OP, why did you do this?

you've been here long enough to know every tattoo thread ends the same.

- tattooed members avoid them
- tattooed noobs get flamed
- ignorant morons who only fuck in the missionary position come in to call names, flame, and generally act like, well, ignorant morons

to address your original question, the mentality of "why do you NEED that" or "i judge people that do ____ much differently" spans every hobby and interest it isn't limited to just guns or tattoos. it comes from ignorance and on this site specifically the belief that being a fiscal conservative or libertarian also means you have to be a social conservative.

here is a PERFECT example of this:

this statement could apply to
tattoos
guns
motorcycles
cars
clothing
hair style
musical taste
etc

If you want one, get one. If you don't, don't

Summed up nicely.  It's not for me either, but why should someone give a fuck what some strangers do with their bodies?

i wish it were that simple, but the anti-tattoo crowd around here trolls every tattoo thread that pops up to inject their "wisdom" by calling members scumbags or thugs and ridicule them for getting a tattoo in the first place...

the anti-tattoo crowd are more like the average uneducated liberal who isn't actively seeking to take your guns, but will try their hardest to alienate you for it, dissuade you from purchasing one, and make you regret having owned one in the first place.

Apples and oranges.  I've never seen anyone who dislikes tatoos actually put out the call for them to be banned.  

I could be wrong though, I didn't read the tatoo threads...

we are 100% in agreement on this

just posting an observation.  this is GD after all




 

Imagine a thread about somebody's cats, where someone DOESN'T post the inevitable "Free cat" roadkill picture...



I've never seen that happen in a dog thread.

Blah blah blah...beans, no beans....blah blah blah, Glocks go Boom, no they don't, blah blah blah, women are evil, some stripper left me in a tub of ice with no wallet and no kidneys and my cell phone taped to the wall, out of reach, connected to a call in Nigeria ....





Same old recycled bullshit.



Bottom line, people need something to disagree about.



It helps pass the time until we die and go to heaven.



<wait for it>
FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER SAYS THERE IS NO HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!





And we're GTG!

That's a funny,and mostly apt,comparison.

I KNOW that if I mention I drive a Miata,it's going to get some comments from those who aren't too secure in their own masculinity but that's just part of the game and I either laugh it off or say something like " I wish I could get a rainbow BFL for it".

Fair play.

The difference with some inked people is actively wanting to see themselves as a victim when a VERY significant portion of the population has tattoos.What some people with tats need to realize is that some of the people who discriminate against ink have something somewhere on their body but they,like many who have none,see that neck tats or full sleeves carry certain stereotypes with them.

 In the early 90's,most of the people I associated with that had significant amounts of ink were vegan, straight edge hardcore kids;the absolute antithesis of everything the stereotypes of heavily inked people embody.However,most people would see someone with a shaved head,piercings and tats and not care that it one huge piece is Christian and another is for animal rights or something,just that the person with them was some hood.As I told my friends then "this is going to be with you for the rest of your life and like it or not,you will always be judged on it".It's absurd to think that full sleeves and such don't attract attention or curiosity and the funny thing is that many people who have such ink don't want to live with the opposite side of getting ink for a statement:if it's something that you feel is important enough to make a statement,it's important enough to be paid attention to just as much,if not more,as the way you otherwise dress or speak.

 It's kind of like driving a car with a louder than usual exhaust,snazzy rims and loud paint and then complaining that people always stare.