# The 10 tattoos that annoy me most **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910 "2008-11-29T09:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/21 "2008-11-29T16:47:35Z")
I can remember seeing this really hot guy at my gym in West Hollywood in the late 1980’s and he got a brand new tattoo he was showing off on his arm…it was [this](http://stephyy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/batman-logo-large-view.gif). I remember thinking, “It isn’t going to be long before he regrets getting that…” ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/22 "2008-11-29T17:21:20Z")
> [@Daerlyn](#): > > How about[this one](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3252859&l=bd1fc&id=764675315)? I’m pretty proud of mine. Mmm, caffeine. I like it! I’d find it hard not to lick it, however, if it belonged to someone I was intimate with. Just in case of the contact high. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/23 "2008-11-29T17:31:07Z")
There are a few knitting tats out there that rock. But the ones that have the KNIT and Purl on the knuckles is ummmm…a little off. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/24 "2008-11-29T17:34:38Z")
A friend of mine has a barbed-wire tattoo around her bicep, with a nicely-done single drop of blood. But then, she and her husband had (real) barbed wire around the base of their wedding cake. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/25 "2008-11-29T17:37:37Z")
As I get older I’m considering getting “Right” and “Left” tattooed on the backs of my hand. I may get my address put on my forearm too, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/26 "2008-11-29T17:43:51Z")
[Rockingly cool knitting tat.](http://freakknitter.typepad.com/photos/knitting_tattoos/knit_happens.html) Cause you know you wants one. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/27 "2008-11-29T17:48:16Z")
> [@Mrs.Cake](#): > > I may get my address put on my forearm too, just in case. Your luck, you will move three months later. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/28 "2008-11-29T19:35:24Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > There’s no such thing as a Cantonese character. I think that they mean traditional Chinese instead of simplified Chinese. A lot of Cantonese areas of China use traditional Chinese. Either that, or the OP think Cantonese is the same as Chinese. By the way, most cool characters are better in traditional Chinese, since it is more complicated and detailed. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/29 "2008-11-29T19:54:28Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > **8. The “tribal” band** > > What tribe are you from? Hee hee hee… that’s awesome. My brother actually does have “our” tribe’s stuff in his tattoos, but we are pasty white Celtic people, so we are more knotty than spiky… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/30 "2008-11-29T20:01:16Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > **4. Bible quotes, especially Old Testament ones** > > Ever read [Leviticus](http://bible.cc/leviticus/19-28.htm)? I’m not convinced this applies to tattoos as opposed to ritual scarification. I’d never get a Bible qutoe tattoo anyway, I’m just throwing it out there. > [@](#): > > **3. The “tramp stamp”** > > Nothing shows your age (and foresight. and judgement.) like participating in a fad that a) self-identifies you as a slut, and b) you cannot later deny participating in! Why does a tramp stamp an indicator of sluttiness? Isn’t this just a case where people have decided only sluts get tramp stamps, ergo tramp stamps are slutty? ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/31 "2008-11-29T20:08:17Z")
Is geekiness an unforgivable sin of tattoos? Because I’m seriously considering getting one this spring as a graduation gift to myself, and the several ideas in the running are all fairly overwhelmingly geeky. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/32 "2008-11-29T20:11:50Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m not convinced this applies to tattoos as opposed to ritual scarification. You’re entitled to your own interpretation (I guess . . . 😕) but most biblical scholars obviously disagree with you. Several of the ones quoted specifically say tattoo, and most others say “print any marks”, and they all list this law separately from cuttings, which sounds like the scarification you’re suggesting. > [@Marley23](#): > > Why does a tramp stamp an indicator of sluttiness? Why does a what? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/33 "2008-11-29T20:17:10Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > You’re entitled to your own interpretation (I guess . . . 😕) but most biblical scholars obviously disagree with you. I don’t speak ancient Greek or Hebrew, and experience in Bible debates on this site has taught me that just because a Bible passage is translated a certain way into English does not mean that’s what it actually meant. > [@](#): > > Why does a what? Sorry. Should’ve been “Why IS a tramp stamp an indicator of sluttiness?” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/34 "2008-11-29T20:30:40Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I don’t speak ancient Greek or Hebrew, and experience in Bible debates on this site has taught me that just because a Bible passage is translated a certain way into English does not mean that’s what it actually meant. But there seems to be a consensus in this instace. That is 12 different translations that say essentially the same thing - either tattoo specifically, or “print marks” - separately from making cuttings. > [@Marley23](#): > > Why IS a tramp stamp an indicator of sluttiness? Why is a what? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/35 "2008-11-29T20:33:44Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > But there seems to be a consensus in this instace. Someone who knows the original language can put this to rest; I can’t. > [@](#): > > Why is a what? You said the tramp stamp “self-identifies you as a slut.” How? What’s slutty about the tattoo? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/36 "2008-11-29T20:37:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You said the tramp stamp “self-identifies you as a slut.” How? What’s slutty about the tattoo? What’s slutty about which tattoo now? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/37 "2008-11-29T20:38:34Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > What’s slutty about which tattoo now? :rolleyes: So because somebody called a it a tramp stamp, you’re a tramp if you get it? Brilliant reasoning. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/38 "2008-11-29T20:42:10Z")
To round out the OP’s 10 to a lucky 13: 1. Those miniature angel wings on the shoulder blades. They just look silly. 2. Teardrops. Nobody can even agree what they’re supposed to symbolize. 3. Any racist or Nazi tattoo. Although I suppose these are at least useful if you’re in a bad bar looking for a fight. Beat up a guy who’s got a swastika tattoo and you know he probably deserved it for something. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/39 "2008-11-29T20:42:15Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > :rolleyes: So because somebody called a it a tramp stamp, you’re a tramp if you get it? Brilliant reasoning. How long has it been since it was a “lower back tattoo”? Six years? Eight? Ten? If you get something that is pretty much exclusively referred to in pejorative terms, then on some level you either want to be or don’t mind being associated with those terms. Tramp stamp Ass antlers Cum target Bullseye Beer coaster Sign me up. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/40 "2008-11-29T20:44:33Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > How long has it been since it was a “lower back tattoo”? Six years? Eight? Ten? If you get something that is pretty much exclusively referred to in pejorative terms, then on some level you either want to be or don’t mind being associated with those terms. And this affects the truth value of the “it’s a slutty tattoo” stereotype how? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910.md?page=3)