born after Year 2000, they're ALL 19 and under.
@@augiedoggie8814 Nah, conservatism is the new counterculture, by the time my 7 y/o nephew is an adult tattoos will be taboo again. Mark my words.
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!
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.
I used to hear, "Do as I say, not as I do"
in my view, military service tattoos are one of the very few legitimate tattoos.
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.
My grandpa said the same.
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.
Oh, I'm part of a movement and I didn't know it...🤣
You're right! Thank you for your service, as well!
Since the left is now the status quo ,they are ripe for rebellion.
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.
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.
So you are one of the people inking all of these people for life. I hope you go out of business.
As more and more people get tattoos, I become more proud to be one of the people without them.
Yes. Those of us without tattoos are now the new "rebels" and "non-conformists."
Likewise.
@@davecrupel2817 yep. Nothing more beautiful than natural skin. Freckles and birthmarks are the only tattoos for me.
@@huntercoleman460 yup.
@@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'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.
Thanks Brother.
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.
Krane Iunno personally i think that's a shallow, worthless, pissant way to live your life but it's your life pissant
@ 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 love that someone finally had the nerve to say something, anything about it!
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.
@@mariasmith2198 Why???
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 LOL! I can't imagine any situation where a tat would actually be a problem for him or for me...and I'm pretty imaginative.
@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.
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.
I went to jail once when I was 22 and they have pics of 4 out of 8 of my tats.
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.
Franklin Taylor Thank you for your service. May you and your family have a great 2019.
@@jimivey6462 Thank you Sir! May You, and Yours, have a blessed New Year as well!
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.
Good point but I actually have met one person who regretted not getting a tattoo
I bet the majority that “don’t regret their tattoos” (especially women) just won’t admit that they really do regret them.
@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
I got a tattoo once. It was a temporary Betty Boop, and I was truly sick and tired of her by the third day, when I washed her off.
@@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
Well said. My wife got a “must have” tattoo when she was younger and now she hates it and she’s not even 40 yet.
TheLawDemon Captain Obvious?
Get a new wife.
@David Watson My only regret is I didn't get more and that I didn't get them earlier. Your skin your choice.
@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.
@@amraceway Have you got any on your face?
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.
Wow, so interesting to read your perspective on this.
I can barely keep the same wallpaper on my phone for a week, why on earth would I want a permanent drawing on my body?
Yes!
some people are not as fickle as you.
@@matthewkey1 -fickle- smart.
@@matthewkey1 I've managed to keep the same wallpaper for a week... maybe once. I just like to shake things up.
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/
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.
That last paragraph was so much more artistic than any tattoo I've ever seen. You made a better case just there than the guy in the video. Do you write? If not, you should. You have a good imagination.
And, the thing is, tattoos are a sign of vanity. What they indicate in their wearers is a valuation of the physical over the mental. Oddly, it's also a trashing of the physical. They are making themselves ugly for the sake of VANITY! What a strange idea. Yet it is so.
Can you explain why tattoos have exploded in advertising? I don't mean the Mad Men, I mean the models in the ads. Are those tattoos done in Photoshop? Are brands trying to be trendy? I just don't get it. I thought models had to be relatable. Yesterday I saw an ad for underwear, the model had tattoos all over. How can I relate to that?
@@blucolifeIt’s because we live in a biblical world and God said do not mark your skin..
Leviticus 19:28 kjv.
@@SavinderKaur-e1m We don't live in a biblical world, even Jews ignore most of the laws in Leviticus, except for the ultra-orthodox. I don't judge them, I ignore the laws about not eating pork, shellfish, etc. I mix milk with meat all the time (cheeseburgers). I want tattoos to go away, but neither the synagogues nor the churches nor the mosques are speaking against them. Sinead O'Connor was allowed to convert to Islam even though she was covered in tattoos.
No thats not true. Because the Bible is a fictitious book
@user-nm3mr3lp7r
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.
Sorry@@sparky6086 but that is a false assumption. You are still judged, they just find other excuses not to hire / be around you.
@@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?"
Scott Williams really? I see professionals with tattoos fairly frequently.
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.
Same for me...
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.
The only “tats” I like, proud of my scars.
Same here, Plenty of scars to remind me of painful things.
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've never regretted all the tattoo's I didn't get
Word. Same here :)
ive never regretted the tattoos i did get
same here and thank goodness too ! 👍🏻❤️💪🏻🇬🇧🤝👏🏻🧐😎🤓😁
All my tattos are invisible😉
No one will see the only tattoos I have until all my hair is gone.
