Sexiness of Piercings and Tattoos

Both are sexy.

78 (37.7%)

Piercings are sexy, tattoos not.

14 (6.8%)

Tattoos are sexy, piercings not.

19 (9.2%)

Not sexy at all.

96 (46.4%)

Total Members Voted: 89

[FTL_Ian]

Julia and I disagree on this.  If you think they are sexy, why?  I don't understand it.  How did you get to thinking they are sexy?

[Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith)]

They can be sometimes, but not always.

[Rillion]

I don't think they are blanket sexy.  A well-done tattoo can accentuate the body, as well as saying something interesting about the character of its owner.  A craptastic tattoo can mar a body like a Calvin pissing sticker on a Lamborghini.  Unfortunately, tattoos can also serve as status symbols-- a jackass can sell his car and get a full-back tiger design from some prominent artist and still be a jackass.  Fortunately, such things are easy to determine pretty quickly. 

Likewise, piercings completely depend on placement and owner.  A nipple ring done with a piercing gun on a teenager can say "poser," while ear plugs on a 36 year old anthropologist can say "worldly." 

It's like clothing, really, but more permanent.  Just like any other bodily adornment, piercings and tattoos can say vastly different things about the people they adorn. 

.....so that would be why no answer provided in your poll is appropriate for me (or a lot of people, I'm guessing). 

[jckeyser]

I can't fucking stand tattoos.

[jckeyser]

I dig chicks with tattoos because it shows they can withstand a certain amount of rough stuff.

[Rillion]

I can't fucking stand tattoos.

I dig chicks with tattoos because it shows they can withstand a certain amount of rough stuff.

Umm, pick one?

[mrapplecastle]

I can't fucking stand tattoos.

dude, you have a tat on your neck
and what Rill said

[Rillion]

Not a sexy tattoo:





Also not so sexy

[wtfk]

Not only aren't they sexy...as a rule, I find them unattractive.

[jckeyser]

I can't fucking stand tattoos.

I dig chicks with tattoos because it shows they can withstand a certain amount of rough stuff.

Umm, pick one?

Sarcasm is hard to see on a message board I imagine.

[Puke]

Certain tattoos can be sexy.
I wouldn't like a chick covered in them though.

Piercings are the same, like earrings and maybe a navel ring.

I have one tattoo for a joke.

[FTL_Ian]

What about why they are sexy?   Surely we aren't born liking them, so how does it develop?  Is it anything tangible?  On Loveline they used to say people who are into tattoos and piercings were likely abused as kids...

[jckeyser]

What about why they are sexy?   Surely we aren't born liking them, so how does it develop?  Is it anything tangible?  On Loveline they used to say people who are into tattoos and piercings were likely abused as kids...

Is that "Dr" Drew?
Thats probably incorrect, I wasn't abused.
As for the sexiness, I think that there's a small element of danger about tattoos, maybe, and that is sexy to people. Tattoos serve to make (or used to) people stick out from the crowd, to piss off the establishment, and that type of "Fuck you" attitude, along with the individuality, is sexy, to me at least.

[FTL_Ian]

When I say "into" I mean those who can't get enough of them.

[jckeyser]

When I say "into" I mean those who can't get enough of them.

Still, its tough to say though, there are tattoos everywhere nowadays.
You may be onto something, though, that puzzle piece guy was probably raped and beaten into submission as a kid.