Tuesday fun: T-Mobile’s tattoo ad
posted at 11:30 am on August 21, 2007 by Bryan
It’s about time somebody lit up the ridiculous tattoo fad.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
PLAYER!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Talon on August 21, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Chick tat. lol
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Gawd, i hate tatoos.
What the? Is that a preview button? Have I missed that for awhile and just now seeing it?
Still, this comment will suck.
Editor on August 21, 2007 at 11:40 AM
Does every white trash girl in America have a tattoo that she can display along with the top of her thong every time she bends over?
I think…yes.
Jaibones on August 21, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Then don’t get one.
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Tattoos are rebellious, man! Be different! Get a tattoo – just like everyone else!!
Hoodlumman on August 21, 2007 at 11:42 AM
I wonder how many of our users here have tats.
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 11:43 AM
One might wish. But watching a few minutes of Miami or LA Ink , the idea of “fad” seems a bit optimistic.
eeyore on August 21, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Enoch beat me to it, but yeah, isn’t the lower back pretty much a women’s thing? As in “my ass is -> this way, check it out!”
Hannibal Smith on August 21, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Hey! I have ink…on my left ankle, a NY JETS logo (keep jokes to thyselves) What’s the big deal? Granted…getting inked seems to be a fad these days, but what’s wrong with it?
Of course, one should never get a boyfriend/girlfriend’s name…
JetBoy on August 21, 2007 at 11:48 AM
Nothing at all wrong with it. I have a tattoo myself and I agree it does seem to be a fad with people getting tattoos to be cool and doing it without giving much thought to it.
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 11:50 AM
No… “PLAYAH”
LMAO!!
Viper1 on August 21, 2007 at 11:50 AM
It’s new. And thanks for mentioning it. I signed in and commented just to see for myself.
12thman on August 21, 2007 at 11:52 AM
For a minute there, I thought he was going to have “Steve’s number” tatooed on him somewhere.
peski on August 21, 2007 at 11:54 AM
I’m getting into the tattoo removal biz in about 5 or so years…
Lucrative.
whatthecrap on August 21, 2007 at 11:59 AM
I have 2. Both have meaning. Getting inked is a personal choice. I don’t, however, think getting a tat just to get one makes much sense. I know quite a few people who regret their decision because they didn’t put much thought into it.
Kowboy on August 21, 2007 at 12:01 PM
“Welcome to Jamaica! Have a nice day.”
there it is on August 21, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Guilty on 1 account.
In 1968, me and 4 other fellow Marines took a ride into Oceanside CA right outside Camp Pendleton the night before we shipped out to Nam. Each of us paid $5 each for a red and black styized USMC or our left upper arm. (My last 5 bucks too).
It’s kind of faded now over the years…but then again so am I.
Well, it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
Sgt. Khe Sahn
1GooDDaDDy on August 21, 2007 at 12:04 PM
I know people like that also. I am in the process of talking to my girlfriend about her desire to get a tat because it seems like she only wants to get it just to get one.I keep telling her to make sure its what she really wants and to choose wisely.
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 12:04 PM
im covered in tattoos. none in the location known as the “tramp stamp”, or “playa’” very funny add !
palefaced on August 21, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Wearing a tattoo is like wearing the same shirt everyday for the rest of your life. Even I’m not that conservative.
windbag on August 21, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Seems like yet another good reason for HotAir Online Polls.
D0WNT0WN on August 21, 2007 at 12:06 PM
Wasn’t there a SNL gag about tat removal cream? Removing that tat you got when you were 20, but now that you are 40 it looks a little different.
And I hate the preview button. We used to have an excuse for being sloppy.
right2bright on August 21, 2007 at 12:07 PM
All these tramp stamps will seem so 19th century once someone decides to get an LED tattoo.
pedestrian on August 21, 2007 at 12:08 PM
I have no tat. Nor do I have the piercings to look like I lost a fight with a tackle box. I am so, like, out of it that I don’t even recall if or when I was IN it, and if I was in it, what precisely IT was. Life is good.
PatrickS on August 21, 2007 at 12:09 PM
My advice is that unless she’s going to put it in an inconspicuous place, make sure it’s not something like a dolphin that’s going to look like a wrinkled eel when she’s 60. :-)
Kowboy on August 21, 2007 at 12:09 PM
No tattoos myself; everything about life I learned from watching “Married With Children”.
Kelly wants a tattoo.