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
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.
Dude, please post a pic of the "Bo Knows" tat. I totally remember that campaign and I'd love to see that.
WildGues Thank God I didn’t get one. My point to my daughter was that how lame it would look today.
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.
That artist did you a huge favor. That kind of tat artist is a rare bird these days.
Wow, your complete honesty here really impresses me. Thank you!
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.
I have never had a tattoo despite being in tattoo parlours with a bunch of drunken squaddies on many occasions, no matter how drunk I was there was always an inner voice saying NO you will regret it one day. How glad I am that I listened to the voices. I knew I would be bored looking at the same moment of madness from one drunken decision. The army used to describe tattoos on women as Tramp Stamps. Enough said.
As someone who has two full sleeves of tattoos, I fully endorse this message!
Did anything on your sleeves have personal significance to you when you got them?
@@tinyer3 Omg, you never ask that. They'll want to talk to you for 4 hours about their tattoos.
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.
One of my best friend's dad is a tattoo artist, and when I was 18 I wanted all sorts of different tattoos, and thankfully he told me no. :)
Wow ❤
Why cover a work of art with permanent graffeti.
I feel like this is a lie, at 18 if I wanted a tattoo and I asked a family friend who tattoos to tattoo me and they said no, I wouldve gone to a different artist. Once you are 18 you can do it legally at any artist, if you ask someone and they say no you would ask someone else. Also what kind of tattoo artist who is basically a family friend say no to you? Unless you asked for a free tattoo which I completely get.
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.
Pamala Barnes ... A generous and moral woman.
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
@@zeusvalentine that is fucking pathetic & the most ridiculous comment
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.
Thank you, Patricia. That was brave.
@@BlueCollarLogic Honesty is the best policy. No reason to be a hater when you're speaking the truth :)
You ruined yourself. Sue your parents.
How much does the laser cost? Will it hurt as much as the tattooing?
@GoFuck Yourself ⬅
No man ever looked at a woman and said “she’s so beautiful, if only she had some tattoos” but the inverse of that statement is a definite truism.
Thanks! At the nail salon..I look around and think..this is what is considered feminine? Men love this? No vax, no tats..62 and counting.
@@brendamartz2685 Most western modern men are borderline homosexual for their attraction to thag kinda stuff.
@@radthadd Western Modern Men... interesting.🤔. Why I don't date..😂 Way too I dependent. Not sure how I got done this path. Bye..Be Happy.
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 have had to cover my tats for many jobs. As a man of 45, I wholeheartedly agree with this reasoning.
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.
The only reason I gave your comment a dislike is because society should not be that way. It's horrible the way they treat people!
Your opinion is invalid because you were supposed to not watch this video
@@jamesdoss7718 Society frequently does not conform to your expectations. We all have that problem.
I tried to tell you back then Todd! I’m kidding Todd I don’t know you! But I used to tell people that they would regret doing it!
I shared this with my daughters, 17 and 15. Thank God, they agreed with your narrative. I sincerely thank you for making this, and recommend every father share this if he loves his children.
Good job, Dad!
Heyward Shepherd than*
@Heyward Shepherd - I would pat his back and shake his hand. Capozzi is involved with his kids, that is commendable. Labeling and stereotyping an entire generation is stupid.
Tattooing oneself is desecration of a temple.
@@stevesteven1149 Heyward Shephard: 'their'.
(And I am afraid that the present generation is every bit as stupid (probably more so) than the previous ones. Sad ... but true. Hell ... some of them can't even pick the correct words to use in a two-line comment!)
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.
That's hilarious! I have buddies that speak Chinese. I'm going to tell them this immediately. ;)
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.
ROFLMAO
A tattoo is a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling.
can also be a good thing tho
@@JayDeeHendrixxx just get a journal bro
........... said by the late, great singer/song writer Jimmy Buffet.
Tattoo removal business has a large growth potential in ten years.
nice
Too expensive right now. I try to get people to get lazered before a coverup tattoo. They’d rather get a larger coverup
Lol, I've been researching going into business. Lots of regret needing to be removed...
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.
I never thought anything was cool enough to permanently scar by body with 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.
Tell that to numerous aboriginal cultures around the world.....
@Jorg Blackstone No, but my closest friend in the world for decades is. He's also a tattoo artist and completely covered in tats.
@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.
@Jorg Blackstone Unfortunately, I agree with you. That's why I didn't encourage my kids to get any tattoos.
There is a Jimmy Buffett song where he calls tattoos "a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling"!!
stevo5001 kids can also be a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling.
