[edh]

“permanent reminder of a passing fad, gotten by those who want to express their individuality by doing the same thing as everyone else.”

LOL!

I can certainly see why veterans get them. That makes sense to me anyway. I can also see why someone might get one or two. To each their own.

However, when I see someone my age (40s) caked with *fresh* drawings of crap like comic book characters and other stuff that looks better on paper vs. skin, I often wonder “why?”.

[cherry]

tattoos used to be a sign of manliness....as in, my WW2 vet father, who proudly had his arm tattoed with an anchor, from being in the Navy....

real men had tattoos on their arms...

nowadays, the tattoos hold no significant importance, except to make ones body a bit uglier.....