Study Shows People with Tatoos Drink More

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  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
    Correlation does not equal causation. That is all.
    EXACTLY!

    It is sad, and a bit worrying that so many people are saying the study is wrong, because either

    1. They don't drink
    2. They know someone with tattoos who does not drink
    3. Because they assume the study is saying that tattoos make you drink.

    Personally, I'm perfectly willing to believe that, statistically, people with tattoos drink more.

    There needs to be a bit more thought about this, and a bit less defensiveness...
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    We also cuss like truckers.

    NO its sailors, get it right suka! GAWL..

    I cuss worse than that & I don't have any tats.
  • MFPAddict
    MFPAddict Posts: 2,069 Member
    hmm interesting... *skips to the bar*

    WOW! Anyone else now have the urge to get a drink inducing tattoo?
  • sylvuz323
    sylvuz323 Posts: 468 Member
    So is there something wrong with drinking more? I bet we are happier too. :wink:
  • astroub
    astroub Posts: 289 Member
    Thinking of getting a tat.... Just Sayin'
  • jamiesadler
    jamiesadler Posts: 634 Member
    I'm clearly in the wrong line of work...you know those researchers got a huge grant to conduct that study...I'm going to apply for a grant to do a study to see if "Gingers" are more prone to sunburn than non-"Gingers".

    Me too I think Ill try for a grant to study if people who crap have a toilet.
    headline:
    Study shows99% of people who sit to crap have a toilet to sit on

    DEAR LORD this hits my list of useless infromation
  • kaetmarie
    kaetmarie Posts: 668 Member
    Correlation does not equal causation. That is all.
  • polarsjewel
    polarsjewel Posts: 1,725 Member
    My tattoo must be broken.

    This really did make me LOL.

    What a stupid bunch of bull *kitten*! I can't keep up with some of my friends who are not tattooed. What does that say about me and them??
  • kealambert
    kealambert Posts: 961 Member
    ahh, corelation is fun when it's presumed to also mean causation
  • Jen32285
    Jen32285 Posts: 281 Member
    Haha I have many tattoos. Currently have a quarter sleeve, working to a half sleeve. I drink once like every 6 months.
  • coyoteo
    coyoteo Posts: 532 Member
    I don't steal stuff!
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    Title should be "Study shows another reason people with Tattoos are awesome"
  • udallmom101
    udallmom101 Posts: 564 Member
    I have tattoos and I barely drink 3 times a year.. They will do a study on anything anymore. I am sure scientists can find something to research that will actually help the world.
  • inetgirl
    inetgirl Posts: 174 Member
    I call BS.. My hubby and I hardly ever drink.
  • umachanxo
    umachanxo Posts: 926 Member
    Popcorn.
  • jgwhite
    jgwhite Posts: 23
    This is backwards.... drunk people get more tatoos
  • runningfromzombies
    runningfromzombies Posts: 386 Member
    Clearly, people with tattoos have more fun. :drinker: Kidding! I have a tattoo and don't drink (and even at the height of my college partying days, every friend I had drank more often and more heavily than I did, and none of them are tattooed). But I reckon this study is a little limited in its scope--they should probably run further tests for greater accuracy, because honestly, that's a pretty small and limited sample size (as it's been pointed out, if you're at a bar to begin with, you're probably there to drink).
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 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

    Interesting. But all it shows is that the people had more alcohol in their system when walking out of the door, not more drinks in total!
  • marieautumn
    marieautumn Posts: 928 Member
    i only have a little tattoo and i only drink a little...so the study must be true. :laugh:
  • hersheythecat
    hersheythecat Posts: 117 Member
    maybe you have to have more than 3 for this to be true... I have 3 and I think I've had one drink in the past year. Now prior to have tats I drank more.
  • korsicash
    korsicash Posts: 770 Member
    SWEET it just means have more fun! Stupid studies! I don't drink at all (pancreas condition I can not drink so I mean none), married, and a good person I have 7
  • TeutonicKnight
    TeutonicKnight Posts: 367 Member
    This wins the prize for the stupidest *kitten* I've ever read.


    hahaha Couldn't agree more.....now lets get drunk and have some unprotected sex while skydiving through Iraq

    BWHAHAHAH!

    /wins thread
  • missoularocks
    missoularocks Posts: 294 Member
    It's cuz we get sooo thirsty sitting in a tattoo chair.
    I probably do drink more! :)~
  • InnerFatGirl
    InnerFatGirl Posts: 2,687 Member
    :laugh: ahahahaha, I have 5 tattoos and despise the taste, and effect, of alcohol. Even if I go out, I don't drink.
  • MFPAddict
    MFPAddict Posts: 2,069 Member
    Popcorn.

    People with tats eat more popcorn too?

    Listen all you tatted popcorn eating drunks, don't dare try to corner the market on M&Ms!!! :grumble:
  • AlSalzman
    AlSalzman Posts: 296 Member
    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

    Because we *kitten*#ng rock.


    \m/
  • DietingMommy08
    DietingMommy08 Posts: 1,345 Member
    I have 12 single tattoos and a half sleeve and guess what?!

    I DONT DRINK!
  • MrsORourke
    MrsORourke Posts: 315 Member
    I'll drink to that! :drinker:
  • pkgirrl
    pkgirrl Posts: 587
    I feel like the correlation equals causation in this study is backwards, and I'm calling it out for being poor science in general. I think a much more likely conclusion is people who are natural risk takers, are more like to drink more, as well as more likely to get tattoos.

    Or at the very least drinking more may result in getting more tattoos, on a particularly wild night :/
  • Grandysl
    Grandysl Posts: 189
    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

    Could it be that people who get drunk are more likely to get inked?

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