Jimmy Buffet is a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling as well.
Tattoos and children are "a permanent reminder of a temporary feelin"
Ok dad
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
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.
And then she made you gammon for tea, and cannibalism is wrong.
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.
I'm a 40 year old medical professional, a gen-Xer musician who escaped that piercing and tat decade completely intact!
I'm always trying to dissuade the 20 something female assistants in the office from getting inked up. Everytime I hear a tat convo, I pop up like a meerkat with the same words as this gentleman has so eloquently conveyed. My favorite response is "I'm expressing myself". I tell them " No , the tattoo ARTIST is expressing himself on you". You are no more expressing yours than I am by painting my living room a certain color or hanging a picture on the wall.. true expression comes from the things you create from the ground up. Great vid.. saved to favorite and will be shown to many!
Dak TirQue ... You're the man, Dak. Keep it up!
Video spot on ! and good reply.
Recent tattoo-phobia was me getting prissy i told myself.
Then i saw this 1948 film - a muscled guy with no top digging out an unexploded bomb in London. He turned to the camera sporting a full torso tattoo - damn fine chap "earnt" it !
Hi… I’m 49 and I understand what you’re saying, yet I respectfully hold a slightly different opinion with regards to expressing myself. I had a beloved family member die by suicide in 2012, which affected me DEEPLY and in ways not many would (care to) understand. In 2014, on her birthday, I got my first (and so far, only) tattoo. It’s of a feather for its symbolism and just underneath is written the Portuguese word “Saudade”. So, for me, it IS a perfect personal expression, beyond that of the artist. Anyway, that’s the best way I can explain it I suppose. But I wish you (and all!) a blessed and happy new year!!!
@@Tranquility32 Completely nothing wrong with that (sorry for your loss). Obviously your tattoo is not an attempt at conformity, and seems to me to more of an eternal memorial than an attempt at human expression. I'm sure it's tastefully done and keeps her in your heart and mind. Be well!
No, it is not the tat artist expressing himself on you. The artist is doing a commissioned work expressing you on your body.
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.
Youre protecting your own interpretation onto something that is subjective. and of course you wont change your narrow mind
I dont think you are correct, and I believe you are putting too much meaning behind why people get tattoos. Now some people probably get tattoos because they want to represent something or fit in, but most get them because they look cool. Can you tell me what me getting a sick ass shark on my leg shows i want to demonstrate to other people? The only argument that people get tattoos to appease other people thats valid sort of is that tattoos are placed to face towards other people so they can read it, but the argument against that is that tattoos are placed that way because otherwise they would look dumb because they are upside down. Just like if you wore a shirt with a logo upside down so you could see it, you wouldnt because then your shirt has a logo thats upside down and thats dumb
I'm 40, have lost a parent and was in the Navy. Never had a tattoo and never will. They actually bother me at a very deep level.
20 years ago I almost fell out with my friend because I took that stance on tattoos. She accused me of being narrow minded and ignorant. This vid articulates my thoughts better than I could ever wish I could. A GEM.
As someone who is covered with tattoos I say that this is good advice, every bad choice seems brilliant in the moment.
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!
Thank you Bill.
Well done Bill , unfortunately you realised too late ,tattoos are for tards
@@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".
Nothing looks sadder than a tattooed bride.
It is truly an eyesore
Or cheaper
100%
the day you hear some women don't want to be brides you will cry
Nothing look sadder on any woman..
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.
Seems like you were the only one thinking clearly LM.
Pussy
I Jeriko I not at all. He just has a bit of sense!
@@blackskulldud57 no, he's not a lemming like everyone else, that's all...
@@rindjint3205
There's a difference between copying something just because you can and copying something because you actually like it.
You don’t put bumper stickers on a Ferrari
Priceless thought. Thanks.
Mike Betts I actually sole that from Sebastian maniscalco
What a perfectly condensed way of saying that.
You do, if it's a replica Ferrari.
@Possert74 Trump stickers are acceptable, but not adviced.
I find tatoos on a woman body a huge turn-off.
Likewise! Women who swear in public, who have piercings anywhere but in their earlobes, and who have butch haircuts turn me off immediately.
Roger Onslow I find them a big turn on when I’m looking for a slut/easy lay. Not for relationship material. I’d never get a tattoo myself.
@@HeWhoHath I generally find people who look for "sluts or an easy lay" turn offs in their own right. A woman who looks for "an easy lay" I reject offhand, why should I tolerate the same behavior in men?
Why cover a work of art with permanent graffeti.
