In my experience, it's true. They are not the funny "teehee I have depression and anxiety" type either. Many of them are batshit insane and are probably daydreaming about chewing your face off or doing some other fucked up shit.
| by Anonymous | reply 100 | November 15, 2021 3:46 AM |
The ones who cover their faces and necks, yes. Then you have the fat chicks who think tattoos are covering up cellulite and fat rolls. Just deluded. They are definitely over done and it's time for them to go out of the mainstream again.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 1, 2021 8:48 PM |
It may be boring R1, but let's discuss. It is a datalounge meme
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 1, 2021 8:49 PM |
Google shows studies that point to that OP, have a look.
I mean just a tat here and there means nothing, especially if they're covered, but the sleeves and face and neck tats would seem very problematic.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 1, 2021 8:51 PM |
Yes, they are trying to hide.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 1, 2021 8:51 PM |
They're almost as mentally ill as fat nellie prisspots like OP are.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 1, 2021 8:59 PM |
They're attention whores, they want everyone to look at them.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 1, 2021 9:02 PM |
I have a theory that a lot of heavily tattooed people are depressed/lonely/missing some purpose in their life-and they temporarily lift that depression or fill a void by getting another tattoo. Then the lift fades and they start over.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 1, 2021 9:05 PM |
I never leave my house, nor look at any cultural touchstones after 1989.
Mother's afghan and doilies are a great comfort to me.
I smell like clean diapers and stale farts.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 1, 2021 9:08 PM |
I'm 33 years old. I was 2 in 1989.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 1, 2021 9:12 PM |
For some I think it is an addiction to the pain, the pain that releases endorphins and adrenaline, not unlike cutting. Some misguided fools think it makes them look cool and edgy instead of just dumb.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 1, 2021 9:14 PM |
They are overdone and when every grannie and soccer mom is covered in them they've lost any "edgy" factor they once had. They've become boring.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 1, 2021 9:17 PM |
Yes^^..not having a tattoo is more individualistic now.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 1, 2021 9:39 PM |
I have one small one on my arm and I hate it.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 1, 2021 9:46 PM |
Yes.
Also extreme piercings and crazy colored hair. Oh, and “beringedness”.
Doesn’t mean we don’t love them, though. It’s just an outward manifestation.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 1, 2021 9:51 PM |
People with tattoos get really defensive when someone doesn't love their tattoos (see R9). After all, tattoos are permanent and no one wants to know that they permanently look silly and deranged so they lash out at even the slightest criticism. According to them, if you don't like tattoos you're dumb, or old, or square, or fat, etc.
I saw a study once that said that people cover themselves in tattoos as a way to "claim" their skin, specifically from a sexual abuser. Sometimes when I see sleeve tatts I assume the person was diddled as a kid and is still reeling from the assault. So I mostly pity the overly tatted.
Or maybe I'm just dumb or square, etc.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 1, 2021 9:52 PM |
I don't mind if it's a tattoo or two, but to cover your entire body...especially the face and neck makes me question....what happened to them in their lives. It seems to be a compensation of something.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 1, 2021 9:57 PM |
FUCK YOU OP, FFFFUCK YOU.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 1, 2021 9:57 PM |
R16 I read people who use the word “diddled” are diddlers themselves. That’s what I read.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 1, 2021 9:58 PM |
R13, my 18-year old is facing peer pressure to get one. She’ll praise the ones her friends have but that’s not good enough. Her “best” friend called her a pussy for not getting inked up. I tried explaining about people who feel attacked if other people don’t hew to the same exact agenda. *looks around DL*
She has a friend who’s 17 and has some stars tatted on her cheekbone. I asked how she found an artist in NYC who’d work on an underage person. Some person she knew did it prison-style with a needle and ink, somehow. I had a friend in the 80s who gave herself a small teardrop on her forearm that way. She was a complete borderline who is covered in them, now.
I imagine these people tearing through life, chewing up the scenery, chasing something they’ll never catch. It’s sad.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 1, 2021 9:59 PM |
I only hate when they’re speckled all over your body like fridge magnets. Like a rainbow heart, a tribal band and Bart Simpson on one arm.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 1, 2021 10:00 PM |
You know, OP said “heavily” tattooed.
I don’t think anyone thinks that a small discreet tattoo is a sign of mental illness. It’s not. But there’s a point where it becomes a red flag.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 1, 2021 10:02 PM |
Mamma meet my boyfriend....
