Comments on: Morning Metro: Updates in Cyclist Death, DHS Teacher Tattoos, and the Greatest Books of All-Time

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:18:53 +0000

Yup, there’s nothing worse appearing than a tattoo that was applied when the subject was thin and is now all stretched out in the perverse, unpredictable directions that skin will stretch as people put on weight and/or shift weight and/or change shape with pregnancy. Or conversely, tattoos placed over well-developed muscles that now are all withered and shrunken leaving slack skin and slack tattoo.

By: Glockenspiel

Glockenspiel — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:00:15 +0000

Fair enough. ‘I call BS’ was out of line.

By: FMFats

FMFats — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:41:02 +0000

I was just being the pleasant, obliging chap that I am.
I’m glad to see the high school addressing the issue. Like it or not, ink has gone way beyond a fad and is now very much an integral part of our culture, particularly among Generation Y and younger. If your child has any interest in it, she’s gonna head to a parlor as soon as she’s legal and has a pocketful of birthday money. Our discussion in our household when my son turned 18 was along the lines of, “make sure it’s very meaningful, and think long and hard before getting one that will be noticeable at a job interview. And have it done at Ink & Dagger where we trust the proprietor”. It worked out fine with him, and I ended up going to see Ink & Dagger at the age of 58. I am an extremely satisfied customer with no buyer’s remorse whatsoever.

By: Keith F

Keith F — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:22:41 +0000

Thanks…that makes sense. I’ve seen it with a religious meaning as well, so was confused how it was connected.

By: sarahph

sarahph — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:55:31 +0000

The really funny thing is that like all fads, one day tattoos will be like big hair in the 70s and big shoulder pads in the 80s… everyone will roll their eyes and say, “Remember when that used to be considered cool back in 2012? How embarrassing!” The only problem is that it’s a lot easier, cheaper and less painful to redo your hair than to remove a tattoo. And yep, they do look gawd-awful by the time you are 50.