Al:”Didn’t we learn anything from Grandma? Do you want to be 80 years old with ‘Love’ and ‘Hate’ boobs bouncing off your knees when you sit down?”
Doug on August 21, 2007 at 12:12 PM
Wouldn’t it be cool though if those girls with the “tramp stamp” tattoo on their lower back would put some sports trivia there instead of those swirly patterns? Think about it … everybody wins …
-Fat Old Guy
Fogpig on August 21, 2007 at 12:12 PM
Heh. sounds like good advice.
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 12:17 PM
The really fun ones are the amateurs who try to do it. My niece decided one night after a bit of drinking to let a “friend” tattoo her name on the small of her back……
He spelled her name wrong. lol
Kowboy on August 21, 2007 at 12:17 PM
Does every white trash girl in America have a tattoo that she can display along with the top of her thong every time she bends over?
I think…yes.
Jaibones on August 21, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Yeah…that’s called a tramp stamp.
Classy
RobG on August 21, 2007 at 12:18 PM
got one without thinking about it, i wish i would have thought about what i wanted. but i still like it and its been over 5yrs.
gberez on August 21, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Yep, here you go. It’s perfect.
I’ve got five and don’t regret any.
SouthernDem on August 21, 2007 at 12:21 PM
You realize that was Allahpundit with the LBT in the commercial, right?
Mazztek on August 21, 2007 at 12:22 PM
Hahahahahaha
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Tramp stamp – “Might as well be a bulls-eye.”
My favorite quote from Wedding Crashers
revolutionismyname on August 21, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Most tats just look bad anyway. And even if you do laser removal, there’s still a mark/scar thingy.
Iblis on August 21, 2007 at 12:26 PM
I have one. Thinking about another — but in two years I haven’t come up with what I want yet. Nothing to do with fads.
mesablue on August 21, 2007 at 12:27 PM
All my opinions of tattoos has been covered in an old PSA by Red vs. Blue. I can’t link the original, as it’s behind a registration wall.
Rather than posting my thoughts… here’s the link on youtube… (mild language warning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnrhe8m2te4
Now, he has two simple points.
1) Tattoos are permanent.
2) You are a g**d*mned idiot.
And he does elaborate on #2 to cover it in a clear concise fashion…
gekkobear on August 21, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Reminds me of a story I saw on some news channel once. The fad at the time was chinese character tats. They found a chinese guy that reads chinese characters to decipher some of the most popular character tats. My favorite was the big macho dudes reaction when he was told his tat said “gullible white boy”. Bwaaahaaa.
Guardian on August 21, 2007 at 12:31 PM
Heh, gekko.
The age ten years ago part is pretty appropriate.
I was 34 ten years ago, so hopefully, I wasn’t a complete idiot.
mesablue on August 21, 2007 at 12:32 PM
I’ve never been a complete idiot. I’ve never managed to amass all the parts at one time.
Kowboy on August 21, 2007 at 12:35 PM
I’m holding out for Video
- The Cat
MirCat on August 21, 2007 at 12:41 PM
Bloody brilliant!
None, not even the chick tat. I could never bring myself to get 1, b/c I always pictured myself at 60 with something really stupid.
It is a personal choice, but enough with the fad part of it already! That also contributed to me abstaining…I couldn’t do what had become a fad. Hurt too much…fads, not tats.
Miss_Anthrope on August 21, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Then don’t get one.
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 11:42 AM
I think you misinterpreted where I was going with that. Since I don’t have any tattoos, I hate other peoples’ tattoos… including my wife’s. Whom, by the way, very much regrets it, so I’ve never had to tell her I’m not fond of it.
Editor on August 21, 2007 at 12:59 PM
I, too, am somewhat nonplussed at this tattoo fad.
On the other hand, I’m not exactly about to turn down any overtures from hot babes because they decided to paint road signs on their ass.
Unless it’s, like, a Swastika or a Mao head or horror movie character or something like that. Because, how creepy would that be?
Oh, and there was that one lady with the red hourglass tattooed above her bellybutton.
gekko – I loved that PSA – they should show that on TV every day! :)
Merovign on August 21, 2007 at 1:02 PM
My respect for someone drops immediately if they have a tattoo. It screams “Loser”.
lorien1973 on August 21, 2007 at 1:05 PM
Why?
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 1:09 PM
My respect goes down for someone who can be so superficial.
