Yes I searched this because I’m playing the game again and I remember the week it launched someone got a massive tattoo of one of the parties on their chest and I was so astounded by the stupidity of the decision
The fact people are semi defending this is because you’re all a bunch of Pokémon nerds
Well that's indisputable there's a clear hierarchy in place here
I don’t particularly care for Pokémon but tattoos are personal things and I find it kind of cringe to judge people on them. As long as someone likes their tattoo it’s fine.
Exception: my uncle had a tattoo on his side and under arm of women’s legs so it looked like his arm pit hair was her pubic hair. That one is pretty bad.
Counterpoint: tattoos on one's stomach of a cat with the belly button as the cats anus
Upon reviewing your submission I’m limiting my analysis to tattoos of pop culture things that people enjoy
It’s just a figure of speech.
It’s just the one tattoo I’ve seen that I kind of can’t reconcile my judgement on bc its kind of demeaning I guess. People getting pop culture tats is relatively benign and it’s just bc it meant something to them at some point.
I am definitely being a pedant here, but that figure of speech is used for when an exception somehow back sup the rule, which does on occasion happen. Using it when you mean the exact opposite, that this is just an exception, is a waste of words which will confuse people unfamiliar with the phrase, making it actively detrimental to discussion.
Ah guess I’ve just heard it used randomly then I’ll update it
I've never heard the phrase used to refer to an actual exception that proved the rule
In its original sense, it is supposed to refer to something where the exception being made actual proves the rule. A sign saying "open every day except Christmas" posits the rule "open every day" with the exception "Christmas." Because there are only two states the shop can be in, and one is limited to the exception "Christmas," that exception proves that the shop is "open every day." Were the shop open every day, there would be no rule as to when the shop is open, as it is never closed. As it is closed once, then the rule is that the shop is open every day, except for one exception.
Oh no I understand but in terms of when people tend to say the phrase that's not what they mean
Yeah, they just mean there is/are exceptions. So they should just say "except." They are obfuscating their language pointlessly.
It means I wouldn't get a tattoo myself but think a pokemon tattoo is as good as a tattoo of like idk a flower or something
Eh. I'd rather live in a world where people get tattoos of dumb shit they like than have everyone neurotically try to only get tattoos with
d e e p m e a n i n g"I got this tattoo of Wayne Brady's face to help me remember my dream of getting into Whose Line is it Anyway? but he's also wearing a cowboy hat to remind me that I am from Texas"
I have absolutely unironically thought about getting a cowboy brace tattoo.
I'm scrolling through emojis now to imagine which ones I would get tattooed.
I don’t give a shit and the deep meaning is oversaturated now but people literally got a tattoo of a mobile game
Not as many as Legend of Zelda tattoos I've seen, or Harry Potter tattoos. It's all meaningless
Please tell me it was a hybrid like the triforce superimposed over the deathly hallows. Or Zelda Granger.
I could get a tattoo of something from the hot-blooded shonen anime I watched as a teenager that had themes of perseverance and determination in the face of insurmountable odds that helped me avoid suicide and you dorks would act like it’s the most gauche thing imaginable.
The problem wasn’t that I got a good message out of pop culture during a dark period in my life, the problem is that we shouldn’t need pop culture to deliver meaning in a world otherwise devoid of it.
Agreed. Thing is, most of us live in the same pop cultural desert so I try to temper my judgement of people who decided to pull the trigger on a dumb pop culture tattoo. Bet a lot fewer people ever get tattoos like that covered or removed compared to, say, tattoos about SOs. :shrug-outta-hecks:
The problem wasn’t that I got a good message out of pop culture during a dark period in my life, the problem is that we shouldn’t need pop culture to deliver meaning in a world otherwise devoid of it.
Damn this hit me.
I’d love to get a tattoo, but getting a permanent identifiable marker on my body seems like a bad idea
are we ever going to get another pokemon go or game of thrones seasons 1-5?
will there ever be another pop culture phenomenon that brings people together in any kind of way?
I know how lib that sounds, but I miss having something fun that other people also enjoy, and that can be discussed... nowadays everything is so boring
Among us did it for some people early days of pandemic.
Idk that stuff happens organically. IPs try to catch it constantly, and fail, but it's a lightning in a bottle situation.
There'll be plenty of dumb shit humanity rallies behind for whatever reason, just can't predict it
The first months of the launch of Pokemon Go will probably be more fondly remembered than almost any cultural phenomenon of the 2010s (this says more about 2010s culture than Pokemon Go, but whatever) so I'd say there's a lot worse things to get tattoos of. Still pretty cringe, of course
hey if someone wants their body to look like a nascar racer's jumpsuit then who am i to stop them?
Tattoos use needles. Who's to say artists don't microchip every chud who gets a blue line tattoo?
Having all three teams is like having tattoos of the symbols for the democrats and republicans
Except that it also says "i love to walk around balancing three phones"
I mean, it’s a Pokemon tattoo more than a Pokemon GO tattoo. Articuno has been around for over 2 decades now, even if in 10-20 years nobody remembers GO anymore people will still recognize Articuno because Pokemon itself will probably still be alive and kicking.
As far as pop culture tattoos go, Pokemon is probably a rather safe choice and these being artworks from the mobile game really doesn’t matter.
laughing at people's pop culture tattoos gives me a weird vibe tbh
