For anyone that has one or even both arms inked up: Do you feel stupid now that they are out of fashion?

Not a good look on the beach when you're 70+
Probably.

Good OP, been wondering about this one myself, at least you can shave a beard off with little hassle.

Take up alligator wrestling. If you lose your arms no harm done.

Don't have one myself but tattoo shops are busier than ever, who said there out of fashion?

bumba wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:35 pm

Don't have one myself but tattoo shops are busier than ever, who said there out of fashion?

equinox

clarets12 wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:31 pm

Take up alligator wrestling. If you lose your arms no harm done.

Wouldn't that be both arms done

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:24 pm

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This sort of stuff though is different level, (like most of your posts)

What about the tribal zig zag stuff, with bits of leopard skin print mixed in though, they must feel stupid now?

bumba wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:35 pm

Don't have one myself but tattoo shops are busier than ever, who said there out of fashion?

Tattoo removal clinics

equinox wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:38 pm

This sort of stuff though is different level, (like most of your posts)

What about the tribal zig zag stuff, with bits of leopard skin print mixed in though, they must feel stupid now?

Awwwe thanks glad you appreciate it

Surprised no one has marketed a tattoo printed sleeve. Throw it away when you are done

FCBurnley wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 8:01 pm

Surprised no one has marketed a tattoo printed sleeve. Throw it away when you are done

They have ...

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:22 pm

Not a good look on the beach when you're 70+
Probably.

If you live that long. Long term absorption of toxic inks is a real danger.

FCBurnley wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 8:01 pm

Surprised no one has marketed a tattoo printed sleeve. Throw it away when you are done

They have them in the States and have for some time if Big Bang Theory is anything to go by.

Think footballers have then if they feel left out. The strong willed individual ones don’t. Non footballers have them because they think it makes them look like a footballer. Can hardly ever tell what’s on them. Think most of the ideas are from the artists and they just get told to fill it up as quickly as possible. The worse tattoos imo are a great big written speech anywhere on the body. Who’s going to read all that. By the time you have read it you might as well have been told it.

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:22 pm

Not a good look on the beach when you're 70+
Probably.

I would say when you are 70+ you wouldn't give a **** what other people think about your full sleeve tattoo, I know I wouldn't by then

Considered it in my early 20s, ended up getting a small Burnley tattoo and don’t exactly regret it but glad I didn’t get anything big, doubt I’d get another now but only because there’s nothing I want, not because of others opinions

I blame that dick Beckham for the amount of shite both Men and Women are having their bodies disfigured with thicko's following the biggest thicko to ever kick a ball..sheep.

Tattoos have been around a lot longer than football has. Going out of fashion? Never. Fashion is a personal and individual choice just as tattoos are. I have a sleeve tattoo and still love the look after 10 years or so. It still looks great and is something I designed myself so it is unique.

Always had a love hate attraction to tattoo's . I remember my old mans tattoo's WW2 era one on each forearm, Blue ink with a bit of faded colour, you had to stretch his skin to work out what they were.
In the 80's when I was in my teens , the fashion were forearm and biceps .Only really rough people had neck/face or hand tattoos
The designs were rubbish like desert islands, bull fighters, bulldogs, England flags etc, plus the usual home made rubbish.
The 90's saw Celtic bands , chest tattoo's, tramp stamps , dolphins on lasses shoulders , legs, cheeky monkey's on stomachs just below trouser line.
The 00's saw the Beckham influence , far more ink sleeves , on legs and arms and last decade a lot more neck tattoos. Still see people of a certain age with Beckham wings
I have nothing against tattoo's I was brought up in an era were tattoos were viewed to hold you back professionally. (not saying its right ) Even today senior managers and professional people don't really have visual tattoos. Personally I think tattoos can look really good but it's usually the canvas underneath it which looks good and probably you look good or bad with or without if you have a good body. As for aging you will be like a wrinkled prune with or without tattoo's.

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 8:03 pm

They have ...
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These are brilliant.
Me and my brother went to a Seventies New Years do at our local as ZZ Top, wigs, tattoo sleeves the lot.
Went down really well.

I thought these tattoo sleeves were just those transfer stickers you used to get in bubble gum machine packets in the 60s where they just war off after a few days.

There was a time when it was just rock stars who would have them and that kind of went with the image but then footballers started getting them and you know what a bunch of sheep they are

They just walk around with shirt sleeves rolled up in always weathers
Same with shorts and leg tatts
Lad at work does it. Jeb

Sometimes can look fairly smart but I don't know how anyone can ever decide what to have, on their body, everyday, forever.

Pickles wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 11:14 pm

Sometimes can look fairly smart but I don't know how anyone can ever decide what to have, on their body, everyday, forever.

