Tattoos signify trashy people. Poor class, ugly. As bad as seeing someone smoke. Disgusting.
Ping.
You just insulted a lot of people reading here with that thoughtless put-down.
I smoke. Maybe you'll see me with a cigarette in my mouth one day, and gag so hard, your eyeballs spit blood.
Actually, tattoos can signify a trashy, low social class individual, but it can also signify a person who is placing themselves outside the entire social class system. Depends on the person and their intent. Check out the book , "Class" by Paul Fussel. You will never look at people the same way again. Great, humorous study in class dynamics.
You are correct about smoking being a low class signifier, but you left out being overweight.
A lot of thing are low class indicators. Weight is a big one. Some would say so is having lots of kids. If you are going to accuse tattooed people as being low class, you need to look at your own red flags first. Shop at Wal-Mart anyone?