Tattoo You? – RedState

One of my favourite TV reveals was “Ink Masters.” I’m an artist (some of my haters hotly dispute that), so I used to be often enthralled with the great draftsmanship and artistry on the show. I used to be equally appalled that some people needed an inked rendition of a bug, completely, on some half of their physique. I finally obtained drained of the tattooers and the tattooed. Even when I noticed a completed piece that was a master-work of artwork, I still questioned, “Why do you want that on your body for the rest of time?” 

Yesterday I noticed the below, and although the clickbait is: “Isn’t this a terrible tattoo?” — it actually isn’t a horrible tattoo, it’s just a foolish tattoo. Why? That artwork value a lot, and what’s the message? He’s Spiderman… under his pores and skin? In 30 years, when he is a grandpa, will a grandson ask if he ate Spiderman?  

– pic.twitter.com/eWjS6z36t2

— kira 👾 (@kirawontmiss) August 15, 2025

Two a long time in the past, 16 p.c of the U.S. population had tats. It is double that now. And that’s the issue. I noticed a 5’ 8”, possibly 110 lbs., dripping moist man, mid-20s with a Māori-looking intersecting design on his arm like he was Dwyane Johnson. This man was the scale of one of Dwyane’s legs. He was so white he was translucent. He’d lose his lunch money to a 6-year-old lady. Maybe that’s why he’s so skinny – even his boss steals his lunch money. My level? Tattoos usually are not for everybody – I believe they’re okay for about .001 p.c of mankind. Maybe less.   

The exceptions are: Polynesians/Pacific Islanders (The phrase tattoo comes from them, so even skinny Polynesians (oxymoron?) — they get a cross.) And guys who have served in the navy, UFC fighters, gang members (does not everybody need criminals to mark themselves?), and Russian and Japanese mobsters. There’s a sample. Bad-asses and criminals ought to get tattoos, and they’ve a proper to completely ink their frames. 

Who shouldn’t get tattooed? Well, there’s a lot. About 6.8 billion people, but particularly, those 110 lb. white guys, and could I add, engaging ladies. One stat I didn’t know, but based on what I’ve seen currently on social media, I ought to have guessed, is that there are more ladies tattooed than males. Go determine.   

Guys who obtained bounced and then stuffed into lockers and robbed of lunch money and never performed a recreation other than chess needs to be banned from being tattooed. There needs to be a law. When a skinny, geeky guys show up at a tattoo parlor, they need to be shown the door and given rub-on tattoos. 

Attractive ladies with tattoos — I just don’t get. The tramp stamp was in style when I used to be paying consideration to the decrease backs of ladies. Is that still a factor?  

Does your average tramp-stamping Karen ever marvel what her daughter will say when her daughter is 13? “Yeeeuuu! Mommy, why do you have a tattoo with an arrow pointed down?” “Mom, who’s ‘Crusher? ‘, and why is his name on your left breast?” Why people get tats of celebrities who do not give two rips about them is baffling. 

What’s compelling about this leg-insect? Yeah, it is actually fascinating…for about 10 seconds. It’s on her leg — for the remaining of her life. 

“Wanna see my bug open its wings?”

“Stop bugging me, Julie, I’ve seen it – like, 50 times…” 

A tattoo taking benefit of human anatomy. pic.twitter.com/jBMWwJLktQ

— Nitin Singh 🍃 (@Kohlliers) August 16, 2025

What occurs when the “love of her life” is but a memory? Yes, it’s like wearing the same T-shirt… for the rest of your freakin’ life. Not “like” — it’s, ceaselessly. Yeah, cool shirt, but you are going to need to change that shirt at some level.   

Admittedly, I’ve two sons with ink. One will get a cross because he was a SEAL and half the ink on his body is memorials to lifeless comrades. The other son misplaced a wager, and he honored it. Now he has his school mascot on his physique. 

Most people with tattoos obtained them to be counter-cultural or edgy. I’m not in the least shocked that tattoo elimination has elevated 400 p.c since 1999.  

If you’ve got a tat and you are 110 kilos of nerd-flesh, you shouldn’t have a tattoo. But I gained’t decide. I never decide. 

You be you, you tattoo you.  

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