For some reason I have always liked girls with tattoos, my ex-gf in San Francisco was a lawyer and had a tattoo covering half of her back. But in Taipei only the hard metal/multiple piercing girls seem to have tattoos.
Is having a tattoo still a taboo in Taiwan ? In the US it’s become more or less the norm, in fact I am more suprised when I see a girl without a tattoo above her ass at the beach. Here’s some stats to back that up.
[quote]Esquire Magazine estimated in March 2002 that 1 in 8 Americans was tattooed
Harris Poll, 2003, estimates that fully 36% of those aged 25-29 have one or more tattoos.[/quote]
So am I just going to the wrong places ? or are there no cute girls with tattoos in Taipei ?
[quote=“snafu”]For some reason I have always liked girls with tattoos, my ex-gf in San Francisco was a lawyer and had a tattoo covering half of her back. But in Taipei only the hard metal/multiple piercing girls seem to have tattoos.
Is having a tattoo still a taboo in Taiwan ? In the US it’s become more or less the norm, in fact I am more suprised when I see a girl without a tattoo above her ass at the beach. Here’s some stats to back that up.
[quote]Esquire Magazine estimated in March 2002 that 1 in 8 Americans was tattooed
Harris Poll, 2003, estimates that fully 36% of those aged 25-29 have one or more tattoos.[/quote]
So am I just going to the wrong places ? or are there no cute girls with tattoos in Taipei ?[/quote]
I was at the beach in Fulong last weekend. LOTS of tattooed girlies there
I remember hearing about that guy in the UK a while back. Poor bugger.
As for tattied girls here, I’ve seen plenty. Even had one (very attractive) Taiwanese girl flash me her breast in the 7/11 to show me her dragon tattoo after she say my tatts.
There seems to be a pretty hardcore tattoo thing going on here. I know they have magazines that feature artists work and stuff (that have pictures of lots of tatted womenz in them.) A friend of mine that was into the tatts was always going to Taizhong (or something) to get his tat work done.
Ximen also has loads of tatty places. I got one of mine done there. The rest where all done at a guy located in Sinjhuang’s version of a department store.
The botched tattoos are great, last year in LA I saw a waitress with the words “Capre Diem” tattooed on her back. I asked her what it meant and she gladly informed me that it was seize the day, it was hard maintaining a straight face.
One of my classmates at Shi-Da had a tattoo on his ass that said Ni kan she ma ? best use of chinese characters IMHO.
Thanks for all the info guys I guess I’ll just have to look a bit harder for the inked girls.
The norm?
In europe it’s starting to be considered a litle stupid or redneck so people is paying a arm and a leg to have them removed and I don’t think it will be long befour the us folow.
I allways thought this trend trolls should get a tatto they understand the meaning off.
I find it so stupid when people come and show a tatto and tell it means love or something and I ask how do you know that it don’t mean a-hole or something.
When I was a boy I was going to be a sailor and get tattoed, but by the time I grew up everybody else had tatto so it just where not cool annymore. I seteled for being a sailor.
People get it for different reasons…not always to be cool. I know personally I can’t leave anything in it’s original form…always want to modify it. My poor scooter can’t climb Xindien mountain because it’s weighed down by all the stickers!!(ok, maybe because it’s a 50cc)
I think if you get a tattoo to look cool to other people, or do it for anyone but yourself, you’re making a big mistake…
Most of my tattoos have a meaning (as in reason why I got them) to them, however vague some of the meanings might be. The others I got just cause I felt like getting a tattoo and couldn’t think of anything else to get.
When my buddy comes back to this island I want to get some big gangsta ass shit all over my back, arms and chest. The meaning will be “Wrong nigga to fuck with.”
I want to get some samurai’s, ninjas and daoist wizards in a big crazy battle scene to take over the earth… or not.
I thought tattoss were stupid for a long time, but recently I’ve thought it’d be cool to have one (a big crazy gangsta one.)
Some bad ass tattoos and a loincloth and I’d be set for life.
Quite a few pop stars have tattoos - 小S, for example, has one on her ankle. It seems like they;ve become quite popular.
A girl who used to work at the local Family Mart had one on her wrist, and the last time I was at Bliss I saw a girl with tattoos. Many I suppose get tattoos in hidden places where their parents won’t see them.
Lots of people also get the henna kind that only last a week.
When I lived here in the mid 90s, I only ever saw one Asian girl with tattoos. I was sitting next to her on the bus. I complemented her on her tattoos, and she responded by thanking me - with a perfect American accent. She was here visiting relatives!
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