# 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:** 3
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/41 "2008-11-29T20:44:48Z")
The term “tramp stamp” became common when that particular placement became more widely seen, coinciding with the low-rise jeans phenomenon. It’s stupid IMO, because as a somewhat discreet placement, it’s a good one. There are relatively few places on the body where one can place a tattoo and still decide who sees it and who doesn’t. Oddly, tattoos on the breast or near the breast never got a cutesy nickname- probably just the era, I suppose… ---
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/42 "2008-11-29T20:56:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 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. That would make: **14. The portrait** It’s a nice sentiment. Really, it is. My dad wanted to get a portrait tattoo of my grandpa right after he died, and I’m glad I was able to talk him out of it. Your skin is going to move and stretch and wrinkle and you’re going to have a sci-fi masterpiece stuck on your arm that scares you every morning in the mirror instead of reminding you of your dear departed loved one. Or you could end up with [this](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g30/blowmekthx/tattoo.jpg) right out of the gate. > [@Marley23](#): > > And this affects the truth value of the “it’s a slutty tattoo” stereotype how? If there was a tattoo that **everyone** called a dick magnet, and lots of promiscuous gay guys had it, would you get one - even if it didn’t look “slutty” to you at all? Would you tattoo a swastika on your arm, intending its Indian meaning? If that doesn’t illustrate the point for you, come visit sometime. I’ll take you out to a few bars in Scottsdale. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/43 "2008-11-29T21:09:40Z")
There is a woman that used to come in to where I work with a tatoo on her left shoulder. It was of a naked elf/fairy with wings. This thing as ta-ta’s like you wouldn’t believe. It looks very odd on the back of a pretty young girl - looks more like something a biker might wear. The rumor is that her father bought it for her - which is doubly odd. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/44 "2008-11-29T21:53:55Z")
Pretty much sounds like it coulda been a shorter thread with ‘I don’t like tattoos’ I’m pretty happy with my corporate logo, and I’m pretty glad You and I don’t care about either’s thoughts on the subject. ([http://www.millertwinracing.com/miketat1.jpg](http://www.millertwinracing.com/miketat1.jpg)) That was two years ago and I’m thinking idly about incorporating Jake into it, which would violate two of your rules: [http://www.globalwebcart.com/bbvstuff/item.asp?n=ba3-xm592&d=16&b=1](http://www.globalwebcart.com/bbvstuff/item.asp?n=ba3%2dxm592&d=16&b=1) ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/45 "2008-11-29T22:10:20Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > If there was a tattoo that **everyone** called a dick magnet, and lots of promiscuous gay guys had it, would you get one - even if it didn’t look “slutty” to you at all? Would you tattoo a swastika on your arm, intending its Indian meaning? If that doesn’t illustrate the point for you, come visit sometime. I’ll take you out to a few bars in Scottsdale. I get your point, I just think it’s a bad one. So a woman gets a tattoo because she likes it even though most people call it by a derisive nickname. Why does that annoy you? ---
**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:** [November 29, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/46 "2008-11-29T22:26:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > To round out the OP’s 10 to a lucky 13: > > 1. Those miniature angel wings on the shoulder blades. They just look silly. Oh hell yes! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/47 "2008-11-29T22:30:44Z")
Phew. I only have two tattoos, but both had a potential for candidacy, perhaps: a yin-yang on my left bicep and a star (red inside black) on the inside of my right forearm. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/48 "2008-11-29T22:34:18Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > A tatoo of Jean Pierre Villechaize would be kind of funny. Hee, nice, especially if it were done a la Picasso, where “de planes” are askew. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/49 "2008-11-29T22:44:27Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > 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…” I know someone who had this done on their chest.. Covering pretty much their whole chest. I don’t know if he’ll ever regret it.. He is mildly crazy. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/50 "2008-11-29T22:47:06Z")