@@mauricearber3477why leave a blank canvas empty when you could fill it with beautiful art?
I've never been able to think of something I wanted to see on my skin for the rest of my life
I have scars.. they are like tattoos but with way better stories
Me too, and plenty of them
That's what I say, Brother!!
And look cooler
@@jackson.denzler. not all scars look cool, some are just remainder of scarring incidents
Dead Lollk
Thanks for making this great video! I just shared it with my 15 yer-old daughter who can’t wait to get a tattoo as soon as we’re no longer the boss of her. I’m a 43 year-old woman who vowed never to get a tattoo while EVERYONE around me was getting them. Mainly because I was afraid of how distorted it might look when I’m old and I also don’t like needles. I’m so grateful that I made at least one good decision in my rebellious years. If I had ever gotten one, I wouldn’t be married to the love of my life today, as tattoos are a complete deal breaker for him.
Sounds like your daughter has great parents. I suspect she'll change her mind about getting inked. Thanks for the comment, Susan. Give my regards to that kid of yours. Happy New Year to you all. (Dave Morrison)
Thx for sharing! I agree. I like Art in a picture frame on my wall... not on my skin. And I have a cringe worthy moment....Whenever I see a man or woman covered in tattoos. Unmarked bodies look so much better, in my opinion. Fingers crossed that so far none of my grown kids got tattoos. PTL! God bless!
Well said. It was the '90's when i came up with this quote. A tattoo is a permanent reminder of a moment of stupidity.
thank god mine was india ink forced on my in youth detention camp as a kid. Tat or thump.
Brovo
That quote would make a great ironic tattoo!
wiggelpuppy Its 2019 and tattoos haven’t been “permanent” for quite some time.
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?
This video really made me think, and I hope it does the same for you. Tattoos and other permanent body modifications can be a great way to express yourself, but like stated, they’re permanent. Just like freezing one version of you in time. And let’s face it, we all grow and change.
I knew someone in uni who got swept up in the tattoo craze. A few years later, her style and vibe had totally shifted, but the tattoos didn’t. It made me realize how much our tastes evolve, even when we don’t expect them to.
No judgment here-just a reminder that it’s okay to take your time and think things through. Express yourself in ways that let you grow and change-you’ve got your whole life to figure it out!
I read an article a while back that compared tattoos with wearing bell bottoms the rest of your life.
Ha! So true.
oilhammer04 hahaha can’t imagine myself wearing bellbottoms again.🤣
I want Levis Big Bells and my 70's style long hair. 70s style hair was the real deal, they started going Charlie's Angels and/or mullet in the 80s.
He's right kids.
(40yo former 17yo girl here)
As a small child, I saw my neighbor’s saggy, crusty old tattoos and it scarred me for life. Never wanted one ever since.
That;s funny
Barbara Rudy you must have lived on the other side of his house. I was to the south...
Scarred for life
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.
I also saw other folks liver spots and figured if I go out ugly, let me go out looking pretty ugly
Brilliant! I wish more young folks had wise "uncles" like you. Well done!
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.
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Videos like these are important because they try to help people understand exactly what they’re doing and the repercussions. If you still want a tattoo after doing your research and understanding the weight of your decision, then that is your right and no one is trying to take it away from you
Lydia Smith ... Thanks Lydia. Yes the vitriol aimed at me for mere advice, shows how angry these people are at themselves.
Yet videos like this tend to make it sound like its a bad thing. That ink is bad somehow.
This falls more under your personal opinion than anything else.
@@BlueCollarLogic yeah but the way you came off was almost passive aggressive towards the ink crowd.
You'r basicaly telling then, " im not calling you stupid for getting ink" and then telling those thinking of getting ink "you'r stupid if you get one".
It's hard to point out but while your advise , some off it was sound, you'r delivery was not.
Where my mother is from, growing up she associated them with gang members. The worst of the worst.
My brother and I both have ink, but between us we have served our country 25 years , Army and Marines.
Served protecting the public in the streets, law enforcement, and in cyberspace, cyber security analyst for uncle Sam.
Were not rebellious nor we lack any mechanism in life.
For us ink is to carry with us a memory, a remembrance, a something with us for the rest if our days.
@@ArmycAv2nd You say: "This falls more under your personal opinion than anything else." Yeah. So what? It's a video stating my opinion. The question to ask yourself is why my opinion bothers you so much. Obviously you understand that in many cases covering your body with tattoos ends up being a very bad idea. Yet, here you are trying to figure out a strategy for shutting me up. Time to start paying more attention to your inner voice of wisdom, rather than trying to prevent others from doing so.
