What's the psychology behind people who hate tattoos?

Gotta admit I'm a hater. Probably from standing in the grocery check out line too many times behind a tatted up person paying cash for beer and lotto tickets and using food stamps for the rest.

an idiot again wrote:

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History Reminds wrote:

Gotta admit I'm a hater. Probably from standing in the grocery check out line too many times behind a tatted up person paying cash for beer and lotto tickets and using food stamps for the rest.

There's a difference between being a hater and simply disliking something. Sounds like you are the latter.

I don't hate tattoos, well not all of them, but I'm not a fan of tats.

I don't have a problem with one or two that are subtle and can be covered up at work and formal events. But I really don't like the huge ones, arm sleeves, neck and face tattoos.

What gets me is the phycology of people that go extreme with tattoos. They're clearly doing it to signal something to others and draw attention to themselves.

L. Glanton wrote:

I mean, they don't affect anyone else but the person who has the tattoo. Why do people feel compelled to judge other people on such an arbitrary thing? A desperate need to find a reason to judge someone?

I hate tattoos. Who likes graffiti?

Graffiti on the human body is even worse. Nothing is as bad as seeing a pretty girl with tattoos. It's like visiting a pretty waterfall with graffiti on the rocks next to it. Yuck.

bultystarr wrote:Who likes graffiti?

Random tags, no. Creative street art, yes.

MelRnr wrote:

I don't hate tattoos, well not all of them, but I'm not a fan of tats.

I don't have a problem with one or two that are subtle and can be covered up at work and formal events. But I really don't like the huge ones, arm sleeves, neck and face tattoos.

What gets me is the phycology of people that go extreme with tattoos. They're clearly doing it to signal something to others and draw attention to themselves.

I hate tats and never would get any myself. But I never would judge someone else for getting them. Would I hire them? Probably not for a customer service role. Would I date a lady with a lot of tats? No. Would I encourage my child to get a tat? Not in a million years. But I don't think less of anyone for expressing themselves, they aren't worthless to society and still can commend respect.

Quite simply it’s fear. Fear of anything that makes them uncomfortable. When I was young, I told me that I will never make a tattoo but I changed my mind with time. Now I have 7 tattoos and I like them all and I don't want to change anything. One of the most hard moments for me was to select the convenient model which I wanted to make. All my tattoos were from https://thestyleup.com, here there are so many that I couldn't see all. I don't want to judge people but each of us can make what you want with our body.

Tatoos are not bad per se. They're just an expressive desire for attention by an individual who is not finding emotional satisfaction by other means.

L. Glanton wrote:

I mean, they don't affect anyone else but the person who has the tattoo. Why do people feel compelled to judge other people on such an arbitrary thing? A desperate need to find a reason to judge someone?

its a generational thing. when mainstream starts adopting fringe culture there is still a stigma associated with it. motorcycles, long hair, etc used to be counter culture but now are mainstream... just like tattoos. give it 10 years and babies will have them.

My grandparents say they remind them of criminals and sailors (didn't know it was a bad thing to be a sailor). You watch a prison documentary, and most of the prisoners have tattoos by a very wide margin, but you're obviously making a type I error by assuming everyone who has a tattoo is a criminal.

alien observer wrote:

Tatoos are not bad per se. They're just an expressive desire for attention by an individual who is not finding emotional satisfaction by other means.

Low self esteem issues ... I think covering up your skin with gobs of ink or something is almost a mental disorder, a sign of weakness and a low self esteem.

My thoughts:

-The majority of people have really bad taste.

-Tattoos age really poorly

-Like brightly dyed hair or other loud choices, those getting them are often compensating for a lack of self-confidence or are 'buying a personality.'

-Once a sign of deviancy and rebellion, tattoos have become so mainstream that counterculture is now being tat-free.

-Tattoos have been shown to correspond w/ poor decision making.

But hey, do whatever you like- it's your body, not mine.

And the stats, for those interested:

-In a retrospective analysis from 2007 to 2008, tattoos were associated with alcohol and drug use, violence and weapons carrying, sexual activity, eating disorders, and suicide.

-One recent study showed heterosexuals to have fewer tattoos than their counterparts.

-Lower-income individuals are more likely to have tattoos.

-Another study showed that those diagnosed with mental issues were almost twice as likely to have a tattoo.

-55% of people who have gone to prison have a tattoo, versus 29% in the general population.

And finally... "In just about all cases, risky behaviors tend to increase with the number, visibility, and offensiveness of tattoos.”

And all of this, IMO, is where the cultural stigma against tattoos stems from, Don't make the mistake of thinking people are simply being judgemental pricks. No, there are deeper, underlying beliefs that one could argue are statistically founded.

alien observer wrote:

Tatoos are not bad per se. They're just an expressive desire for attention by an individual who is not finding emotional satisfaction by other means.

Yeah I mainly just feel sorry that the person is dealing with psychological issues. I find them ugly as sin, but admit that perhaps that is a result of conditioning earlier in my life.

zizek wrote:

messi wrote:

Don't understand why your personal reasons are so personal in this anonymous setting. I have never had a tatted guy satisfactorily explain WHY he has tats. The answers are always as vague as yours. Personal reasons doesn't tell us a thing. We are trying to understand the logic, that's all.

There is no logic you daft c*nt. The world is not logical. Logically why do you wear denim? My guess is you don't work in a profession that denim was designed for? What does it say about you the you continue to wear jeans?

You wear jeans for cultural reasons you're largely unaware of. People get tattoos for similar reasons. They like them, you have your own tastes I'm sure too. Leave it at that.

We all have to wear clothes. Sometimes it's not important what we wear (if you are going to the store you can wear jeans, the suit you wear in the office, or a tracksuit). Sometimes you want to be casual and then jeans are probably a reasonable choice. Even if you wore jeans when it was really appropriate, at least you weren't naked. You can change your jeans.

an idiot again wrote:

bultystarr wrote:Who likes graffiti?

Random tags, no. Creative street art, yes.

For every Banksy, there are a thousand wanna bes. It is much easier to do crappy art than good stuff. Tattoos suffer the same issue.

With tattoo stats, you need to break them out between things like under 45 and over and you will see a big divide. In the mid 90s it became pretty standard to get one to show how big of rebel you were. But most middle class and up people got modest ones that were easy to cover up. In the mid 00's, the huge tats went much more main stream in that group. And you also get the huge gap between people with 1 or 2 (i.e. college, name of kids, olympic rings,...) and the ones who are running out of space. Nobody really cares about the first group. The second group though....

They do affect others, because they're ugly. Being ugly is bad. It's just as bad to offend people's vision with an ugly image as to offend their nose with a fart or their ears with an annoying fart sound.

Basically tattoo parlors are drawing farts all over people's skin and getting paid for it. Skin farts.

Every tattoo might as well be of an ugly butt because they're all butt ugly.

I think I do this (judge people with tattoos). But mainly what I am judging is the choice of tattoo. It's weird b/c I have zero interest in tattoos, nor do I have any myself. But I have dozens of random OPINIONS about what I like and don't like. One of my pet peeves is big guys with tiny little tattoos. It's like, dude, if you're going to get a tattoo, don't stick your pinky toe in to feel the water. GO FOR IT! Get a manly tattoo that covers your entire shoulder. Commit!!

Why is it that every time I reply to a thread, it's the end of the thread? Thread ender? I'm not even saying anything witty. Do I smell bad? Do I offend?