Hot guys defacing their bodies with God-awful tattoos

Any permanent ink on your body is god-awful.

Have the need to ink something? Get a journal and write it down.

Know what's got to stop? These boring anti-tat threads. We get it.

That being said, I'm not a fan of chest tattoos.

We need to start a rumor that there's something awful in the newer ink.

Thanks for stopping into this boring thread, R2. I'm sure they'll stop when guys finally stop doing this shit to themselves. My soul just died a little today when I logged onto cam4 and saw that one of my favorite twinks (the guy on the right) went and defaced himself in an obvious attempt to look more like his bf. I used to love this kid's body…now I wish he'd put a shirt on.

What r2 said. I need no further proof than these anti-tattoo threads to prove DL is overrun by crotchety old queens that sound worse than my late grandma.

Yes, a lot of tats are ugly, I would never get one, but I've never found a hot guy less attractive because of his tats.

I was at pool over the weekend--all the hideous tattoos that look like huge black bruises were on full display.

Apparently they get less distinct as time passes: is that a fair assumption?

I'm in my mid-30s, is that old? I don't remember guys doing this to themselves even a decade ago. It's an absolute boner killer for me. Worse than smoking.

I resolved to stop posting in anti-tatt threads because they never go anywhere, but I guess I can't help myself.

There's a guy in my class in his mid-thirties. Latino, nice body, really sexy silver streak in his hair. Wears clothes extremely well, and I bet if most of you guys saw him in a suit, we could use your hard-ons to find water.

Take him out of the suit, and he's got a lot of tattoos. Makes me look unblemished, and I have more than most people in my class (ah, the advantages of OMT lab). The thing is, he's still the same sexy, confident, nice guy, but you'd all clutch your pearls and fall on your fainting couches just because he defiled himself with "ugly ink." The tattoos don't add to his hotness, per se, but they don't take anything away from it either.

I really like them because they are a big Fuck YOU to snotty queens like the OP

Why do people who dislike the anti-tattoo threads always raise the same tiresome arguments? You're a pearl-clutching granny if you think they're hideous. Even worse, you're OLD and out-of-touch because you aren't enamoured with them.

You're defending a fashion trend.

You might as well be marching down Broadway in favor of people who want to wear Dockers.

[quote]Why do people who dislike the anti-tattoo threads always raise the same tiresome arguments

Probably because the people who start the anti-tattoo threads also use THEIR same tiresome arguments.

[quote] I don't remember guys doing this to themselves even a decade ago.

David Beckham 2004

I hate tattoos, but I looked at OP's link. The tats are not what make those two ugly.

[quote] I don't remember guys doing this to themselves even a decade ago.

Anthony Kiedis 2003

I agree OP. Trashy. Can't stand them.

[quote]I don't remember guys doing this to themselves even a decade ago.

Robbie Williams 2004

I don't hate them. They can be very sexy on a guy. But design and placement are everything.

Face, neck and ass tattoos don't belong on anyone - I don't care how gorgeous and charismatic the guy is.

I have also noticed that if a young guy is ink free, it's almost an anomaly. A beautiful body looks very different if there are no tattoos.

[quote]I don't remember guys doing this to themselves even a decade ago.

Eminem 2004

At least once a week I see someone with a tattoo on their face. WTF were they thinking? I would never, ever, ever hire anyone with a tattoo on their face

OP must have spent the 1990s under a rock. How else could he have missed the tribal tattoo craze followed by the Celtic knot craze?

I remember the tribal tattoo craze, but those were small compared to the abominations that are being rolled out today. And another thing--why are so many guys getting stars tattooed across their bodies? What's the obsession with stars?

Tattoos are a form of "socially legitimized self-harm."

[quote]I don't remember guys doing this to themselves even a decade ago.

Obviously, there were people who did this a decade ago. What OP should have said was that it did not seem so overwhelmingly pervasive even as little as five years ago. Tattoos have obviously been around for quite some time, sure, but it seems like now the trend is for everyone to have dozens of them everywhere all over their body. You can hardly walk down the street without seeing women and men with tats up and down their bodies.

[quote]The tattoos don't add to his hotness, per se, but they don't take anything away from it either.

Well, not to you. But to others they do. Because this is a matter of taste and preference, what one person legitimately likes another legitimately may not.

OP, scroll up and you will see someone has posted pictures of guys from ten years ago displaying what you described. This is nothing new. Incidentally, you are responding exactly the way these guys want you to. They love knowing they are getting a rise from uptight conformists. If you really want to show your disdain the best thing you can do is ignore them. It should be easy to do considering it's really none of your business.

I could not agree more, OP.

Tattoos are like suicide... a permanent "solution" to a temporary whim.

The human body is beautiful as it is. I have nothing but contempt for people who scrawl ugly graffiti all over it. It's like tagging Michelangelo's David.

