So sick of seeing bad tattoos

[thonglovertx]

I read a meme one time that said: "Having a guy with a tattoo on his back is like having a magazine in the toilet. It gives you something to read when you're in the shitter."

[Rudynate]

 

Old is old, whether or not you're tattooed. Its possible that the subject in the photograph may actually enjoy the incongruity of being old and wrinkled and having a tattoo on her back that says "forever 18." You notice that she's wearing a somewhat revealing bathing suit. She may be in deep denial- or she just doesn't care what people think - one of the privileges of aging.

[+ StLouisOct]

Tats don't do a thing for me and I usually move on once I see them in a Rentmen photo. BUT, one of my favorite escorts has several and photos of him smiling inspired me to look past the body décor and contact him. I've always been pleased with myself for getting past my initial reaction. Time with him is well spent.

[+ DickyF]

The history of humankind includes all sorts of adornments and modifications of the body - how about the Mayans that elongated the skulls of babies, and the footbinding of young Chinese girls? Tattooing isn’t as drastic as those, but I have long thought that it would fade from popularity - though I don’t think it has much yet. I have been with several escorts lately though without any tattoos. Fabian Marco is one of them, as mentioned above.

I also figured the wearing of pants below the ass by teenage boys so their underwear is exposed would fade away too but I think it’s been around for 20 years or so now. It’s like the reverse of the old codpieces.

[MikeBiDude]

Tats don't do a thing for me and I usually move on once I see them in a Rentmen photo

So you will passing on a LOT of RM and leaving them for the rest of us

[MikeBiDude]

Old is old, whether or not you're tattooed. Its possible that the subject in the photograph may actually enjoy the incongruity of being old and wrinkled and having a tattoo on her back that says "forever 18." You notice that she's wearing a somewhat revealing bathing suit. She may be in deep denial- or she just doesn't care what people think - one of the privileges of aging.

I’ve no issue with her tattoo. I just question if it’s real, recent, or?

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3fjQa5Hls

[+ StLouisOct]

So you will passing on a LOT of RM and leaving them for the rest of us

Yep, but if they smile at me I may reconsider. :-)

[Rudynate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3fjQa5Hls

 

This. What's weird about tattoo threads is how often they devolve into a snide vindictiveness from the tattoo police.

[+ José Soplanucas]

This. What's weird about tattoo threads is how often they devolve into a snide vindictiveness from the tattoo police.

 

It is the puzzling need for disparaging others’ likes and preferences instead of focusing in your own.

If I have ever done that, I apologize. I will tatoo an apology in my left butt.

Edited December 7, 2017 by latbear4blk

[+ quoththeraven]

Since these both popped up on the same new posts page, I'm introducing the two most recent threads on tattoos to each other.

 

https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/escorts-and-so-many-tattoos.126978/

[+ Avalon]

Some even have their penis tattooed. That must have been painful.

[MikeyGMin]

I will admit that I'm completely biased. I think Kyle is one of the sexiest men around. I think he's the perfect blend of masculinity and a gay man who is comfortable with himself and not putting on faked mannerisms. His flame burns at the perfect level for my taste. I also think he has beautiful, well done tattoos.

 

But whether you like the look or not, for all of you who "just don't understand why someone would do that to their body" here is a pretty well thought-out explanation on why his ink is important to him.

 

[MikeSinz]

I don't know but I love all my tattoos I've never had somebody tell me anything negative about them. But at the same time Different Strokes for different folks.

Rentmen https://rentmen.com/MikeSinz/reviews/... http://www.daddysreviews.com/venue/usa/florida

https://m.adam4adam.com/?p=MikeSinz.

https://rentmasseur.com/Intosinz

[+ sniper]

I would never tell someone anything negative about their tattoo. What's the point? It would be obnoxious. (Well I suppose if they got something written in a language I knew and they didn't and it was something offensive, I might. Or if their tattoo was a swastika and not the Hindu one...).

