Unpopular Opinion

I would extend this to all images on people. Graphic t-shirts, hats, logos, text on booty shorts, jewelry

Why does everyone need to be a walking billboard? Why must we cover everything with "art"? Why do we need to constantly be broadcasting messages to everyone who looks at us?

I get that people are excited about these things, and I never want to make anyone feel bad about having tattoos or wearing clothes they like. But personally i west plain clothes, mostly solid colors and the occasional stripes, nothing busier than plaid. I took thr dealership stickers and manufacturers logos off my car.

Neck, head, facial, and hand tattoos are great, they let me know who doesn't make the best decisions, and tells me that someone may not be suitable for a job.

This is semi sarcastic, I mean that these kinds of tattoos are general known to reduce the available job opportunities for a person, meaning that a person with any of those has deliberately made it harder for themselves to get a job, thus impacting themselves negatively.

It is their choice, and I will never tell someone off for doing that, but if I were an employer, it would definitely negatively impact their chances for a job.

Other tattoos can all be covered up and would not impact my decision.

Facebook for your body

on the contrary, people without tattoos look....plain?

Tattoos look good for the first few months, or in other words about 1% of their lifespan

This isn't a good unpopular opinion, it's just you whining about something you don't like.

My first thought when I see someone with a ton of tattoos is "Fuck that looks terrible/painful/expensive."

It's only after that I try to appreciate them as a personal choice and artistic thing.

That said, I do want one tattoo, from the show Fringe, episode White Tulip. Just haven't made it a priority at all.

Lol I don't have tattoos, but I can do this for literally everything you have ever liked or enjoyed.

This is one of those "if you think something that doesn't effect you and brings others joy is stupid, you probably need therapy".

Was gonna downvote but then saw the community so I guess I'll upvote it? People want to etch something onto themselves permanently, I think that is pretty cool a person likes something so much they want to mark themselves with it. Some of the things people get tattooed tho, not so much lol.

This was the popular opinion when I was younger, I love tattoos but they used to be uncommon and sort of countercultural.

I never imagined tattoos would gain mainstream popularity like they have. I think it's improved the art but at the same time made them less, I dunno, cool?

IMO if it's somewhere you can see it it's different from a tattoo meant for others to see. So, I'm not a fan of tramp stamps because they're on your lower back. To me, that means it's meant for others to see. I'm especially not a fan of neck or face tattoos because they're not for you to see, and are always visible to others. But, a forearm tattoo is something you'll see often, so it's for yourself.

It also depends on what it is and what it means. If it's just something you thought was a cool design, I'm not a fan. OTOH if it marks a significant event / milestone in your life, I can see that. I think the traditional naval tattoos are interesting because they use a traditional design to mark a significant event in a sailor's life.

What's truly unfortunate is when someone gets a tattoo and doesn't think carefully about what other people will see. I'm not talking about bad art. That's a common problem with tattoos. It's when someone gets a Nazi symbol without realizing, or gets something in a language they don't speak that isn't what they meant, or they try to get a Vox Machina tattoo but end up with something that looks almost identical to the Gmail icon.

Wait... I disagree completely but it's correctly posted in unpopular opinions. Fine... Take my up vote.

There are bad tattoos but I love most of them. I don't have any yet, but my wife and I are talking about getting our first.

For the record I totally agree. But if one of my friends just gotta tattoo im gonna pretend to be excited for them. What else are you sposed to do when someone just got permanent artwork etched on themselves?

I've always said to myself "I'll get a tattoo when I can think of something that I'll still think is cool when I'm 70"

Ain't got a tattoo.

My brother has our family coat of arms as his only tattoo, I think that's reasonably timelessly cool.

I half agree.

If you're getting IP put on, I think that's a bad idea. I may still find it aestheticaly pleasing.

I've had a mind to do something similar to Adam Savage's ruler tattoo, because there is actual utility in always being able to get a rough measure of objects. But I'd prefer to wait until I'm in my 50s for that, just so there is minimal change in size as I have it.

Saw a bunch of old people in swimsuits recently. TONS of old people have tattoos. Like - gray, wrinkly, can't walk very well OLD people with tattoos.

It wasn't . . . beautiful unless you mean in a kind of Diane Arbus way, then yes.

Met a scientist that worked at NASA. He didn't like tatoos either, but made a pact that if they launched their satellite project, they would all get tattoos of it. I don't like tattoos at all but I can respect that.

Life is meant to be lived. People worried their whole lives they won't like a design or piece of art, in my opinion, are living scared

I don't yuck other people's yums, which is, strangely, often also an unpopular opinion.