Burning Down

So? You can't stop people from getting tattoos because you think they're unattractive and not original. Nobody is telling anyone else to get tattoos. I've never heard of anybody being held at gunpoint until they got a tattoo. Like anything in life, there are possible consequences. Ever heard of tattoo regret?

If someone wants to get a tattoo, they should be free to do so. Same if they want to post pictures of their tats on the Facebook page you think they should close. To each their own.

Oxy

Certainly each to their own.

The more serious point is the ridiculous copycat mindset that ultimately leads to what you call 'tattoo-regret'.

Think about whose opinions and advice you trusted (say) five or ten years ago. Then ask if you still value those opinions quite so much today.

Burning Down

Again, so what? It's not my problem if someone regrets a tattoo they got and it shouldn't be your problem either. Humans have been getting tattoos for thousands of years and will continue to do so in the future. The "copycat mindset" you mention stems from the fact that humans imitate in order to feel included in a group. It's been going on since the beginning of time in all aspects of life.

What does past advice have to do with anything here? Do I still heed good advice from my parents from 5 years ago? Of course.

I'm not sure what your issue is here. Perhaps you just like stirring the pot.

Oxy

The topic I raise is not anybody's 'problem', and thankfully people can make choices. The point about 'imitating' is interesting and certainly has some validity. Some animals are happy in packs. Thats not however how the human being is supposed to behave. There should be a mix of 'leaders and advisers'. Tribes sometimes called them 'wise men'.

The sad element is that, particularly in a media-celebrity society, some people don't get the chance to develop their originality. Its seen as 'oh, well he does it , so it must be good'.

Some people don't think its important to know where France is on a map, or what x% means either.

Neapolitan

Hey that so called "copycat mindset" is ingrain the human nature of human beings... quite frankly there isn't much you can do about it. It is part of human evolution and the first proof of that is when Adam imitated Eve and ate the forbidden fruit. If it wasn't for the first man-ape to rub two sticks together to make spark to make fire, there wouldn't be other men-apes looking at him utter amazement thinking "fire good... let me give it a whirl." If it wasn't for those early men-ape pyrotechnical pioneers with their fire-making skills we wouldn't be sitting in front of our computers or thumb-texting on our apple-eye phones to be chatting on the internet like we are doing right now.

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