 

But my general opinion of them is they only look good on people who look even better without them. Come to think of it, that's often true of many types of clothes as well...

 

Body modification is a whole other thing and those giant earlobe stretchers flat-out skeeve me out. The occasional piercing doesn't really have the same effect, but beyond a couple, I think it's just odd-looking.

[Chuckball]

I had an acquaintance in my youth whose father was probably the richest man in town. Gary, we called him, always wanted the best for himself and eventually had a magnificent eagle tattood on his upper left arm. The detail and art work were amazing.

As years passed, Gary fell on hard times and acted out criminally and was sent to prison for 3 years. Once inside, he had to cover his arm because the quality of the artwork marked Gary as someone who was either rich himself or had rich family members. He spent his whole sentence in fear of being muscled.

[BaronArtz]

I don't mind them at all. Live and let live. What makes me laugh, though, is when Caucasian men have Chinese characters tattooed on them - and don't understand the meaning. Here is a sample of Chinese characters I have seen at Crunch West 83rd, New York:

 

'stupid American'

'small dick'

...

[Rudynate]

I don't mind them at all. Live and let live. What makes me laugh, though, is when Caucasian men have Chinese characters tattooed on them - and don't understand the meaning. Here is a sample of Chinese characters I have seen at Crunch West 83rd, New York:

 

'stupid American'

'small dick'

...

 

And you know this, how? Do you read Chinese? That is a popular urban myth, but I doubt it's veracity. Unless you read Chinese, that would mean you were standing around talking about the men in question with someone who can read Chinese. In SF, there are people all over who can read Chinese, and I imagine NYC is similar. Nontheless, it doesn't have the ring of truth.

Edited December 11, 2017 by Rudynate

[wklucas]

And you know this, how? Do you read Chinese? That is a popular urban myth, but I doubt it's veracity. Unless you read Chinese, that would mean you were standing around talking about the men in question with someone who can read Chinese. In SF, there are people all over who can read Chinese, and I imagine NYC is similar. Nontheless, it doesn't have the ring of truth.

 

Well there was another tattoo thread here where I commented - in an interview, Stephen Curry admitted that he could not pronounce the words of his own Hebrew lettering tattoo.....he might have admitted in the same interview, that he really didn't even know what the Hebrew words actually meant either....for him, having Hebrew lettering just seemed chosen as being something "cool" & somewhat popular in some circles......anyway, with this whole thread & the OP saying that he was "so sick of seeing bad tattoos".....my first reaction was that the OP should just stick a knife in both of his eyes.....thus solving this 1 problem.....albeit maybe creating another

Edited December 11, 2017 by wklucas

[Rudynate]

Well there was another tattoo thread here where I commented - in an interview, Stephen Curry admitted that he could not pronounce the words of his own Hebrew lettering tattoo.....he might have admitted in the same interview, that he really didn't even know what the Hebrew words actually meant either....for him, having Hebrew lettering just seemed chosen as being something "cool" & somewhat popular in some circles......anyway, with this whole thread & the OP saying that he was "so sick of seeing bad tattoos".....my first reaction was that the OP should just stick a knife in both of his eyes.....thus solving this 1 problem.....albeit maybe creating another

 

As I remember, he said the Hebrew was his favorite Bible verse and couldn't say what it was when pressed. I don't think it's so significant that he couldn't pronounce the Hebrew. I don't think the fact that he got a tattoo imposes on him the obligation of also being a linguist.

 

It's just that the story about the Chinese characters always comes up. The way in which it is always told signals that it is every bit as much of an urban myth as the Mrs Fields cookie recipe.

 

There's an unattractive sub-text here also- that the guy getting the tattoo is, in a way, getting his just penalty for having the temerity to get tattooed. He's forever doomed to go through life a laughing stock.

 

It also sheds light on the common attitude that tattoos are OK if they "mean something." People ask me from time to time what my tats "mean." I say "nothing, really, they're just images I like." They're disappointed that I don't have an interesting story to relate about what they mean.

