# You don't like tattoos, Clothahump. We get it.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 8, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-like-tattoos-clothahump-we-get-it/602270 "2011-11-08T14:12:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-like-tattoos-clothahump-we-get-it/602270/181 "2011-11-21T23:09:06Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> You know what though? The word ‘Classy’ itself sounds tacky to me - when I hear it, I think of Harry and Zinnia Wormwood in the movie _Matilda_ - whose notion of ‘classy’ is just some ostentatious display of consumption or wealth.

I thought I was the only one who thought this! “Classy” is about the lowest class word I can think if. Four letter swear words are classier than “classy”.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-like-tattoos-clothahump-we-get-it/602270/182 "2011-11-21T23:52:22Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> I think you’re all probably right, in that most people don’t get a tattoo for the classiness factor, but I still maintain that they don’t increase your classiness. It’s mostly moot - classy isn’t what people are aiming for when they decide to get a tattoo, but I think it is still slightly germane in a discussion of what people think of tattoos and people who have tattoos.

I think you’re right then, it is moot and wasn’t really a good point to bring up.

Saying “I don’t like earrings as I don’t think they make the wearer any prettier” makes sense since that’s likely what they were going for.

Saying “I don’t like mechanics gloves as I don’t think they have a slimming effect” doesn’t make much sense since that’s not likely why they wore them and makes about as much sense as not like tattoos because the tattooee isn’t classier for having them.

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