how to persuade people Not to get tattoos?

Question

need to give a persuasive speech in class, how to persuade my audience not to get tattoos and how bad it is to get ones. thanks!

to Raerae, can u tell me why u regret?Thanks!!

it's just a topic guys!! i don't know what else is easier to give the speech. Just give me some ideas about not to get tattoos. im not saying it is bad. it's just my homework!! thanks!! n_n

Answer 1

describe in detail what the tatoo will look like after 20 years .should do it

Answer 2

Lie to them. It works for people here, at least to themselves.

If you want a real answer, as there are legit reasons to not get a tattoo, you may wish to phrase the question with somewhat less bias.

Otherwise, it's kind of walking into an all-meat marvel deli and asking how to make people vegetarian.

Addendum: It may be "just a topic", but the presentation of the question is from a non-objective perspective, and there has been quite enough of that here. Besides, as you mention, it's your homework. I'm guessing high school at highest, since college professors & lecturers can get feral when a subjective initial standpoint is taken (with some obvious exceptions, of course).

As with any research project, you get to do the legwork. That might mean we give you answers hardly appropriate for what you need and you'll want to parse them. Who knows, maybe how this is asked & answered can be the part of the speech? Otherwise, if we give you perfect answers and do your homework for you, it's not exactly fair to get credit for the homework, is it? We're here to help answer questions, but this isn't the same.

Answer 3

I can't claim that it's bad for anyone to EVER get tattooed [my mother tried that on me and clearly it didn't work, but I DID think this all through before taking the plunge] but I can give you some specific problems that can come up. If you generalize enough and put a lot of spin on it, maybe it'll be enough to convince your teacher to give you a good grade.

-Plenty of people make a spur-of-the-moment decision to get a tattoo and they're under the needle twenty minutes later. Often they don't bother finding a decent shop and end up with a crappy job; there are a lot of amazing artists out there but there are even more horrible ones. Other times, they pick a random flash design because it's 'cute' or 'badass', or because they're scared to death of how it'll feel and the picture looked nice and tiny on the wall so it won't be a long sitting. If they're especially impulsive [and/or drunk] they do all of these. Most people who say they regret their tattoos don't say they'd never do it again, they just say they'd be less stupid about it.
-Most of the time when it comes to tattooing you get what you pay for. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with saving money in general; I do it all the time at places like the grocery store. One should approach tattoos with a different mindset. Unfortunately, not everyone does.
-Lots of people who get tattoos as fashion statements don't seem to process that it's a lifetime commitment. I'm not trying to put it on the level with having children, but you have to take meticulous care during healing and minimize sun exposure for the rest of your life if you want to keep your ink looking sharp. Some people just get a tattoo and start treating it like normal skin once the bandage from the shop comes off; they go swimming and hottubbing every night for a week after because what's spring break without it and of course it'll be fine, scratch whenever it itches, tan every week, and then complain a few years later when it looks like actual literal crap. Some people will get angry if I say that in some ways it's a bigger commitment than marriage, but let's face it. If you don't get along with your spouse, you don't need to get them removed by a medical practitioner.
-Much as it irritates many of us, tattoos do carry a certain stigma. As the saying goes, 'The difference between people with tattoos and those without is that the people with tattoos don't care if you're tattooed or not.'
-People change. You might think your girlfriend is the sexiest girl you'll ever know and it's worth getting her name in huge letters across your stomach, but that doesn't mean you'll be together forever [and trying to only date girls named Brunhilde for the rest of your life so it's fitting might be somewhat limiting]. Perhaps you think My Little Pony is just SO AMAZING that you HAVE to entire product line standing on rainbows as full sleeves on both your arms [and sure, kids will love it] but people pointing and laughing will probably get old pretty fast. Maybe you're absolutely SURE the pop band du jour will always make you swoon, but your future fiancé might not appreciate the 'I [heart] HOTBOYZ' on your breast. You might be such a revolutionary now that getting 'F*ck the capit-' up your right arm and '-alist system!' down your left seems like the most amazing statement you could possibly make with your working-class body, but when you're nervous and sweating your way through that job interview with a Fortune 500 company with major advancement opportunities and unconsciously roll up your shirtsleeves, it might not go over so well.
-Unexpected things happen in life, and you have to live with the results. Take, for instance, the man who had 'I LOVE WOMEN' proudly inked on his leg. He needed bypass surgery so doctors grafted a vein from the leg into his heart, cutting through the tattoo in the process. Due to post-operative scarring, the tattoo now reads 'I LOVE MEN'. Not quite the same sentiment. He now refuses to wear shorts. [Check the sources section for a link with pictures.]

