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"Do you think my tattoo is cool?" No, I don't. There are no cool tattoos. "Check out my sleeve!" Oh god ew.

Tattoos themselves are stupid. Doubly so if it's some media IP. "I put Batman on my body!" "Look at this image of Goku on my calf!" I can't think of many things I'd want to do less than that.

There are a few narrow exceptions. Chances are yours isn't one of them.

If you personally like tattoos, fine. I'm not saying nobody should get tattoos because I don't like them. I'm stating my opinion that tattoos are stupid, and I am stating it here because it is probably not a popular opinion.

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[–] JGrffn@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fuck it, you used the community correctly. Have my upvote you damn prude.

[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When cops have full sleeve tattoos, they're no longer edgey and cool. They're the status quo. My 46 year old gastroenterologist has two on each of her wrists. Those of you with tattoos, I regret to inform you: you are the prudes now.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What? Prude means you're obsessed with appearing modest and proper. Prude does not mean conformist or mainstream or whatever.

[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Tattoos are modest and proper now. Priests have them. You can't get more modest and proper than that.

[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Wait, so people aren't allowed to have life history before they turn to religion?

Just because they're a priest now, doesn't mean they always were one.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's not how English works at all. You're butchering so many words. Please just stop.

[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Oh you poor things. You're beside yourselves. I was able to take off my leisure suit in 1981, but you folks are stuck with your tattoos. You can quibble over semantics all you want but tattoos are going out of fashion faster than Spuds MacKenzie t-shirts.