It should be a crime.

I think it's a definite sign of mental illness.

[quote]but I've never found a hot guy less attractive because of his tats.

That's a hyperbolic lie. I'm just not sure whether you're lying to us, or just to yourself.

There are a ton of hot guys that have made themselves FAR less attractive via ugly tats.

[quote]Incidentally, OP, you are responding exactly the way these guys want you to.

More evidence they suffer from mental illness.

[quote]They love knowing they are getting a rise from uptight conformists.

Excuse me? GETTING a tattoo is "conformist" these days... the OP's example being a perfect one (one BF getting one to look more like the other BF). And there's nothing "uptight" about hating ugly scrap destroying a beautiful body.

I have never had any interest in tattoos. I don't find them attractive, but the attitude here about them is ridiculous. How many times do we have to have this stupid argument?

Don't like tattoos. Don't get one. If somebody decides to get one, it's none of your damn business.

R27. Sorry, I should have been more clear. It's there perception that people like OP are conformists. OPs reaction gives them the validation they need. They crave the attention and if it's negative attention, all the better.

[quote]It's there perception...

Oh dear.

Exactly R28. There was a time I thought I wanted one, but I couldn't make up my mind as to exactly what I wanted. Eventually I realized I wanted a tattoo just for the sake of having one, and for me, that was not a good enough reason. Getting upset because someone has a tattoo is like getting upset with someone who puts bumper stickers all over their car. It's hurting no one and it's none of my business. It's not worth the time or energy.

[quote]GETTING a tattoo is "conformist" these days

It sure seems that way.

When we were kids in the 70s, we were told tattoos were trashy. I've always felt that way about them. Unfortunately, a lot of things that were considered trashy or low class seem to have become the norm which is maddening.

[quote]It should be a crime.

Oh, Mary!

Classic conservative mindset. Outlaw something that hurts no one simply because of some outdated attitude.

[quote]It should be a crime.

Yes, Mary!

Because it's wrong... SHOCKINGLY wrong!

I would say that way over half the guys in my gym have tattoos of some sort

THose guys are ugly without the tattoos

[quote]THose guys are ugly without the tattoos

Ummm, no.

Because so many guys are getting tattoos now, I think it's gotten very, very boring. A mostly rebellious act (unless it was the military, in which case it was often a mark of honor and service) has been co-opted and is now totally mainstream. Most tattoos look tacky from the start and will fade away into a blurry, misshapen blob on wrinkled skin. Not a fan.

Yawn. Another anti-tattoo thread. How very original of you, OP.

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It's less the tattoos and more that most tattoos today are horrible. It's none of my business, yes, but like when I walk into a terribly decorated house and think "you paid for this?", I look at most people's tattoos and think they deserve one or one-hundred refunds.

Terrible

Are pro-tatt posters also pro-circ? Both are a form of mutilation.

I glanced at this and thought it said "Hot Guys Defecating" and thought DL had finally gone too far.

[quote]I don't remember guys doing this to themselves even a decade ago.

Tattooing was absolutely mainstream a decade ago, no question. I'd say it started picking up steam in the late 1990s and by the time the book [italic]Etiquette for Outlaws[/italic] came out in 2001, tattoos were very common.

O wow, an anti-tattoo thread! Cool! So novel, so fresh. Now if only we could have a thread about The View or Janet Jackson, then things would really get interesting.

Tats used to be more covered up. Now, they are in your face, all the time. I work with the public, and I am surprised at the amount tats on the face, neck, chest. People have writing up their arm that looks like prison tats. I saw a very unattractive design across someone's forehead.

It's not my business when someone gets a tattoo, but if they have one on their neck or face, it makes me think there's something wrong mentally with them.

It's fine if you're already accomplished, but if you're young and interviewing for a conventional job, you don't want to be showing tats at the edge of your clothing.

You lie, OP.

You said your post was about HOT guys and tats.

So post some pics of hot guys, not those . . . things . . . in your initial post.

I wish I knew the psychology behind it. Isn't the goal NOT to become disfigured, through accidents, disease, etc.?

I would find it reckless, immature and demeaning.

I can handle minimal tats. The problem is a lot of them are just catch as catch can, and sort of random.

The star of David will get me going on most guys, though.

This guy will make you shit yourself OP.

Tattoos may have started to become commonplace by the late '90s -- heck, even I considered getting one -- but they were mostly tribal tattoos or somewhere discreet. It wasn't until the past 10 years that more people started getting sleeves and pretty much body tattoos. Before, those types were reserved for circus/side show freaks.

A fuck buddy in addiction recovery told he he'd been in my apartment building before, driving an young couple home from an N A meeting.

Daddy bought his princess a condo.

The girl has a fully tattooed throat. The guy has one on his forehead.