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 23 | October 1, 2021 10:47 PM |
Did he tattoo his one eyeball blue??^^
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | October 1, 2021 10:49 PM |
[quote] I only hate when they’re speckled all over your body like fridge magnets. Like a rainbow heart, a tribal band and Bart Simpson on one arm.
I wouldn’t say ‘only,’ but those are definitely the worst. When you look like a two-year-old took a marker to you, then something’s wrong. I find the randomness disturbing, and wonder how they can stand looking at that mess all day.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | October 1, 2021 10:50 PM |
I just assume diddled as a child and they're covering up their body so they can never be naked again or some extreme fucked up childhood and they prefer this to drugs or alcohol to cope.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | October 1, 2021 10:51 PM |
[quote] my 18-year old is facing peer pressure to get one. She’ll praise the ones her friends have but that’s not good enough. Her “best” friend called her a pussy for not getting inked up.
R20 tell your niece that these days it’s radical and punk *not* to dye your hair and get piercings or tattoos like every other person young & old is doing (up to and including gymbros, Frauen & the lamest sheeple tumblr/TikTok users). I bet the coolest most marginal freaks at her school aren’t getting ink (or bullying other kids about it).
Resisting trends, insidious marketing, and mainstream societal/peer pressure is what being a rebel is all about.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | October 1, 2021 11:02 PM |
I’ve heard that people with many tats are very introverted they want people to back off
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | October 1, 2021 11:07 PM |
Do we have one "tattoos are the sign of mental illness" troll or is this conventional DL wisdom shared by multiple shutins?
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | October 1, 2021 11:09 PM |
I believe so and keyword "heavily".
I also learned from DL that people who wear rings on every finger are mentally ill and I've actually found that also to be true.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | October 1, 2021 11:11 PM |
Are the "I hate tattoos" threads created by the same Klan grannies who start all the "I hate rap music" threads?
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | October 1, 2021 11:16 PM |
I'm always surprised how dedicated they are to their tats. They really mean something to them, and they wouldn't change a thing.
How can you be so certain you'll always feel the same?
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | October 1, 2021 11:17 PM |
Sometimes OP? The really psycho ones also have holes drilled everywhere along with studs, spikes, and a few well-placed horns on their person.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | October 1, 2021 11:20 PM |
My theory is : no more circuses, so now everyone wants to loik like the old circus freaks, the tatoo'd man. Attention seeking low lifes
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | October 1, 2021 11:22 PM |
In my personal experience, yes
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | October 1, 2021 11:25 PM |
[quote] How can you be so certain you'll always feel the same
I’m certain I won’t. I’ve done a 180 on numerous options in my life, so tattoos always seem like a dodgy idea.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | October 1, 2021 11:32 PM |
‘Options’ should be ‘opinions,’ but my options have changed too.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | October 1, 2021 11:32 PM |
It wont stop me from chowing down on a hot dick,but I cant say they are a big turn on either. A couple are fine,and can be sexy,dozens just make you look mentally ill. Again,not that itll stop me from doing you !
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | October 1, 2021 11:36 PM |
Some of those tattoos are well done and are very artistic and beautiful..in the hands of the right tattoo artist. If you're going to have them, at least make sure they are quality. The rinky-dink, self tattoo...or the person doing it is inexperienced...using you for practice is really a disaster, being permanent. I think of that guy in the movie...The King Of Staten Island. Those tattoos were horrid.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | October 1, 2021 11:59 PM |
[quote] if you don't like tattoos you're dumb, or old, or square, or fat
That covered all the points, I think.
THREAD CLOSED
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | October 2, 2021 12:42 AM |
Every gang thug has shit all over their face so question answered.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | October 2, 2021 12:46 AM |
[Quote]if you don't like tattoos you're dumb, or old, or square, or fat
Tell that to all the fat chicks most of whom also have fluorescent hair and piercings.
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | October 2, 2021 12:49 AM |
Just avoid those with hideous tattoos as there's no need to psychoanalyze them.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | October 2, 2021 12:49 AM |
There is a link between tattoos and completed suicide. Thomas Joiner, in his interpersonal theory of suicide, posits that people who kill themselves have become habituated to pain in some capacity, whether through physical or sexual abuse, combat, self-mutilation, tattoos, etc.