@@BlueCollarLogic Because I think you are very informed about the topics you cover with a heavy dose of old school common sense.
When I want to show my kids or whoever a good point of view about a certain topic, I come to blue collar as a good example of informed commenting.
This time it came across as more of a "Don't do it its a fad, dont be a follower, its douche, because i say so type of advise."
I understand not directed to my demographic but it just struck a nerve.
When it comes to abuse of tattoos I just let them know, never in the neck or face and make sure you know what you want is what you gonna want 20 plus years down the road.
But that the ideal of tatts is somewhat asinine or just a fad is a very arrogant statement to say.
"Fads are for conformists." Solid👊🏻
Like his shirt, and his facial hair... and his hair cut... all dated, but still here... all fads at one time, but still here. This dude is a moron.
Best line of the video. Solid statement.
Guess i'm a non conformists! I shun all fads and trends...
@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.
And they are very short term.
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.
Idk man I'm 16 and still draw on myself for fun
I had an uncle that had tats on his arms. He decided to have them removed. The result was deep indentations left where the tattoos once were. You have many good points and I have no tattoos THANKS!
@irish rich thank you for your comment 😀
Not getting a tat is a regret that 40 year olds just don't have.
+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.
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
Maybe you just photograph boring people
@@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.
Sabina Rodriguez It’s more about people who realized that they did something stupid when they were younger.
Permanent reminder of a temporary feeling..
I'm 70. Several times I've been asked "why no tats?" My one answer has always been "I've never found something I want to wear forever." I don't even wear logo clothing or hats. Thanks for your video....I hope my grand children don't go this tattoo route.
This is how I looked at it.
When I got paint or tar on my hands. Or walnut stain something like that and it was difficult to take off. Or couldn’t be removed and had to wear off. I realized I would not like a tattoo.
And how many times I had thought bought said or done something that I was later sorry for I knew I probably should not ever get one.
I was told your hair will grow out or can be cut. Your clothes you can change. But don’t do anything permanent.
Wise
Then you got my dad who is 60 and we both got our first tattoos together for my 21st :) it's something I'll cherish for the rest of my life even after he is gone. I plan to get more tattoos in life but the first one will always hold a special place in my heart since i have the memory with my dad attached to it
No logo clothing for me either. They’re getting free advertising.
Why do you "hope" they don't? If they like tattoos they should get one.
My father was in the Navy in the 1950s, he had a couple of tattoos on his arm and always regretted them. I think that is why I was never interested in getting branded. I wish more people would speak out about tattoos.
Me too, Brother.
My grandfather has a squirrel on his arm from his time in the army. 73 doesn't give a fuck because he's not a pussy that tries to please people.
@: Oh, so everybody that does not have a tattoo is, a pussy. Interesting.
All these years of talking with young people about refraining from tattoos.. wish I had this video at my disposal 25 years ago. Very Valuable.
Got both of my tattoos after I turned sixty. They only have meaning to me. Both are small; one visible the other not. Have zero regrets. Even thinking about another one.
That’s a good age to get a tattoo.
You may not know how beautiful your skin is...but I do. When I was 12 my arms neck and face were burned... Luckily my face healed and I've lived a great life with a wonderful wife and son. From my POV you have Normal skin and want to disfigure it is your lack of understanding that you don't know what you got til it's gone.
david alexander I knew this girl who was very beautiful and had the prettiest creamy white skin I had ever seen. Then one night, I noticed her big tattoo on one of her thighs. I told her she had beautiful skin, but asked her why she got the tattoo and smoked cigarettes. She said its her lifestyle choice.
@@H.C.Q.I feel like you lumped in the cigarettes part for no reason. It had no relation to the message if your story and couldve been easily left out. Do you have any real reason for being against tattoos on thighs? Other than personal preference, all your arguments are based on the fact that you will regret it because you chose a bad thing to tattoo, and because its bad for job interviews/meeting new people etc. Except her tattoo could easily be covered for any job even with shorts hypothetically, and lets say it was a good tattoo with a not stupud design so she doesnt regret it. You probably dont have any reason other than you find them ugly, which marks the question for why you believe its impossible for people to find them attractive. Theres always two sides to a coin, if you find it ugly, theres someone who likes it.
Tats were cool before every suburban, soccer Mom , had one. Anti-establishment becomes the establishment. :-(
This is great.
I'm gonna use this line if you don't mind.
