Study Shows People with Tatoos Drink More

BlessedShauna777

lol i have three....and i do not drink alcohol...hmmmmm :huh:

brittanidigby

LOL

Lula16

This is backwards.... drunk people get more tatoos

^^^^ :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

SarLem81

It baffles me that someone paid for that research.

Pookylou

I have loads of tattoos, last drink I had was Christmas day! I work behind a bar which helps my desire to stay alcohol free.......

Kristy_Elizabeth

My guy has a couple of really nice tattoos and he hardly drinks at all.

nakedsun

I'm doing something wrong then as a tattooed individual.
I think the last time I drank was a beer on easter weekend and before that... man I have no idea.

I best get on the badassery I'm meant to be doing.

jasperann

I have tattoos to remind me of important events in my life....so that when I get older and my memory leaves me I can look at various places on my body and remember. Then there will come a day when I see it and go, "WOW! That's neat! Where did THAT come from?"

Me too!!

I have 5 tattoos. One for becoming an adult, one for each of my children (I have three) and one for when my sister passed away.

But I don't drink... or do anything risky actually. lol Kinda feel like I'm missing out. :laugh:

taryn_09

i suppose i do no justice to this story, i have 16 tattoos && havent drank since almost a year ago on my 20th birthday whoops!

LOL oh darn. :]

Emancipated_Tai

So this explains my non-family related alcoholism… I’ve been looking for something to blame

Stefanie7125

uh, oh. I got some catching up to do!!

Elle_Jamaicangirl81

ohhhh so this is why i drink more... ohhh ok.. totally makes sense now.. phew! i thought i was actually liking alcohol.. its my tattoos' fault


:noway: :noway:

_Bob_

hold on... does 4 -6 shots of scotch fallowed by 8-10 beers count as a lot?

and does it still count as a lot if know body can tell that I am drunk?

JennieAL

uh, oh. I got some catching up to do!!

^^^ way to apply this new tidbit of info :laugh: That's what it's all about, right... applying the info to real world problems?

DyannAlvarez

My husband has a sleeve on the left arm, tats on his chest, back, right arm and lower left leg. He's really slackin' in the drinkin' department. He doesn't drink AT ALL and gives me the evil eye when I do! BTW... I love his tattoos and his evil eye!

Six6xiS

I have no tattoos at all, and I drink like a ****ing fish. What garbage.

Dayna154

Dumbest thing I have ever seen... Makes NO sense at all...

sbernardy

WOW that is so far off... between me and my fiance we have 10 tattoos and we both have a full sleeve and neither one of us drink

HauteP1nk

I'd like to slap all those people that waste their time and money on stupid studies that really are quite pointless.....lol

TourThePast

Do people really REALLY think this study is saying that tattoos make people drink more?

It has merely found an interesting phenomenon in that OF A SUBSET OF PEOPLE WHO DO DRINK, those who have also chosen to have tattoos are also more likely to be those who have chosen to leave a the bar with a higher alcohol level.

The lack of clarity of thought expressed here is seriously disturbing... People saying "That's wrong, we don't drink"

Well if you don't drink, this study isn't about you, it's about people who DO drink.

And frankly it's not a surprise to me that the sort of people who drink and who have tattoos are also the people who drink a bit more. It certainly backs up my experience of people I meet in pubs.

That isn't an insult to people with ink, you only have to take a look at my food diary to see how much I drink! :bigsmile:

doorki

Do people really REALLY think this study is saying that tattoos make people drink more?

It has merely found an interesting phenomenon in that OF A SUBSET OF PEOPLE WHO DO DRINK, those who have also chosen to have tattoos are also more likely to be those who have chosen to leave a the bar with a higher alcohol level.

The lack of clarity of thought expressed here is seriously disturbing... People saying "That's wrong, we don't drink"

Well if you don't drink, this study isn't about you, it's about people who DO drink.

And frankly it's not a surprise to me that the sort of people who drink and who have tattoos are also the people who drink a bit more. It certainly backs up my experience of people I meet in pubs.

that is completely untrue. The article is using a flawed sampling technique in order to make generalizations about tattooed people. It is irresponsible journalism and I want everyone to follow my lead and write a firmly stated letter to them showing them the flaws of this study!

TourThePast

The article is using a flawed sampling technique in order to make generalizations about tattooed people.

It is studying the amount of alcohol that people with tattoos have been drinking in a bar, compared to the amount of alcohol that other people have been drinking in the same bar.

Bearing in mind that neither of us have seen the protocols, what is the flaw in the methodology that you have identified, other than not liking the results of the study?

Nerdybookgirl

I am married to a tattoo artist and have 9 tattoos (most of them quite large). I've had one glass of wine this past year. I'm the library -working, cardigan wearing, coffee-guzzling, knitting-crazy variety of tattooed peeps

KandieLantz

I have a couple and Man, am I a rebel! (insert eyeroll here!) LOL

BalenciaLynn

Thats bogus, i have 7 tattoos and i dont drink at all

juicemoogan

I think their sample is a little biased..

Lets hit up a place where people go to drink to see how many of them drank..

how stupid is that..

Why not survey people in a park on a weekend day and see how many said they were drinkers or non drinkers.

You don't have to Breathalyze people yo get a yes or no answer.

ChristiH4000

Study shows that people who follow studies are studying.

MiloBloom83

Of course, I realized I misspelled "Tattoos" a half a second after it was too late :drinker:

The researchers asked nearly 3,000 young men and women as they were exiting bars on a Saturday night if they would take a breathalyzer test. Of those who agreed to take it, the researchers found that people with tattoos had consumed more alcohol than those without tattoos, the researchers said.

Previous studies have shown that tattooed individuals are more likely to engage in risky behaviors, such as unprotected sex, theft, violence and alcohol consumption, compared to people without tattoos

http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/16/11231236-tattooed-people-drink-more-says-new-study

They did this outside a bar, so 100% of "tattooed people" had been drinking. Yellow journalism at it's best. Next, insurance companies will want to raise the rates of its tattooed customers to cover their perceived risk increase.

kimdoes

Well, maybe they are getting inked because they are drunk...

mizjohnston

I have a tattoo and none of its true, at least not for me. That is a load of bull and I'll drink to that! :drinker: