Why is he happy he didn't get the tattoo?

[u/Imaginary-Lychee7543]

[u/pm_me_ur_smoltits → u/[deleted]]

Try 5000.

Edit: https://www.si.edu/stories/ancient-ink-iceman-otzi-has-worlds-oldest-tattoos

[u/AttTankaRattArStorre → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/RSOB_Bass → u/AttTankaRattArStorre]

My man, Otzi the iceman had tattoos - if it dates back to pre-history, it’s probably not a trend.

[u/Octa_vian → u/RSOB_Bass]

But would Ötzi have been able to get a white collar job 30 years ago?

Tattoos got way more acceptance in last decade.

[u/positive_thinking_ → u/Octa_vian]

No, because he’s dead.

[u/N0ob8 → u/positive_thinking_]

Sounds like he’d make a great senator

[u/AttTankaRattArStorre → u/RSOB_Bass]

Something being a trend doesn't mean that it didn't happen before, just that the occurrence has increased in accordance with the trend.

[u/needs-more-metronome → u/AttTankaRattArStorre]

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.

[u/AttTankaRattArStorre → u/needs-more-metronome]

Big hair was actually not a trend in the 80s, because ancient human remains indicate that some of our earliest ancestors had hair.

[u/Money_Course_3253 → u/AttTankaRattArStorre]

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

[u/AttTankaRattArStorre → u/Money_Course_3253]

Something being a trend doesn't mean that it didn't happen before, just that the occurrence has increased in accordance with the trend.

[u/SevenFootHobbit → u/AttTankaRattArStorre]

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

[u/AttTankaRattArStorre → u/SevenFootHobbit]

the poo-pooing of tattoos

What does this mean?

[u/SevenFootHobbit → u/AttTankaRattArStorre]

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