JVelez on August 21, 2007 at 1:15 PM
On females, refered to as a TRAMP STAMP
dm60462 on August 21, 2007 at 1:16 PM
Ditto
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 1:17 PM
Young woman with whom I work has several “tats”, regrets all of them.
oldleprechaun on August 21, 2007 at 1:18 PM
So, half the military are losers?
mesablue on August 21, 2007 at 1:20 PM
No tattoos
No piercing
Not even a circumcision…
Wait!…Does a root canal qualifies me as brave enough?
Ropera on August 21, 2007 at 1:23 PM
People have pointed that out before but for some reason they get a pass and no other hard working person with a tat does.
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 1:24 PM
What does a blog that claims to have “deep thought” written by a grown man that is mostly video game reviews scream?
mesablue on August 21, 2007 at 1:25 PM
Im not going to go there
**unplugging my Xbox 360 **
JVelez on August 21, 2007 at 1:27 PM
I have a tattoo.
A simple cross, cracked, but still strong.
I had it done 2 days after my husbands homecoming from Afghanistan. A member of his squad wasn’t there at homecoming – he had returned much earlier – he was KIA on 11/01/04.
To you, a tattoo may scream loser or trailer trash. To me, it has great significance and always will.
I don’t regret it – and don’t particularly care what you think of it, or me for that matter.
Tink on August 21, 2007 at 1:32 PM
That’s the link, perfect, thanks.
right2bright on August 21, 2007 at 1:37 PM
Let’s limit our universal condemnation to lower back tattoos, shall we? I think we on the right need the support of every good old boy with Mom tattooed on a beef-fed bicep.
NeoConNews on August 21, 2007 at 1:42 PM
It’s a personal choice, of course. But as I told all of my kids, tattoos are not like fashion fads that you’ll laugh at in old pictures, like Earth shoes and wide ties, and wonder, “What was I thinking?” A tattoo is forever.
I was in the service but never got a tattoo, possibly because I was traumatized by an episode of “Empire” back in the early ’60s, in which Ryan O’Neal is beaten up by hoodlums who threaten to put tattoos all over his face. He wakes up in an alley next to a tattoo parlor with his face all swollen and runs to a window in a panic, only to find that they just beat him up and didn’t tattoo him. I’ve never forgotten that.
rivlax on August 21, 2007 at 1:51 PM
Nobody “lit up” the tattoo “fad”. The placement and content were the joke, not tattoos in general.
If you don’t like tattoos, don’t get one. Just do us all a favor, and don’t act all superior about it. Nobody is impressed by your lack of ink.
thebriand on August 21, 2007 at 1:53 PM
I have 3. I get a new one about every 4 years. All are covered by a short sleved T-shirt. They are for my benefit, not anyone elses.
Worst tattoo evah belongs to a gal who works at a local restaurant. On the left side of her neck in 2″ cursive letters it reads “B!tch”.
Contratulations on your life choice of making $5.75 per hour!
natesnake on August 21, 2007 at 2:12 PM
Oh, I should also mention my hypocrisy. As much as I like my tattoos, I prefer the women I date not have them.
In my opinion, the female form is perfect without them.
I’m a hypocrit.
natesnake on August 21, 2007 at 2:16 PM
Anyone ever read “Et Tu, Babe” by Mark Leyner? His whole vision of visceral tattoos may be on the money.
thebrokenchair on August 21, 2007 at 2:17 PM
Good lord, some of you act like having a tattoo is treason or something. Tell you what, if you wanna look down on that 21 yr old that just got a frikkin dolphin wrapped around her belly button, go for it, cuz they’ll hate it in 10 years (or days). But for many folks tattoos are personal, symbolic choices that they revere about themselves and don’t do it to impress anyone. If I’m wearing shorts and a t shirt, you can’t see a single one of mine (not that there’s anything wrong with the exposed ones either). I didn’t get them to show them off.
How childish and superficial do you have to be to condemn people with tattoos? Disapprove for yourself if you like but if your respect drops immediately for folks with tatts, you are a simplistic child.
SouthernDem on August 21, 2007 at 2:21 PM
Depends on the tattoo. content warning on the last one. I can’t imagine why some dude would do that do himself.
Guardian on August 21, 2007 at 2:39 PM
Hey! Don’t be a hater! Who are we to judge. I personaly like to notch my ears to get that “I’m a trendy clone” feeling. Each notch has deep personal meeeeennnninnng. They represent my deep feeeelings of inadequacy, self loathing, and longing for acceptance.
ronsfi on August 21, 2007 at 2:50 PM
I don’t know what qualifies as “white trash.” But come out to the beaches here in So Cal, or the burbs or the sticks and you’ll see a bunch of young, fun-loving girls with tats. You bet some are brainless wonders. But some are just young and unafraid. They probably think tattoo removal is going to get as good as breast augmentation – you can’t always tell.
