Man died after tattoo on leg became infected - Telegraph: "A 35-year-old man died from a blood clot in his lung ten days after a tattoo on his leg became infected, an inquest heard."
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I find this generational tattoo craze completely incomprehensible. I think people should be able to do whatever they want to their body, but I do question their judgment, as the politicians say about each other. Once tattoos were for military guys, convicts, and bikers. Now they are for yuppies, soccer moms, and tweenagers. Lots of my students have tattoos. The whole thing took off during the late 1990s and now there are kids in high school with tattoos. I was in the gym this morning and there was a guy in his 40s with a Jack Daniels label tattooed across his entire lower back. Why? What possible advantage does that give him in his social life? Do women see the tattoo and fall at his feet, thinking he has a supply of sour mash whiskey stored in a wooden leg?
And what are the tough guys supposed to do to set themselves apart from the herd, now that most of the weaklings in America are tattooed up? Get horns implanted in their forehead, I suppose.
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It's notable that the rise in tats was accompanied by the "saggin an baggin" look. The connection between both is the prison and convict culture (Snoop Dogg, rap "music", and a record label that exemplifies that culture (Death Row Records)
The U.S. has certainly started going downscale in the 1990s -- right after the upscale yuppified 1980s--and the nation has been on the same cultural track ever since.
Interesting explanation. Tattoos, saggin and baggin, and gangster rap--all linked by convict culture. It would be nice to have a resurgence of some higher culture, even though the wardrobe will be more expensive. Although now that I think about it, buying yourself a grill of rapper-style gold teeth can set you back a pretty penny.
This flesh billboard says many things - like "I've got self-esteem issues" and "I can't spell".
Perhaps either the client or the artist should visit a dictionary before reducing the phrase to indelible ink on flesh. Liked it.
Maybe the "Jack Daniels label tattooed across his entire lower back" is the male-equivalent\counterpart of a tramp stamp?
A colleague was asked by his daughter if he thought she should get an eyebrow piercing or a tattoo. Of course he said, "Get the eyebrow piercing!" because piercing is less permanent. After the conversation was over, I imagine, he retreated to his room and threw up.
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