“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.

  • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Hey, you’re really good at getting me thinking!! To present myself as nonadversarially as possible, if I may I’ll spoiler some thoughts/questions below…

    BUT! I really wanna have a pleasant chat about it. Good topic, respecting others. Anyway:

    Tap for spoiler

    Any right the OP retains to free expression on their opinion, if it’s a safe space?

    Any thoughts on calling a behavior stupid in public where it may hurt a stranger’s feelings versus telling a specific person it would be wrong to participate in an activity?

    & how could we share an opinion if we feel smoking is bad - anyway to do it without telling people what they can do to their own bodies? Or should we not offer opinions on smoking because it’s too paternalistic, telling them how to live their lives?

    Also e.g. racists are poopy but for stuff we choose (apply ink to skin) are the haters necessarily not just big giant haters but actually BAD PEOPLE? (suggestion I guess is “Notice how this giant HATER stopped replying …” but hypothetically in a different thread “See how this low-life racist clown stopped replying” would not earn a comment from me … which I’m now reflecting on, maybe I should diss actions not people… I digress)