# Girls, stop getting all of these tattoos, ya look skanky. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 15, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983 "2003-06-15T07:12:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/242 "2003-06-24T06:58:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > \*\*You people sure do love a pile-on. Did any of you bother to read the OP? > > 1. **Maud** apologized for inappropriately hijacking **fizz** ’s thread. Yes, it was the wrong thing to do. He is aware of it, admitted it and apologized. Move the fuck on. In the OP? Excuse me but did YOU read the OP, because, no he didn’t, not in the OP. > [@](#): > > 1. **Maud** said that _women_ who get tats _appear_ to be skanks. Stories about your father are irrelevant. Mentioning that you have tats and are not a skank are irrelevant. **Maud** just thinks that you look like one, not that you are one. Again, did YOU read the OP? He didn’t qualify his thread title of “…ya look skanky” anywhere in his OP, but he DID go on to make lots and lots of other assumptions about women with tattoos in his OP. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/243 "2003-06-24T13:53:39Z")
Here I am, 15, and already planning what I’m getting for my first tattoo(I’m thinking a nice little briar rose on my shoulder) and then this thread comes along. Well, since being a skanky ho is my lifelong ambition, I can’t wait till I’m legal! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/244 "2003-06-24T14:05:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \* > **In the OP? Excuse me but did YOU read the OP, because, no he didn’t, not in the OP.** You’re correct. He did apolgize in the thread that sparked this one and it was linked in the second post on page one. > [@](#): > > \*\*Again, did YOU read the OP? He didn’t qualify his thread title of “…ya look skanky” anywhere in his OP, but he DID go on to make lots and lots of other assumptions about women with tattoos in his OP. \*\* Yes, he did. Still, my point still stands. People were arguing about all sorts of things that were most certainly not in the OP (like about how their father wasn’t a skank) and that stopped after I made my post. Haj ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/245 "2003-06-24T14:10:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Peach \* > **carrot im an ass because my opinion is different from yours??** Nope. Two separate things. You’re an ass _and_ your opinion is different than mine. But, if you’ll go back and read, I didn’t actually call you an ass. I said you had an ass on top of your neck. So, I guess you could say I was calling you a butthead. > [@](#): > > **THATS THE STUPIDEST THING IVE HEARD ALL DAY.** Have you been reading these things before you post them? > [@](#): > > \*\*you think your so “original” with your tats and piercings but you know what? You look like a clone, part of the herd, extremely UNoriginal. \*\* In the interests of full disclosure, I have no piercings or tattoos. I may, in the fullness of time, eventually get one or the other, or even both, but for right now, I don’t have the inclination to spend the large amount of money it would take to get quality ink done, and big needles scare me. That said, I don’t think anyone is basing their decision to get or not get a tattoo on your opinion that they look “UNoriginal”. You need to get your head out of your ass and realize that you are _not_ the ultimate arbiter of aesthetic sensibilities, and people can look perfectly beautiful regardless of what adornment they have chosen for their own bodies. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/246 "2003-06-24T14:29:31Z")
This thread is still alive?:smack: ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/247 "2003-06-25T06:29:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*I think that tattoos are ugly and that people who get them most often look the worse for it and you don’t like that? Well fuck you and learn to grow up. Is there nothing that you dislike? If so, then you must be narrow-minded. Is there no music that grates on your nerves? If so then you must just be stupid. Have you ever said “Man, that’s ugly.”? Then you must be an idiotic, outdated, insular jerk who is just to dumb to recognize that, so long as there is a single person that disagrees with him (if even then), you have no right to pass judgment on anything. You should learn to be less intolerant with your tolerance. \*\* If your OP and main argument WERE just this, that you personally think tattoos are ugly etc, then no one would have had a problem. To each his own and all that. The trouble is that, in your OP and your general attitude, both here and in the original thread, you try to force you opinion down other’s throats and state that not only YOU hate them, but that most of society does too, and that if girls who have them (or are thinking about getting them) don’t see this, hear and obey, that they are gonna (your words) look like skanky ho’s. You wrongly tell girls what they “need” to do. And you state, as if you can read minds that women who do this are either abused, sexually promiscuous (or just look it), or are self-mutilators. BTW, neither I, nor many others in this thread, really see a huge difference between saying someone IS a skanky ho, and saying she “merely” looks like one. FTR, I don’t have tattoos, I’m not a big fan of them, FOR MYSELF. I think some of them look interesting. Not my cup of tea, but kindof neat from time to time. However, they are NOT a “fad” (as some have incorrectly tried to use as an argument), sure, some young women may get them for the wrong reasons, just as some young women might get plastic surgery for the wrong reasons. But the darn things have been around as long as man has walked the earth (or at least as far back as we have records of tribal tattoos etc). And they have become very mainstream and accepted by most of society (at least insofar as what I see in popular culture). Cite, or links? Look back on page two or so, where someone lists about 50 beautiful popular actresses/celebrities who have them. Anyway to sum up… To rant about how you dislike tattoos, and that you personally find them ugly, etc etc. Fine. To Direct people to not get them because of YOUR opinion? Wrong. And that’s what (among other things) **Mockingbird** and others have been trying to tell you. If you don’t like girls with tattoos. Fine, don’t date or pursue girls with tattoos. But your “order” to women to not get them because YOU don’t like them. Well hell, let me tell you, as a woman? That sounds strikingly like the old attitude of women collectively “belonging” to men, and like someone else in this thread so aptly put, that our duty and job was just to “look pretty” for men. We do NOT have a duty to keep ourselves a “certain way” in case a man comes along who might be interested in us. