“Do you think my tattoo is cool?” No, I don’t. There are no cool tattoos. “Check out my sleeve!” Oh god ew.
Tattoos themselves are stupid. Doubly so if it’s some media IP. “I put Batman on my body!” “Look at this image of Goku on my calf!” I can’t think of many things I’d want to do less than that.
There are a few narrow exceptions. Chances are yours isn’t one of them.
If you personally like tattoos, fine. I’m not saying nobody should get tattoos because I don’t like them. I’m stating my opinion that tattoos are stupid, and I am stating it here because it is probably not a popular opinion.
Your opinion is exactly correct for yourself, thank you for sharing.
I don’t have any tattoos and was always meh on them, kind of looked down on them or thought they were bougie at best.
Then I got with someone who really liked them and just by association I think they look cool now. Like cool and hot. So weird… funny how that happens.
Tbh, I think things could have gone the way where I thought the same as OP, and you originally.
I grew up in a conservative religious household, tattoos were literally against in my religion at the time (Mormon 🤮, apparently “permanent” modifications to the body weren’t something that could be corrected when your rotting dead husk gets resurrected later on…). I think if it weren’t for growing up with my brother (4 years older than me) who was the definition of rebellious, including many tattoos, I’d probably be right with op. Most of my brother’s tattoos are stupid. He’s got radiskull and devil doll, most of the doctors from doctor who, if he crosses his fingers there’s two stick figures hugging. But I think most of them are cool. And btw I in no way idolize my brother, I don’t agree with most of his life decisions or how he behaves in general, so that’s not a factor.
Ultimately, I think it’s purely a matter of perspective. I think I’ve seen studies where people who enjoy getting tattoos are more likely to have significant trauma and pain in their lives, and I can imagine those that despise them are probably sheltered or lacking in “real” life experience.