# Are tattoos Getting Passe? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501 "2006-07-07T14:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/61 "2013-11-12T00:13:13Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > ZOMBIE THREAD STARTED IN 2006. > > A lot of this thread is still relevant, but I just wanted to let people know. Surely they are passe by NOW! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/62 "2013-11-12T01:17:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Surely they are passe by NOW! No, no, they were passe in 2006. Now they’re totally retro chic! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/63 "2013-11-12T03:11:40Z")
What is interesting to me is that there are now a bunch of television shows on covering up bad tattoos. Hopefully this will herald the end of the fad tattoo, although I suspect there will always be aficionados. ---
**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/64 "2013-11-12T04:08:55Z")
For what it’s worth, I’ve never had a tattoo, never wanted one, and never saw one that didn’t trigger a feeling of repulsion. I can understand some of the reasons people get them, but if it was to enhance one’s attractiveness, it sure didn’t work on me. I readily admit that my mileage has indeed varied. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/65 "2013-11-12T04:09:05Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Surely they are passe by NOW! Not completely yet: my sister in law doesn’t have one. By the time she decided to use cloth as wallpaper that trend had been out of decoration mags for two years. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/66 "2013-11-12T13:12:12Z")
My father’s cronies got tattoos when they were serving in the Philipines during WWII. By the ''60s they were had bled and faded to blue/ green/ black smudges, impossible to tell whether it was an eagle, a panther, or a pretty girl originally. I suspect that is why they are not now popular among my peer group of middle-aged, middle-class men. Modern inks and techniques are far superior, but I still have no interest in getting a tat for myself. My Wife is considering getting her first to commemorate completing her chemo regimen. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/67 "2013-11-12T16:04:46Z")
If I was going to get a tattoo, I’m smartassed enough to want this: וְשֶׂרֶט לָנֶפֶשׁ, לֹא תִתְּנוּ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם, וּכְתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע, לֹא תִתְּנוּ בָּכֶם: אֲנִי, יְהוָה. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/68 "2013-11-12T16:17:21Z")
> [@SSYBESMA](#): > > tattoos were passe 10 years ago You should have waited 3 more years before posting this. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/69 "2013-11-12T16:58:43Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > If I was going to get a tattoo, I’m smartassed enough to want this: > וְשֶׂרֶט לָנֶפֶשׁ, לֹא תִתְּנוּ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם, וּכְתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע, לֹא תִתְּנוּ בָּכֶם: אֲנִי, יְהוָה. My Hebrew is non-existent, but that’s Leviticus 19:28, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/70 "2013-11-12T22:55:16Z")
[Otzi the Iceman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otzi) had tattoos. I’m sure the other mountain villagers of 5000 BC expressed sentiments similar to the OP’s. This is an old story, and it was old in 2006, 1906, and 1906 BC, among other years. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/71 "2013-11-12T23:05:36Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > My Hebrew is non-existent, but that’s Leviticus 19:28, isn’t it? It’s “And scratched mind, not let your flesh, and wrote Tattoo, not let you: I, the Lord”, according to Google Translate. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501/72 "2013-11-13T14:21:00Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I always like to point out that not all of us got our piercings because of style! My nose ring is the result of thousands of years of history - getting the left nostril pierced is an age-old custom in India and it’s certainly not going to be passe there. Let’s hope it becomes passe for boys, though, that’s all kinds of wrong in my book. > > As for the tattoos, I think people who have always liked them will continue to get them (and more power to them) but yes, the “fad” is gone. And to be honest real lovers will probably be grateful. I mean, I don’t have a tattoo, and never will, but I can sympathize about having your private hobby invaded by a bunch of noobs. Hahaha, I have a tattoo now. Albeit a small one. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-getting-passe/363501.md?page=3)