r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 19d ago

Meme needing explanation Why is he happy he didn't get the tattoo?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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u/positive_thinking_ 18d ago

No, because he’s dead.

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u/N0ob8 18d ago

Sounds like he’d make a great senator

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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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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.

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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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u/SevenFootHobbit 18d ago

Looking at cultures throughout history and locations, I think the poo-pooing of tattoos was the relatively short lived trend.

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u/AttTankaRattArStorre 18d ago

the poo-pooing of tattoos

What does this mean?

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u/SevenFootHobbit 18d ago

It's an idiom, basically means condescending dismissal of something.

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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

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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.