Study Shows People with Tatoos Drink More

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  • sheryllamb72
    sheryllamb72 Posts: 163 Member
    This is just one of those general links...

    Like people that are closer to the perfect ratio from eyes to nose have a greater amount of anti hepatitis (b) surface antigen, the same with testosterone levels in relation to body weight and the same antigen aswell...


    That's also like that other thing that they say about men with big feet..................................................................
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    .............wear bigger shoes!! :noway:

    LMAO :laugh: :tongue:
  • dlwyatt82
    dlwyatt82 Posts: 1,077 Member
    Maybe what's really happening is that drunk people are more likely to get a tattoo. :P
  • kealambert
    kealambert Posts: 961 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/

    I believe my tattoos are simply written reminders of what I've done, so I can at least have some sort of memory from 'the good times'
  • jcarnes66
    jcarnes66 Posts: 40 Member
    I have one tattoo....and I do drink a lot. Of water. :)
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,638 Member
    Correlation does not equal causation. That is all.

    Yep. studies like this imply that the tattoo is the cause as opposed to the type of people (as a group, not you the individual) tend to be more likely to take a risk.

    if you could show me a pre and post tattoo study and a persons behavior I might have more faith in the validity.

    The bigger issue is the media hyping or sensationalizing studies or part of the studies that are meant to titillate or show that researchers study stupid things.
  • angielautenbach
    angielautenbach Posts: 119 Member
    My husband has no tattoos and has a beer almost everynight. I have 2 tattoos and drink once a week.
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 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

    What is misleading about the study is, the tattoos don't magically make someone more likely to engage in risky behavior. It's really because people who have tattoos, generally have personality traits that make them risk takers, which is why they have tattoos in the first place. The tattoos don't turn them into risk-takers, they get tattoos because they already are risk-takers.

    Edit to add: I know there are exceptions to this. I'm just saying, that, in general, people who have tattoos tend to be free-spirited.
  • jaredsgirl1
    jaredsgirl1 Posts: 2
    I know lots of people who have tats, but never drink or have even had 1 drink in their life. This includes my husband. Tattoos do not have the same taboo that they used to have. They are seen as "body art" and many people get them to remember special occasions or people. I plan to get my kids names on my ankle/foot if I ever get the design down. Not a fair survey. I have also never had unprotected sex or committed a crime, although I do occasionally consider murder as an alternative to putting up with other people's stupidity! :D
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,252 Member
    Ok so I have a ton of tats and I drink like a fish. I also have a full time job and children. Somehow I dont think this makes me a degenerate. Studies like this are biased and unless they do a long term double blind study they are BS to
  • SPNLuver83
    SPNLuver83 Posts: 2,050 Member
    I'm covered in tattoos and I don't drink. Never been much of one either.
  • x__abbi__x
    x__abbi__x Posts: 97 Member
    I have 10 tattoos and only drink on rare occasions (birthdays etc)
    However I also have stomach ulcers so i'm not allowed to drink loads anyway lol
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    High intelligence levels are also linked with heavy alcohol consumption.
  • tropaze
    tropaze Posts: 317 Member
    Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. Just putting it out there though, I have a tattoo and rarely drink. My husband doesn't and drinks a lot more.
  • aldousmom
    aldousmom Posts: 382 Member
    I don't drink at all though. or do any drugs. We tattooed people are hardcore in this house.
  • jon40084
    jon40084 Posts: 175 Member
    I have a tattoo and am almost teetotal
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    They're brilliant for selecting a group of people exiting a bar for this study...
  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    They leave out what the age range was on the individuals and their background. Please continue posting useless broad information for all to believe
  • sl1ngsh0t
    sl1ngsh0t Posts: 326 Member
    Most of me is tattooed. It has nothing to do with anything.

    That is all.
  • kelsue35
    kelsue35 Posts: 463 Member
    maybe i should start going out more. i have 16 tattoos and havent had a drink in so long i dont remember the last time i did.. what a load of crap!
  • momo2011Tuck
    momo2011Tuck Posts: 49 Member
    This wins the prize for the stupidest *kitten* I've ever read.

    ^^ love this
  • MeliciousGibson
    MeliciousGibson Posts: 248 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?"
  • rammsteinsoldier
    rammsteinsoldier Posts: 1,552 Member
    Ridiculous
  • Montco_cancel
    Montco_cancel Posts: 74 Member
    This just in, the world is round.
  • Init_to_winit
    Init_to_winit Posts: 258 Member
    I have no tattoos and I drink like a fish!
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    I also saw in Men's Health that women who have more than three tattoos are more than twice as likely to have had more than 11 sexual partners than those with one--or no--tattoo. As I've said before, I love inked women.
  • SCVSarah
    SCVSarah Posts: 231 Member
    I have tattoos and I don't drink at all....
  • ElizaRoche
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    and thats why I dont have any single tattoo! lol
  • FitqueenT
    FitqueenT Posts: 120 Member
    I have no tattoos and I drink like a fish!

    This!! I'm working on it though....don't judge me! Ah ah
  • WarriorMom2012
    WarriorMom2012 Posts: 621 Member
    I know have an excuse for my excessive drinking and slutty behavior...it's because of my tattoos.

    I am no longer to be held responsible for my actions, it's the tattoo artists fault!

    Drinks on me...literally :drinker:
  • plcarpenter
    plcarpenter Posts: 83 Member
    Well, then I guess all politicians have tattoo's.

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