Ink or no ink? are tattoos too mainstream now?

[Acratopotes]

They certainly seems to me to be more common. I don't have any myself but it doesn't really cause me to view other people either more positively or more negatively it's just a choice people make about how they look.

On the question of it being a bit of rebelliousness I never really went in for that though you could say that having long hair counts in a way. Even that wasn't deliberate - at a time I was single I didn't get to the hairdressers for ages so my hair grew long. Then some of the older generation started to nag and tell me I must get it cut and I though "Why should I?" "Who are you to police my appearance?" so I left it and it has been that way ever since.

 

[Infernal]

I think people have finally gotten over their fear of being judged by others. I have several and each one means something different to me. I don't feel I need to explain that to anyone, nor do I care what they think of me for it.

 

[bigbucky]

used to be people got tattoos to be different. now I'm different because I don't have any.

 

[petergroot]

used to be people got tattoos to be different. now I'm different because I don't have any.

Ditto

 

[1orallinguist]

Ditto

 

[wavejock]

In general its like anything else. Tats on some are cool and hot on others they look stupid and trashy. For me I think on a woman its not something I find attractive on them. On a guy it really depends...but I cant look past the fact that long term it will look hideous. Like I think a dude with a kick ass bod and an arm sleeve tat is crazy sexy..but call me in 15 years and I probably wont think so. It is the permanence that I cant get away from. Like I can try out a new haircut and if I dig it great..but if I dont or I get tired of the style Ill change it..but a tat..what seems cool now may not in a few years.

 

[mister_mo_jo]

Sometimes it seems like nowadays everyone has a tattoo or various. A few decades ago, tattoos were part of counter-culture and a symbol of rebellion and outsider status. But now they are mainstream.

What do you think? Do you think tattoos have lost their rebel cool factor?

Good observation. Yes they are commonplace now.

 

[cturbo05]

I think people have finally gotten over their fear of being judged by others. I have several and each one means something different to me. I don't feel I need to explain that to anyone, nor do I care what they think of me for it.

Agree. I have several too. I got them for no one but myself and if you dont like it thats your problem not mine.

Truthfully if you have an issue with something as simple as a tat, then I dont want a friend who is that shallow.

I apologize to no one for who I am.

 

[lowhangers]

I am inked.

 

[1059907]

Sometimes it seems like nowadays everyone has a tattoo or various. A few decades ago, tattoos were part of counter-culture and a symbol of rebellion and outsider status. But now they are mainstream.

What do you think? Do you think tattoos have lost their rebel cool factor?

tattoos have for sure lost their beauty now,
everyone seems to be getting something random over themselves

 

[1059907]

one or two are cute but the whole sleeve tattoo is just really unattractive

 

[aries303]

I've had my tattoo for 18 years and it was a very unusual placement when I got it and still is very unusual but I don't feel like it has gotten old, cliché or mainstream. my tat is meaningful, adds rather than detracts from my body, looks sexy and I've always loved it. Who cares what others think?

 

[deleted1230731]

meaningful ones can be awesome but stupid ones are stupid ones (like chinese characters running up a guy's back when the chinese culture has no meaning to him whatsover, or a tramp stamp that the girl got just to get a tattoo)

 

[dongalong]

Today's rebels are tattoo free!

It needs some futuristic high tech version to make them cool and edgy again, like illuminated animations under the skin that you control with your mind, similar to the ones imagined in Moana, lol.