Basic Tattoo "Types"

Originally posted by EvilAngela
I suspect that piercing/tattooing/etc are becoming more prevalent in the US because there seems to be an increasing emphasis on individuality, and it is one way for a person to make themselves stand out a bit more, at least in relation to the general public.

I don't agree. Piercings and tattoos can just as easy be described as way to conform as much as a way to stand out, especially for youth.

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
I believe there are 4 kinds of people that get tattoos:

1. Military....usually Navy/Marines, some Army, almost zero Air Force. Probably the most respectable reason to have one.

2. Biker/white trash types.

3.Prison tattoos. Ugh...enough said. Just disgusting.

4. Upwardly mobile yuppies who are smart and educated enough to know better, but wa ...[text shortened]... th what a hip, cool, free-thinking rebel they are. They are the worst.

Did I miss a category?

What category do the ol' swastika tattoos fall in? When you're shamming it up at the local Klan rally and feel the need to throw out a little Seig Heil action, don't you feel naked without the iron cross tattoo?

Originally posted by darvlay
I don't agree. Piercings and tattoos can just as easy be described as way to conform as much as a way to stand out, especially for youth.

That's why I added the "in relation to the general public". The average American has no tattoos and, if pierced, only has them in the earlobes. There are places here in Seattle where I blend in rather well, and you could say I'm trying to conform to that culture. But that doesn't change the fact that in the vast majority of the US, I SERIOUSLY stand out. (I was in Tulsa, OK for a few days for a bowling tournament. Even the people working at Hot Topic in the mall blatantly stared at me.)

And everyone conforms in one way or another. It's just what they choose to conform to.

Originally posted by EvilAngela
That's why I added the "in relation to the general public". The average American has no tattoos and, if pierced, only has them in the earlobes. There are places here in Seattle where I blend in rather well, and you could say I'm trying to conform to that culture. But that doesn't change the fact that in the vast majority of the US, I SERIOUSLY stand ou ...[text shortened]...

And everyone conforms in one way or another. It's just what they choose to conform to.

Freak.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
Freak.

Fascist Conformist.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
Freak.

Thanks! 🙂

Originally posted by Crowley
Fascist Conformist.

Sheep Rapist.

Originally posted by EvilAngela
Thanks! 🙂

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