Oh… and tattoos don’t bother me, but there is _one_ type of tattoo that drives me nuts. An ex girlfriend of mine had it too… Cherries, or anything else for that matter, done very close to a female’s privates. I just think it looks super uber trashy. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/51 "2008-11-29T23:01:07Z")
A young friend has a tattoo that says: ‘Tres Belle’. It’s French for ‘very pretty’. Unfortunately, she has it tattooed vertically on her neck – it’s huge, and frankly, disfiguring. I call that the ultimate ironic statement. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/52 "2008-11-29T23:04:23Z")
> [@clayton\_e](#): > > Oh.. and tattoos don’t bother me, but there is _one_ type of tattoo that drives me nuts. An ex girlfriend of mine had it too.. > > Cherries, or anything else for that matter, done very close to a female’s privates. I just think it looks super uber trashy. We had a waitress that had one just peeking out over the top of her pants, it was a four leaf clover that said ‘Lucky You’. Works well as a young, thin, 20-something…(I’ve tried to rewrite this three times now, I’ll just go for un-PC: ) I could also see it meaning something else entirely to the guy that’s unhappily married to her lazy, overweight, bon-bon eating self in 8-10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/53 "2008-11-29T23:09:19Z")
I don’t have to enumerate all the tattoos I hate - I hate all of them (even the ones in this thread). Tattoos are just scribbling on your body (permanently). ---
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/54 "2008-11-29T23:14:25Z")
While I’m not sure about this tramp stamp thing, I wouldn’t get any of the tattoo types discussed here so far and I think most of them are generally stupid looking. None of them include the worst tattoo I’ve ever seen, however - I once saw a guy on the beach with a bar code on his neck, like he’d escaped from the produce aisle. Actually I’m down on neck tattoos in general. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/55 "2008-11-29T23:17:51Z")
I appreciate people who are willing to get shitty tattoos. I feel like they’ve gone the extra mile for my amusement. Mr. [Cool](http://www.jimimoto.com/page737/files/page1_blog_entry38_24.jpg) [Ice](http://www.davidrdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/mr-cool-ice-tattoo-456a1109.jpg), [Earth Crisis face](http://blogs.bellinghamherald.com/gobham/media/blogs/a/crises.jpg), and [Hatebreed moustache skinhead](http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4141f3422685e00d41445c32f6a47-500pi): I salute you for taking things to the next level. ---
**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, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/56 "2008-11-29T23:19:38Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > [Hatebreed moustache skinhead](http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4141f3422685e00d41445c32f6a47-500pi) This guy obviously knew that a ton of prison time was in his future. ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/57 "2008-11-29T23:34:40Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > I don’t have to enumerate all the tattoos I hate - I hate all of them (even the ones in this thread). Tattoos are just scribbling on your body (permanently). Agreed. In today’s world, anyone who \*doesn’t \*get a tattoo is the unique one. Look how edgy \*\*featherlou \*\*and I are, you conformist bitches. 🙂 ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/58 "2008-11-29T23:42:02Z")
> [@Euthanasiast](#): > > In today’s world, anyone who \*doesn’t \*get a tattoo is the unique one. Look how edgy \*\*featherlou \*\*and I are, you conformist bitches. 🙂 Yes, the people in the majority who trot out the “you’ll regret that tattoo when you’re 80” lines their parents and grandparents used are _definitely_ the cool ones. Blaze that trail, man! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bat312](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@bat312](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bat312)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/59 "2008-11-29T23:55:55Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > A tatoo of Jean Pierre Villechaize would be kind of funny. I have been using the Herve Villechaise joke for years now. “I’ve got a little tatoo of…” No one ever gets it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910/60 "2008-11-30T00:02:42Z")
I got a tattoo of a Bible verse added on to my existing tattoo of a cross a few years ago. It’s not the text, just the book/verses. And it’s from the New Testament. I asked God first, he said it was cool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-10-tattoos-that-annoy-me-most/474910.md?page=4)