Today, I told a cashier I always bullshit with that I was getting a new tattoo. She shook her head and said, "Honey, don't get a tattoo. You'll look like a whore." I already have five. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a cashier sniffed at the money "you people" waste on tattoos. I have two full sleeve bamboo thickets to cover up old self-harm scars, but her criticism caused the self-hatred to come roaring back. Now it's a struggle to not fall back into those habits and damage that admittedly expensive artwork. FML
Today, I just had an argument with my father. He claimed that if a woman is covered in tattoos, it's quite clear that she's a whore. He said so in front of my girlfriend, who has tattoos all over her arms. FML
Today, I was struggling through small-talk at a party where I knew nobody. Tattoos came up and I started talking about trendy, girly tattoos like feathers, anchors and infinity signs with stupid words in them. Turns out the girl I was talking to had all three. FML
Today, despite my warnings and knowing I hate them, my wife got a trashy tattoo of an eye on her ankle, like she’s Count Olaf. How is she going to get a job with that thing? FML
Today, I realized that the "holla" tattoo I stupidly got on my lower lip five years ago isn't fading as I expected it to, and will probably contribute to my unemployment for years to come. FML
Today, I met my brother's girlfriend. We got talking, and we got onto the subject of tattoos. I said how much I hated tramp stamps, and how they make girls look trashy. She said, "Like this?" and showed me hers. FML
Today, a woman yelled at me for hurting her. I'm a tattoo artist. FML
Today, I got into trouble at work because a customer complained about my face tattoo, I don't have a face tattoo but I do have one behind my ear. Nonetheless, I still got written up and had to cover it with a band-aid, which ripped out hair when I took it off. FML
Today, I was getting my first tattoo done. My parents told me it was a bad idea. My friends' parents told me it was a bad idea. I told them that people get tattoos done all the time and nothing goes wrong. Fifty minutes into the tattoo on my back, the artist said, "Oh shit, shit, shit. We can fix this." FML
Today, I was talking to my tattoo artist about how my girlfriend broke up with me. She had also gotten her tattoos from him, so they had talked quite a bit. He told me she had been cheating on me with her ex for two and a half months. He didn't tell me because he didn't want to lose business. FML
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poppyseed420 9
having a tattoo does not make you a *****, get all the ink you want, just make sure you get something you'll want forever
ohrlynow 9
That's ignorance at its best. Last I heard, selling sex made you a *****, not having tattoos.
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Comments (154)
vettle 6
some people's idea of tattoos is archaic. get the tattoo.
yeahreally 6
i would have automatically stated "Is that so? I have five" and just watched her reaction. People with tattoos like myself are not any different than people without them. Dont make a big deal and no one will know and judge you just based on that (this only goes for tattoos that can be hidden)
cappsthelegend 0
so ur a *****
lilcc86 0
how the hell do tats make you look like a *****?? unless you're getting "im a ***** please **** me" tat'd across your face, thats just stupid. the cashier most likely shares her husband with her sister wives and stands on a street corner yelling at people for their sins.
Bobissmall 13
Because tat's are often considered tacky and low class. It's probably just stereotypes, but i think it is much more likely an under educated, unemployed piece of scum would have 5 tattoos, then a high class individual. Same with people who have piercings all over their body. Of course i don't have any evidence to back up the stereotypes, but that's how stereotypes work any way.
5t3ff1k4h 47
They're neither considered tacky nor low class, in my opinion. They're more considered distracting or unsightly... possibly unprofessional. I've seen many upper-class people with one or more tattoos. Class has little to do with it.
Mokiikom_fml 8
Those were not actual upper-class people. Some flashy people would like others to think they're upper-class, but really... no one covered in tattoos is. It may be a stereotype, but it holds some truth. Very few tattoos are truly artistic and done by a master. Most of the stuff you see in the street is done by a poorly skilled person and doesn't looks like something you'd want to have on your skin for a lifetime.
5t3ff1k4h 47
That's your subjective opinion. Just because most of it looks like crap to you doesn't mean it is crap. You also can't tell me those people I know who have tattoos and are upper-class are not upper class. Do you know them personally? No? Well, I do...
Bobissmall 13
What do you mean by upper class? Do you know any Lords, Barons, Kings + Queens, or anyone with a title with a tattoo? Just throwing that out there.
5t3ff1k4h 47
My point being, you cannot tell me that just because a person is tattooed, they are not upper-class. It is possible. I don't know any royalty, so I suppose they're not that type of upper-class. But my interpretation of upper class is earning a good amount of money (i.e. 6 figures), and I know several of those people, some of which have tattoos. Tattoos do not change your personality nor do they change anything but how you look. That's it, that's all. Please, tell me you know for sure that no kings, queens, princesses, barons etc have tattoos. Perhaps they're all covered and not talked about... but that doesn't mean they don't have them.
marshmallowmouse 0
sounds like she was bullshitting back, chill out.
addmonkey 1
You may not be a ***** if you get a tattoo, buy you wearing a *****'s uniform. I know it's popular today but I must say I think less of people who feel they need to stand out like a circus freak to know who they are, to me it just says you make bad choices.
monnanon 14
its been popular for a very long times. Picts were covered in tattoos. Maoris still are. Not everyone gets tattoos to stand out some just want the design or to decorate their body.
Mokiikom_fml 8
Those are different cultures. The yakuza (Japanese mafia) too cover themselves in tattoos, and yet if you see a non-Japanese chick covered in tattoos walk down the street in the US you won't think "wow, she must be from the Japanese mafia", will you?! Each culture has different taboos and different expectations. And our culture does NOT tattoo for the same reasons as the cultures you listed, or as the yakuza, and so on. So your comment doesn't work.
monnanon 14
I was trying to point out how it is not a new phenomenon but something deep rooted in the history of many people the same as piercing is. It is not something that appeared when people decided they wanted to stand out.
22cute 17
Guess what you look like? lol Say what you want, do what you want to your own skin, but know that you look like a hooker/ low life to about 70% of the ruling class. And quit your bitchin. That goes for male or female.
DoesUntoOthers 0
70% of the ruling class makes up about .7% of the population. So maybe they should just get their heads out of their asses. Finding a reason to dislike someone based on looks is a little bit out dated I'd say.
sweet_candy_ 17
She never has to find out op.
DoesUntoOthers 0
I agree!
Skatejock21 0
Although I disagree with getting tattoos, which I have none of, however, it can be unprofessional, since some get fired because of it depending where the individual works. In the mean time, cover up, she wont see it, and don't tell her you have 5 tattoos, or she will probably tell you exactly how she feels, and try to prove her point.