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| Bangs, beanie, tight esoterically-designed t-shirt, ironic finger-mustache tattoo... Looook out, Josh! |
A white person getting a tattoo is a major step in their life as it presupposes that their taste at this given moment is good enough to sustain them for the rest of their lives. Needless to say, this is a near impossible task. This is why you don’t see a lot of white people with R.E.M. or Strokes tattoos.
White people can only get tattoos of the only thing that they are guaranteed to like in five years, and needless to say it’s a short list. But two things will never go out of style with white people: humor and irony.
An ironic/funny tat can come in many forms: a piece of bacon, old Nintendo characters, mustaches on the inside of their finger, or Asian Characters that say something funny and self-aware like “dim sum,”"chicken fried rice,” or “I can’t read Chinese.”
The Chinese or Japanese character is an interesting case study about the dangers of getting a tattoo with a personal meaning. You see, about fifteen years ago these were considered to be acceptable. Then the wrong kind of white people started getting sentences like “trust no one” or words like “beauty,” “truth,” or “endurance.” To make a more modern analogy, it would be like The Arcade Fire being featured on a Jock Jams CD.
White people learned their lesson.
...and of course, always worth a repost...
...and who, who could ever forget...
3 comments:
1. Did you write this?
2. It's full of stereo types and misinformation.
3. There's a website that already does this kind of stuff. (disregard if you didn't write it)
4. I could have sworn Josh was writing a personal manifesto until I saw the byline at the bottom.
5. I've seen these tattoos a million times, let's see something new.
6 You're the one who wanted more comments.
7. I'm happy and impressed by your general internet presence.
shermy has tattoos?!?!?!?
i saw a good one. Tramp stamp that reads:
"I'm Gonna Fucking Kill You Ray Ramano"
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