More broadly, Joiner's theory states that suicide is difficult, and that certain factors have to line up in a single individual (desire for suicide plus capacity for suicide) to lead to a successful suicide.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | October 2, 2021 1:01 AM |
Top Chef has led me to believe that all people in food service must get tattoos.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | October 2, 2021 1:25 AM |
[quote] Then you have the fat chicks who think tattoos are covering up cellulite and fat rolls.
They are tragically wrong. If anything, they look significantly WORSE! Tattoos on a lean, muscled body look radically different from tattoos on what looks like a roll of sausage.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | October 2, 2021 1:40 AM |
Just like the people who gauge their ears, tattoo lovers haven't thought about how they'll look in their 70s and 80s. So much skin will grow limp and just hang on their bodies. I'm in my 60s and my nipples have fallen two inches. It's inevitable.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | October 2, 2021 1:48 AM |
I really don’t have a problem with heavy tattoos…they’re expressive, and some are quite imaginative, and really artistic. I don’t like facial/neck tattoos though…I do think they’re sometimes indicative of mental illness.
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | October 2, 2021 2:05 AM |
If I had a lot of disposable income I would invest in companies doing advanced tattoo removal procedures. As gen x/ millennials/gen z realize how dumb a lot of their stupid ink looks there’s going to be a huge rush to remove it all.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | October 2, 2021 2:07 AM |
[quote] I'm in my 60s and my nipples have fallen two inches. It's inevitable.
Are you a female? If so, yes, that’s probably inevitable, but I’m a 67 year old male, and my nipples are right where they always were. It’s not inevitable at all, unless you’re a fat.
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | October 2, 2021 2:11 AM |
Many of these dudes cover themselves with ink in an attempt to reclaim their bodies as their own after years of sexual abuse. At least that's what my shrink told me.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 52 | October 2, 2021 2:22 AM |
They’re all trash. And the heavily tatted are dick wilters for me, nothing remotely sexually attractive about them.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | October 2, 2021 2:31 AM |
I have been saying this for years. Shit tons of tattoos = Broken
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | October 2, 2021 2:41 AM |
[quote] If you're going to have them, at least make sure they are quality.
The problem is even the best tattoos will look like crap when you get old. The ink blurs and fades, your skin changes eventually even the best tattoo will look like shit, but everyone wants to live for today and screw tomorrow.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | October 2, 2021 2:47 AM |
If I had it all to do over, I might get a full-body tattoo, of a tan.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | October 2, 2021 3:16 AM |
I remember a conversation I had about such people I had with a friend. When I expressed wonderment about how they would look when they aged, the response was that they wouldn’t live long enough to get old.
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | October 2, 2021 4:12 AM |
Not really, just epidermically unattractive.
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | October 2, 2021 5:16 AM |
Why do so many chefs have tattoos? Are they all crazy?
| by Anonymous | reply 60 | October 2, 2021 9:03 AM |
Another thread about the tattooed children. I'll repeat what I said last time:
As a toddler, I'd draw on anything. But I grew out of it.
| by Anonymous | reply 61 | October 2, 2021 9:06 AM |
I have two psychiatrist friends in two different parts of the world and both have volunteered a resounding Yes to the mentally ill question. Neither is one to offer much unprovoked insight about their work, though another thing they both commented upon is that true hoarders are incurable, untreatable — lost causes — they can only be managed a bit in some circumstances under strict, daily supervision.
I'm inclined to agree on the tattoos. Past a certain point it's indicative of some problems. I'm not bothered by tattoos myself, excepting the gruesome face ones that look they they were done in prison, with a spoon, or the pointilist drawings of ugly babies or Mee-Maws or some gangster who got caught in crossfire. But letting them spread too far on the parts of the body that cannot be easily clothed is generally a bad sign. Genuinely artistic tattoos that are considered in their placement are sometimes interesting.
The very worst are the people who tell that you as if it were a revelation, "And each one of them has a story or is somehow important to me" prefatory to telling each fucking lowlife story of "portraits" of their whole trailer park. I would fucking hope each one tells a story or is important to you—otherwise you've marked yourself for life with the name of some chick who sucked your dick once in a toilet in a biker bar.
| by Anonymous | reply 62 | October 2, 2021 11:11 AM |
DL catnip:
[quote]"Pierced identities: Body modification, borderline personality features, identity, and self-concept disturbances."