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/248 "2003-06-25T06:34:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > You’re correct. He did apolgize in the thread that sparked this one and it was linked in the second post on page one. Oh, okay. > [@](#): > > Yes, he did. Still, my point still stands. People were arguing about all sorts of things that were most certainly not in the OP (like about how their father wasn’t a skank) and that stopped after I made my post. > Haj Okay, I don’t see a real big difference between someone saying someone “looks” like a skanky ho, or that someone IS a skanky ho, but okay. And as to people arguing that people (including themselves) that they knew and loved, who also happened to have tattoos, but who WEREN’T skanky etc? I have a hard time seeing how that’s not a relevant argument against the OP. His point is that “everyone” thinks tattoos are cheap, skanky etc. Their examples were “no they’re not, I know suchandso, and they are NOT skanky” etc. Sounds pretty relevent to me. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/249 "2003-06-25T08:22:01Z")
Muad’Dib, Iagree with your idea, it’s a very subjective issue though. Have you tried using the weirding way to get chicks? That’s be great if they were calling out your name and you both climaxed instataneously. It might even fade her ink or cause some peircing to come out. CHAaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/250 "2004-03-17T00:28:44Z")
[Another proud skank checks in to say fuck you to the OP!!](http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/toriepretty/detail?.dir=/NEW+YEARS+EVE!!&.dnm=IM000842.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/251 "2004-03-17T00:32:12Z")
As someone who’s both pierced and tattooed, I’m not here to call anyone names. I know that some people don’t like tattoos. Fine. If you think that everyone who has one (which happens to be a lot of people who are younger, and some that are older) is a skanky ho, fine. I think the same thing of girls who wear daisy dukes and bikini tops. However, if I happened to be on a deserted island (with someone who could tattoo, so I guess it wouldn’t be completely deserted), I’d still get tattoos. I currently have 4, and have 2 sets planned: One as a reward for when I manage to get to my goal weight, and one that I think will be beautiful- neither of which will be visible. Of my 4 tattoos, 2 of them are rarely seen, because of the kinds of clothes I wear. The other two are barely noticable, delicate line drawings on the backs of my wrists. If I purposly get tattoos in places that cannot be seen, am I still a skanky ho? Would my skank level go up if I wore the kinds of clothes that showed off the tats on my lower back and left brest? If a woman who wore that kind of outfit, but didn’t have tattoos, would she still be skanky? Anyway, to the “no beautiful woman has a tattoo” or whatever was said in the OP (I’ve forgotten it after 5 pages), here’s a list of [Celebrity Tattoos](http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/celebrity_tattoos.htm). Decide for yourself. Hell, Czar Nicolas II and Winston Churchill have/had tattoos. Angie Everhart, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, etc. I’d consider those women “famous beauties.” Oh, I wasn’t going to call names until I reread the OP and saw this quote again: “you will often see a nice correlation between how screwed up a girl is and how much body modification she has done (especially if she was physically abused).” Fuck you. Fuck you VERY much. No one’s ever laid a hand on me in my life. Nor was I neglected. The only “screwed up” that I am is depressed, which gobs of people have. Once again, fuck you for that gem. I’ll take people assuming I’m a skanky ho because of my tattoos - I don’t care. But as soon as you assume something about my parents abusing me. . . Fuck you. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/252 "2004-03-17T01:18:31Z")
Was that a car accident? Did someone run into a door? Oh, it’s this thread. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/253 "2004-03-17T01:24:30Z")
Good God, who bumped this nine month old train wreck? ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/254 "2004-03-17T01:33:15Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Can you think of any famous beauty that had on obvious tattoo? Angelina Jolie. Personally, I don’t like her. It’s certainly not because she has several prominent tattoos. You’re a jackass. I’m female, I have a tattoo and I plan to get more. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/255 "2004-03-17T01:46:11Z")
Goddamnit. My always-erroneously-tweaking sense of _deja vu_ just can’t fucking handle it when I get two pages in before I realize I actually did read it before. You’re killing me here. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/256 "2004-03-17T03:34:52Z")
Muad’Dib, you’re a jackass. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/257 "2004-03-17T03:40:31Z")
Wow. I didn’t realize this thread was sooooo old when I posted to it. ☹ Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/258 "2004-03-17T03:42:39Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Was that a car accident? Did someone run into a door? Oh, it’s this thread. That was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/259 "2004-03-17T08:54:37Z")
Let’s restrict the drama to one **Muad’Dib** trainwreck at the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983.md?page=12)