It's time for a list of your favorite tattoo fallacies. Should I start out?

Question

You've never going to get a REAL job with those tattoos on you. FALSE.
There are lawyers, doctors, astronauts, bankers, preachers, teachers, racecar drivers, scientists, all with tattoos........the list is endless. Getting a tattoo DOES NOT prevent you from doing what you want to in life...... NEXT?

If you say that's a fallacy fall guy then we'll have to believe you.

Good one andij (you're much more likely to get aids through unsafe sex than through a tattoo)

Hey Nikkilee......Cancer from ink.......(cancer of the what?)

LOL I like that visual Cassie....a puddle of ink on your lower back.....no epidural for you!!!!

I've heard that one too Pinkus (and who wants to get puked on?)

Embrace the chaos.........funny....you sound like a criminal......lol

Hey JKC....I think just the opposite will happen......those of us with tattoos will look forever young.........(take that you inkless freaks)

Come on that girl......you know you became trash the minute you got your ink....lol

Hey Zombie!!!! So glad to see you. Loose morals and tattoos........kinda like peanut butter and chocolate......You can't have one without the other.......

Spink!!! (I though you were dead)......lol. You've got them tattoo care tips tattooed on your forearm don't you .....(Kinda like crip notes)

Mika .....my favorite tattooed accountant... Now come on.....You KNOW you could feel yourself swelling up with BADASS as soon at you got your first tattoo (I'm sorry,.....please don't kick my ***)

I agree Clamshell (only I believe it begins with Mother's milk) then tattoos, drug addiction and leather jackets....... (I'm in the leather jacket phase)

Etrigone!!! I haven't seen you on in a while. We both know that if ink poisoning was real.......you would be a dead MF. If we could extract all the ink from your backpiece we might have enough to drown someone....but ink poisoning.....I don't think so!!!!

Hey go girl!!!.....of course your tattoo makes you a bad mom. (Its because of the loose morals, drug addiction and leather jackets that come with the tattoo.....sorry ........ You didn't get the memo?)

Welcome back tatt_brat .....I thought it was just me but neither of my tattoos had scabs or were swollen...... Thank you for shooting down another fallacy.

nowyouknow......lol. If you had said ALL tattoos are attractive as your fallacy I would agree with you 100 percent.......However ......Back to your cave TROLL

Come on chicky ...... you know you're going to regret that Black Sabbath back piece when you get older!!!!

Lazychick....glad to see ya. The camoflaging of scars is one of the true benefits that tattoos can provide.

I'm not going to argue that one with you Cheri ....you are completely correct......Don't expect to be able to get a job teaching 1st grade if you have facial tattoos like Mike Tyson..... Aint gonna happen. (But tattoos that are easily concealable will have no effect on your career)

Answer 1

I got a tatto on my azz with "your name" on it.

Answer 2

Urban Legend...Folklore...Fallacy
The Blue Star LSD Tattoo story is back.

Guilt By Association
Once our society allows the Tattoo Industry
to take over it's youth...it's just a slippery slope
to drug addiction and leather jackets. An inevitable
slide down, toward everything related to evil and
it's further extremes.
This has been left on my front porch more than once.
I would definitely consider this a fallacy, if not outright harassment.
Carry on men...Ink at the ready...

Answer 3

You'll get ink poisoning. Okay, this is a recent favorite, because it's just so undefined; an efficient use of scare tactics. It hints at blood poisoning (aka septicemia), which can be an issue with depressed immune systems and opportunistic infections, but that's clearly not what it is. The inks used by real artists - hell, probably even some scratchers - are non-toxic. Probably more likely to get poisoned by something like the plastic used in joint replacement surgery (or breast implants...). If ink in general was that bad, wouldn't writing notes on your arm to cheat on a test be tantamount to slitting your wrist?

You only asked for one, so I'll stop there...

Answer 4

ALL tattoos scab. FALSE

Most pros I know rarely get scabbing from their tattooing because they do not overwork the skin and they give very good aftercare instructions. Only the top layer of inked skin should peel like a sunburn. YES, on occasion, parts that move a lot like joint areas and where clothing can rub can and will scab but for the most part, scabbing is not NORMALLY expected.

Answer 5

I read one on here the other day....that ALMOST sounded legit. almost. Someone was under the impression that you could get cancer from tattoos. (good gawd!) and someone answered them saying something about you could get Hepatitus, from the needle, but to look out, because even if they use clean needles, they will re-dip it in the same ink.

Apparently, that person has never been to a tattoo shop and watched as they poured the ink into small containers for each tattoo, and then dispose of them afterwards.

It's like they have nothing better to do than hate tattoos so they make stuff up!

Answer 6

I like the one that everyone who has tattoos like to fight.

Yeah.. I am 5 foot, 130 pounds, I have never gotten into a fight and if I did, what could I do? Give them a hang nail?

Or "People with tattoos are uneducated." Who are the ones spreading this rumor? I have graduated top of my class, been to college and have a 152 IQ.

Answer 7

If you get a tattoo you'll get AID's.


If you get a tattoo in a professional parlor you will NOT get AIDs.

If you've been drinking you will bleed more.
This one is quite possibly true ... but you won't bleed to the point that isn't safe to tattoo you. The reason tattooists don't want to tattoo drunk/high people is when you're in that state you don't always make good decisions and drunk/high people have a hard time being still.

Was tattooed once while I was rolling and I could not hold still. (so the slightly crooked tattoo is my own fault)
Saw a drunk friend being tattooed and just like me she would not hold still.

Answer 8

Women should only get girly tattoos - 'sticker tats' butterflies n hearts n flowers n cupids - I wanna vomit! Good grief, if your going to get a tattoo and boast about it then do it properly and get something bigger than a postage stamp you daft cow. (proud female owner of 12inch wide 'Tramp Stamp' [ewww nasty term] and three upper arm tats over 5inchs high each)

Answer 9

can't believe i haven't answered yet (sorry, i'm housesitting and not in my usual Y!answers addicted routine. :)

anyway, what about "Tattoos are just a fad"

Really? I mean, i *thought* people had been getting them for thousands of years...maybe even more?? Boy was I wrong. I think in about two months the fad will be over and what are we all going to do? It'll be like we're stuck in our Hammer pants while everyone else is wearing skinny low rise jeans. And they'll Laugh at us! OH NO!!!

Answer 10

I have read that you can't get a scar covered.
Not true.
In fact in a tat mag i seen a woman who had had her breast removed and got a tat to cover the scar...it was beautiful!
Anyway yes, it is true that some scars can effect how the tat looks, like raised up ones, but if you go to a good artist they can work with it....and flat scars ....yeah I have a bunch on my ankle where I got my son's name tattooed.....you can't even tell that the scars are there!

Answer 11

Oh, I've got one ...

How about - placement of a tattoo makes you slutty/trashy!

Along this erroneous line of thinking ... let's explore --> a female having a tattoo on her ankle makes her an innocent angel; however, having one on your lower back or on your breast is a sign that you are a slut.

What is wrong with people and their desire or innate need to judge others for our own forms of personal expression???

*sigh*