I mentored a valedictorian with near perfect SATs who is a church going, good kid. He wants a tattoo in memoriam to his father. I worked with a woman who got matching tattoos with her sisters after their mom died of Cancer. Another friend and his wife had their ring fingers tattooed as wedding rings – they have a beautiful family and are very charitable, upstanding people.
***
Nothing screams “loser” more than screaming it yourself.
***
This discussion illustrates how the right is just like the left. Prejudging those with tats is no different than prejudging someone who wears a cross. No matter what value you ascribe to your personal adornments, somebody out there is ready to judge you and your life.
Some of you people complaining about others’ tats should post your photos, so we can determine how stupid we think you look.
I have no ink. But boatloads of my friends do – some of which are military, cops and guys that work 16 hour days. Some of the people I know with ink are idiots. But then again, so are some the Republicans I know.
Dems kinda have the market cornered on looking stupid. But Republicans take the cake for thinking they don’t.
Sure, some of you are joking, but it feels like I’m wading in the shallow end of the gene pool. What a bunch of crotchety, judgemental know-it-alls.
The Race Card on August 21, 2007 at 2:50 PM
I’ve always figured that the Tramp Stamps are just there to give directions to their boyfriends – ever notice how they all come to a point at the bottom?
jeffshultz on August 21, 2007 at 2:57 PM
It’s amazing how people jump to conclusions that everyone who has a tattoo is weak or trash or a loser.
I have a tattoo, on my lower back. It wasn’t something that I just jumped into because everyone else is doing it. I have always wanted one there, even BEFORE the fad. It took me 10 years to find something that I really liked, that was simple that I knew I could live with.
It is the outline of a dragon-fly, just black, not too big. I absolutely love it and if that makes me trashy or a loser, well, I guess I will wear your lable with pride.
heatherrc77 on August 21, 2007 at 3:20 PM
Oh crap! Mother of 4, 47 years old and I have one of those!
In my defense, I got it after a family member was killed in Iraq, in his honor, so it is very special to me.
ArmyAunt on August 21, 2007 at 3:26 PM
Whatever happened to live and let live? My tattoos don’t hurt anyone, why be so unkind about them?
I do not have a lower back tattoo, however.
Martin on August 21, 2007 at 3:28 PM
AKA TRAMP STAMP!!!
“Tattoo on the lower back… might as well be a bullseye.”
How metro-sexual…
GoingThere on August 21, 2007 at 3:34 PM
I honor of the “Romper Room” level that racial dialogue has sunken to in this country, I move that the term “White Trash” now be referred to as “The W Word” as this racialy derogatory reference is so abhorrent to me that merely reading it produces in me the irresistable urge to sue.
ronsfi on August 21, 2007 at 3:34 PM
lol! Leave that area to us girls!
heatherrc77 on August 21, 2007 at 3:34 PM
I had the early warning system: my Dad having skin graft surgery when I was 10 to remove the forearm tattoo he got in the Navy in the Korean War.
I have no issues with tattoos in general, just this “tramp stamp” that is apparently so common and so disrespected that it has its own name.
Jaibones on August 21, 2007 at 3:42 PM
I saw a dude on a cafe bike the other day with some edwardesque, celtic lower back tatoo the other day. I almost drove of the road laughing.
Supid white trash!
TheSitRep on August 21, 2007 at 3:47 PM
I love when someone is calling someone else stupid and commits a typo…kinda takes the sting out.
EnochCain on August 21, 2007 at 3:50 PM
Truth is, I was drawn to tattoos as a result of being around older ex-military at a young age. Seeing a blurred image of a bird or an anchor on the forearm of 70 year old veteran moved me. It still does.
To me, tattoos are not about adornment, they’re about history.
natesnake on August 21, 2007 at 3:52 PM
Thank you! I was going to mention this if you hadn’t. Brilliant.
mikeyboss on August 21, 2007 at 4:08 PM
et al,
Hope I didn’t give that impression…I just was afraid I’d pick something stupid for a 60-y-o, not that tats were stupid. And it has seemed like a fad, but maybe that’s just the shows about it. Just an FYI…
Although this idea began as a joke 20 years ago, I have thought about what others might think, so here goes: How would a petite woman look with a tat on her bicep?
