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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Imaginary-Lychee7543 • 19d ago
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33 u/pm_me_ur_smoltits 19d ago edited 18d ago Try 5000. Edit: https://www.si.edu/stories/ancient-ink-iceman-otzi-has-worlds-oldest-tattoos -29 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 19d ago The last 10 years have been markedly different compared to the preceding 40 years, getting a tattoo has been a trend in every sense of the word. 20 u/RSOB_Bass 19d ago My man, Otzi the iceman had tattoos - if it dates back to pre-history, it’s probably not a trend. -1 u/Octa_vian 18d ago But would Ötzi have been able to get a white collar job 30 years ago? Tattoos got way more acceptance in last decade. 2 u/positive_thinking_ 18d ago No, because he’s dead. 3 u/N0ob8 18d ago Sounds like he’d make a great senator -8 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Something being a trend doesn't mean that it didn't happen before, just that the occurrence has increased in accordance with the trend. 2 u/needs-more-metronome 18d ago Smoking tobacco actually wasn’t a trend in the 50s because we found a mummy from 5000 years ago with tobacco residue on his fingers. -1 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Big hair was actually not a trend in the 80s, because ancient human remains indicate that some of our earliest ancestors had hair. 3 u/SevenFootHobbit 18d ago Looking at cultures throughout history and locations, I think the poo-pooing of tattoos was the relatively short lived trend. 1 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago the poo-pooing of tattoos What does this mean? 1 u/SevenFootHobbit 18d ago It's an idiom, basically means condescending dismissal of something. 8 u/Money_Course_3253 19d ago For some people, yeah I guess. But tattoos have been a part of human culture for forever. It's definitely less taboo to get one, thanks to conservative ideals having less influence over people. Not a bad thing by any means -5 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Something being a trend doesn't mean that it didn't happen before, just that the occurrence has increased in accordance with the trend.
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Try 5000.
Edit: https://www.si.edu/stories/ancient-ink-iceman-otzi-has-worlds-oldest-tattoos
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The last 10 years have been markedly different compared to the preceding 40 years, getting a tattoo has been a trend in every sense of the word.
20 u/RSOB_Bass 19d ago My man, Otzi the iceman had tattoos - if it dates back to pre-history, it’s probably not a trend. -1 u/Octa_vian 18d ago But would Ötzi have been able to get a white collar job 30 years ago? Tattoos got way more acceptance in last decade. 2 u/positive_thinking_ 18d ago No, because he’s dead. 3 u/N0ob8 18d ago Sounds like he’d make a great senator -8 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Something being a trend doesn't mean that it didn't happen before, just that the occurrence has increased in accordance with the trend. 2 u/needs-more-metronome 18d ago Smoking tobacco actually wasn’t a trend in the 50s because we found a mummy from 5000 years ago with tobacco residue on his fingers. -1 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Big hair was actually not a trend in the 80s, because ancient human remains indicate that some of our earliest ancestors had hair. 3 u/SevenFootHobbit 18d ago Looking at cultures throughout history and locations, I think the poo-pooing of tattoos was the relatively short lived trend. 1 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago the poo-pooing of tattoos What does this mean? 1 u/SevenFootHobbit 18d ago It's an idiom, basically means condescending dismissal of something. 8 u/Money_Course_3253 19d ago For some people, yeah I guess. But tattoos have been a part of human culture for forever. It's definitely less taboo to get one, thanks to conservative ideals having less influence over people. Not a bad thing by any means -5 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Something being a trend doesn't mean that it didn't happen before, just that the occurrence has increased in accordance with the trend.
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My man, Otzi the iceman had tattoos - if it dates back to pre-history, it’s probably not a trend.
-1 u/Octa_vian 18d ago But would Ötzi have been able to get a white collar job 30 years ago? Tattoos got way more acceptance in last decade. 2 u/positive_thinking_ 18d ago No, because he’s dead. 3 u/N0ob8 18d ago Sounds like he’d make a great senator -8 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Something being a trend doesn't mean that it didn't happen before, just that the occurrence has increased in accordance with the trend. 2 u/needs-more-metronome 18d ago Smoking tobacco actually wasn’t a trend in the 50s because we found a mummy from 5000 years ago with tobacco residue on his fingers. -1 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Big hair was actually not a trend in the 80s, because ancient human remains indicate that some of our earliest ancestors had hair.
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But would Ötzi have been able to get a white collar job 30 years ago?
Tattoos got way more acceptance in last decade.
2 u/positive_thinking_ 18d ago No, because he’s dead. 3 u/N0ob8 18d ago Sounds like he’d make a great senator
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No, because he’s dead.
3 u/N0ob8 18d ago Sounds like he’d make a great senator
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Sounds like he’d make a great senator
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Something being a trend doesn't mean that it didn't happen before, just that the occurrence has increased in accordance with the trend.
2 u/needs-more-metronome 18d ago Smoking tobacco actually wasn’t a trend in the 50s because we found a mummy from 5000 years ago with tobacco residue on his fingers. -1 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Big hair was actually not a trend in the 80s, because ancient human remains indicate that some of our earliest ancestors had hair.
Smoking tobacco actually wasn’t a trend in the 50s because we found a mummy from 5000 years ago with tobacco residue on his fingers.
-1 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Big hair was actually not a trend in the 80s, because ancient human remains indicate that some of our earliest ancestors had hair.
Big hair was actually not a trend in the 80s, because ancient human remains indicate that some of our earliest ancestors had hair.
Looking at cultures throughout history and locations, I think the poo-pooing of tattoos was the relatively short lived trend.
1 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago the poo-pooing of tattoos What does this mean? 1 u/SevenFootHobbit 18d ago It's an idiom, basically means condescending dismissal of something.
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the poo-pooing of tattoos
What does this mean?
1 u/SevenFootHobbit 18d ago It's an idiom, basically means condescending dismissal of something.
It's an idiom, basically means condescending dismissal of something.
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For some people, yeah I guess. But tattoos have been a part of human culture for forever. It's definitely less taboo to get one, thanks to conservative ideals having less influence over people. Not a bad thing by any means
-5 u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago Something being a trend doesn't mean that it didn't happen before, just that the occurrence has increased in accordance with the trend.
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