Tattoos!

May 13, 2006 11:15

Allright, I was in the gym yesterday, and I noticed (for the 245267th time) all the people with these ridiculous tattoos. Maybe I'm old school, but I remember the days when only sailors, bikers, and prisoners had tattoos. Now it's a trendy thing to do (which makes me wonder what they're going to do when it's not trendy anymore...). Ok, if you want to get a tattoo, I won't stop you. I've seen ones that were very nicely done, and artistic. What irritates me is when guys get these "tribal" designs around their arm.

Honestly, a tribal design? What tribe? You're some middle class white kid! Nobody in your family has ever been in a tribe! What makes matters worse is that these guys think it'll be "cool" to get something like that, because it makes them look tough and original. Real original, guys. There are only about 55 million other guys out there who've gotten the exact same tattoo. And it looks stupid on all of them. Same thing with the "barbed wire" design. That just makes you look even trashier.

Women aren't blameless either! What's with those weird, triangular swirly designs over the lumbar area? They all look the same, and mean absolutely nothing. "Oh, it's a Celtic design, and my great grandmother's aunt's best friend was from Ireland..." Riiight. The Celts had some artwork that featured vines and such, but they never would've tattooed it on themselves. Tattooing was brought to us by sailors who saw caribbean natives cutting their skin and rubbing charcoal into it, to make designs. Even if some Celts did this, why would you? You just got this ridiculous tattoo because you saw it on someone else, or you saw it on the wall in the tattoo place.

Wow, you guys are super original. Get a tribal tattoo on your arm and a vine thing on your back, and hey while you're at it, wear your hat backwards and listen to Beyoncé... Idiots.
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