[quote]Abstract: Little is known about the connection between body modification and borderline personality disorder (BPD). This study investigated the relation between a wide range of body modification practices (piercing, tattooing, scarification, pubic hair removal, and cosmetic surgery) and BPD features, with a special focus on identity and identity dysfunction, in an adult community sample (N = 330). Results indicated BPD features were positively correlated with total number of body modifications and breadth of body modification practices endorsed, as well as, specifically, increased piercings, tattoos, and scarifications. Furthermore, identity problems (i.e., identity diffusion and low self-concept clarity) were associated with body modifications. Implications of these findings are discussed, including their heuristic value in understanding body modification in light of its connection to BPD (and particularly identity/self-concept functions).
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 63 | October 2, 2021 11:27 AM |
Correlation is not causation.
Those studies are like the one that says people who drink diet sodas die sooner. There's no actual connection that we know of (as of yet) that says diet soda causes death. The same goes for the body modification studies. The primary problem with them is that the definition of body modification differs; some consider plastic surgery for eye bags the same as earlobe stretching, for instance.
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | October 2, 2021 11:31 AM |
[quote] I'm not bothered by tattoos myself
[quote]The very worst are the people who tell that you as if it were a revelation, "And each one of them has a story or is somehow important to me" prefatory to telling each fucking lowlife story of "portraits" of their whole trailer park. I would fucking hope each one tells a story or is important to you—otherwise you've marked yourself for life with the name of some chick who sucked your dick once in a toilet in a biker bar.
You're pretty obviously bothered by tattoos.
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | October 2, 2021 11:32 AM |
No, R65, only by really trashy or bad tattoos.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 66 | October 2, 2021 12:40 PM |
Oh, the joy a bad tattoo used to be able to bring! I remember this guy who had a flaming switchblade on his forearm. It was okay, the problem was the overly ornate characters used. It was supposed to say ‘Sick Boy,’ but looked more like ‘Lick Boy.”
| by Anonymous | reply 67 | October 2, 2021 1:44 PM |
The heavily tattooed will all soften in the crispness of the design and blur together as people age....so, they'll end up looking like a saggy purple people eater.
| by Anonymous | reply 69 | October 2, 2021 2:24 PM |
A couple of tattoos...ok, but a body full of them...couldn't you get blood poisoning when every inch of your body is pricked and inked?
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | October 2, 2021 2:29 PM |
[quote] If you're going to have them, at least make sure they are quality.
Just like your ketchup and mayonnaise.
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | October 2, 2021 2:32 PM |
What if the people who start threads like this are REALLY the mentally ill ones...?
| by Anonymous | reply 72 | October 2, 2021 2:43 PM |
Someone here once said that if you must get a tattoo it shouldn’t be any larger than your penis.
| by Anonymous | reply 74 | October 2, 2021 3:07 PM |
I have four tattoos and will probably get more, but they can indeed be really trashy. Chest and collarbone tats are almost as bad as neck or face tattoos for me.
| by Anonymous | reply 75 | October 2, 2021 3:24 PM |
One of my best friends (gay) is covered in tattoos. He has a very good, responsible corporate job and has never done anything remotely batshit crazy.
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | October 2, 2021 3:27 PM |
^^^Your friend was a victim of sexual abuse. Guaranteed.
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | October 2, 2021 3:41 PM |
For the last 20 years, I have considered “quality tattoos “ as a sign of wealth. My job places me in close quarters with business/law school types. Oh, the stories there bodies can tell! They never miss a chance to REVEAL the intimate details of just why and how this glorious art was printed on their body. Shit, I would rather see the sloppy stick and poke tattoos. At least you know they like to party. The people that cover themselves in tats, make six figures, and brew kombucha can kiss my ass. And you just know they have never been arrested, or participated in a bar fight.
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | October 2, 2021 3:48 PM |
R78 You're a presumptuous know-it-all. I know him very well, he wasn't a victim of any kind of abuse, except bullying from other kids for being gay.
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | October 2, 2021 3:49 PM |
Also, there are the folks I’ve met that, I guess, unknowingly get symbols that are associated with skinheads and far-right ideologies. “Whoops! My bad! I just liked the design!”
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 81 | October 2, 2021 4:07 PM |
Some Illustrated Man types aren't all bad; there are jolly tubby guys who are covered with Disney cartoons who attract and adore the attention from children.
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | October 2, 2021 4:32 PM |
Maybe?