I loved this concept – a heart with an arrow through it, with “Daddy’s Girl” (Daddy above & Girl below). I’ve been contemplating it seriously ever since I lost my father.
Well…whaddya think???
Miss_Anthrope on August 21, 2007 at 4:17 PM
I didn’t never says I weren’t no stupid white trash either.
he he
Sorry about your tat.
TheSitRep on August 21, 2007 at 4:40 PM
IMHO- a Tat on a woman screams whore especially the tramp stamps.
Why do you think they call them “TRAMP” stamps
I know I will piss off all the inkers but that is the perception of most people like it or not.
There is the old story first perceptions and it is true.
ScottyDog on August 21, 2007 at 4:46 PM
I “perceive” a lot about you from that post alone.
Your grammar is poor. Your mind is small. You’ll say stupid things to get noticed.
Look at that. Sometimes it does work.
thebriand on August 21, 2007 at 5:13 PM
I’m glad I’m not the only one who made the connection.
thebrokenchair on August 21, 2007 at 5:15 PM
So what you’re saying is that you are totally willing to insult people you know nothing about based on the rude, thoughtless remarks of a whole bunch of other people.
Who’s common?
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ronsfi on August 21, 2007 at 3:34 PM
Ronsfi, you might be joking. But I am actually ashamed that I referred to the usage without noting how derogatory I think it is.
I think this term is second only to “nigger” in its offensiveness. It’s classist and base. Try a little exercise. Substitute “white trash” with “white nigger.” See how offended people are then.
I think we should find less offensive language to refer to people. If one cannot describe you in terms other than your physical appearance, they probably don’t know you that well. That goes for sexual, racial and stature objectification.
I don’t think most people are as offended by its use as I am, but I am offended at the term “white trash.” I should have made that clear in my previous posting.
***
Despite my rant, I think we can all laugh together at any man who has a tattoo just above his butt.
The Race Card on August 21, 2007 at 5:17 PM
Jeeze – some people are little sensetive about the tattoos they don’t care what anybody thinks of.
Editor on August 21, 2007 at 5:17 PM
It seems apparent at least to me, that folks with tattoos are trying to say something.
Some want just say they are cool
Some want to make the “I wont be ruled by convention statement”
Some want to show association with the under class
Some want to show association with the under world
Some do it for tribal custom.
Some do it because they think it looks sexy
Some do it on a dare
Some do it because they are drunk
Some do it because they think it makes them look like a bad ass.
Some do it because they are delusional dumb Asses.
Some do it because they are in the military.
Whatever their reasons for doing it, I reserve the right as a free man to prejudge them harshly.
I like to generalize so I just throw them all in the trash category.
I’m just redneck that way.
TheSitRep on August 21, 2007 at 5:21 PM
Any good white trash person worth his salt wouldn’t be offended by the term white trash. At least I am not.
The problem with racist slurs isn’t the problem of the bigot that uses it but the person that is offended.
When someone calls me a “INSERT SLUR HERE”, I just say “yeah what ever”
By limiting in any way, anyone’s right to use any word or phrase leads to tyranny of thought.
TheSitRep on August 21, 2007 at 5:32 PM
Holy crap. I think I’ve been called a “loser” by a gamer-nebbish sporting a “Lord of the Rings” handle. What is this world coming to?
MikeZero on August 21, 2007 at 7:38 PM
Tuesday fun indeed.
Come on, folks. Lighten up a little, huh?
hillbillyjim on August 21, 2007 at 8:04 PM
I would absolutely love to see you try calling a woman with tatts a whore in public. I bet the best you can do is type it.
SouthernDem on August 21, 2007 at 8:20 PM
My children’s names on my upper left arm. No regrets ever.
HerrMorgenholz on August 21, 2007 at 9:32 PM
Tattoos are for sailors, bikers, and hookers. That’s it.
packsoldier on August 22, 2007 at 12:37 AM
I think it’s more like having to wear that shirt in the corner of your closet that you never wear anymore.
rokemronnie on August 22, 2007 at 12:58 AM
Ha! Classic!
geckomon on August 22, 2007 at 2:50 AM
That’s pretty much what he said, isn’t it? Literally speaking, tats are ALL superficial.
I don’t automatically presume that someone with ink is a loser. However, a great majority of them manage to prove it before too long. Unless you’re a computer programmer/biker who gets an Apple logo tat.
Freelancer on August 22, 2007 at 7:55 AM
Proud to be 100% tattoo-free.
NoSubmission on August 22, 2007 at 12:02 PM
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