@@china1013 Hell yeah. Knock yourself out Bro. :-)
You ought to go a step further and say: “every former smoke show suburban soccer mom” but yes I too will be borrowing this lmfao
just say you're mad women enjoy things and that you want us to be basic little dolls for your pleasure 🙄
I once encountered a man at a store who had extensive face tattoos. When he walked in, I reflexively blinked, being surprised. It was a natural reaction, and not one of disgust or judgement. He walked by me, giving me a stern look that my gut instinct interpreted as; "Gotcha! You judged me! That makes me cool and morally superior to you, since you must be a prejudiced, old-fashion, uptight guy."
It is my opinion that some (Not all) who get extensive tattoos all over their bodies are either screaming for attention, or get a kick seeing old school people like me do a double-take, and then feel self-righteously persecuted because we don't accept them or applaud them. Can't win if I ignore them, can't win if I look at them for a moment to study their tattoos.
Maori warriors wore, and some do today, face tattoos for the sole purpose of frightening their enemies. They knew the psychological effect it has. I believe some (Again, not all, many are pretty chill folk) do such extreme tattoos for that same reason. So don't get a tattoo to compensate for your inferiority complex. If you do, don't judge people for being startled or staring. After all, that's the point of getting a tattoo in the first place, right?
Nailed it.
They wanted to be noticed and when they are they don't much like it.
would rather wear an intimidating mask, at least then i can take it off.
The Maori facial tattoos certainly were scary and had a psychological effect. Because they were painful and difficult to get they had a rite of passage role too. They also showed your position and role within the tribe, warrior, fisherman, shaman etc. Some women also got tattoos once they were elders and had achieved senior status. After many years when they were out of favor, considered barbaric or unchristian they are making a comeback in New Zealand society. They are now considered traditional and conservative, if done correctly and with due regard to tribal custom.
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.
I really get a kick out of the people in the 90's that got that stupid barbed wire tattoo also the Hawaiian native one too.
tribal trash. i would sooner wear real barb wire and sport the scar symmetry
I laugh at the Tards who are sporting Tribal Tatts and barbed wire in 2019. There thought they were so cool back then.
i still sun my 8-ball on a nice day.
they get a kick out of you too...hey what did you do in the 90s?....nothing
almost as bad as a beard or affliction clothing and expensive family cars...
As I dude who loves my tattoos, this is great for the kids to hear. 95% of tattoos I see are bad choices.
I only have one I regret and it's thanks to my sister and her ex. I don't drink often and when I do it's normally not much. A couple beers. My sister and her ex came and picked me up at the bar on one of my rare heavy drinking days and told me while I was drunk that a guy at a apartment complex was doing tattoos for 50 bucks. Being drunk I said let's go. The guy that did the tattoo did a real shitty job and proved he was not a true tattoo artist or otherwise he wouldn't have tattooed me while I was drunk. If I had been solved I would have passed the moment I seen my sister's ex's tattoo. All my other tattoos I love. They are a expression of my self and have meaning.
Chase Viking if that was your only tattoo that would suck, but I also believe that people that fully embrace that culture need some crappy tattoos to go with the good ones, it’s part of the evolution.
Yeah, I would get a tattoo that is simple, and something I have liked for a long time. Like the Decepticons.
@@TenThumbsProductions I have multiple other tattoos and no one should have to go through what I went through. As I said if I was solver I would not have gotten it. It may be a Slipknot Tattoo and I love Slipknot but it's wasn't worth the $50 one bit.
Chase Viking man it sounds like you are blaming everyone else but yourself. Maybe you do need that tattoo to remind you that it’s a consequence of your poor judgment so you can make better choices in the future.
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.
Some things only work on smart people...
This guy's daughter definitely got a tattoo without his permission 😂
Yeah, this guy came home to see his daughter on her 18th with a cute butterfly tattoo and chose violence
@@ubiquitous9921 I can smell you just by seeing your profile pic. Fucking weaboo.
@@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
@@ubiquitous9921 lmaooo
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!
Cool now I know what to say when my peers harass me about not having any tattoos, I'm not a conformist, love it 🤣
Good for you!
I've been saying it for decades. :) Of course, I'm 58, so I've been saying a lot of things for decades. LOL That's the advantage of not dying.
I always say, "You don't put a bumper sticker on a Rolls Royce."
@@j.s.matlock1456 I would,............... but I am from Alabama!
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.
Yes. Thank you for doing this video. Even though I got my tattoos starting at age 38 just 4 years later I began my red-pill journey, became a conservative woman and my tattoos do NOT fit my personality of today. I'm waiting for the technology coming out in the next year or two that can fully removal multi-color tattoos. I had laser done once and it was so painful and will take 7+ sessions I'm unsure I can endure the pain and cost. Also, most laser only removes black and red. PLEASE everyone, think very very hard before you tattoo. I thought hard before I got mine and STILL it became a mess later on.
