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unfathomable sheep-like behaviour in humans

☕Tassimo ☕

I realise I am middle aged and I that grew up in a world in which only a minority of men had tattoos, and they were either sailors, builders or thugs. Then, around about 15 years ago, David Beckham, famous footballer, gets a tattoo—followed by a string of other footballers, so-called celebrities and media non-entities, all proclaiming they are expressing their 'individuality' or 'rebelling'. Soon afterwards every young man and woman has covered his or her body in them, all believing they too are expressing their individuality or rebelling. And yet, like lemmings advancing towards a cliff-edge, or sheep flocking with the herd across fields, they all look almost the same, that is apart from  having different amounts of these vulgar eyesores, or slightly different colourings to them, they all still look virtually the same (at least to me).

I see no individuality in these people. Or any spirit of rebellion. I can't understand this herd-mentality. What is it that makes people all try so desperately hard to copy one another in a bizarre attempt to appear different from one another. It doesn't make sense.  You would think to be different or rebel, you'd do the opposite to what everyone else is doing. And what is this craving to emulate celebrities or media personalities? Do they imagine they are better than they are—smarter, nicer, more charismatic? 

The unfathomable sheep-like behaviour aside, I can't understand what, apart from mental illness, what would drive a person to inflict such damage on their largest and most vital organ.  The very idea of deliberate mutilation horrifies me.

  • Tattoos are okay to me if they're designed to look attractive, like a piece of art, but some of them look tribal and intimidating, which I don't like.

    What bothers me more is how almost everyone now walks around in sportswear and trainers. It frightens me.

  • there are so many humans now that whatever anyone does millions of others have done too.
    the more humans we spawn the less each individual is worth due to less to go around, also due to more humans meaning less care if one dies compared to when we only had 1 mill pops a single life was worth more and death and loss of a single human was more harmful, with 8 billion humans we are individually worthless and our lives no longer have worth and our deaths will be shrugged off.

    we will get more humans in the future, this situation will become worse to the point individuality and single human worth will be a long dead idea as single humans will be insignificant infact millions of humans will be nothing in the future when we have trillions of humans. individuality will die more and more with each increase in population to the point individuality is no longer a thing and instead we will become more of a hive mind, of which we kinda already are as humanity does seem very hive minded now. we will evolve into something less human and more ant if we carry on and not a single one of our lives will matter, not even if billions died all at once wed be so many it wouldnt matter and wouldnt be a thing to even blink at.

    the future bears the death of the individual, and the rise of collectivism and hive minds.

  • I find this odd?

    Firstly, why does it distress you so much  what others are doing with their lives?

    Perhaps live and let live.

    Deliberate mutilation can come in varying forms. A lot of Autistic people s*lf h*rm. Maybe tattooing is a way to cope with that in a less hurtful way?

    Many NT people also SH, and tattoos could be a way to cope.

    I don't think it's a bad thing that people copy or imitate. It's a very human thing to do actually. I find it very sad that people can't just let people get on with it. 

    I, myself, am covered in tattoos. I have a few special interests and I have tattoos that represent them. They're things I want on my body. I also think they look nice on me, and that's okay. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I don't believe we need to have a running commentary on what you dislike about other people's appearances.

    Some of my tattoos are just random. And thats fine by me. I was once addicted to s*lf h*rm, so I think tattoos are a great way for me to feel something on my skin and end up pretty instead of scars everywhere. 

    Personally, I just think we should all be able to let one another do whatever we want as long as we aren't hurting anyone. And if it really distresses you that much, perhaps you should speak with a professional about these worries.

  • I have a little tattoo and it means a lot to me, it represents a meaningful time of my life and reminds me of that time, I didn't get it to be rebellious and I didn't get it for fashion reasons or to 'follow the crowd' as it were - I'm a young woman but I couldn't really be much less interested in fashion. Personally I'm glad that they're more socially acceptable now, although I totally understand why some people don't like them and see them as a tacky trend. Some tattoos do look a bit rank, but I like to think mine doesn't, and even if other people think mine's rank, I don't really care, I love my tattoo.

  • and another one of my situation fitting jokes:

    It is only logical.

  • in reply to ☕Tassimo ☕

    thank you, it is my secret talent, giving nicknames, i have always struggled to remember names of everything and everybody, giving them numbers wouldn't be seen well, hence nicknames :P

  • in reply to Peter

    I just look at someone now with a tattoo, and think, "Oh dear, I hope you won't be as disappointing in other areas of your life."

  • in reply to Mariusz

    Clueless Copy-Cat Syndrome. That's a good way of describing it.

  • I think it doesn't matter what it is, or who started it, though it usually starts with someone well known When they see it more and more popular, something I call clueless copycat syndrom kicks in and replaces any remaining inhibition with desire, and they want to have it too. that syndrom makes them work the same as others as well, they start new job, and immediately start working like next person, and continue like that.

  • the irony of symbols the way they are used can change their meaning. Tattoos did indeed used to be a sign of rebellion. People got them to mark memories of dead friends or a dramatic life event or signal they were members of a gang or organisation. But doing so was a statement because they knew others would notice, that it would make them stand out and raise eyebrows. Now people also get them as fashion statements to show that they are edgy which is in itself not very edgy. It's like Burberry. Was intended to be a luxury brand but to show that they had cash to splash the modern 'chav' started wearing it and suddenly it became associated with poverty.

    The only real solution is to stop caring what other people think about your symbols and what they mean and just hold onto the meaning you ascribe to them, that and go with what you find aesthetically pleasing.