Tattoos

[ajm]

What is it about tattos that make people pour indelible ink into their bodies. Everywhere you look these days there are tattoos - mostly on sportspeople ( who probably have more money than sense - but want to show off). OK adorn your body,if you must, with jewelley which you can change but tattoos - I just don't get it.

[Blaze]

There are cultures where it's always been done (for example Maoris, where the tattoos had a meaning), but otherwise, I'm not a fan of tattoos, and I think multiple piercings are horrible.
A design can look very striking when new, but when the colours fade and the skin ages, they lose any attraction they might have had originally.

Apparently 20% of French have tattoos, more women than men. Why a woman wants to cover her arms, legs or body with ink beats me too, @ajm, but it's a personal choice like dyeing your hair bright blue or having a curly perm.

[Wilbro]

We used to put transfers on our arms when we were 5 or 6 years old. They washed off of course but maybe these people have never grown up. I always think tattoos look dirty.

[Quiksilver]

Why does anyone feel the need to adopt an ugly fashion? To conform, to fit in with their peers' idea of beauty, whether it's tribal skin marking, inflated lips or rings through their noses I was looking for new boots recently, this is the ultimate 'must have' apparently.

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Look out for tattooed, miniskirted, Botoxed 'ladies' in bovver boots coming to a town near you I just hope to goodness that they don't attempt to drive wearing them.....

[Nomoss]

I found this amusing, scroll down to paragraph headed "Tatouage fatal" https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr ... 1-1b2fba3b

[Hotrodder]

There are cultures where it's always been done (for example Maoris, where the tattoos had a meaning), but otherwise, I'm not a fan of tattoos, and I think multiple piercings are horrible.
A design can look very striking when new, but when the colours fade and the skin ages, they lose any attraction they might have had originally.

Apparently 20% of French have tattoos, more women than men. Why a woman wants to cover her arms, legs or body with ink beats me too, @ajm, but it's a personal choice like dyeing your hair bright blue or having a curly perm.

Hair dye and perms are not permanent. A tattoo in my mind indicates a thug, drunken sailor, National Front racist or more recently a young female with the mentality of a sheep.

[Pathca]

Why does anyone feel the need to adopt an ugly fashion? To conform, to fit in with their peers' idea of beauty, whether it's tribal skin marking, inflated lips or rings through their noses I was looking for new boots recently, this is the ultimate 'must have' apparently.47379-p01-bronx.jpg Look out for tattooed, miniskirted, Botoxed 'ladies' in bovver boots coming to a town near you I just hope to goodness that they don't attempt to drive wearing them.....

When I went to Bordeaux in Autumn,those boots were everywhere,they look as bad in real life

[Blaze]

A tattoo in my mind indicates a thug, drunken sailor, National Front racist or more recently a young female with the mentality of a sheep.

I disagree ! It can indicate someone who has a problem within themselves - depression, loss of self-esteem etc. I have seen this in some people, and when taken to extremes, as a form of self-harming, it's probably a cry for help.

[Pathca]

I know some very lively minded young women with tattoos,I am related to some and work with a lot of others ,however ,as Blaze says,there can be others who use body modification as a form of self harm .

[niemeyjt]

They can also cover over scars. So many reasons.