Study Shows People with Tatoos Drink More

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  • BlessedShauna777
    BlessedShauna777 Posts: 118 Member
    lol i have three....and i do not drink alcohol...hmmmmm :huh:
  • brittanidigby
    brittanidigby Posts: 247 Member
    LOL
  • Lula16
    Lula16 Posts: 628 Member
    This is backwards.... drunk people get more tatoos



    ^^^^ :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • SarLem81
    SarLem81 Posts: 115 Member
    It baffles me that someone paid for that research.
  • Pookylou
    Pookylou Posts: 988 Member
    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
    Kristy_Elizabeth Posts: 435
    My guy has a couple of really nice tattoos and he hardly drinks at all.
  • nakedsun
    nakedsun Posts: 115
    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
    jasperann Posts: 136 Member
    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
    taryn_09 Posts: 196 Member
    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
    Emancipated_Tai Posts: 751 Member
    So this explains my non-family related alcoholism… I’ve been looking for something to blame
  • Stefanie7125
    Stefanie7125 Posts: 462 Member
    uh, oh. I got some catching up to do!!
  • Elle_Jamaicangirl81
    Elle_Jamaicangirl81 Posts: 418 Member
    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_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    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
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    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
    DyannAlvarez Posts: 162 Member
    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
    Six6xiS Posts: 47 Member
    I have no tattoos at all, and I drink like a ****ing fish. What garbage.
  • Dayna154
    Dayna154 Posts: 910 Member
    Dumbest thing I have ever seen... Makes NO sense at all...
  • sbernardy
    sbernardy Posts: 188
    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
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    I'd like to slap all those people that waste their time and money on stupid studies that really are quite pointless.....lol
  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
    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
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
    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
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
    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
    Nerdybookgirl Posts: 105 Member
    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
    KandieLantz Posts: 423 Member
    I have a couple and Man, am I a rebel! (insert eyeroll here!) LOL
  • BalenciaLynn
    BalenciaLynn Posts: 411 Member
    Thats bogus, i have 7 tattoos and i dont drink at all
  • juicemoogan
    juicemoogan Posts: 994 Member
    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
    ChristiH4000 Posts: 531 Member
    Study shows that people who follow studies are studying.
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    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
    kimdoes Posts: 90
    Well, maybe they are getting inked because they are drunk...
  • mizjohnston
    mizjohnston Posts: 196 Member
    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:

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