# Tattoos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062 "2020-05-18T20:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062/61 "2020-05-20T23:58:13Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Not necessarily Look the modern neck tie. It’s been around, unchanged, for almost 200 years. Hell the entire business suit is largely unchanged for at least as long. As for informal fashion, jeans are still quite popular–goings strong for over a century. Fair point. That’s a good example. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062/62 "2020-05-21T01:20:52Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Parents already have tattoos. > > People have already been claiming for decades that they are some passing fad that the next generation will have less interest in. Hasn’t happened yet. If anything they seem to have gotten more popular. I wonder if there’s any data on that? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062/63 "2020-05-21T01:24:21Z")
Inked people are not of my karass. And so it goes. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062/64 "2020-05-21T02:07:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Inked people are not of my karass. And so it goes. Definitions found via Google; karass. Noun. (plural karasses) A network or group of people that unknown to them, are somehow affiliated or linked, specifically to fulfill the will of God. A group of people linked in a cosmically significant manner, even when superficial linkages are not evident. Created by Kurt Vonnegut. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062/65 "2020-05-21T04:33:10Z")
I’ve never cared for tattoos. I’ve seen some interesting and complex ones, but have never seen a woman made more beautiful by one… or more. YMMV, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062/66 "2020-05-21T10:02:29Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > What\* I’ve\* gotta do is question the professional ethics of some plastic surgeons. Dermal implants are one thing. _ **Cutting off someone’s nose?** _ There’s no way that’s ethical. What leads you to believe these people went to someone with a medical degree to get any of this stuff done? Lots of amateur surgeons in the body modification world. I’m sure they try to keep things properly clean and sterile, but they don’t have medical training and don’t have access to anesthesia, painkillers, ability to write prescriptions if an infection requiring antibiotics occurs… Apparently, for some people the pain involved is part of the whole thing for them. It’s not for me, but whether or not I approve doesn’t matter. Not my body, not my decision. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062/67 "2020-05-21T10:24:42Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I always chuckle when people without tattoos go on about how awful they are. I’ve _never_ heard a person _with_ tattoos talk about how awful people without ink are. Well we’re all allowed our opinions. In my opinion, I think most tattoos look a bit grubby and don’t improve appearance. And look worse as the skin ages. But I don’t give a stuff if other people want to get one. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062/68 "2020-05-21T12:06:23Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Parents already have tattoos. > > People have already been claiming for decades that they are some passing fad that the next generation will have less interest in. Hasn’t happened yet. Heck, I saw a couple of _grandmas_ with tats showing at the state fair more than a decade ago. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062/69 "2020-05-21T15:55:34Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > My guess is that tattoos have moved out of the “fashion of the moment” category shared with fads like fidget spinners and lilac-grey dye jobs, and into the category of “lifestyle choice”, such as whether or not you wear makeup or prefer your hair short or long. Some people in any generation will like a particular lifestyle choice and others will not, but it’s not going to become automatically uncool for the entirety of one generation just because some people in the previous generation liked it. Exactly. I tend to lump tattoos in with beards, hairstyles, makeup styles, etc… these days. Except for people who have facial tattoos or other tattoos that are obviously visible like that- those tend to be a little bit more of an indication of something other than just an everyday lifestyle choice. When I first read the original post, I was thinking it had to be a zombie. Tattoos have been a thing since about 1999-ish or even before. There are plenty of forty-fifty somethings with lots of tattoos, which I’d have thought would make it super-uncool, unless it’s become so normalized that no young people think of them that way. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062/70 "2020-05-22T14:33:26Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > What leads you to believe these people went to someone with a medical degree to get any of this stuff done? You’re right - another [article](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/06/henry-damon-marvel-villain-red-skull-captain-america)on Damon mentions “his surgeon”. And then mentions that he’s a medical school dropout. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos/854062.md?page=3)