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talkofthetown - > Talk of the Town -> Tattoos getting more artsy, but the canvas wrinkles
Tattoos getting more artsy, but the canvas wrinkles
Associated Press reporter Nick Divito has written a story about how tattoos are becoming more artsy in recent years.

They even can become invisible unless a black light shines upon them.

I think they can become job killers, but I'm just an old fashioned old guy.

My daughter, who is of all things a stock broker, has a few tattoos, but they are all in places that can be hidden with clothes.

Not that her clothes always hide them because after all, you get these things to show off.

I can take tattoos in small doses.  I'm more of the view that if people want to express themselves, do it with a t-shirt.

What's your take on inking up?

Posted by Steve E. Swenson

P.S. We will run Divito's story in Wednesday's Eye Street
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posted by talkofthetown on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 11:53 AM
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posted by coochee on Jun 19, 2007 at 12:46 PM

I love them. I have a few, all obnoxiously noticeable, and one that lies covert. It's a tattoo of a butt on my butt. ....I kid the Swensen!

posted by coochee on Jun 19, 2007 at 12:49 PM

And no, this isn'y my butt.....

posted by jfrancais on Jun 19, 2007 at 12:49 PM
I've always wanted to get one but I have never got one for security reasons and for the fact that it's permanent.
posted by flipmort on Jun 19, 2007 at 02:31 PM

My wife and I both have tattoos, and I want more. My only advice to anyone that thinks they want one, is to just make sure it's really what you want. I've seen too many "off the wall" tats that people later regret getting

posted by ehagedorn on Jun 19, 2007 at 06:29 PM
I have one that, so far, I don't regret. I can easily cover it up, and it's not of some stupid cartoon character that's only cute for the moment. (I know of at least five people who got Winnie the Pooh tattoos when I was in high school. Three totally regret that decision now.)

I think the wider acceptance of tattoos marks a shift between Generation Y and the generations that preceded it. Here's a great article from Fortune on Gen Yers entering the workforce. As the article says: "More than a third of 18- to 25-year-olds surveyed by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press have a tattoo, and 30 percent have a piercing somewhere besides their earlobe. But those are considered stylish, not rebellious."

But then again, tattoos have always been stylish to younger generations, right?
posted by AudreyB on Jun 20, 2007 at 01:16 PM
They look OK when their new, but once the ink has started to fade tattoos look like stains rather than art.
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