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Hey, Steve Dahl wrote his monthly column today! Guess what? He's got a case of the Andy Rooneys: He doesn't get why people have tattoos. "I think you have to be drunk to want a tattoo," he says.
Some people call a lower back tattoo on a woman a "tramp stamp." I would never do that, or even insinuate that, but any time I see someone sporting a permanent design on their flesh, I do think that they might be willing to do some things that non-tattooed people might not.... If I were a woman, I would put my tattoos someplace that would allow me to wear eveningwear.
And if I were Steve Dahl, I'd take a break from telling women what I think they should do with their bodies and what clothing they're "allowed" to wear. Anyway, isn't the term "tramp stamp" sort of passé? I've been hearing "ass antlers" and "Jersey plates" recently.
According to a recent Harris Interactive poll, 32 percent of people ages 25-29 have tattoos, and 25 percent of people 30-39 do. The Tribune's quest for relevance to younger readers continues! [Trib]
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So your opinion is Steve should not have his own opinions?
I personally am offended by man-boobs, but there you go...
That being said, I have seen some dumb-ass tattoos that will definately be lasered off at some point in the near future.
those emo star tattoos are hilarious. why would you get the same tattoo that mad other people have.
Tattoos are at this point cliched.
Yeah, because chicagoist nneeeeeeeeeeever tells people what they should think or gives its own opinions on stupid shit.
i'd like to know who is saying 'ass antlers' and 'jersey plates.' and what is being insinuated by 'jersey plates?' i guess i'm getting too old to get that reference? not hip enough?
OK, I've read that quote four times now and I still don't see anywhere where the author is "telling" women what he thinks they should do, or stating "what clothing they're 'allowed' to wear."
Rather, it seems that he's opining what HE would or wouldn't do if he were a female considering a tattoo. Or am I missing something? If not, lighten up!
"Hey, let's get a tattoo, just like everyone else!"
"Yeah! That'll show how unique we are!"
People get them for a myriad of reasons. I have one tattoo and plan on a second. The one I have marks a very personal anniversary, the second is an axiom that very much incorporates my worldview. Both are text and I designed them very specifically.
The Star tattoo is funny to me because it always reminds me of the Russian gangsters in "Eastern Promises", who would eat hipsters alive.
Steve Dahl is funny at times, painfully old and irrelevant at others. This would be the latter.
I for one have thought the exact same thing as Dahl. . .didn't find his thought on if he were a women offensive either.
"Don't get me wrong, I think that tattoos on girls are extremely hot, I just worry that in 30 years we're going to have a population of grandmothers who are all sporting wrinkled faded symbols for God knows what that they will have to explain to their grandkids"
Sounds about right to me!
the writer of the article need to chill out
"The Tribune stylebook" (perhaps it's now "The Trib Stylebook") might a companion manual for balancing material for the young and old. In fact, this Dahl column points out the need to prevent geezer-fication of content.
Here is my suggested rule for their manual:
"Columns that disparage popular trends among persons under 40 are permitted, but those columns must be authored by by persons under 40. In other words, writers with large prostates, dentures, or mud-flap-type upper arms must find something else to write about."
Tramp Stamp just sounds mean to me.
I forget what movie it was in, but I prefer the term Bullseye... Just sounds nicer in a twisted way.
I've heard the Tramp Stamp referred to as a "Coaster" before too. Because sometimes you gotta have a place to set your drink.
Meh... Me thinks Chicagoist may have loaded and fired the Outrage Cannon a little prematurely on this one. I mean, I'm as big a fan of self-righteous indignation as the next guy, but you gotta save it for things about which it's really warranted. "If I were a woman and I got a tattoo, I'd choose put it somewhere less than obvious" is, uh, not one of those things.
Thanks Steve Dahl, for letting me in on the trends that those darn kids on my lawn are doing.
PhotoshopAbuser - I think you are looking for "Wedding Crashers."
Tattoos are not for my body but if someone else wants to get one or many, that's fine. Some of them are interesting and good looking but I always wonder if the tattooee thought about what that tatt is going to look like in 30 years.
He's a DJ that doesn't like Disco. So what? That's his job is come up with crap to talk about. Radio stinks.
I wouldn't put a bumper sticker on a Mercedes...