Hopefully this helps you out. I'm the kind of dork who usually had fun arguing the side opposite my beliefs in school, so I get where you might be coming from. :)

Answer 4

good topic
talk about price to get it there and price to get it off
and the pain
go on lots about the pain
and how super tough strong men cry when they get a tattoo
and talk about what ur friends and family will think of them if they dont want them to get one and they do
and how so many ppl payed lots and thought they were absolutly sure they wanted it then a few years later decided they dont acculy want it and spend even more money to get it off.its bad for ur skin and could get seriously infected. and how it might not even turn out exactly how they want it. and tell them to remember things they thought were cool when they were like 10-11 sure they loved ponys and fairys and bunnies etc. but do they like them now? prolly not, or not as much, they grew outta it. same thing with tattoos, if u decide to get one when ur a teen and then u grow up thinking why the hell did i have his name tattooed on me?? you change as you grow up, chances are ur ideas and thoughts do too. many people regret it, dont be one of them. (good ending sentence right there.) haha good luck

Answer 5

I do not think you have any right to try and talk people out of getting a tattoo it is up to the individual? You can of course explain the pros and cons of getting a tattoo but it is a decision they only they themselves can make.

Answer 6

Do a little research first. Look at the pros and cons that people give for not getting/getting a tattoo.

Answer 7

You should survery people that have tattoos, and give the pros and cons of having them.

I got my tatts when i was 18 fresh out of H.S. and they are in a private place, where i can see them, and occasionally other people when i am in a bikini.... its a LIFE LONG CHOICE to get a tatt,

check the area and see a laser tattoo removal place and check on the prices for removal and add that into your arguement,

Sometimes you might get a bad artist and you end up with a bad tatt, and then you have to get it redone.

or you change your mind 6 years down the road that you dont want Dolphins on your arm so you have to have the Tatt Artist to Cover it up.

Tatts are life style choice, or sometimes a drunk choice
i come from a beach town, so the spring breakers and summer vactioners..think its SOOOO COOL to get a tatt...
and sometimes it just becomes trashy on girls.

you eventually will grow up and want a professional job, you dont want a tatt peeping out of your clothes, or a bridal gown ... or u dont want to be 68 explaining why it says SEXY THANG on your lower back to the grand kids.

Answer 8

tell them it will remain there for the rest of their life and what is cute at a younger age is not cute when you are 30,40, or 50 I have 2 and I wish I didn't. I got them when I was young I regret b/c they are visible and at the age of 29 I really do not want to have a big tattoo on my arm of a cub, I have my childs name underneath it but if I could do it all over again I probably would not have gotten it at all or had it smaller and more discreet so no one could see it. It bothers me in the summer when I wear tank tops. It mainly bothers me when I want to wear certain clothes, more when I wear somethin formal to somewhere formal. Plain and simple I just feel that I am too old for it. When you are young you dont realize how much the decisions you make affect you even somethin as stupid as a tattoo. When first got it I would never have thought that one day would not want it.

Answer 9

you should tell people to do anything of the sort! you should change your report to plastic surgery or maybe botox not tattoos!

Answer 10

umm dont persuade people. mind your own business and let them make their own decisions