Edited December 11, 2017 by Rudynate

[wklucas]

As I remember, he said the Hebrew was his favorite Bible verse and couldn't say what it was when pressed. I don't think it's so significant that he couldn't pronounce the Hebrew. I don't think the fact that he got a tattoo imposes on him the obligation of also being a linguist.

 

It's just that the story about the Chinese characters always comes up. The way in which it is always told signals that it is every bit as much of an urban myth as the Mrs Fields cookie recipe.

 

There's an unattractive sub-text here also- that the guy getting the tattoo is, in a way, getting his just penalty for having the temerity to get tattooed. He's forever doomed to go through life a laughing stock.

 

It also sheds light on the common attitude that tattoos are OK if they "mean something." People ask me from time to time what my tats "mean." I say "nothing, really, they're just images I like." They're disappointed that I don't have an interesting story to relate about what they mean.

 

I'll simply say that IF the tattoo is/was Curry's "favorite Bible verse", I maintain that he should at least be able to pronounce it out loud....or at least, have the tattoo written in English so that he could actually recite his favorite verse.....English is/was apparently the only way that he knew his own favorite verse anyway.

 

(long ago, attended a fundraiser for a social cause at a friend's home in the Bay area....cocktails & hors d'oeuvres in their garden....on arrival, 1 group of men (& women) gathered around w/ former 49er Joe Montana.....another group was "socializing" w/Debby Fields....I passed on the opportunity to meet Debby.....when Bruce Springsteen & wife Patti showed up, I wandered away from Montana too)

[Rudynate]

I'll simply say that IF the tattoo is/was Curry's "favorite Bible verse", I maintain that he should at least be able to pronounce it out loud....or at least, have the tattoo written in English so that he could actually recite his favorite verse.....English is/was apparently the only way that he knew his own favorite verse anyway.

 

(long ago, attended a fundraiser for a social cause at a friend's home in the Bay area....cocktails & hors d'oeuvres in their garden....on arrival, 1 group of men (& women) gathered around w/ former 49er Joe Montana.....another group was "socializing" w/Debby Fields....I passed on the opportunity to meet Debby.....when Bruce Springsteen & wife Patti showed up, I wandered away from Montana too)

 

 

If he's a Jew, of course he should know his favorite Bible verse in Hebrew. Otherwise English would be just fine. To think that a non-Jew should be able to recite a favorite Bible verse in Hebrew is just priggishness. The fact that he didn't have the verse on tap doesn't reveal anything horrible about him- just a bit of shallowness. When in the popular culture, have we ever penalized shallowness? I'm catching a whiff of racism in the excessive priggishness.

[wklucas]

If he's a Jew, of course he should know his favorite Bible verse in Hebrew. Otherwise English would be just fine. To think that a non-Jew should be able to recite a favorite Bible verse in Hebrew is just priggishness. The fact that he didn't have the verse on tap doesn't reveal anything horrible about him- just a bit of shallowness. When in the popular culture, have we ever penalized shallowness? I'm catching a whiff of racism in the excessive priggishness.

 

can't let that stand without comment & then I'm outta this thread....not a hint of racism (or "priggishness" - whatever that is, I'm sure) intended or hinted at.....I simply think that anybody who wants to put any foreign lettering voluntarily, permanently emblazoned onto their body should be able to at least vocalize those same few words in that same language......I guess you're ok with simply having him able to say what the lettering means.....I simply say he should also be able to at least say the words out loud too in addition to maybe knowing what they mean......& oh yeah, I like Stephen - seems like a fun personality / fun guy in interviews....overall hot look the kid has too.

[Rudynate]

I simply think that anybody who wants to put any foreign lettering voluntarily, permanently emblazoned onto their body should be able to at least vocalize those same few words in that same language.

 

Or else what? What should the consequence of such omission be?

[wklucas]

Or else what? What should the consequence of such omission be?

 

 

the loss of my respect should be enough ......but in his particular case, maybe lynching :)