Tattooed Idiots

[Great-Kazoo]

laying blame on the face tattoo, is like blaming everyone who owns a gun for some moron going postal. Face, or even body ink doesn't cover the stupidity one has.



With that said. 15 yrs in the business, retired. NEVER did a face tattoo. Turned people away who asked for them, mostly vato locos in greality and N. ft fun.


Told more than 1 potential client. Tell you what. let me do a design on your face with a sharpie (magic markers to us ol folk) . Walk around wit it till it fades. IF you decide you still want one....Go see someone else.


Actually offered that option to a lot of people. 1 kid, 16 yr old, with mom along side. Asked, how much for a chevy bowtie across my shoulders, solid blue, thick black outline, maybe 6" high? . Cost you nothing, since i'm not going to do something like that on a 16 yr old

MOMMMMMMMMMMM . She looks up and said. if my son wants it, i'm ok with it, in a real quiet voice. Yeah not happening. But i'd be happy to draw one in in magic marker. Lets see if he still wants one in a few weeks. Out they walked.

Fuckin morons, especially their spineless parents who can't say NO. Ran into a lot of that, touchy feely parents being friends instead of adults.

Look how that's turned out for our country.

[Sawin]

^ see. I knew he'd have an interesting perspective

[OneGuy67]

I've always wondered about women who get lots of tats. Are they trying to cover up emotional scars? Trying to be seen in a world that doesn't see them ( or so they feel)? Wanting to stand out from the crowd?

As the FOG (fuckin' old guy) in law enforcement, I've seen this pattern from the early 90's. Tattoos were very frowned upon and would not be allowed to be seen in a short sleeved shirt, to allowing officers to wear long sleeved shirts all year round or arm sleeves to cover the tats, to now, the vast majority of patrol officers have some sort of half or full sleeve going on or worse, tats on their necks and hands. As I said, I'm old school and I don't like this in today's law enforcement, nor do I like the outer protective vest carrier that morphed into full plate carriers I've seen on some people. I was in a small, rural county doing some work a short time ago and the patrol officers looked like they just came from contract work in Syria or iraq, all tacked out with full plate carriers, rifle mags et, al.

Sign of the times, I guess.

[clodhopper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUcLkJdTGjM

[eddiememphis]

laying blame on the face tattoo, is like blaming everyone who owns a gun for some moron going postal. Face, or even body ink doesn't cover the stupidity one has.

I wasn't blaming the tattoo.

I was curious about the long line of poorly made decisions that led this fool to where he was on that day.

Kinda like this guy...

https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-...rado-farmland/



Did his face ink make him more likely to murder three people?

Of course not. A lifetime of bad decisions did.

Everyone makes decisions that don't turn out well.

Most look at those choices and learn from them, not choose to celebrate them by permanently exhibiting them on their faces.

[Clint45]

nor do I like the outer protective vest carrier that morphed into full plate carriers I've seen on some people. I was in a small, rural county doing some work a short time ago and the patrol officers looked like they just came from contract work in Syria or iraq, all tacked out with full plate carriers, rifle mags et, al.

One of our last camping trips, at a campground, the site host came around and sold us a bunch of wood for our campfire... then a few hours later two forest rangers came by to tell us to put it out because a fire ban just went into effect. They were both wearing plate carriers with like 8 AR15 mags stuck to the front. We packed up and drove 2 hours home.

[.455_Hunter]

They were both wearing plate carriers with like 8 AR15 mags stuck to the front.

I don't have an issue with that equipment being available to them in their vehicle. However, I am not a fan of that stuff as the uniform of the day for normal public interaction, even for traditional non-SWAT LE.

[Clint45]

As for facial tattoos, back about 20 years ago very few tattoo shops would do those... they called them an "everlasting jobstopper."

[Great-Kazoo]

As for facial tattoos, back about 20 years ago very few tattoo shops would do those... they called them an "everlasting jobstopper."

Correct about not inking faces. Now a daze, these young guns don't care or have any, IMO, moral guidelines when it comes to tattooing someone.

[TheGrey]

I've got a couple of tats. One rings my left ankle, and I've got another one on my thigh, about the size of my hand. Each one of them took me a very long time to decide upon, then I needed to find the right tattoo studio, where I watched and asked a lot of questions and made sure sanitary procedures were followed...after which the artist and I discussed options for shapes and colors and so on. They are for me, and quite possibly the single most personal decision I've made regarding body modification. I don't go in for any sort botox or tucks or even manicures/pedicures. Both of my tats commemorate milestones.

Facial tattoos, on the other hand....well, I'm convinced that that sort of stupidity isn't painful enough.