Didn’t the commentator remark yesterday that Josh Windass has the dates of promotions or play off final wins tattooed on his leg?

So there’s a starter, the dates of Burnley league title wins and promotions.

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:24 pm

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I had you down as a blonde Bosscat

Glad I don't have any. I would be on a par with Yakuza here!

I enjoy my Saturday or Sunday mornings at the gym and the spa afterwards. The sauna and baths are great here and I wouldn't be allowed in if I had tattoos. Although they may have loosened the rules a bit in the last few years.

The styles go out of fashion what most people get like the tribal that was popular 10/15 years back.

Have quite a few myself, but I’m more of a traditional fan. The history of tattooing is extremely interesting.

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:22 pm

Not a good look on the beach when you're 70+
Probably.

Who does look good on the beach when they're 70+, tattooed or not? It must be a very short list!

Good fishing post by the OP but does give off a little ‘going into B&Q to tell em I don’t like lawnmowers’ vibe.

Each to their own, though.

MG70 wrote: ↑

Wed May 31, 2023 12:13 am

I had you down as a blonde Bosscat

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:22 pm

Not a good look on the beach when you're 70+
Probably.

Had an ex that had pretty much a body-full of tattoos. She used to say that if all she has to worry about when she's old, she's lived a wonderful life and they would remind her of that fact. A pretty good way to look at things.

karatekid wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 10:05 pm

Tattoos have been around a lot longer than football has. Going out of fashion? Never. Fashion is a personal and individual choice just as tattoos are.

Aye, many of us have moved on from the days of 'going out of fashion'. You can dress in good quality vintage 1940s/50s/60s clobber and look stylish. Years ago, you would look like you had raided a charity shop, but not any more.

Personally, I hate tattoos and would never have considered having one anywhere let alone a sleeve.

But each to their own.

I thought tattoo's were the domain of sailors originally and of course some peoples of the South Seas where the tattoos had a meaning. Its a fashion now of course and footballers are among the main protagonists. Recently visited an Asisn city of 26 million people and saw only one tattoo on girls arm.

Stayingup wrote: ↑

Wed May 31, 2023 9:25 am

Its a fashion now of course and footballers are among the main protagonists.

Professional tattoo shops have been a thing in the UK for well over 100 years.

I have always considered permanently disfiguring your body with tattoos as weird. I remember people during the sixties that used to use a needle and Indian ink to do their own, writing 'love and hate' on their knuckles or even strange stuff on their face. Weird.

equinox wrote: ↑

Tue May 30, 2023 7:39 pm

Tattoo removal clinics

Tattoo removal clinics are busy through small tattoo removals or holiday tattoo removals, I've never met anybody going in asking for a full sleeve removal it'd cost an absolute fortune to completely remove it'd look worse than if they just left it alone

Tattoos, like 'lol' emojis, the culture of talking nice but acting horribly, spilling your private life on social media and the rank corporate culture that forces you to say how wonderful they are and how fabulous their well-being offerings are 'or else', without any shred of irony, are all things that have made the world worse over the years.

Unless, of course you like tattoos in which case good on you - express yourself how you want. It's your body and your declaration of aesthetic values.

Oh and bare faced hypocrisy is a symptom of the modern world.

Oh and I missed leveraged buyouts and the Venky's subsidising Blackburn Rovers to the tune of £20 million to the list of things that have made life worse.

Thank goodness for YouTube and football forums.

not a sleeve but

What a bizarre post. Why do you care what other people do with their bodies?

I don't have any tats but my partner has a full sleeve and I love it (but more importantly, she loves it). It's part of her.

A girl at work got one of a plane on her arm because she flies to Spain twice a year , yep world traveller .

Tribesmen wrote: ↑

Wed May 31, 2023 11:17 am

A girl at work got one of a plane on her arm because she flies to Spain twice a year , yep world traveller .

My ex girlfriend had a tattoo of a plane on her arm too ...

She was a carpenter

The explanation for this from the tattoo artist would've been interesting.

Totally agree with Mancunian, why on earth is it a concern of yours what other people do with their bodies 🫣......jeez ‍

Each to their own but nothing would ever persuade me to have a tattoo, let alone the full sleeve type. Never in even the most drunken stupor have I ever even considered it. I personally see it as disfigurement.
If those with sleeve tats feel a bit silly when they do go out of fashion it’s their own fault. At least my eighties mullet is long gone.

Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑

Wed May 31, 2023 9:39 am

Professional tattoo shops have been a thing in the UK for well over 100 years.

Yet they still won't give you a COSHH or Chemical Safety Dara Sheet for the inks. Remember you need these for Tipex in the office!