[quote]Upstate New York Man Allegedly Carjacked a Woman and Her Two-Year-Old at Gunpoint Before Driving Into a Ditch
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 83 | October 2, 2021 5:37 PM |
This thread is dumb and so is the title, which presupposes (without presenting evidence) that there's a connection between tattoos and mental illness. It's like saying, "Are women who wear yellow clothes mean cunts? In my experience, it's true." Are people who get tattooed in other cultures mentally ill? Africans, Polynesians? People have been tattooed for centuries. Just because your generation or your dad's didn't do it, it doesn't mean they were any saner than anyone else.
| by Anonymous | reply 84 | October 2, 2021 10:24 PM |
I remember reading a study that said that people who have more than one or two tattoos usually have very low self-esteem. I can’t help but think that now when I see anyone with a bunch of ink.
| by Anonymous | reply 85 | October 2, 2021 10:30 PM |
R84 Spot on. No relation at all.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 87 | October 3, 2021 3:58 AM |
[quote] Many of these dudes cover themselves with ink in an attempt to reclaim their bodies as their own after years of sexual abuse.
Why do some posters make everything about sexual abuse? Fraus?
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | October 3, 2021 4:09 AM |
R86 oh yeah, completely sane. I see no problem here.
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | October 3, 2021 4:35 AM |
Everything, including tattoos, is contextual, and mental illness is a social construct, r84.
That tattoos have been linked to mental illness in the West in no way reflects other cultures, who have different ideas about both mental illness and tattoos.
[quote]Are tattoos associated with negative health-related outcomes and risky behaviors?
[quote]Results: We find that the presence, number, and specific features of tattoos are positively correlated with two of the health-related outcomes (ever diagnosed with a mental health issue and trouble sleeping) and all three of the risky behaviors (P < .05). Magnitudes are larger for those with multiple, visible, and offensive tattoos.
[quote]Conclusions: Our results suggest that individuals with tattoos are more likely to engage in risky behaviors relative to their non-tattooed counterparts, which may lead to health consequences. Dermatologists, healthcare providers, and public health advocates should recognize that having a tattoo(s) is a potential marker for mental health issues and risky behaviors.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 90 | October 3, 2021 4:51 PM |
When you look at this pic of Georgia May Jagger and Paris Jackson at Vivienne Westwood’s Womenswear Spring/Summer 2022 show, the heavily tattooed Jackson simply looks dirty. The tattoos kill Jackson's look. Rather than make her look edgy, she looks like a mental patient.
From the neck up, she is far more classically beautiful than Jagger. From the neck down, Jackson's haphazardly placed toddler scribbles scream damaged goods.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 91 | October 3, 2021 5:17 PM |
[quote]I remember reading a study that said that people who have more than one or two tattoos usually have very low self-esteem. I can’t help but think that now when I see anyone with a bunch of ink.
What would be the point of a study to determine the level of self esteem of people who have one or two tattoos? Was it really a study, or just an opinion? Anyway, low self esteem is not a mental illness.
| by Anonymous | reply 92 | October 3, 2021 5:27 PM |
Paris Jackson’s tattoos are a real shame, because she is stunning
| by Anonymous | reply 93 | October 5, 2021 2:20 PM |
R84 The cunt can remove the yellow clothing. The tattoos just stare back at her as they blur and sag and fade and change color.
ALL tattoos eventually become mistakes.
| by Anonymous | reply 94 | October 5, 2021 2:39 PM |
Bottom line is I highly doubt anyone will ever refuse to hire you, refuse have sex with you, think negatively of you, think you are insane or think you look dirty for not having tattoos.
| by Anonymous | reply 95 | October 7, 2021 1:18 AM |
R8, darlin, those are DLers.
| by Anonymous | reply 96 | October 7, 2021 1:37 AM |
Guys with no tattoos at all are the hottest. It's something about being completely naked with nothing on at all that does it. Guys with lots of tattoos seem like they're still partially covered. Sadly they can never get completely naked.
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | November 14, 2021 6:19 AM |
They may or may not be really mentally ill, but it is a dating deal-breaker for me.
| by Anonymous | reply 99 | November 14, 2021 2:01 PM |
There's something inherently contradictory in modifying your body to stand out from everyone else, and then complaining that, as a result, people don't treat you as they do everyone else.
| by Anonymous | reply 100 | November 15, 2021 3:46 AM |