Anyone who didn't know what OP meant by "I don't remember guys doing this to themselves even a decade ago." is the human equivalent of a tattoo.

If I wanna see art, I can go to a fuckin' art museum. Or see it online. I don't need to see it on skin.

I'm so glad that hot cop of castro doesn't have any tats. He's so hot!

R59, here's his Facebook page with plenty of hot pix! How I'd love to get him on a couch made out of Corinthian leather!

Yes, r10, it's just some flash-in-the-pan fad that's only been around in western society since sailors started coming back from the Pacific in the 1700s. I've never known a time when tattoos weren't reasonably common, although the favoured style and placement have changed with time. I guess I grew up with trash. R39, tattoos only blur and fade badly if they're subjected to a lot of sun damage. I have a 20yr old tattoo that's quite detailed and the fine lines and colors are still perfectly distinguishable. I'm glad that people have different tastes and all, but judging someone as mentally ill because they get some tattoos is ridiculous. None of you tattoo haters sound like anyone I'd want to sleep or even converse with (seriously, how bland can a person get?). Let's just agree that the contempt is mutual, yes?

You're going to end up alone and lonely, OP.

Sometimes, I see a really hot, good looking guy and I find him hot but then I notice a really ugly tat on him, straight away, I question his intelligence, his taste and his attractiveness is discounted by 50%. It's good in a way, prevents me from wasting my time with them.

Just go to the beach, ugly tat and ugly bodies everywhere.

Not while I'm around.

He feels the same way about you

Younger generations will turn away in disgust by a population of old people with ugly tats and it will no longer be popular for the young ones to get them. Tattoos may never go away entirely, but someday they'll will be much less popular.

Agree with R63 and posters about excessive tats, such as Beckham. It's the absence of some form or theme, the randomness that makes body art so unattractive and offputting, such as R38 and R54 examples . Tats that have form/theme can be attractive and actually enhance a person's appearance, such as Maori chest, sleeve and puhoro tats.

Like R66 said, in 15-20 years it'll be all these 40-somethings whose bodies are going to seed, covered in tattoos, and their teenage kids won't be quite so interested in getting "like, totally inked".

Some of my favorite porn stars have recently begun ruining themselves with fuck-ugly tattoos. Thank God for '80s porn. Pure, unadulterated male bodies free of distraction. There is nothing hotter.

"You know, on second thought--I don't like doggy style. Let's just stick with missionary!"

"Put your clothes on and let's fuck!"

Where are the "hot" guys, OP?

OP? Have you shitted yourself yet?

Incidentally - when it comes to a beautiful guy like the one I linked (who is a clothes model) - I just don't get it. His future life is literally ruined.

Looks fade and those tattoos will linger on.

That said - a few tattoos can look amazing and very sexy. It's all about moderation and great choices. One incredible tattoo to say it all. The guy at the link is a damn mess.

That's what I thought it said, too, R45.

[quote]They can be very sexy on a guy.

Not as sexy as no tattoos on the same guy.

R59 How do you know he doesn't have any tats? Many people have them in places that don't show. I do !

Better close your eyes, OP

Now there is going to be a tattoo show on GSN called SKINWARS.

This looks fucking horrible. What an idiot.

This really hot male model thinks his face tattoos will take him to the next level

Wow, R78. Thanks for a perfect encapsulation of what the OP is talking about. A guy with a beautiful face who just RUINED his looks with tattoos.

Sure, defacing his face may make him "famous" (and for all the wrong reasons)...but how's he gonna pay his bills? Fame alone doesn't pay the rent & I don't see many paying gigs in his future. What an idiot.

Ughh

Several Millennials told me that tattoos are now out of style. I pity the thousands (millions, maybe?) of people walking around with this garbage on their bodies. It also might make them social pariahs in the very near future.

What is this world coming to?

[quote]I don't know when this shit became all the rage, but it has GOT to stop.

We told you so.

What says yoos about the cock and ball tats. Oye. Ma purls.

Lots of tattoos are a real red flag. Group-think madness, generally.

It's nothing more than a pathetic' look at me' statement from a desperate loser craving attention.

I've thought for a long time that hard-core criminals, repeat offenders and pedophiles who are not incarcerated for life (as they ought to be) should at least be forced to have "GUILTY" tattooed on their foreheads as punishment for their crimes and mostly as a warning to others that they are dangerous.

But the guy in R78 link voluntarily had GUILTY stamped on his forehead. Well, at least everyone who sees his face will know he's crazy instead of having to guess as usual and then find out he's mental after the fact, when it's too late.

Tattoos give people no rights to show off their fleshy canvasses. Cover those fat upper arms. Wear long pants or a skirt and cover those hams you call thighs. I don't want to see ink, flab or cankles on men or women.