Contractor dismissed over Body Tattoo's - the tattoo debate

[d000hg]

Not true at all.

I suppose it depends upon how old you are but, when I was a slip of a girl, they were confined to menial workmen, criminals and the military.

A few decades ago, the working class and military made up a large part of the population so saying they were "only" seen on that demographic doesn't imply they were less popular at all. For instance in the north-east, a large proportion of people in their 50s and 60s have tattoos because nearly everyone worked in working class jobs.

I find it surprising you as a slip of a girl would've had much contact with criminals, or be in a position to to tell who was a criminal, either

[quackhandle]

Forget getting work in Japan.

No job for tattooed people: Japan declares war on body art ? RT Art & culture

Tattoo in Japan = Yakuza member (or wannabe Yakuza)

qh

[d000hg]

Well you know you're onto a winner if the lady wears a tramp stamp.

I know a respectable, non-chavvy middle-class mum who wants to get one simply because she likes it. I don't know if anyone has told her the stereotype such a tattoo implies

[ZARDOZ]

A few decades ago, the working class and military made up a large part of the population so saying they were "only" seen on that demographic doesn't imply they were less popular at all. For instance in the north-east, a large proportion of people in their 50s and 60s have tattoos because nearly everyone worked in working class jobs.

Yeah if you were working class you had to have a Tattoo it was the law.
<wonders if d000hg ever met a working class person>

I'll let you into a little secret, the working class are people like you and me. They have feelings, ideas, the capacity for intelligent and rational thought, they like different things. They are not sheep. Some of them are quite clever, some have Tattoos, but mainly not, just like everyone else.

[NotAllThere]

The difference between someone who is tattooed and someone who isn't, is about £1000. (To go from one state to the other).

I appreciate some of the more artful tats, though I wouldn't get one myself.

[psychocandy]

Ive got the longest place name in wales tattoed somewhere you cant see it. Twice.

[vetran]

Ive got the longest place name in wales tattoed somewhere you cant see it. Twice.

Under your moobs?

[d000hg]

Yeah if you were working class you had to have a Tattoo it was the law.
<wonders if d000hg ever met a working class person>

I'll let you into a little secret, the working class are people like you and me. They have feelings, ideas, the capacity for intelligent and rational thought, they like different things. They are not sheep. Some of them are quite clever, some have Tattoos, but mainly not, just like everyone else.

I'm not sure what I've said to get your knickers in a twist.

It's no good getting shirty, you CAN generalise working class people as liking tattoos and Sky and smoking and aspiring to a 60" TV. But the point is, middle class are just as much sheep... you just generalise them in different ways. The middle class people I know tend to act out middle-class stereotypes, the working class types tend to follow working-class stereotypes, and so on.

[darmstadt]

The difference between someone who is tattooed and someone who isn't, is about £1000. (To go from one state to the other).

I appreciate some of the more artful tats, though I wouldn't get one myself.

And it ******* hurts! My first one was back in around '81 and cost me 12 quid, the next followed a couple of years later and cost me, I think, a tenner and was done in a rather dodgy looking place in Folkestone. The last one i had one cost a few bob more and the tattooist had to stop in the end due to the amount of blood as he couldn't see to tattoo but it came out well and they had to take photos for a magazine of it. I don't mind them too much although the older ones are quite faded and definitely look 'old school' but Frau D. seems to like them but I keep threatening to get some cover up or more work around them. When I moved out here, the only people who had tattoos were either people who had been in prison or slightly dodgy people but now every ****er has one. I look at some of the, very pretty, young ladies who have loads more than me and think to myself, "what is she going to think and look like when she's my age?"

A tattoo is for life, not a drunken evening....

[SpontaneousOrder]

I like tattoos on women. Not tulip ones, obviously. But I don't mind if there are quite a lot.
I've got a stash of cash to get some done - just need a stash of free time now.