People in their 20s with tons of tattoos genuinely think they're better than you and there are very few exceptions, amirite?

Paragraphs dude, use them

by batzjonathon 2 days ago

Sorry :/ mobile and I forgot to go back and put them in

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Cool people write in paragraphs

by Eduardowalker 2 days ago

You're right, I'm sorry for the wall that's my bad lol

by Anonymous 2 days ago

You don't understand the culture of my city lol. I've often been only one out of groups of ten+ people without a single tattoo. One time we raised our hands in a college class and I was literally the only one without a tattoo. Even the swifties are expected to have at least one tattoo in my city

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Uhh Pittsburgh is like 200 miles from the east coast

by Eduardowalker 2 days ago

Pittsburgh is exactly Midwest my guy. It's culturally very similar to Cleveland and Detroit.

by Eduardowalker 2 days ago

lol I mean Pittsburgh is not Portland, right? Think east coast Portland

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Any other city on the east coast*** I should clarify

by Anonymous 2 days ago

What's with all the alt people hate recently

by Anonymous 2 days ago

that's what i want to know. it's annoying. i see it on youtube too

by Sudden_Valuable 2 days ago

Sounds like you value art differently

by hattie04 2 days ago

Exactly. And that's okay. I at least check myself when I think these people are stupid for getting tattoos and understand that they prefer to wear art they like on their bodies. I remind myself that they don't have to align with the way I think. I like a lot of the tattoos my friends have gotten in terms of how it suits them / the art itself.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

that's the key, realizing you don't have to agree with someone's choice to respect it.

by hattie04 2 days ago

That's my issue, is that they write me off/don't show me the same respect as my tatted friends upon first meeting and engaging in small talk. I have to push harder to make my way in. I can do it, I just don't like that I have to to begin with. You can at least be polite and pretend someone exists for a second, ya know?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Yeah no. This is just insecurity

by deannamohr 1 day ago

My city has often been equated to Portland lmao. Not to mention my best friends (who have thick lined sailor tats and near sleeves) AGREE WITH ME. And agree that people treat you differently based on this.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

This is still just an insecurity.

by deannamohr 1 day ago

Stereotypes are crutches for lazy thinkers Irony intended

by Domenico35 1 day ago

What is everyone walking around nude. How do people even confirm someone's lack of a tattoo upon sight to treat them as you're describing?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

lol I suppose you're right that in winter time, the playing field is evened. No wonder it feels differently. I live in a state where it's pretty warm in spring and fall and HOT in the summer like high 90s usually. People are showing a lot of skin from around April/may to sometimes the end of October. Also they dress in a way to display their tats.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Also, all of these people have facial piercings as well. At the very least a nose hoop. In fact idk that I've ever seen someone with tons of tats but no facial piercings unless they are male

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Good guess but no. East coast Portland.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I don't have tats and never really experienced this, I don't think anyone really cares. Maybe you're not that interesting AND mostly interact with people who have tattoos, could explain it

by Anonymous 1 day ago

That's why I prefaced this by saying that this culture is unique to my city. I think that's why people aren't getting it. Anyone who lives in my city would know exactly what I'm talking about (and they do because my tatted best friends HAVE AGREED WITH ME ABOUT THIS)

by Anonymous 1 day ago

ashville?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Good guess but no

by Anonymous 1 day ago

What is it with non tattooed people projecting their insecurities onto people with them? You feeling left out is nobody's fault but yours lol. Talking about a visible common interest with someone else doesn't mean they feel better than you, it just means you don't share that interest.

by deannamohr 1 day ago

Would you say this if I revealed I was talking about Portland? (I'm not but my city is basically an east coast Portland lol)

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Yes

by deannamohr 1 day ago

I'm not being naive, you're being insecure because you're not included in a conversation about something you don't care as much about. It's no different than 2 people starting a conversation about sports because one of them sees a team logo. If you're around and not a sports fan, you probably won't be a part of that conversation. It doesn't mean they think they're better than you. It just means they share a common interest that you don't. People aren't obligated to make you feel included lol

by deannamohr 1 day ago

Okay, now what if talking about sports was the PREDOMINANT way of engaging with others or starting convo and you're the only one not wearing a Jersey because you don't care about sports. They coming up to you? I know it's no one's job to include me, hence why I push in and prove myself when I need to. That's fine, I just wish we could engage in other forms of small talk with each other. It's like it's the only thing people feel comfortable saying to each other anymore if that makes sense. Small talk has gradually gotten so uncomfortable for us that this is one of the only low stress ways to smoothly introduce yourself to someone (at least around here it's a really successful intro). Which sucks when you don't have tats because people don't approach you. That's okay, I can do the approaching. I just wish it wasn't that way. This is unpopular opinion after all.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

You are confusing a lack of a shared interest with someone else feeling like they're better than you. These are not the same thing.

by deannamohr 1 day ago

Sounds like you're projecting

by Signal-Avocado1138 1 day ago

Hardly limited to tattoos. Young people in general think they know better. They see what the older generations did wrong and think they will do better but often do the same bs when they are that age. Its the arrogance of youth without the excuse of experience

by Alejandrin19 1 day ago

I'm the same. No interest in tatoos. Only 1 I got is pixelated mario 1up mushroom on the side of my lower abdomen

by Anonymous 1 day ago

So we don't do paragraphs anymore?

by Armstrongstanfo 1 day ago

I find tattoos generally quite boring if I'm being honest, I appreciate the skill and creativity involved but rarely meet anyone with an interesting story behind their markings. That said, I wouldn't take away the pleasure people get from them, it's just that more often than not people get them just because other people have them.

by AccomplishedPair 1 day ago

lol being singled out in a college classroom when we did a show of hands and I was the only one without a single tat, my heavily tatted best friends AGREEING with me about this aspect of MY city (it has a very unique and predominant artist culture). You're not understanding that this is HOW people introduce themselves to each other in my city. It's one of the first things out of their mouths. I think part of this is we don't have as much small talk anymore. Pair that with the tat epidemic in my city, and you get people simply not coming up to you if you don't present alternatively enough.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

You're overthinking a trifle.

by East-Title-9576 1 day ago

You've clearly never been to my city. Heavily tatted best friends agree with me about this aspect of city culture.

by Anonymous 1 day ago