I generally find them esthetically pleasing, but I am slightly biased against them because it seems like an impractical waste of money that was used to serve vanity rather than some useful end. I don't hate people with tattoos, but I judge them about as harshly as I do people who read/watch fiction.
I don't agree they're any more trashy/degenerate than makeup (which I also dislike).
I don't have any tattoos but if I ever found myself with more money than sense, there are a few messages from literature and philosophy as well as a few classic symbols that I'd enjoy.
I once met a very conservative straight edge looking woman and was surprised and aroused to find that when she took off her clothes, she had tattoos all over her rib cage. It was pretty sexy.
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[–] AndrewBlazeIt 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
Tattoos are the new Dane Cook. They were REALLY popular for a while, and now it's becoming fashionable to hate them.
Any you get should have cultural or personal significance, but there are a lotta idiots who think "the logo of my favorite sports team" qualifies as personally significant.
I think the "bumper sticker on a Ferrari" analogue is pretty dumb - a good tattoo artist knows how to incorporate the natural curves and angles of their subject's body as part of the overall aesthetic. But not all tattoo artists are good.