What's worse is just how popular and ubiquitous they are now; tattoos have basically lost all of their countercultural appeal. Maybe it's because my own line of work is strongly adjacent to the music industry, but turbonormies at my job who likely never went online in their lives before social media have at least one tattoo on their arm or thigh, if not a whole sleeve. In a 30-year span, tattoos have basically gone from saying "Fuck the Man" to "I never have to worry about getting an actual job again."