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I'm kind of in the middle. I love tattoos on other people, but only when they're nice tattoos and when they suit the person. I just find tattoos really fascinating. But I loathe rubbish tattoos. And personally I would never get one myself, and if I had a boyfriend I wouldn't want him to get one - purely because I find someones natural skin more attractive.
I think the worst thing is when really attractive people get bad tattoos, and it just ruins their overall look a bit i.e. Scarlett Johansson (worst tattoo ever): http://beat.bodoglife.com/wp-content...08/11/scar.jpg Cheryl Cole: http://www.celeb-ratings.com/wp-cont...eryl-cole1.jpg Probably not to everyone's taste but I love this girl's tattoo. She's got a fashion blog and always wears really amazing 50s-style outfits, and I think the tattoos just complement her overall look: http://hairbrained.files.wordpress.c...long-back1.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_26yvOW5x3H...orcherry-3.jpg |
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Yeah but if you saw me out in a t-shirt you would be happy to judge (not that i care).
Maybe i am the exception but you may pass people in suits every day and have no idea if they are tatted up or not. You will (sometimes wrongly) assume not. I love my tattoos and in my job i actually love the shock factor a little bit which is probably my bad. I have no problem with people not liking them or even judging me based on them. However saying they are "cheap", "council" or "scummy" is so far removed from the truth its embarrassing. If im "council" thats fine but its not only wrong it also means that my arm is worth more than most "council" (WTF does that even mean??) people would spend on a car. Anyway, rant over, carry on! The majority though are the trademark of dull people trying to score points by looking like each other. You only need to visit the average city pub on a Saturday night to see that, tribal and gothic writhing of kids' chavvy names on forearms aplenty |
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I love my tats, all 3 of them but that's because they were all designed by me and they all mean something personal to me.
A generic "stamp" chosen off the wall five minutes before you sit in the chair is quite unimaginative. There will be hundreds of people with the same tat and to the tatooist I'm sure it's like painting by numbers. I am a middle aged mother and my tats are a constant surprise to some people who seem to think inking is a new phenomenon for women. |
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I've just read all the postings in here and felt I had to post something myself!
I have two tattoos. I am NOT council and I am NOT a chav. I am a professional, hard working woman who just happens to like tattoos. When wearing everyday clothes you cannot see either of them. When I wear a strappy top you WILL see one of them but it is small and tasteful. The other one is at the bottom of my back and only seen when I wear a bikini. Not everyone who has a tattoo is cheap. Rant over.
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Plus the fact that this genius in charge of £30m budgets would still look dumb even if he wasn't. We're talking about appearance here after all.
My sleeve is a koi surrounded by Japanese flowers and waves leading up into a dragon. You can hate it by all means and it has got different reactions from different people and im totally cool with that. Ive been in meetings with people who earn salaries i can only dream of and ive equally dealt with people on minimum wage - there is no correlation between income and what they think of my tattoos. The only thing i would say is no-one has ever said "that looks dumb". |
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But as I said earlier, I think about 25% of tats are really nice. Good ones can be stunning individual pieces of art.
The majority though are the trademark of dull people trying to score points by looking like each other. You only need to visit the average city pub on a Saturday night to see that, tribal and gothic writhing of kids' chavvy names on forearms aplenty I dont think you can dismiss a whole artform because it has been badly hi-jacked by a group of people. I dont think its in the same league as Burberry baseball caps for example! Chavvy people can have tattoos but that does not make tattoos chavvy |
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[quote=Cantona07;39416677]I know what you are saying but its a huge sweeping generalisation.
I dont think you can dismiss a whole artform because it has been badly hi-jacked by a group of people. I dont think its in the same league as Burberry baseball caps for example! Chavvy people can have tattoos but that does not make tattoos chavvy[/QUOTE] I agree. I think its how you "wear them", what you have done and is very individual. What looks good one one person might look chavvy on another. |
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[quote=BirthdayGirl;39416705] Quote:
I know what you are saying but its a huge sweeping generalisation.