Shadilay my fellow conservative.
well shit I assumed they could lazer everything off these days that sucks
Can't believe you were able to swallow the red pill at a mature adult age. Most people's mind are locked out. It's good to know people can change their ideologies.
Good on ya!
Thank you for the transparency. God bless you.
Not having a tattoo is the new having a tattoo
Basically, yes.
Not really. It could expose the people who doesnt dare to live their lifes to the fullest because of fear of being pushed outside of the society.
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.
I’m a tattooed person I have a full half sleeve on my right arm and a tattoo behind my ear I don’t think you’re seeing the point of tattoos I’m not getting tattooed for anyone or getting a tattoo purely because it looks “cool” but for myself the things I have tattooed on my skin mean everything to me my half sleeve is every gojira album cover combined into a big art piece these albums got me through high school and helped me through suicidal thoughts and mental health as a teen with anxiety disorder and depression I will always appreciate what those albums did for me and each one signifies a time in my life in which I was listening to it and getting the tattoo of those albums is almost like a tribute or showing how much it means to me but yes people who get tattoos just because they look “cool” and have no other reason are dumb
GOJIRA?? Godzilla. the metal band?! thats fucking cool
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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
I'm sure today she's very thankful on how you felt back then...
Pre-internet trolling.
I'm sure you were able to laugh about it after recovering from the coronary, LOL. I'd have to plot some serious revenge for that...
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.
Nice prank... Fortunately just a prank.
49 year old. Covered in tattoos. This video speaks the truth. Everyday I wake up and wish I could erase all my tattoos.
Try not to feel sad about it. Water under the bridge.
You can. Welcome to 2019.
Bang Bang thanks for the welcome, I wasn’t sure what year it was. FYI, not sure how familiar you are with laser removal, but I’ll clue you in since I have tried it: first (and more importantly) it doesn’t really remove them, unless they were done by an amateur at home with a sewing needle, which mine were not. If you have professional tattoos done with a tattoo gun and the types of ink used in most shops, those babies barely react to lasers. At best, they fade a bit, but you’ll never have totally clean skin again. Secondly, it is extraordinarily painful, and I say this as a person who has given birth and broken a bone, which is to say, I’ve experienced extreme pain and this ranks right up there. It’s not just pain in that instant either, it’s pain that lingers for days and the area can react and puff up with painful watery blisters since you are essentially burning the skin. Lastly, it’s very expensive. Each treatment can be hundreds of dollars and it takes many, many treatments to lighten the tattoos.
So, I hope that enlightens you, Bang Bang. You were kind enough to welcome me so now let me extend the favor: welcome to REALITY.
Noor Italiana, you’re sweet, and it is indeed something to put behind me... but if I could use my mistakes to help encourage any young person to not repeat my mistakes, I would like to try.
If you can’t be an inspiration, at least be a warning. ;)
@@snowviolet508 You're a know all who actually knows very little. Tattoo removal is very successful overall. I have had 3 tattoos removed, all professionally done with full range of colors and blacks. Emla cream is applied before the treatments to numb the skin and there are basically two types of lasers that target different colors, one of which leaves the skin in quite good shape and clears after just days. The Q switched ruby laser is the most common and together my tattoos are 99% gone and healthy skin with no scarring. Yes it's painful, big deal, it's 10 minutes at most for a basic large upper arm tat. Welcome to ACTUAL REALITY.
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.
Take it easy. Some of us grew out of our idiocy. We just got stuck with the tattoos.
I know, it is just the first thing that comes to mind, it is like when I see a BMW, I think "be careful, he is not gonna use a turn signal".
What is an SJW?
@@jennhill8708 Social Justice Wanker
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.
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.
My niece wanted to a tattoo. She is in her 2nd year of college. My sister called me up frustrated beyond sanity. She and her husband had gone round and round with their daughter (my niece) trying to persuade her not to get a tattoo. I said I'll give it a shot since I am favorite uncle. I called her her and we talked for awhile. We went over all the pluses and minuses of getting a tattoo. She told me how she designed it and was looking forward to getting it on the back of her neck (palm slap to forehead). She told me that she loved me and respected me but please do not try to talk her out this....so I said this: "It is your body, you can do whatever you want with it. If you want to get some ink, that's your business. But! Do not be one of these people with a long story behind your tattoo, what it means or its significance etc....because nobody gives a shit about dolphins jumping through rainbows or whatever and if they do they probably just want something...other than your tattoo story." I then told her I would pay to have it put on with henna and keep it updated for a year, if she absolutely had to see how it feels. After that year if she still wants a tattoo...I'd split the cost. She called me 3 days later and said she didn't need one....it all clicked, she then said they are kind of dumb!
