A poll: ink double standards

I was pretty surprised about the responses, for a country that is so diverse there are more people here who judge rather than where I come from.

...and what planet would that be?
There are judgmental people everywhere.
They may judge one thing more harshly than another, but they still be judgin'!

And I don't judge by IF a person has tats or not, but rather HOW GOOD that ink is!

People have been getting tattooed for only 5,300 years or so. Give it time, the critics will come around.

Yes thissss ha

I really think tattoos still have a bad rap, at least in this country, because there was a period of time when the only people that seemed to get them where in jail or the military. I know my mom expressed that they "were for criminals" according to what she was taught growing up. I know my coworker from India said she didn't like tattoos because she remembers her grandmother having tattooed bits on her arms (traditional i believe) and so to her it seems too "old fashioned".

I thnk in the end, the negative responses are from people who either were raised to think about them a certain way (overhearing the elders talk about them, or someone in the family with one), or they are just "judgers" who probably find a lot of non-conservative things offensive, etc. And this is aside from personal preference, which i think is totally fine...we all have personal preferences, but that isn't the same as a "negative" response in regards to the convo here.

I loved tattoos as a kid, never got one because i didn't know what i could commit to and i was worried about being noticed or perhaps penalized (they weren't so popular back then LOL). I got my first one about 2 years ago at 42....the second one a year later, and i have more in the works. Why you ask? Because one day i ended up realizing "what on earth am i saving all this skin for - what a waste!" LOL. I think having permanent pieces of art on my body is awesome. I like the idea of having it forever, of accepting the imperfections and the artist's vision, etc...of course, this is after years of therapy to get over my need for perfection and control hahahaha!