I dont think you can dismiss a whole artform because it has been badly hi-jacked by a group of people. I dont think its in the same league as Burberry baseball caps for example! Chavvy people can have tattoos but that does not make tattoos chavvy[/QUOTE] I agree. I think its how you "wear them", what you have done and is very individual. What looks good one one person might look chavvy on another. I really want a tattoo on my hand but i know it would push the boundaries in terms of my job so i havent done it yet. At my last tattoo sitting there was an 18 year old girl getting her hand tattooed and i felt really sorry for her. The tattooist had made her go away and think about it and basically told her not to do it up to the point she said she would just go somewhere else to get it. I gaurantee that before the year is out she will hate that tattoo. |
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I know what you are saying but its a huge sweeping generalisation.
I dont think you can dismiss a whole artform because it has been badly hi-jacked by a group of people. Quote:
Chavvy people can have tattoos but that does not make tattoos chavvy
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I have two tattoos. I am NOT council and I am NOT a chav.
![]() Ask any neds/chavs whether they are neds/chavs and they will almost always say that they aren't. Quote:
... it is small and tasteful...
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There's no such tattoo. Honestly.
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How do you know?
![]() Ask any neds/chavs whether they are neds/chavs and they will almost always say that they aren't.There's no such tattoo. Honestly. ![]() And you've clearly not seen any tasteful tats...... |
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I think I know whether I'm a chav or not........and actually who are you to say I AM a chav? You dont know me.
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And you've clearly not seen any tasteful tats......
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But you cared enough to post in the thread.
![]() It isn't compulsory to post in every thread that you open. Sorry for not giving a long-winded explanation. Maybe I'm just sick of people acting like the self-appointed Good Taste Police and making asinine statements like "lolz all tattoos are chavvy and badly done", "council! council! council!", and "ewww, tramp stamps" etc, and asking people whether they're a chav or not simply because they've got a tattoo. |
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I personally can't stand them. They're so council (to coin a phrase I heard on here a while ago)
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I like them.
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I agree with you. Maybe not everyone who has tattoos is cheap and nasty but they do tend to make the person look council and tacky imo. Just not very nice and a bit low rent
I am certainly not cheap and nasty and several people have commented on how nice mine are. I wish people would stop generalising. |
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I agree with you. Maybe not everyone who has tattoos is cheap and nasty but they do tend to make the person look council and tacky imo. Just not very nice and a bit low rent
My £1000 suit, £150 shirt and £3000 watch is all you will see and you will equally wrongly judge me based on that. |
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In fairness though, most wearers of 'sleeves' that i've met don't have PhDs or responsibility for £30m budgets, so it could be said that you're the exception rather than the rule.
Everyone here has a PhD... I have a Superman symbol, the Seal of Rassilon and am currently considering getting a medieval woodcut style image tattooed on me. |
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Disagree.
I am certainly not cheap and nasty and several people have commented on how nice mine are. I wish people would stop generalising. |
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How do you know?
![]() Ask any neds/chavs whether they are neds/chavs and they will almost always say that they aren't.There's no such tattoo. Honestly. ![]() I have tattoos and i am neither "council" or "chav". |
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I didn't say you are cheap and nasty but IN MY OPINION they CAN make people look cheap and nasty and I don't get why anyone would want to do that to themself
But most people I know who have them seem to think it's a nice pain. I guess you can't empathise 'till you've been inked. |
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But most people I know who have them seem to think it's a [i]nice [/I]pain. I guess you can't empathise 'till you've been inked.
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I didn't say you are cheap and nasty but IN MY OPINION they CAN make people look cheap and nasty and I don't get why anyone would want to do that to themself
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I don't have any, always wanted one but couldn't decide and now i'm 33 probably won't bother.
But most people I know who have them seem to think it's a nice pain. I guess you can't empathise 'till you've been inked. |
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