Damn! Good job!
The 'henna' thing is a great piece of advice
Hahaha, that's a great idea. Yeah, just get a temporary henna tat.
Awesome idea!
“Let me show my edgy individuality...by doing what everyone else is doing.” 🙄
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I couldn't agree more. And not just tattoos, either.
@Otis C-14 kind of a weird non sequitur
Statistically incorrect
Of course not! 😎
Okay Boomer
Truth and nothing but the Truth. Happy New Year BCL!
this comment section is obviously filled with people who’ve never even gotten tattoos lmao
nope
Because we're smart and have good self-esteem.
this guy has a PhD in common sense...excellent video.
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Yeah and a PhD in sexism and being an idiot
@@bettyjett623 - I checked out your channel, it says "This channel has no content"... As empty as your comment and it probably also applies to your brain.
COugh getting a tattoo doesn't mean you don't have common sense it's littlerly a form of art
@@axeltopher4629 he's saying that women shouldn't get tattoos basically just because they're women, that is sexist, what's so hard to understand about that
I want to get mine removed. I hate them now. Was fun in my 20's, now I am older and in a more serious career and regret them.
They don't call it "young and dumb" for nothing.
DO NOT get it removed. People who get tattoos removed are more idiotic than those who get them without thinking it through.
Getting it removed i expensive, painful and leaves a nasty as scare. You might as well keep it and live with it.
You NAILED IT ... Thanks from a Cool Grandfather who got Tats in the Military and HATE THEM
Excellent video and spoken very wisely.
I'm 51 and have no tattoos as God intended.
I've always believed the natural body is the best art work.
I'm 61, have 2 full sleeves, and have never regreted getting them done. P.S. I'm a biker....And I never got anything visible on my hands, face, or neck. When I got inked, it was unusual, it's become far too common. Neither of my kids have or want tattoos, and I'm fine with their choice.
@Jorg Blackstone I'm retired, and I have a B.A. in Social Science, with double minors in Psychology and Sociology.
@Jorg Blackstone Neither of my kids have any tattoos at all, and that's thier choice. I personally have never regretted my decision, but I was careful to have my work done by the best. And made sure I could hide them if needed. No hand, neck or face tattoos.
@Jorg Blackstone And there's a professor here in the Astronomy department with one arm a full sleeve of all the planets in our solar system.
@Jorg Blackstone This isn't the 90s idiot. There are doctors with visible arm tattoos. You either get treated or you can take you're judgemental ass downtown to Dr. Lester the molester. 😉
@Robert M. I got my first tattoo @51 yrs. young, I absolutely love it. Both my kids got tattoos before me (in their early 20’s) my husband who is a retired firefighter has zero tattoos and honestly isn’t fond of them. I myself love art in many different forms and I am anxiously waiting to get tattoo #2. As far as society judging anyone for a sleeve or a tattoo here and there is such a ridiculous notion these days, I would not walk away from a doctor with a sleeve as a matter of fact I would probably think “what a cool guy”, he’s not wrapped up in what society thinks. ✌️
I'm a 46 year-old man with a lot of tattoos. I really regret the 90s! I look like a criminal now. great advice, why weren't you there 20 years ago?
Yeah, I agree. When I see people with massive tattoos I assume that most are ex-cons. Also, you can tell when tattoos are prison or jail made
You wouldn't have listened, I know I wouldn't.
How hard is it to not let some art school reject scribble on you in permanent ink?
jamie s idk why everyone is being an asshole to you. You posted a simple comment, fuck these haters
@@mysticdream9865 Most people can't and will assume the worst. There's probably been many lost opportunities in life that were unknowingly sacrificed.
Tattoos on women for me always takes their attractiveness level down a peg or two. (Let the butt hurt comments commence...)
Which is what makes my girlfriend an 8.5 instead of a 9.5. I'm glad the tattoo brought her down more to my level ;)
Or 5. I missed out on a good woman or two because the tat made me turn and run.
Ignorance and prejudges in men takes them down about 5...
You've never had a partner
Yes they look like they been prozzing or was a sailor 👻
I'd prefer to keep my body graffiti free. So many people have SO many HORRIBLE tattoos. It's actually gross